John Rhys Thomas is a graduate whose career spans education and the arts. As a university student he performed regularly at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe playing such diverse roles as First Voice in Dylan Thomas' 'Under Milk Wood', Proteus in Shakespeare's 'Two Gentlemen of Verona '. Scrivens in 'A Scent of Flowers' and Chekhov in a play of the same name that toured the U.K. Other roles have included best actor awards as Shylock in 'The Merchant of Venice ' and Pop Dennison in 'The Wooden Dish'. He worked for the B.B.C. Drama as production Manager for the B.A.F.T.A. award winning television play 'Shadowlands' with Claire Bloom and Joss Ackland. He is a founder member of The Dylan Thomas Society of Great Britain having directed the poet's work 'Under Milk Wood' in the U.K. and North America including New York, Ohio, Toronto and Vancouver while he is presently the Society's Chairman. Today he works for the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art as an examiner of Performance and Communication, travelling extensively in the United Kingdom and abroad while continuing to work as a director. Get your entries in now, there is just over 10 weeks left until the closing date.
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