Oliver James Parkins

MFA Professional Acting


Biography

BOVTS: Cassius in Julius Caesar, Kulygin in Three Sisters, Robyn in Meet Me At Dawn.

Pre-BOVTS: Pantalone in The Servant of Two Masters, Thomas Stockmann in An Enemy of the People, and Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (all with Theatre Erindale).

Training outside BOVTS: Diploma in Acting Performance (Sheridan College), HBA: Theatre and Drama Studies (University of Toronto).

It was always stressed that the contacts you make during your training are incredibly important, and your classmates are likely to end up being on set alongside you in the future. After working with a director of photography on one of the School’s short films, I was invited to work on a project with him outside of Bristol - proving that the professionals we meet via the School, may one day give us a call to action! Muir McFadden, Technical Graduate