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Manasa Tagica

BA Acting Class of 2025

About

Manasa is a British-Polynesian actor from Salisbury and is a recipient of the Leverhulme Trust Scholarship. Alongside acting, he is an experienced dancer and choreographer and has also developed an interest for radio work. Manasa can be seen next year in an independent short film, The Common Man.

Bio:

Pronouns: He/Him

Height: 6’0″

Playing Age Range: 18-28

Nationality: British

Scholarships Awards: Leverhulme Trust Scholarship

Skills:

Accents: London, Multi-Cultural London English (MLE), RP, Yorkshire, American (African American), American (Californian), American (Standard), Cockney, Glasgow, Heightened RP, Jamaican

Dance: 6 Step (Breakdance Move), Choreography, Commercial, Dance (General), Freestyle, Hip-Hop

Movement: Lecoq, Mask

Singing: Tenor Baritone

Previous Qualifications: UAL Level 4 Extended Diploma in Performance

Other: Acrobatics, Bartender, Improvisation, Mixologist, Survival Skills, Writer

*Denotes high proficiency or native accent

Work Experience:

Five, After Life, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (dir. Emily Reutlinger)

Tom, Earthquakes in London, dir. Joanna Bowman

Orsino, Twelfth Night, dir. Kolbrún Björt Sigfúdóttir

Jack, The Luna Squad (TV), Cinalight (dir. Leon Mitchell)

Dancer, Tuesdays and Fridays (Feature Film), Bhansali Productions (dir. Taranveer Singh)

Smelvin, Smelvin (Short Film), RCS (dir. Kyle Pitcaithly)

Trigorin, The Seagull, RCS (dir. Lucianne McEvoy)

Images

Manasa is looking off-camera.

After Life


Manasa is gesturing on stage.

After Life