Paul Nolan
writer – director
Paul is an Anglo Irish actor, writer, director and an inaugural member of Red Talent.
His career spans four decades during which he was a company director of the award winning Tic Toc Theatre Company performing in all of their national and community touring productions. Whilst with Tic Toc he formed the Cheeky Chappies with Robert Wilkinson and together they produced their unique style of performance based on comedic vaudeville routines which developed a bijou cult following nationally and locally. Their characters Dick and Ginger hosted TV quiz shows, compered comedy clubs promoting the likes of Harry Enfield, Jo Brand, Bill Bailey, Frank Skinner and the late Caroline Ahearne and Sean Hughes.
His theatre experience and knowledge is boundless. His associations and collaborations have included Talking Birds, The Belgrade Theatre, The Birmingham Rep, EGO Performance Co, Sante Theatre, The Albany Theatre, Imagineer Productions, NFTS, BBC, Coventry University, and The National Trust.
His touring work has reached as far as Western Australia but he continues to work and support arts development in Coventry and the surrounding area being an advocate for making the arts accessible to those who wouldn’t ordinarily attend and contribute.
In no particular order
Fagin – Oliver Twist. Albany Theatre. Dir. Kevin Shaw
Jonah – The Whale. Talking Birds. Dir. Derek Nisbet
Longbottom – Pirates of the Canal Basin. EGO Perf. Co/No Fit State Circus.
Dr. Neal Frank – Out For Blood [NFTS] Dir. Ava Bounds
Ebenezer Scrooge – A Christmas Carol. Dir. Kevin Shaw
Gabriel Marlowe – Festival of Lost & Found. Talking Birds/Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Dir. Steve Johnstone
Mole – Wind in the Willows. Sante Theatre/Albany Theatre Dir. Claudette Bryanston
Bunce – Fantastic Mr Fox. Belgrade Theatre Dir. Kathi Leahy
Iago – Othello. Sante Theatre, Dir. Claudette Bryanston
Simon – Backbite [BBC New Creatives] Dir. Harry Swaine
Manuel – Fawlty Towers. Laughlines. Dir. Michael Wilson Green
Brian – Brown Paper Bag [BAFTA Winner] Dir. Michael Baig Clifford
Aidan – The Wedding. Shaskeen Theatre | Belgrade Theatre | Cork Opera House Dir. Kathi Leahy
Simon – Night Before Christmas, Belgrade Theatre. Dir. Hamish Glen
Writing | Directing credits incl.
The Pity, Albany Theatre, Coventry.
A Whistle in the Dark by Tom Murphy
A Christmas Carol [for one actor] – Warwick Castle
The Window [Belgrade Theatre commission for National Tour]
Baddesley After Dark – The National Trust
For Cheeky Chappies with Robert Wilkinson – Tale of Tommy Atkins, The Seaside Shuffle, The Cheeky Chappies World Tour, The Coventry Caper, Aladdin, A Christmas Carol, Dick Whittington, Robin Hood, Treasure Island, The Cheeky Chappies Christmas Cracker [for Belgrade Theatre] oh, and there’s more.