Rosalind Adler: Acting c.v.

voice training; communications skills development

"Versatile and brilliant -
My preferred leading character actress."
Amanda Robins, Artistic Director, Comedy Rep.

JUBILATE!

I'll be performing my one-woman play . . .

"This is marvellous - a real miniature drama crackling with comedy both dark and light"
Libby Purves

"I'm so glad I came - I was so impressed"
Barry Humphries

. . . at The Henley Fringe Festival, from Wed. 23rd - Sat. 26th July at 7pm,
at Dragon Court, 15 Station Road, Henley-on-Thames RG9 1AT

Box Office: 07528 483572 or www.henleyfringefestival.com,

Everyone knows someone who thinks they know best. In Jubilate! that someone is Anna, vicar's wife and radio personality. She has her own life sorted out - apparently - and now thinks it'd be a good idea to sort out everyone else's......oh dear.

THE COMEDY PROJECT

In March 2008 I contributed as writer and performer to the new season of The Comedy Project (www.comedyproject.co.uk) at the Soho Theatre. My new play Drastic Plastic was showcased on Wednesday March 19th.

Daffodil has drastic plastic surgery to reclaim the years.
Vic hopes bigger breasts will win back gormless Gavin.
"Change your body, change your life" - isn't that right, girls???

Click on the image below
for a short acting c.v.
(1-page PDF)

SEXOLOGICALLY SPEAKING

I was in two of a quartet of Carolyn Pertwee's excellent short plays from 15th to 18th November in a sell-out run at the O.S.O. in Barnes. (OSO Box Office: 020 8876 9885) The evening was called Sexologically Speaking. I appeared in Double Image and On Thin Ice. The plays are sexy, funny and fab.

CAREER IN OUTLINE

I am a graduate of Cambridge Universityand I subsequently trained at The Drama Centre.

Since then I have worked extensively in theatre, television, cabaret and radio, primarily in comic roles.

I am a member of the Soho Theatre's flourishing Comedy Project.

My one-woman show, Jubilate!, was well received at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival (where it was performed under the title Bruised Blueberries).

AGENT

Lindsay Jones @ CPA Management: 01708 766444

TELEVISION

"Every director has his 'rep' company,
that band of utterly reliable and gifted troupers
who know what they're doing.
Ros is in my rep."
Gavin Millar, Director "Ella and the Mothers", BBC Television 2002

My television appearances include:

Angel Storn in My Family , directed by Dewi Humphreys (BBC 2005)
Ella and the Mothers (BBC 2002)
The Medical Examiner in Rough Treatment (Dan Films, 1999);
Matron in This Could Be The Last Time, directed by Gavin Millar (BBC1, 1997);
Abigail in The Legacy of Reginald Perrin, directed by Gareth Gwenlan (BBC1, 1995);
Mary Stokes in Love Is Not Enough (Contact TV, 1990);
My own solo set in Cabaret at the Jongleurs (BBC2, 1987);
Waitress in The Puppet Man (Channel 4);
Jenny in Mitch, directed by Don Leaver (LWT);
Jenny in Les Chemins de Fer, directed by Serge Peyrat (FR3).

THEATRE

"Ros is a great comic actress with impeccable timing
but she knows that comedy is founded on truth
and so can switch to pathos in a flash.
Talented, reliable, a great company member."
Joss Bennathan, Artistic Director,
Present Moment Theatre Company

Theatre roles include:

Anna and other characters in Jubilate!, performed and written by Rosalind Adler
Janet in Stage Further's touring production of Anybody for Murder by Brian Clemens and Dennis Spooner, 2003
Ananias in The Alchemist at Hammersmith's Riverside Studios, 2002
Mrs Malaprop in Sheridan's The Rivals at the Wimbledon Studio Theatre, 2001
The Comedy Rep directed by Angelo Abela and Amanda Robins at the Soho Theatre, 2001 onwards
Clemency in Scam directed by Tony Craven at the Riverside Studios 2000
Sue in Abigail's Party directed by Fraser Grant at Drayton Court and the Edinburgh Festival 1999
Penny in May Day New directed by Hugh Beardesmore-Billings at New End Hampstead 1998
Sarah in The Lover directed by Andrew Sharp at Brighton Actors' Theatre 1995
Kate Bridges & Mrs Wicket in Goodbye Mr. Chips directed by Angie Langfield at Watermill Theatre on national tour 1995
Absurd Person Singular directed by Jonathan Church at Derby Playhouse 1994
Vera in Just Between Ourselves directed by Mark Clements at Northampton Royal 1991
Beatrice in Rebecca directed by Angie Langfield at Derby Playhouse 1990
All female roles in Intimate Exchanges directed by Angie Langfield at West Yorkshire Playhouse 1988
Improvised role in Live Soap directed by Rosalind Adler and Jim Sweeney at Donmar Warehouse 1987
Gwendolen in The Importance of Being Earnest directed by Doreen Cannon at Harlech Festival 1987
Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet directed by Chris Fisher at The Grace 1986
Magda in The Still Born directed by Lindsay Posner at Soho Poly 1986
Helene / Kath in Places To Crash directed by Peter Birch at the Latchmere 1985
Auntie Doris in 2nd From Last in the Sackrace directed by Jude Kelly at Battersea Arts Centre 1984
Winnie & Miss Granville (1st cast) in Daisy Pulls It Off directed by David Gilmore at The Globe, Shaftesbury Ave. 1982-1984
Joanna in Love Bites directed by Nick Broadhurst at the ICA 1981 and at the Latchmere 1982
Olivia in Twelfth Night directed by David Milne at Derby Playhouse 1982
Jenny in Les Chemins de Fer directed by Serge Peyrat at Theatre de la Ville, Paris

CABARET

I performed my own comedy stand-up set in clubs around London 1986/7.

RADIO

Several plays for Radio 4, directed by Piers Plowright, David Spenser and Paul Mayhew-Archer.

"Ros is an eminently versatile actress
with that rare ability to bring alive comic roles
with a combination of beautifully detailed observation of character
and excellent comic timing."
Liz Webb, Producer, Radio 4 Drama

FILM

Mrs. Iceberg in The Fool directed by Christine Edzard (Sands Films 1990)