About William

CURRICULUM VITAE

Date of Birth 4.12.48

TRAINING

• ECOLE DE MIME ETIENNE DECROUX, PARIS At the end of his study William was working under the master’s personal direction and was invited to become a teaching assistant. He has also trained with Desmond Jones in London, Ladislav Fialka in Prague and has attended numerous other workshops and courses.

Supporting studies include;

• Voice; IVAN MIDDERIGH, ROY HART THEATRE
• Singing: MARK MEYLAN, NICOLINE SNAAS
• Story Telling; MIKE ALFREDS
• Masks; JOHN WRIGHT
• Play; PHILIPPE GAULIER
• Kung Fu; PHOA YAN TIONG
• Tai Chi Chuan; MASTER CHU
• Story Structure; ROBERT McKEE
• Film Production; ROBERT BUCKLER
• Make 'em Laugh; JOS HOUBEN & MICHELINE VANDEPOEL
• Mask of Life; JOS HOUBEN & MICHELINE VANDEPOEL
• Comic Toolbox; JOHN VOORHAUS
• Eye Body; PETER GRUNWALD

AWARDS

• BRITISH COUNCIL : Summer School, Prague with LADISLA V FIALKA
• INSTITUUT VOOR THEATER ONDERZOEK, AMSTERDAM : Research grant to explore the relationship between mime and puppetry based on the same technique of movement (Decroux)
• AMSTERDAM CITY COUNCIL : Project grant to create the performance "PASSAGE"
• ARTS COUNCIL OF GREAT BRITAIN : Grant to complete work with DECROUX "CATCHING DREAMS"
• BRITISH SUMMER SCHOOL OF MIME : Story Telling Course
• GREAT LONDON ARTS : Project grant to create "THE LATE LATE BIRDY BIRDY SHOW" with JOHN WRIGHT
• WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL : Supporting workshops and performances of " A MAD DREAM" in the Borough
• ARTS COUNCIL GB: Grant to create "THE AQUAPHOBIC SAILOR"
• AMSTERDAM SUMMER UNIVERSITY : Film producing workshop
• AMSTERDAM SUMMER UNIVERSITY : Make 'em Laugh
• AMSTERDAM SUMMER UNIVERSITY : From the Mask of Life
• AMSTERDAM SUMMER UNIVERSITY : Using Sound Objects on Stage
• AMSTERDAM FOND v.d. KUNST : “TOTTY GALORE AND THE EXPANDING SUITCASE”

ARTISTIC DIRECTION

• 1981-90 Artistic Director ANIMATE THEATRE
• 1990-93 Artistic Director SMART ARTS PHYSICAL THEATRE CO
• 1990-92 Artistic Director NIGHTSHIFT DANCE THEATRE

THEATRE PERFORMANCES

• THE WINNER Animate Theatre
• PASSAGE Animate Theatre
• CATCHING DREAMS Animate Theatre
• SPACED OUT Animate Theatre
• THE LEACH Animate Theatre
• THE GAP Animate Theatre
• THE LATE LATE BIRDY BIRDY SHOW Animate Theatre
• BEFORE THE STORM Animate Theatre
• PICNIC Animate Theatre
• A MAD DREAM Smart Arts Tour Taiwan
• THE DATE Smart Arts
• ONE HELL OF A HEAVENLY MARRIAGE Smart Arts
• THE AQUAPHOBIC SAILOR Smart Arts
• FROM HIGH PLACES Nightshift Dance Theatre
• UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN Nightshift Dance Theatre
• PATINE DU TEMPS Grif Theater
• LA DI DA BOOM De Verbeelding
• DELFT FESTIVAL Mark Kingsford & Michael Helmerhorst
• CIRCUS Theater Terra tour USA & Canada
• SPROUTS Theatre Strangelove
• THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
• MINI MIME THEATRE - THE ALCHEMIST solo project
• OBJECT OF DESIRE solo project
• TOTTY GALORE & the EXPANDING SUITCASE solo project
• LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS Amsterdamse Bos Open Lucht Theatre 

 

VIDEO DIRECTION

• A MATTER OF STYLE Educational video film showing four different styles of playing in theatre.
• DANCING WITH MY SHADOW Documentary about puppeteer Feike Boschma

TV DIRECTION

• SPROOKJESBOOM Assistant director and movement director for childrens series 1 2 & 3
• NOS production "Yes is for a very young man" by Gertrude Stein; directed movement sequences
• ANGLIA TV " Wide Angle/First Night" Directed title sequence. KRO Slapstick training for series "Linda Linda".

TELEVISION

• "BODYTALK" BBC
• "BODYSTYLES" CH 4
• "CLUB X" CH 4
• "MOTORMOUTH II" TVS

MOTION CAPTURE

• Demonstration for VICON MOTION CAPTURE SYSTEMS in RAI Amsterdam
• CAFÉ de WERELD (3 seasons) for MOTEK BV en VARA

COMMERCIALS

• BULMERS Woodpecker Cider MALE WOODPECKER
• COLGATE Toothpaste BACTERIA
• COI Employment Training GRANITE MAN
• TESCO Cornish Pasties SCARECROW
• KPN Het Net Mirror Image
• KPN Het Net Stunt Double
• CORPORATE TRAINING VIDEO
• LADBROKE HOTELS
• SUN ALLIANCE INSURANCE

TEACHING

• In 1982, whilst living in Holland, William completed a documentation of corporal mime technique for the MIME CENTRUM, AMSTERDAM on VIDEO, SLIDES, PHOTOS and ESSAYS.
• He was appointed teacher of Corporal Mime to the NEDERLANDS MIME SCHOOL where he taught between 1982-84. He returned to the Netherlands in 1990 and continued teaching at The Mime School until 2014
• In 1984 he returned to London to found ANIMATE SCHOOL OF CORPORAL MIME where he was ARTISTIC DIRECTOR until 1990.

Teaching at leading drama schools includes.

• THE ACADEMY OF LIVE AND RECORDED ARTS
• ITALIA CONTI SCHOOL
• MOUNTVIEW THEATRE SCHOOL
• GUILDFORD THEATRE SCHOOL
• THE LONDON STUDIO CENTRE
• In 1990 he performed and taught at the NATIONAL THEATRE OF TAIWAN.
• In 1994 he has taught Storytelling and Structure workshops for The NEDERLANDS THEATRE INSTITUTE.
• MULHOLLAND FILM ACADEMY
• He currently teaches at the THEATER SCHOOL, AMSTERDAM, NEDERLANDS INSTITUTE VOOR ANIMATIE FILM, TILBURG
• H.K.U. UTRECHT