Charmian Gradwell
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Charmian Gradwell is a British
actress, best known for her role in the television
game show The Adventure Game
. She also played Jenny Richards in Howards' Way
.
She has played many lead roles in the West End
and has represented Britain in the kayak marathon. She was a gold medallist at the world masters in 1997.
From 2005 - 2008 she worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company
as a voice specialist.
In 2008, Charmian began work as voice and text coach at Sydney Theatre Company, in Sydney Australia, where she is currently employed.
performance bio:
Charmian Gradwell trained at the Bristol Old Vic. She has been directed by Peter Hall in Lysistrata at Wyndhams and by Michael Bogdonov in Orwell's England at the National Theatre. Her Shakespearean credits include Juliet at the Bristol Old Vic, Miranda in The Tempest, Luciana in Comedy of Errors, Olivia in Twelfth Night and Octavia in Antony and Cleopatra at the Chichester Festival Theatre. At the Garrick Theatre she played Lucy in Easy Virtue. She played Mrs. Crachit in A Christmas Carol in Stockholm and toured in the most recent production of Macbeth with Actors From The London Stage. Her other roles include Annie in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, Suzanne in The Scarlet Pimpernel at Her Majesty's Theatre, and Mrs. Bradman in Blithe Spirit. She is equally at home in musical theatre, where she has appeared in Gypsy and Godspell. Ms. Gradwell's television credits include appearances in Wilderness Edge, Howards' Way, Adventure Game, Let's Pretend, and Return of Shelley. Outside of traditional theatrical venues, she is very interested in the role of theatre for development in the Third World. She is also a core member of the London Shakespeare Workout, which brings Shakespeare into prisons in the United Kingdom.
United Kingdom
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actress, best known for her role in the television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
game show The Adventure Game
The Adventure Game
The Adventure Game was a game show, aimed at children but with an adult following, which was originally broadcast on UK television channels BBC1 and BBC2 between 24 May 1980 and 18 February 1986. The story in each show was that the two celebrity contestants and a member of the public had travelled...
. She also played Jenny Richards in Howards' Way
Howards' Way
Howards' Way is a television drama series produced by BBC Birmingham and transmitted on BBC One between 1 September 1985 and 25 November 1990. The series deals with the personal and professional lives of the yachting and business communities in the fictional town of Tarrant on the South Coast of...
.
She has played many lead roles in the West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
and has represented Britain in the kayak marathon. She was a gold medallist at the world masters in 1997.
From 2005 - 2008 she worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs 700 staff and produces around 20 productions a year from its home in Stratford-upon-Avon and plays regularly in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on tour across...
as a voice specialist.
In 2008, Charmian began work as voice and text coach at Sydney Theatre Company, in Sydney Australia, where she is currently employed.
performance bio:
Charmian Gradwell trained at the Bristol Old Vic. She has been directed by Peter Hall in Lysistrata at Wyndhams and by Michael Bogdonov in Orwell's England at the National Theatre. Her Shakespearean credits include Juliet at the Bristol Old Vic, Miranda in The Tempest, Luciana in Comedy of Errors, Olivia in Twelfth Night and Octavia in Antony and Cleopatra at the Chichester Festival Theatre. At the Garrick Theatre she played Lucy in Easy Virtue. She played Mrs. Crachit in A Christmas Carol in Stockholm and toured in the most recent production of Macbeth with Actors From The London Stage. Her other roles include Annie in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, Suzanne in The Scarlet Pimpernel at Her Majesty's Theatre, and Mrs. Bradman in Blithe Spirit. She is equally at home in musical theatre, where she has appeared in Gypsy and Godspell. Ms. Gradwell's television credits include appearances in Wilderness Edge, Howards' Way, Adventure Game, Let's Pretend, and Return of Shelley. Outside of traditional theatrical venues, she is very interested in the role of theatre for development in the Third World. She is also a core member of the London Shakespeare Workout, which brings Shakespeare into prisons in the United Kingdom.