STELLA TAYLOR TITUS ANDRONICUS SMOOTH FACED GENTLEMEN LUCIUS CHIRON

STELLA TAYLOR

Art, music, dance, the stage - these are the kismet girls....

They're limbering up for another all female UK tour, and this time romance gives way to bloodshed: Ladies and gentlemen, the Smooth faces present to you: TITUS ANDRONICUS. For 2013 introducing Stella Taylor as Lucius and Chiron. Stella recently graduated from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama: Ba(Hons) Acting - First Class. Best of Luck Stella, from the Kismet Girls.

ABOUT STELLA

Education

2012, 3 yr. Acting
Central School of Speech and Drama

2009, BA (Hons) in English Literature and Psychology
Newcastle University

General

Currently rehearsing 'Titus Andronicus,' with the award winning all female Shakespeare company Smooth Faced Gentlemen, performing at the Buxton Fringe (16th-20th July) and then headlining the Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe (2nd-24th Aug, 7.30pm). For more information, see http://smoothfacedgentlemen.com/

Will be filming the role of 'Sam' in British/Nollywood RomCom, 'Mum, Dad, Meet Sam' later this year.

Additional Skills

Stage Combat (BASSC) Unarmed, Rapier and Dagger - Level One [Distinction]
Devising, Physical Theatre, Improvisation, Clown, Mask, Yoga, Squash, Skiing/Snowboarding, Piano, Guitar, Ukulele

Workshops:

Comedy: Lucy Porter and Justin Edwards
Mask and Clowning: Jon Wright (Told by and Idiot)
Verbatim Theatre: Max Stafford Clarke and Robin Soans (Out of Joint)
Puppetry: Cariad Astles
Sound: Filter Theatre Company
Acting for Screen: Mel Churcher and Keir Burrows

Ethnicity	White/Caucasian
Skin Color	White
Hair Length	Long
Native accent	English
Accents (UK)	Cockney, London, RP, Yorkshire
Accents (North American)	Californian, General American, Southern American
Accents (International)	Australian, Dublin, French, Irish, Polish, RP, Russian
Languages Spoken	English
Interested in	Comedy, Commercials, Corporate, Film (Professional), Film (Student), Improvisation, Modelling, Music Videos, Radio, Rehearsed Readings, Roleplay, Theatre (Fringe), Theatre (Professional), Theatre (Touring), TV, Voice Over
Specific Singing Skills	Mezzo-Soprano
Musical Skills	Guitar, Piano
Organisation Membership	Equity
Stage Combat Skills	Yes
Driving Licences	Standard

CREDITS

Year	Role / Type	Production / Director	Company / Venue
.	.	..	.
2013	Chloe Film (Short)	Rerun Sam Hugh	UCA
2012	Regal Woman with Snake Still Photos	Joshua Reynolds Shoot Zena Holloway	Getty Images
2012	Faye (Believer) Theatre	Scatter Like Ash Ben Mills	Plunger Theatre Camden People's Theatre
2012	Bryony Film (Short)	Martha Owen Harrold	KOGA MEDIA and FILM
2012	Isobel Theatre	Princess Sharon Katazyna Deszcz	International Gombrowicz Festival Popular Theatre, Poland
2012	Dr Krestyan Ivanovich/Valet/Ensemble Rehearsed Reading	The Double Laurence Boswell	Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath CSSD
2012	Vittoria/Zanche Theatre	Banished (The White Devil) Wilson Milam	CSSD The Embassy Theatre
2012	Samantha Film (Short)	When You're Smiling	CSSD
2012	Bridesmaid Film (Feature)	The Look of Love Michael Winterbottom	Film4
2012	Kasia Rehearsed Reading	Smolensk Abigail Graham	Theatre Royal Haymarket
2012	Mourner Theatre	The House of Bernarda Alba Bijan Sheibani	The Almeida
2011	Dewey Dell Bundren Theatre	As I Lay Dying (Devised Adaptation) Yael Shavit	CSSD
2011	Witch Theatre	Macbeth Sinead Rushe	CSSD
2011	Lady Teazle Theatre	The School for Scandal Grainne Byrne	CSSD The Embassy Theatre
2011	Regina Holliday Theatre	To Be Taken With Water (Devised) Dominic Rouse	CDT 12 The Roundhouse
2010	Margaret/Seacoal Theatre	Much Ado About Nothing Sinead Rushe	CSSD
2010	Masha Theatre	The Seagull Nadia Morgan	CSSD
2006	Miranda Theatre	The Tempest Nick Allen	Shakespeare in Styria Austria
2005	Anne Page Theatre	The Merry Wives of Windsor Nick Allen	Shakespeare in Styria Austria

2013 THE SMOOTH FACED PLAYERS: TITUS ANDRONICUS CAST - In alphabetical order


Vivienne Acheampong	Fran Binefa	Madeline Gould	Ashlea Kaye


Henri Merriam	Emma Nixon	Leila Sykes	Stella Taylor

TITUS ANDRONICUS PLAYER

Stella Taylor - Plays Lucius and Chiron. Stella trained at CSSD, plays the Ukelele, and will be starring in a major Nollywood film straight after this. (That’s right, Nollywood).

TITUS ANDRONICUS CREW - In alphabetical order

Yaz Al-Shaater – Director

Anna Beecher – Dramaturg

Tom Crawshaw - Dramaturg

Celia Dugua - Lighting

Kirsty Fox - Associate Producer

Amy Gunn – Stage Management

Jacob Hughes - Designer

Rachel Illingsworth – Assistant Director

James Percival - Sound

These are the smooth faces of a troupe of ladies who prefer to act out the parts of gentlemen. Don't they know when they are onto a good thing? Okay, seriously, this troupe are truly superb and deserve as much support as we can give them. The productions that the SFG players intend staging in the future, are classic renditions of Shakespeare's works in traditional costume, which sets them apart from other all female troupes in the US and elsewhere (good as they are) - as one might expect from the qualifications and experience of the members. They are Kismet Girls through and through.

Ashlea Kaye and Leila Sykes rehearsing Titus Andronicus

These girls are serious actors carrying off the parts of their male counterparts so well, that you may well believe they are men. That is the opinion of many people who have seen their shows. Moreover, the acting is of such a high caliber that any advocate of Shakespeare will appreciate the performance for the performance and not because the players are all female - although that inevitably adds to the mystique - and that extra layer of spice is bound to draw audiences wherever they perform.

Smooth Faced Gentlemen are one of the UK's most prodigious all-female Shakespeare troupes. Formed in 2012, this female ensemble perform fast-paced, dynamic productions of Shakespeare's much-loved classics. Thier approach, which marries tradition with innovation, seeks to dismantle the audience's preconceptions of the Bard's work. Through the prism of an all-female cast Smooth Faced Gentlemen examine the mastery with which Shakespeare pictures humanity - a humanity which an actor can explore and share whether male or female.