John Waldon

John began his career in the theatre as a member of the Roundabout Theatre in Education company at Nottingham Playhouse. From there he appeared as Arthur Holmwood in the Plymouth Theatre Company production of Dracula. He remained at Plymouth playing roles in Allen Bennet’s plays Getting on and Habeas Corpus, lastly playing John Snow in Queen Elizabeth slept here, in 1977, the Jubilee Year.
John moved to Canterbury for the autumn rep season at The Marlowe Theatre where he performed various roles in Ghost Train, Threepenny Opera, Macbeth, End of Term and Wizard of Oz.
Early the following year John was included in the international tour of the musical Raffles Lion of Singapore performing in Singapore and Hong Kong.
John moved to Chester Gateway Theatre to play Reuban in Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, and the same role at The Swan Theatre Worcester, where he remained to complete a rep season playing roles in The Royal Hunt of the Sun and Pickwick.

Past productions

Pearly King, Me and My Girl, Leicester Haymarket and Richard Armitage-Noel Gay Organisation for Farworlds Ltd 12^th February 1985 – 16^th January 1993, Adelphi Theatre, London.
Monty, Valentine’s Day 17^th September – 10^th October 1992, Globe (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, London).
Mr Scruton, Electricity Board Man, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4, Knightsbridge Productions 12^th December 1984 – 22^nd February 1986, Wyndham’s Theatre, London.
Mr Scruton / Electricity Board Man, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 1985 – 1986, Bristol Hippodrome.
Servant, Hooverite,, Annie 20^th December 1982 – 1983, UK tour, Adelphi Theatre, London, and other locations.
Feste, Twelfth Night, Vanessa Ford Productions 22^nd September – 6^th December 1981, Tameside Theatre, Ashton-under-Lyne, Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, and other locations.
Cop / Cuban Dancer / Flasher / Joey's Voice / Rusty Charlie, Guys and Dolls, Wolsey Theatre Company started 1^st April 1981, Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich.
Pastor Schiedhuber, The Curse of the Werewolf, Wolsey Theatre Company started 26^th November 1980, New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich.
Sir Dinadin, Camelot, Wolsey Theatre Company started 24^th September 1980, Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich.
Passenger, On the Twentieth Century, Harold Fielding 19^th March – 9^th August 1980, Her Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket, London (now His Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket, London).
Blagrave, Raffles Lion of Singapore December 1979 – February 1980, Victoria Memorial Theatre, Singapore.
Pickwick, Worcester Repertory Company 20^th December 1979 – 12^th January 1980, Swan Theatre, Worcester.
Jackson, The Ghost Train, Marlowe Theatre Company ended 24^th September 1977, Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury.
Count Dracula, Plymouth Theatre Company 10^th – 26^th February 1977, Hoe Theatre, Plymouth.
Getting On, Plymouth Theatre Company 1976, Athenaeum Theatre, Plymouth.
Mr Perdue, Habeas Corpus, Plymouth Theatre Company 1976, Athenaeum Theatre, Plymouth.
Various, The Threepenny Opera, Marlowe Theatre Company dates unknown, Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury.

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