Heather Alexander
Professional acting and directing CV
Qualifications:
BA Hons English/Psychology
MA (Distinction) Theatre Directing
Fully qualified Teacher of Drama
QTS (Qualified Teacher Status)
A.I.S.T.D. Associate Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance
Enhanced DBS (Current on update service)
Theatre
- Original Member of Arlene Phillips Hot Gossip
- Brooke Ashton in Noises Off at The Savoy Theatre WEST END
- Heidi in Look No Hans at The Strand Theatre (opp. David Jason) WEST END
- Barbara Smith in Run For Your Wife at Criterion Theatre WEST END
- Marion in There’s A Girl in My Soup (opp. John Stride) No. 1 Tour
- Jill Tanner in Butterflies Are Free – English Theatre, Vienna
- Reds in Alan Bleasdale’s Are You Lonesome Tonight No. 1 Tour
- Shakespeare characters (various) in Traffic Of The Stage Theatre-In – Education Company
- Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest workshop and performance at Dartmoor Prison
- Two Into One – Theatre of Comedy (opp. Kathy Staff, Roy Hudd & Gareth Hunt)
- Characters (several) The Sneeze by Chekhov – Croydon Warehouse
- Barbara in It’s Now Or Never – Queens Theatre Hornchurch
- Shirley Valentine in Shirley Valentine The Barn, Smallhythe Place (Ellen Terry Theatre)
- Martha in ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ By Edward Albee (STP Productions)
- Amanda in ‘Private Lives’ (STP Productions)
- Lady Macbeth – Macbeth – Bowler Crab Productions
- Titania – A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Bowler Crab Productions
- Rita (lead) in ‘Looking For Mr. Right’ – Underground Theatre, Eastbourne March
- Dr Baum in The White Crow by Donald Freed – Brighton and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals 2016
- Clare Sutton in Yes Prime Minister – 2017 Hippodrome Eastbourne
- Wrote, performed and directed Bard’s Bitches at Brighton, Edinburgh and Hastings Fringe 2017
- Annie Brassey – Brighton & Edinburgh Festival 2018 (written and directed by Heather Alexander
- Proxy – by Heather Alexander – Cockpit Theatre 2019
- Kiss Off and Proxy -by Heather Alexander Hastings Fringe Festival 2019
- Shirley Valentine – by Willy Russell. Hollywood Fringe Festival, USA 2019
- Shirley Valentine – Gothenburg Fringe 2019
- Shirley Valentine – New York. Capital Solo Festival 2019
- Jo Brand – Support Act – White Rock Theatre 2019
- It’s A Wonderful Life tour 2019 (multi-role)
- Shirley Valentine – South East UK various dates 2020
- Mavis Ruxton in The Tragedy of Dorian Gray, Blue Devil, 2022
- Currently touring 2023
- Virginia Woolf in ROOM 2022/23 – A Room Of One’s Own Emul8 Theatre, Brighton, Edinburgh Fringe- 5 star reviews.
- Miss Havisham in HAVISHAM 2023 Emul8 Theatre – Brighton, Edinburgh Fringe – 5 Star Reviews. Currently touring
Film
- Tori in ‘Play It Safe’ directed by Mitch Kalisa (Compulsory Productions) 2019
- Susan James “Into The Darkness” (opp. Donald Pleasance)
- Captain Turner “Firestar” (opp. Charles Grey and Oliver Tobias)
TV
- Dancer and sketches with Hot Gosssip on Kenny Everett TV show
- StarBase in The All Electric Amusement Arcade (ITV)
- Annie in Dempsey and Makepeace (LWT)
- Judy in Love After Lunch (BBC)
- Tessa Watts in Blatt (BBC)
- Martinka in Wizbit (ITV)
Voice Over
- Sophie/Herbert’s Wife/GhostBillie and the Ghost (AKA Binny and the Ghost) – Shepperton/Pinewood 2017
Directing Credits
- Miss Julie by August Strindberg – Stratford Circus, East London
- Because You’re Worth It (devised) – Stratford Circus,
- Woyceck by Buchner – Stratford Circus
- Blood Run – William Parker College
- ToysAREus, conceived, written and directed by me – Promenade Theatre Event
- RENT The Musical at The Stables Theatre
- Mine by Polly Teale (originally devised by Shared Experience) at The Stables Theatre
- ‘A Day In The Life of a Woman’ for LadyFest – a Goddess in The Gutter Production for community venues
- Slippage -The Garage
- This Device Is Not Supported – The Garage
- A Comedy of Errors – Eastbourne Italian Gardens 2017
- The Full Monty (co-director) – White Rock Theatre 2011
- Founder & Artistic Director of Hastings Fringe Festival 2014 – 2019
- Writer, director and performer Bard’s Bitches 2017 (Edinburgh Festival)
- Writer, director, performer Annie Brassey (4 Stars Review Broadway Baby)for Brighton and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals 2018
- Directed ‘Honeysuckles Only Smell In The Evening’ by Annicka Banfield
- Hastings and Gothenberg Fringe Festivals 2018
- Artistic Director of Hastings Theatre Festival 2019 (Arts Council Funded)
- A Christmas Carol – Grove Theatre, Eastbourne
- Director Jeeves & Wooster, Perfect Nonsense 2020, Redwood Productions (Venues Eastbourne, Hastings & dates tba) 2021
- Mavis in The Tragedy of Dorian Grey, Blue Devil Productions (Brighton Fringe 2020)
- A Room Of One’s Own adapted by Heather Alexander from Virginia Woolf’s lectures. Tour 2021 (postponed) Emul8 Theatre
- Two by Jim Cartwright. All female roles. Tour 2021. Redwood Theatre
Recent Professional Development
| Provider | Year | Course |
| ITC | 2014 | Starting A Performing Arts Company |
| Told By An Idiot Theatre Company | 2018-19 | Devising Theatre – Director’s Process (led by Paul Hunter) |
| Comedy and Clown Workshop | 2018 | Mick Barnfather |
| Dominique Gerrard | 2019 | Meisner Workshop |
| Cockpit Theatre, London | 2019 | Writing a One person show |
| Theatre Technical Training | 2020 | Q Lab Technical Training for loading sound cues and running theatre productions. |
| One to One mentoring with Paul Hunter (Artistic Director – Told By An Idiot) devising theatrical production | 2020 | Devising and new writing support |
| David Glass Ensemble | 2020 | Devising and Theatre Practise |
| Frantic Assembly workshops | 2021 | Devising and directing |