Acting lead tutor - Degree

Rohan Tickell

At the beginning of my now 45 years young career, I trained as an actor in a classical conservatoire setting, before fate and Les Mis sent me diving deep into the rich and exciting world of Musical Theatre.

Alongside a thriving acting career, further study opportunities then led me into the world of classical singing and finally to a Masters Degree in Actor Training and Coaching at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Across the journey I have revelled in defining roles on iconic productions such as Les Miserables, Phantom Of The Opera, Sweeney Todd, Cats, Mamma Mia to name a few. Working with a cavalcade of extraordinary artists, I’ve observed and learnt from the very best, making every stop a learning post.

This fed and built my passion for a life of creative exploration and constant curiosity. Myriad artisitic adventures span everything from Classical Opera through avant garde Visual Theatre to wild and confronting Glam Rock Comedy Cabaret.

Working extensivly as a concert artist, I have appeared across my homeland of Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, UAE, India, Sweden, Spain, Italy and the UK and Ireland.

I’ve also had the great privilege of regularly being in the rehearsal room on many original productions and developmental workshops of new stories/shows.

The past 10 years afforded me the unmatchable challenge and pleasure of guiding, mentoring and being inspired by the rising generation of performers. I have taught and directed at many of the UK’s key training institutions, including Rose Bruford, Royal Central, and Italia Conti with three years as Senior Acting Tutor at Mountview Academy across all courses.

This culminated in 7 extraordinary years as Head of Acting on the renowned Musical Theatre course at ArtsEd. In those years I was responsible for a full reimagination and reframing of the ArtsEd MT Acting provision and culture, which has been enthusiastically recognised and embraced by the Industry at large.

At this moment, to my intense pride and delight, there are scores of my ex students filling out the cast lists of productions in the West End, across the UK and the European mainland.