Amelia Cook
Productions whilst at RADA
- Titania / Hippolyta
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare for Young Audiences) directed by Kash Arshad - Miss Hoyden / Tailor
The Relapse (course project) directed by John Baxter
- Jocasta / Priest
Oedipus Tyrannos directed by Mathew Wernham - Beatrice / Benedict / Nurse
Much Ado About Nothing (course project) directed by Lesley Ewen
Special skills
Accents and dialects: good ear for accents - French, RP, Glasgow, Northern Irish, Liverpudlian, Australian
Stage combat: BASSC Armed (pass) and Unarmed (distinction)
Singing: mezzo soprano
Dance: period, ballet (RAD Grade 8 distinction), tap (basic), jazz (basic)
Music: singing (ABRSM Grade 8 distinction and LCM Grade 8 distinction), clarinet (ABRSM Grade 6), piano (ABRSM Grade 5), guitar (basic)
Other: horse riding (basic), netball (intermediate, school team and recreational), hockey (basic, school team and recreational), swimming (school team and recreational), running (school team and recreational), yoga (basic)
Previous experience
Theatre
Caliban, The Tempest, dir. Gary Lagden, RADA
Emma/Skye, My Generation, dir. Max Webster, West Yorkshire Playhouse
Angel, York Mystery Plays, dir. Damien Cruden, York Theatre Royal and Riding Lights Theatre Co.
Danielle Perks, The Railway Children, dir. Damien Cruden, York Theatre Royal at the National Railway Museum
Voice work
English Language Educational CD’s, Zambak Publishing & Soundworks Leeds
Presenter, Early Morning Breakfast Show, Vale Radio
Training
Foundation Course in Acting, RADA
Memberships
National Youth Theatre
Opera North Youth Company
York Theatre Royal Youth Theatre