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Rowan is an actor, director and musician from Guildford. Rowan directed
Love and Understanding earlier in April 2005 for Nomad Theatre, Surrey
and is now working, with Trident Theatre again, to take a new version to
2005's Edinburgh Fringe Festival. This will be his Fringe directing
debut but he has had great success in previous years as an actor with his
one man show ‘RED PETER’ 2003 [“A beautiful performance by Rowan
Bangs… Brilliant” Three Weeks] and last year in Trident’s EQUUS [“a
grounding performance by Rowan Bangs… the kind of earthy believability
that is so rare” Three Weeks].
He gained a degree in Drama and Theatre Studies from The University of
Surrey, Roehampton in 2002. Whilst studying he took a particular interest
in the social aspects of theatre and it’s audience and was involved in
various projects including a post-modern interpretation of Macbeth,
a reinterpretation of Pirandello’s Six characters in search of an
Author, commedia dell a’rte performances and as ‘King Herod’ in
Jesus Christ Superstar.
Upon graduating Rowan worked with Martin Webb on ‘Les Enfant Terribles’s’
production of Berkoff’s West playing ‘Sid’ at The Space in London.
He acted as an assistant director and reprised the role when it
transferred to The Assembly Rooms for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Other credits include ‘Karl Brezner’ Popcorn, ‘Duke Of Exeter’
Henry V (both Nomads)‘Red Peter’ Kafka’s Red Peter (APE
Productions), ‘The Man’ Special Delivery (Double Jack Films), ‘Paul
Rice’ Jackpot (Poormans Productions), ‘Martin Dysart’ Equus
(Trident/Moment), Lancelot Gobbo The Merchant Of Venice (Polesden
Lacey Festival) and a tour of Pinnochio for The Cat’s Grin Theatre
Company.
As a director Rowan was responsible for the London re-working of
Kafka’s Red Peter at The Space. He also directed A Slice of
Saturday Night for Les Enfant Terribles and The Chainsaw Manicure
for The Nomads. In 2003 he worked with a youth group compiling and
directing a show called Stuff and is hoping to work with them later
this year for Stuff 2- Stuff Harder with a Vengeance.
Rowan’s
Spotlight page
http://www.spotlightcd.com/interactive/cv/531578311430
email:
rbangs@hotmail.com
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