Bhavnisha Parmar

Experience/Special Interests:

Past Productions 2010 National Youth Theatre – S’Warm A 500 cast piece based on the decline of man, involving the scientific foundation of climate change and global anomalies as well as the moral indication of the monetary conditions in the UK today. Encouraged each actor to actively participate in movement work, dance and singing/ music. 2009 Leeds University Stonewall Film. A short film based on tackling the rise of homophobia. Played a young youth/gang member who aided an assault on the homosexual couple. 2009 Leeds University Production: A piece based on verbatim theatre and Boal’s forum theatre. An experimental piece exposing issues of oppression such as: army camps and prisoners of war. Played a captured Pakistani woman who was raped and beaten for her religion/ background in a camp. She was also mother to a son who had fled to war himself. 2009 Leeds University Production: Expectations (A physical theatre piece looking at societal conformities and pressure) A lesbian who was suppressed by the nature of her love and society. 2009 Opera North Production: DARE: Ruddigore (Worked with Peter Restall, Stage Manager looking at how things are run from this perspective of the production) 2009 Leeds University Production: Stage management for first year piece “The Last Wolf of Scotland” 2009 West Yorkshire Playhouse and Leeds Routes (Light Night) Production: Commerce (key protestor) 2009 West Yorkshire Playhouse and Leeds Routes (Light Night) Production: Power (role of a tyrannical business owner) (Both plays were political productions using a site specific approach exposing exploitation and the corruption of power) 2009 National Youth Theatre Production: Currently auditioning for 2010 Season 2009 National Youth Theatre Production: Stadium Arts Day. A preliminary study for the Olympics 2009 National Youth Theatre Production: Two week enrolment course which led to a stadium production that included 350 members. 2009 Stratford Upon Avon College Production: Six Characters in Search of an Author (Rupert Goold – As a result worked with Headlong Theatre as part of research into meta-theatre) Played the role of Producer, an obsessive compulsive narrative junkie whose whole life was dedicated to making documentaries. Camera work was learnt for this. 2009 Meeting Jo Joyner (EastEnders) Question and Answer about television, radio and live theatre. 2008 Stratford Upon Avon Production: Moonlight (Harold Pinter) Played Jake, one of the comedic twins. 2008 Stratford Upon Avon Production: Honour Own (Devised piece based on religious conformism and honour killings within Asian history) Played a young Asian girl, whose relationship with a white boy led to her murder by her father. 2008 Working with Antonio Venturino (Commedia de latte). Workshop undertaken as well as participation in a small 10 minute Commedia production 2007 Dance with Mochi Mandal (Dance Group) at 2007 Diwali festival

Hobbies/Talents:

Skills & Interests • Instruments: Drums, Keyboards • Dancing: Contemporary (Hip Hop/ Street) • Singing: None • Driving Licenses: Car Driving Licence • Sports: Archery, Basketball, Bowling, Climbing, Football, Karate, Pool, Running, Snooker, Swimming, Tennis Accents & Languages • Accents (UK): Birmingham, Cockney, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Scottish, Yorkshire • Accents (US): General American, Texas • Accents (International): None • Languages (fluent): English • Other Languages: Gujarati • Native Language: Hindi • Native Accent: Birmingham

Type Of Work Wanted:

Film, T.V, Theatre