Hello world!

I make my living as an actor and singer, and occasional photographer, I grew up in Bristol in the UK but have lived in London for most of my life. My work has allowed me to travel a good deal including long stints touring to theatres all over Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North America - to date I've performed in over 20 different countries, not including my own.

I'm an obsessive photographer, going well out of my way to get a shot of a great view or unexplored corner, as well as a voracious book reader (real paper, always, which is a bit awkward for travelling but I don't mind), cinema addict and happy traveller, alone or with friends. I love street art, dogs of all sizes, late night conversations and long rambling walks. I'm a quiet, clean, responsible person, respectful of other people, usually nose in a book or wandering streets, fields, woods and mountains with my camera.

My favourite cities include Berlin, New York, Verona, Prague, Krakow, Budapest, Lucerne, Tallinn and Edinburgh. My top travel experiences: feeding stingrays off Grand Cayman, floating in the Dead Sea, exploring the Giant's Causeway, trekking the Great Wall of China.

Places currently top of my list to visit: Barcelona, the Pyramids of Giza, St. Petersburg, Petra, Machu Picchu, Reykjavik, Japan.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've just finished a six month tour, and have decided to keep travelling on my own to see more of Europe, visit some countries and cities I've never seen, and apologize to as many Europeans as possible for my embarrassing country - Brexit actually breaks my heart. I'm hoping to surf some couches, get to know some brilliant people and really find out about different European cultures while exploring it's wonderful cities.

Interests

• dogs
• books
• literature
• singing
• street art
• photography
• acting
• hiking
• cinema
• theatre
• film
• museums
• puppetry

Music, Movies, and Books

Books (in no particular order) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vladimir Nabokov, Flannery O'Connor, Milan Kundera, Peter Ackroyd, Michel Faber, Primo Levi, John Banville, Jeanette Winterson, William Maxwell, Anthony Burgess, William Golding, Carson McCullers, Cormac McCarthy, Umberto Eco.

Music by Massive Attack, Radiohead, Ben Folds, Muse, Depeche Mode, Foo Fighters, Goldfrapp, Elbow, Feeder, Peter Gabriel, Tori Amos, Stevie Wonder, Pink Floyd, Rihanna, Pink, Nitin Sawhney, Talk Talk.

Movies? I'm a proper film nut, and see as much as I can on the big screen, but usually watching several films a week online, if not every day, when I can. Top directors - David Lynch, Michael Mann, The Coen Brothers, Denis Villeneuve, Guillermo Del Toro, Asghar Farhadi, Richard Linklater, Wes Anderson, Paul Thomas Anderson, Hayao Miyazaki, Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, Terrence Malick, and classic film-makers like Akira Kurosawa, Ernst Lubitsch, Michael Powell, Luis Bunuel, Yasujiro Ozu, Max Ophuls, Otto Preminger, Jules Dassin, Jean Renoir and the incomparable Buster Keaton.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Just one? I guess singing to 6000 people in the Royal Albert Hall is up there. :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cayman Islands, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom