Chen Xu

Bio:

Height: 5′ 7″

Playing Age Range: 16-26

Nationality: Chinese

Visa Status: UK Work Visa application in progress

Scholarships/Awards: Royal Conservatoire Of Scotland Trust Postgraduate Scholarship

Skills:

Accents: Chinese, American Standard

Dance: Ballet (basic)

Movement: Viewpoints

Singing: A Cappella

Language: Chinese (Native)

Previous Training/Qualifications: BA Philosophy (Summa Cum Laude), Wellesley College; Shakespeare Summer School, Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts

Other: Piano (Highly-Skilled), Theatre Devising, Puppetry – Shadow-Object, Puppetry-Hand

Work Experience:

Haemon/Chorus, Antigone, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (dir. Leonor Estrada Francke)

Yi, Playback (Short Film), RCS On the Verge Festival (dir. Chen Xu)

Cheng Shi, Exposing Yui Atari (Short Film), RCS On the Verge Festival (dir. Goergie McGuigan)

Richard II/Queen, Richard II, RCS Globe Residency (dir. Michael Brown)

Sergei, Piano, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (dir. Stephanie Jane Austin)

Jo (Lead), Hands and Flowers, The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (dir. Costi Levy)

Narrator (Lead), The Tell-Tale Heart, Royal Academy of Music (dir. Richard Williams)

Gabriella (Lead), Gabriel, Oxford Playhouse, (dir. Ellie Warr)

Sarah, Plus One, Oxford University Drama Society (Nina Jurkovic)

Upcoming:

Birdland, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (dir. Stephanie Jane Austin)