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Tamara Astor
Kirby House, Inkpen, Hungerford, Berkshire RG179ED
07833111731
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EDUCATION
Ecole Philippe Gaulier October 2012 - Present
University Of Cambridge 2008 - 2011 BA in English, Drama and Education Studies - 2:1
Downe House School 2000 - 2007
AS Level Results - Geography A, French A, English Literature A, Drama A, General Studies A,
Critical Thinking A
A Level Results - English Literature A, French A, Drama A, General Studies A, English Advanced
Extension Award - Distinction
WORK
• Children’s Party Entertainer, Sharky and George - 2007 - Present. Entertaining children in a big
sibling sort of way - traditional games adapted to be cooler, often with extra running around,
dancing and sweets
• Logistics at Sharky and George - October 2011 - October 2012. Ordering, assembling, coordinating and delivering party kit and party bags
• Rehearsal assistant on ‘Mess’ by Caroline Horton at the BAC Sept 2012 - sourcing props and
assisting set designer, also getting involved in warm-ups and assisting the director when a second
opinion was required!
• Part-time Waitress, Watermill Theatre — 2007 - 2010. This included bar work, pot washing and
personal table service
• Shakespearean Workshop leader at l’Université d’ICES - April 2011. With another student and
my professor I led several workshops on A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It and
Macbeth with French students. We adapted several drama games to be relevant and accessible
for the students and directed them in scenes from these plays.
• Tour Manager’s assistant, Watermill Theatre, 2007. Accompanied Story of a Great Lady and
Mickey Salberg on tour round village halls and theatres. I helped with get-ins and get-outs, and
occasionally operated the lights in the show
• Part-time Cabaret Singer, Kirby House Enterprises - 2008 - Present. I entertain American guests
on their final night of week-long tours of English gardens. I sing about twelve songs of my
choice - a mixture of American and English, old and new
• Assistant Props Manager, Combe Evenings, 2008. I worked with professionals to help put
together a three night run of a new musical. I was in charge of sourcing several props and setting
them for the performances. I also had a walk-on part.
• Teaching Assistant, Maru-a-Pula School - Botswana 2008. I spent a term assisting in the sports
and music department. I also helped out with extra-curricular activities; at an SOS children’s
Village, the local animal sanctuary and I am Special School, for example. In my spare time, I
devised/directed a play with the 11/12 yr olds and performed in My African Dream and the
Bushfire festival in Swaziland.
• Participant on Raleigh International in Costa Rica 2008. I took part in a community project in
which we worked with the local community to build the foundations of a school building, we then
carried out an environmental project to clear a path through part of the rainforest in La Cangreja
National Park to act as a firebreak and a way for rangers who surveyed the forest
AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES
Singing Grade 8 - Distinction, Flute Grade 6
Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award
Sports and academic scholar in Drama and geography at Downe House School
Olive Willis Prize for all-round contribution to Downe House School
Third individual place in Intermediate Girls Cross-Country Home International, part of winning
England team 2005
Cambridge University SOS Children’s Villages Society - Secretary / Events Organiser / Schools
visitor
Half-Blue Varsity Pentathlete, Alligators Varsity Athletics - Steeplechase, University Colours Lacrosse
Corpus Christi College Choir, Homerton College Choir
Various footlights smokers - Actor/writer
Organised three Christmas cabarets (2010, 2011, 2012) to raise money and awareness for SOS
Children’s Villages
Ran Paris Marathon 2013 to raise money for Young People with Dementia
Acting includes - Watermill Theatre Young Company 2008 - Mira Mira - Babe Nightmare Dir: Ade
Morris
At Cambridge - Big Book for Girls 2009 - Lesbia Nightingale - ADC Theatre - Dir. Nick Waters
Crave 2009 - M - Homerton Auditorium - Dir. Ben Kavanagh
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2009 - Titania - Mumford Theatre - Dir. Richard McNally
Metamorphosis 2009 - Chorus/Lodger - C too, Edinburgh Fringe Festival - Dir. Max Barton
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2009 - Helena/Fairy - European Touring Group - Dir. Max Barton
A Winter’s Tale 2009 - Hermione/Autolycus - Jesus College Gardens - Dir Isabel Taylor
Footlights Spring Revue 2010 - Actor - ADC Theatre - Dir/Writers: Ben Ashenden and Ace Owen
Story of a Great Lady 2010 - Fran - ADC Theatre - Dir: Tamara Astor, Holly Cracknell and Kiran
Millwood-Hargrave
Struts and Frets 2010 - Connie/Brian/Des - ADC Theatre - Dir. Joe Pitt-Rashid
The Cure 2010 - Jo - C Edinburgh Fringe Festival - Dir Simon Haines
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 2010 - Big Mama - ADC Theatre - Dir. Morgan Ring
Footlights Pantomime: The Pied Piper 2010 - Rudi - ADC Theatre - Dir. Will Seaward
Much Ado About Nothing 2011 - Ursula - Cambridge Arts Theatre - Dir. Carl Heap
Babushka 2011 - Edinburgh Fringe - Assistant director - devised by the company
The Curse of Macbeth 2011 - Witch - Edinburgh Fringe - Dir. Max Barton
Armageddapocalypse 2011 - Edinburgh Fringe - Jennica Wildfire / Ensemble - Dir. Alex
Winterbotham
London: Twelfth Night 2011 - Lion and Unicorn, London - Feste / Fabian
Othello 2011 - Lion and Unicorn, London - Signora Montana
Macbeth 2012 - Lion and Unicorn, London - Witch / Porter / Lady Macduff
Arabian Nights 2012 - Camden People’s Theatre, London - various