Chris Grimes - Training and CV - Actor, Comedy Improvisation Performer, Comedy Writer, Voice-over Artist and much more!

BRISTOL OLD VIC THEATRE SCHOOL 1986-88
Awarded the Peter Akerman Prize for Comedy

CENTRAL SCHOOL OF SPEECH & DRAMA, LONDON 1982-86
Bed (Hons) Speech & Drama

I have worked extensively in Theatre, Radio, Television, Commercials (both Foreign and U.K) and Voice-overs since 1988.

	Actor			Comedy Improvisation Performer			Comedy Writer
	Voice-over Artist			Drama Workshop Leader

Also Co-Director, Facilitator, Actor, Writer & Principal Consultant for Barking Productions and Instant Wit.

I started performing in Comedy Improvisation shows in the early 1990's before co-founding BARKING PRODUCTIONS & INSTANT WIT in 1996. Click on the word links to take you to some "information about" pages on this site.

WIBBLE FILMS

In December 2005 I founded Wibble Films, with the aim of producing 6 short films of my comedy writing ideas during the course of 2006/7.

Watch this space!

DRAMA WORKSHOPS

I am an experienced Drama Workshop Leader. I trained as a Drama Teacher at the Central School of Speech & Drama in London before going on to Actor Training at the Bristol Old Vic.

I regularly conduct performance related special-skills workshops for Schools, Youth Theatres, Theatre Companies and Adult Education Groups on subjects such as Comedy Improvisation, Stage-Fighting & Acting Technique. These workshops form the basis of the INSTANT WIT Education Programme under my direction.

Please visit the INSTANT WIT website for more information at www.instantwit.co.uk

Recent examples of my work (more examples in the Showreel section)


	Recent T.V. part playing various comic cameo roles in the BBC Historical re-enactment Series, "Historyonics" in episodes of "DickTurpin", "Robin Hood" & "Richard 111". Click here to view an extract, with a longer version (and additional scenes) in the Showreel section.

Crossing the Celluloid Divide: A Flexible Gag


	I recently spent a fantastic and most creative week with Forkbeard Fantasy Theatre Company at their studios in Devon, got obsessed with their speciality of "crossing the celluloid divide" and this is what I came back with! Click here or on the picture to watch...


	My most recent commercial, filmed in Prague and now showing all over Europe (but not in the UK) for the next 18 months. Click here or on the picture to see it.


	2 Year TV & Radio Voice-Over Campaign for "Queensgate Shopping Centre, Peterborough" featuring singing penguins in Santas Grotto. Click here to hear it!


	A promotional video of INSTANT WIT: The quick-fire Comedy Improvisation show recorded earlier this year in front of a live T.V audience at the Bristol Old Vic and presented by Chris Grimes. Click here to see the film.


	"Motion Ripper" research project undertaken by Granada, the University of Bristol and 3CR to develop new animation software and featuring Chris Grimes as the voice of Father/Mouse. "No Easy Way" has been nominated for an award at IMAGINA 2000, the foremost event for Interactive Content creations for professionals in Europe. Click here to see the film.

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