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Neal Craig

32m · Broke & Ambitious · 02 Dec 09:00

Frances speaks to actor and comedian Neal Craig.

Neal tells us all about his exciting early career as a rock star, his love of acting and comedy, and his not-so-exciting day jobs including selling wooden ties...

Neal trained at Manchester School of Theatre at MMU. Notable TV work includes a recurring role on “Emmerdale”, “Coronation Street” and the HBO series “A Girls Guide To Depravity”. Stage credits include ‘Captain Hook’ in Peter Pan (Derby Theatre); ‘The Entire Population of London’ in Sherlock Holmes and The Crimson Cobbles (Salisbury Playhouse/Chipping Norton); ‘Mr Peabody’ in Lost Lending Library (Punchdrunk); ‘Iago’ in Othello (English Theatre Hamburg); ‘Young Billy’ in Swallows & Amazons (The National Theatre/The Bristol Old Vic).

Neal is a former member of Propeller Theatre Company and has toured nationally and internationally with the company.

He has also appeared at The Globe, Keswick Theatre by The Lake, The Orange Tree Theatre, Edinburgh International Theatre and London’s West End. He is a writer, standup comedian and a founder member and associate artist of The 1623 Theatre Company.

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Music by Dave Golbraich

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