Leo Atkin

Leo Atkin as “Puck” in Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles)

Based in the UK, Leo Atkin has been an actor for 40 years, and has been privileged to perform in some of the most beautiful and historic theatres in the world, as well as some of the most wonderful castles in Europe, including the Manoel Theatre, Malta, Schloss Hohenzollern (apparently the model for the castle in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), and Lenzburg Castle, among others.

His theatre credits include “Feste” in Twelfth Night and “Rev. Humphrey” in See How They Run, to rave reviews, both for Original Theatre Company; “Puck” in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, for the Octagon Theatre, Bolton; “Lear” in an acclaimed international tour of King Lear for ADG Europe touring Europe, Scandinavia, and most memorably, Japan; “Grandfather” in The Old Curiosity Shop for NTC; “Old Gobbo & Duke” in Merchant Of Venice for Northern Broadsides Theatre Co.; Dick Whittington and Beauty And The Beast for the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry; “Squire Trelawney” in Treasure Island with Birmingham Stage Co. and “Dr von Whackoff” in the cult musical Saucy Jack And The Space Vixens at the Albany Stage for the National Theatre.

Other notable appearances include six plays with The Show Must Go Online, an innovative web-based venture where Leo played “Sly/Pedant” in The Taming Of The Shrew and “Cymbeline” in Cymbeline, among other roles and almost 2 years as “George”, the boxing coach, and covering “Billy’s Dad”, in Billy Elliot The Musical UK and International tour.

TV credits include dramas Coronation Street, Doctors, Merseybeat, Coasting and 999 for the BBC, the second series of Sky TV’s Brassic, and the BBC comedy series, The First Team.

WHO HAS LEO PLAYED IN SHAKESPEARE REPUBLIC?

Shakespeare Republic audiences will remember Leo from his beautiful award-winning work as “Puck” in Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles), a performance that saw him being featured on the front cover of the Arden Shakespeare book Lockdown Shakespeare: New Evolutions in Performance and Adaptation, as well as being awarded alongside the rest of our amazing cast with Best Ensemble Cast (Drama) at the 2021 British Web Awards, Best Ensemble (International Narrative) at the 2021 New Zealand WebFest, Best Ensemble Performance at the 2022 London Web Fest in the UK and nominated for Best Ensemble Performance (Drama) at the 2022 International Academy of Web Television Awards in the USA.

Find out more about Leo here: IMDB Profile