NIGEL FRANCIS

Nigel Francis

Nigel is an actor, theatre producer, and the artistic director of Nigel Francis Productions. He studied acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London under the direction of Mr. Ralf Jago and Stewart Pearce and technical theatre studies at the University of Warwick.

Since graduating, Nigel has had the privilege of working with some of the industry's great actors, directors, and producers, including Maximilian Schell, Mathew Modine, Liliane Montevecchi, Neve Campbell, and James Fox, and under the direction of Robert Altman, Kevin Spacey, Tommy Tune, and Tony Kaye.

Nigel's Theatre Credits include Leonato & Margaret in Much Ado About Nothing (London & UK National Tour) Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Old English Theatre, Frankfurt, Germany and OJS Theatre, Birmingham) Scaramouche Jones in The Seven White Masks of Scaramouche Jones (International Theatre, Frankfurt & UK National Tour) 'One' in Geoff Thompsons Fragile (Edinburgh International Fringe Festival and the Kings Head Theatre, London) Duke Frederick in As you like It (Drayton Theatre, London). Soldier in Arthur Millers' Resurrection Blues (Old Vic Theatre, London) Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Drayton Theatre, London) Emcee in Cabaret (English Theatre Company) Frith in the original London cast of Rebecca (Charing Cross Theatre) Frantz in the British premier of Strange Domain (Canal Café Theatre, London) Joe in the original London cast of The Last Session (Acorn Studio, Hackney Empire, London) Kurt in the original West End production of Grand Hotel (Dominion Theatre, London) Johnny Casino in Grease (Cambridge Theatre, London) Wayne AKA Crash Cadillac in the original West End production of Joey & Gina’sWedding, Ethan in The Full Monty (UK National Tour) Ritchie Valens in Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story (National Tour) Frank ‘n’ Furter in The Rocky Horror Show (European Tour) Joseph in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK National Tour) Digga in Willy Russell’s Our Day Out (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry) and Rick in A Slice of Saturday Night (English Theatre, Frankfurt).

Nigel's film and television credits include: Bins, The Black Moon, Fare Thee Well, The Knack, Save Luna, Drinking for England, Looking for Johnny, A Day in the Life, Popi, Rip it Up, After All This Time, You've Got A friend, Through the letter Box, Yours is the Earth, Once Upon A Time In Nowhereland.

Nigel Francis Productions was formed in 2008 to produce the Frankfurt premiere of the Broadway musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch which re-opened the Old English Theatre after seven years, receiving great critical acclaim and going on to play various theatres in the Hessen region including sell-out performances at the Neues Theater, Höchst.

In 2013 the company produced Justin Butcher' The Seven White Masks of Scaramouche Jones at the International Theatre embarking on a UK tour in 2014. Also in 2014, the company produced their production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch with The Old Joint Stock Theatre company. Other productions include BAFTA award-winning writer Geoff Thompson's Fragile which opened at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, receiving Five Star reviews, transferring to the Kings Head Theatre, London in 2015, and then receiving its German premiere in 2016. Future projects include the New York premiere of Fragile and a UK tour of Defending the Caveman by Rob Becker.