Acting CV
Booking enquiries
Gail Cowan Management
Contact: Christina Nielsen
bookings@gcm.co.nz
+64 9 360 2654
Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand
Headshots
Videos
Gallery
The King - The Maid's Tragedy 2022
Sir Ian McKellen with the HandleBards, having just poured freezing water over our heads for the Ice Bucket Challenge
Ester - Waiting for Waiting for Godot
Puck, Hermia, Peter Quince - A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Ophelia, Ghost, Marcellus, Osric - Hamlet
Interval during The Handlebards show - Gardens by the Bay Singapore, Super Trees light display
Graduating Circomedia - Photo by Clare Park
Rehearsal Mambo Scene - West Side Story
The Handlebards on tour
Reviews from previous productions
WAITING FOR WAITING FOR GODOT
The Post, NZ “Ester (brilliantly played by actor Callum Brodie)... is hilarious to watch.”
Regional Review “Brodie is hilarious as the pompous peacock Ester, a perpetual underachiever too big for his boots (and his vest). His performance is able to reach deliciously extravagant heights"
TheatreView "Callum Brodie as Ester and George Boyd Maunsell as Val are both powerhouses. They sustain their characters with no respite throughout the show. They are both master comedians, with exquisite timing and a marvellous chemistry between them. They effortlessly bring us with them to their highest highs, their lowest lows and their hearts of hearts."
'13th Floor “As actors themselves, these three are all first-rate, engaging the audience throughout.”
The Post NZ “Waiting for Waiting for Godot is one of the best pieces of theatre I’ve seen in a while, fast-paced and funny and leaving us glued to our seats.”
TheatreView "A highlight for me is the section where Ester addresses Val’s lack of skill as an actor. Brodie oozes confidence and condescension in this section"
Regional Review “Waiting For Waiting For Godot is a masterclass in craftsmanship. It’s one of the best things I’ve seen this year. I shook with laughter even as it resonated with me deeply. The best kind of theatre.”
TheatreView "Packed with joy, fury, discovery, despair and adorableness – hilarity around every corner"
SEEING DOUBLE
Winner - Best play - The Stage - Edinburgh Fringe Festival
★★★★★ Three Weeks “Funny from the word go”
★★★★★ Broadway Baby “A testament to innovation at its best”
★★★★ The List ‘a crescendo of chaos in which the cast look like they're having as much fun as the audience.’
★★★★ Fringe Review “a cleverly conceived and executed comedy”
★★★★ Scotsgay “an entirely new level of outstanding”
Miriam Margolyes ‘Go and you’ll have a whale of a time. FIVE STARS’
Gyles Brandreth, The One Show ‘Wholly original, totally enthralling. An unexpected must-see’
THE HANDLEBARDS - A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, HAMLET, MACBETH, ROMEO AND JULIET, TWELFTH NIGHT
OnceAWeekTheatre ‘Founder members Callum Brodie and Tom Dixon are especially assured, the former stealing the show as both Puck and Hermia.’
★★★★ The Stage ‘Gloriously eccentric and very funny Shakespearean tomfoolery’
Paul Clayton (Peep show, Doctor Who, RSC, Chairman - Actors Centre) ‘My mind is a bit blown. It must be like what people saw when they saw these plays for the first time. We have roared with laughter, I have wiped tears from my eyes, its magic.’
Toby Sedgwick (Director of Movement ‘2012 Olympics,’ ‘War Horse’ ’39 Steps’ Danny Boyle's ‘Frankenstein’) ‘Its very refreshing, you don’t see that that often. They have a very good rapport with the audience’
Theo Bosanquet (Editor and critic ‘Time Out, Curtain Call, WhatsOnStage) ' I absolutely love the HandleBards. They really communicate the fun of Shakespeare, the sense of playfulness, the unpredictability, and everything that is should be about.'
WhatsOnStage ★★★★‘High octane, back to basics storytelling in the best way’
Broadway Baby ★★★★★ 'It’s a stroke of genius’
Edinburgh Spotlight ★★★★ ‘Callum Brodie enlarging believable performance to fine comic affect’
Sir Ian McKellen 'Uproariously funny. I think they’re great'
WAITING FOR ALICE; RAVENS AND WRITING DESKS
★★★★ Bristol Theatre Review ‘The story of Wonderland glitteringly up to date with – most memorably – a short moment of beat-boxing-style jam-making from Callum Brodie as Hare.’
★★★★ Broadway Baby ‘the company have excellently captured the sort of clean, nonsensical nursery wit beloved of Lear et al.’ ‘the whole feel of the piece is genuinely charming.’
The Stage ”a tremendous ensemble”
★★★★ The Scotsman “anybody would enjoy the clever characterisation and fine performances from the ensemble cast”
★★★★ Edinburgh Fringe Reviews
Agents - contact details
Gail Cowan Management | GCM
Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand
info@kewpersonalmanagement.com
www.kewpersonalmanagement.com
