JIM KITSON

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Jim was born in Newport, South Wales but has lived in the North East for most of his life. 

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Theatre credits include: THE KING’S SPEECH (The Watermill, Newbury); RED ELLEN (Royal Lyceum Edinburgh/ Nottingham Playhouse); WIND IN THE WILLOWS (Derby Theatre); THE GRINNING MAN (Trafalgar Studios); PITMEN PAINTERS (New Vic Theatre); THE GRAPES OF WRATH (Royal and Derngate and West Yorkshire Playhouse); MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Shakespeare’s Globe); THE DROWNED MAN (Punchdrunk/National Theatre); RICHARD III, KING JOHN and TYNESIDE TALES (Royal Shakespeare Company); TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Manchester Royal Exchange); A WALK ON PART: THE SLOW FALL OF NEW LABOUR (Soho Theatre); WHAT HAPPENED IS THIS (Tron, Glasgow); COLD BUFFET, NOIR, THE BOY ON THE SWING, THE TAXI DRIVER'S DAUGHTER and 13.1 (Live Theatre, Newcastle); COOKING WITH ELVIS, OFFICE PARTY (Hull Truck); SON OF MAN, ANIMAL FARM, EDMOND and GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (Northern Stage); THE NEW TENANT (Hungarian State Theatre, Cluj, Romania).

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Film and TV credits include: THE DARK (Poison Pen Studios or ITV); DINOSAUR  S1 & S2 (Two Brothers Pictures for BBC); SMOGGIE QUEENS (Hat Trick for BBC); CLODAGH (Afternoon Pictures); THE RED KING (Quay Street Productions for ITV Studios); LAND OF WOMEN (Apple+); KING GARY (Shiny Button for BBC); INSPECTOR GEORGE GENTLY (Company Pictures for BBC); VERA (ITV Studios); EMMERDALE (Yorkshire TV); JOE MADDISON'S WAR (Mammoth Productions for ITV 1); TRACY BEAKER RETURNS (CBBC); BYKER GROVE (Zenith Entertainment for BBC).

 

 Jim is also a talented singer, musician and composer. He has worked as a Musical Director for Northern Stage, NTC touring theatre and Live theatre (where he was Musical Director on the original West End production of Cooking With Elvis.)

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