Tim C Yarrow

September 2008 – Present.                                                 Emotional Tramps Theatre Company.

• Artistic Director and founder of company. 
• Specialising in touring theatre to communities that are culturally starved of theatre. 
• Liaison with theatres, negotiating financial terms, organising tour dates. 
• Producing shows and encouraging new writing. 

Directing productions that include - An Evening with Gary Lineker, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Shakers- Restirred, Brian Friel’s Lovers - Winners & Losers and Glengarry Glen Ross. 

July 2009 – July 2009.                                                 Borders Youth Theatre.

• Director contracted to create a scripted show with 8-11 year olds. (This was the first time that a junior production had not been devised and my team and I managed in one week to get all the children off book) 

September 2008 – September 2008.                         Borders Youth Theatre.

• Director contracted to work on a devised piece of theatre.
• Encourage the children to use their ideas to form a piece of theatre.
• Work with the children on costume and set design using their own initiative and ideas.

November 2006 – December 2008.                                     The Eastgate Theatre.

• Programme assistant to the General Manager
• Responsible for archiving all existing show data and cataloguing into a coherent system.
• Liaising with theatre companies interested in frequenting the theatre and negotiating terms.
• Booking shows into the system.
• Watching productions and commenting on their suitability in regards to bringing the production to the theatre.

June 2006 – January 2008.                                                The Eastgate Rep.

• Co-founder and Director of The Eastgate Rep.
• Responsible for drawing up contractual agreements, creating a presentable mission statement and company policies.
• Liaising with the board of trustees.
• Obtaining rights to produce plays.
• Working on online radio plays with performers.
• Working as an actor on specific shows.
• Obtaining local sponsorships
• Teaching pre-school drama to classes of 10 children under the banner of The Eastgate Juniors

December 1997 – March 2001.                                     Third Edge Theatre.

• Contracted as a professional actor to perform in the plays detailed below: 

Octavious Caesar in Julius Caesar, Tom Hackford in The Accrington Pals, Tom Hamilton in The London Vertigo for which I won Best Supporting Actor, Clitandre in The Sisterhood, Trofimov in The Cherry Orchard, Giovanni in Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Renton In Trainspotting, Estragon in Waiting For Godot, Frank in Educating Rita, Laurence in Abigail’s Party, Guildenstern in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Jack Lane in The Herbal Bed, Ratty in Toad of Toad Hall, Lysander in Midsummer Nights Dream, Lucentcio in The Taming of the Shrew and Ben in The Dumb Waiter.