Jack Bowman performer
Hailing from South London, Jack began acting at 14 making his first appearance in his school’s drama club production of Captain Stirrick (Carshalton Boys, dir. Gordon Yuill). After that he was invited by Gordon Yuill to join the Clothcap Players and take Captain Stirrick on tour where it appeared in the Norbury and Thorton Heath Drama Awards Festival. It won Best Overall Under 18’s Production.
He continued to work with Gordon Yuill on several productions, including The Ragged School, Chicken, Gunslinger and A Christmas Carol (Clothcap Players, all dir. Gordon Yuill), until Jack won a place at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, studying drama with Richard Cheshire, Mike Pearson, the late Graham Laker, and Dr David Ian Rabey. Productions there included the first official production of Crave since the tragic death of its author, Sarah Kane (UWA, dir. Charmian Saville), Jim Cartwright’s Road (Black Treacle Productions), Macbeth (Dynonsis, dir. Marianne Hutchinson), Falling Silent (UWA, dir. Joan Mills), and Cymbeline (UWA, dir. Richard Cheshire).
On graduating in 2000, Jack began acting full-time, first appearing in Dick Whittington (Dream Team, dir. Nick Wright), with notable appearances including: drugs drama Know The Score (Yellow Belly, dir. Stephanie Tillotson), The Siege (Concussion Theatre, dir. Vince Adams), playing Bruce Delimitri in Ben Elton’s Popcorn at the Poole Lighthouse (Flandermouse, dir. Richard Batt), and alongside David Benson in David Benson’s Haunted Stage (Keay Theatre, dir. David Benson).
In 2006 Jack turned to writing (under the name of Gareth Parker) and his first script, FROZEN, was premiered at the Etcetera Theatre to great acclaim and ran for six months, eventually winning 2nd Best Overall Production at the LOST One Act Play Festival in 2007 (720 Productions/Wireless Theatre Company, dirs. Robert Valentine, Jenny Runacre).
Shortly after that, Jack made his Edinburgh debut in The Importance of Shoes (Weaver Hughes Ensemble, dir. Tim Hughes), which transferred to the Catford Broadway. While in Edinburgh he also made a surprise cameo in the if.comedy award winning show, Brendon Burns: So I Suppose This Is Offensive Now? (Off The Kerb Productions, Brendon Burns). Jack rejoined Weaver Hughes to appear at Theatre 503 in The Station Chief in early 2008 (Weaver Hughes, dir. Julia Stubbs).
Productions this year (2008) to date include Peter Yates’s Truth Detector, the acclaimed sequel to Lie Detector at the 2008 LOST One Act Theatre Festival (Wireless Theatre Company, dir. Jenny Runacre), The Presence and Attitude (Edge of London Theatre, both dir. Gary Cox).
Screen roles include Jack appearing as John in Crossroads (UK - ITV, dir. Stephen Edwards), a supporting role in The Alchemists (UK - Channel FIVE, dir. Peter Smith), Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (US - Pioneer Productions, dir. Alice Harper), UK Jack! (JAPAN - Fuji Television/Fuji International, dir. Noriko Deno), White Collar Crime (UK - Wet Fish Films/Leftside Productions, dir. Keir McKenzie), several documentaries (for Carlton/ITV), and the music video Got U Bouncing ( - MTV/Normal Pictures, dir. Toby Welfare).
Jack has also worked as a radio actor and presenter. He spent two years with the South London radio station Youth FM, presenting various shows. Audio and radio acting roles include Door Keeper in Guards, Guards! (Scary Chair Productions, dir. Steve Mellor), the audio adaptations of FROZEN, Importance of Shoes (both dir. Jenny Runacre), and playing a Dalek in A Funny Old Business (dir. Mariele Runacre Temple) for the Wireless Theatre Company.
Jack will also shortly begin work on a new writing project with Robert Valentine, an audio drama set in Georgian London based around the folklore of Springheel Jack, intended to be the first part of a horror trilogy, and is currently working on his second stage play. He is member of Equity, Spotlight and Casting Call Pro. Jack still lives in <placew:ston>South London.
More information on Jack Bowman can be found at:
www.jackbowman.co.uk
www.frozentheplay.co.uk
