Biography
Job Title: Lecturer
Courses Taught: BA (Hons) Musical Theatre
Specialisms: Dramatic Combat & Intimacy
Neil is a Fight Director/Stunt Coordinator, Intimacy Director, and Senior Teacher with the British Academy of Dramatic Combat (BADC). Teaching at a variety of drama schools, universities, and theatres, Neil has been an HE Lecturer at Leeds Conservatoire (Musical Theatre) since 2021, UC Leeds (Acting) since 2019, and a frequent guest teacher at the University of Salford (Technical Theatre) and York St. John University (Performance: Theatre), amongst others.
Neil gained his degree in Performance: Theatre from the University of Leeds, a PGCE (16+ post-compulsory) through the Open University, and was awarded Fellowship status with Advance HE, in 2025.
A former Sensei and Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) enthusiast, Neil specialises in a variety of fight styles both western and eastern, armed and unarmed, modern and historic.
Lastly, he has been the Treasurer on the BADC Committee since 2019.
Awards/Releases/Credits/Achievements
Notable Theatre Credits Include:
- Reception: The Wedding Present Musical (dir. Matt Aston, Slung Low), 2025
- I Am Beautiful (dir. Ben Wysocki, Guiseley Theatre), 2025
- Pippin (dir. Barbara Houseman, Leeds Conservatoire), 2025
- Something Old, Something New (dir. Tess Seddon, The Crucible), 2024
- Carmen (dir. Edward Dick, Opera North), 2022
Notable Film Credits Include:
- Lucky Penny (dir. Zak Harney), 2025
- By the Throat (dir. David Rees), 2025
- Fairview Park (dir. Ellie Hodgetts & Aymeric Nicolet), 2024
- Macbeth (dir. Kit Monkman), 2018
- God’s Own Country (dir. Francis Lee), 2017
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