Abi Pattenden

Brighton & London, United Kingdom

Training

MA Staging Shakespeare (with Merit) - Exeter University

Included placements at RSC and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

Rapier, Dagger & Unarmed - BASSC

Acting Part-time - Rose Bruford

Accents and Dialects:

Native: English (standard), Sussex, Kent, London

High standard: English (estuary), Essex, French, Hampshire, Irish (southern), Liverpool, RP, Welsh (southern)

Languages:

Native: English

High standard: French

Conversational: Spanish, Italian

Dance: Ballroom dancing, Latin dancing, Salsa

Music: Clarinet, Piano (grade 8), Saxophone, singing (general)

Performance: Shakespeare, storytelling, comedy, voice acting, stage combat

Other theatrical skills: Stage management, devising, makeup

Presenting: Conferences, workshops, infomercials, online meetings, events

Other skills: Bartender, waiting staff, workshop leader, drama workshop leader, typist, Funeral Director, driving

Sports: Weight training, swimming, yoga/Pilates

Full, clean driving license

Full UK passport with long validity

DBS checked

Public Liability Insurance

Forthcoming:

Regular presenting of livestreamed events for Freeman Brothers, see the most recent here
Justice Finds a Way (Independent, dir. Oli Seaman) – Christine
Bexley’s Got Talent (The Arts House Group) – Pam
With Me Jewellery - Infomercial
Taking Care of Baby (dir. Keith Higinbotham) - Lynn Barrie
Dancing at Lughnasa (dir. Keith Higinbotham) - Kate
Drag King Richard III (dir. Terri Power)
The Duchess of Malfi (dir. Joanna Turner) - various
As You Like It (dir. Jo-Ann Baillie) - Celia
Aladdin (QDos) - Ensemble
Snow White (QDos) - Ensemble
Noye’s Fludde (DeLaWarr Pavilion) - Gossip
Misper (dir. Stephen Daldry) - Rookscarer