Maxwell grew up in Godalming, Surrey and spent most of his twenties living in Brixton and Twickenham. Before training at OSD, Maxwell performed with NYT, toured in shows with Yvonne Aranud Theatre, co-founded Gutter Street Productions (a new-writing theatre company), trained as a songwriter, and worked in the Box Office at the Apollo Victoria. Aside from his studies he writes music with his brothers and intends to work as both an actor and music artist. Maxwell also has a love for writing, directing, is a strong swimmer, and avid gardener. He’s possibly the only drama school student ever to have been the school’s groundskeeper during his studies.
Seamus Allen
Seamus trained in his hometown, Dublin at the Conservatory of Music and Drama. After graduating he toured nationally with some of Ireland’s premier children’s theatre companies, as well as developing and performing clown performances for Barrabbas, and magic shows for Cahoots N.I.
Since moving to the UK Seamus has appeared in The Tempest, As You Like It, Comedy of Errors, Macbeth and Robin Hood (Creation Theatre Company), Quest (Folklore Presents) The Disappearance (The Sticking Place),and Where’s My Desi Soulmate? (Rifco Arts). Tv work includes Bear Behaving Badly (Thames Valley). Seamus is also a skilled improviser, training with Ken Campbell’s School of Night and core cast in the annual London 50 hour Improvathons and performs with “Austentatious, The improvised Jane Austen Novel”.
Seamus was the director of the Young Company at the Watermill theatre in Newbury. He established Readings only Improvisation comedy club, “What’s the Game?! Improv”, hosting shows as well as coaching professional performers. Seamus was Head of acting at Read college, a course which he wrote and which became one of the most successful Foundation courses for getting students into the top acting degree programmes in the UK. Most recently he has been Head of Year at Drama Studio London and gained an MSc in Performance Psychology focusing on excellence in actor training.
Seamus is Head of Foundation and teaches on the Foundation Courses