Jeremy Flynn

Jerry Flynn trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art between 1978 and 1980 His contemporaries included Sir Kenneth Branagh Mark Rylance Richard McCabe John Sessions and Paul McGann After graduating he worked with Deborah Warner in her Kick Theatre production of Woyczek and touring productions of Macbeth and The Trial he later worked in regional Rep theatre George in Anthony Clarkes Of Mice and Men at Birmingham Rep Melchior in Tom Stoppards On the Razzle at Leeds Playhouse Kelly in Daniel Mornins Short of Mutiny and in Pericles also at the Theatre Royal Stratford East London Between 1984 and 1988 he worked at the Royal National Theatre His first play was for Bill Bryden taking the leading role in Clifford Odets Golden Boy for which he received both critical acclaim Frank Rich Milton Shulman Sheridan Morley Michael Billington and a Most Promising Newcomer nomination He continued at the RNT first playing Vardaman in Peter Gills initial production of As I Lay Dying then for Sir Peter Hall Eros the Clown in Anthony Cleopatra Arviragus in Cymbeline and The Clown in The Winters Tale and finally for John Burgess playing Charles in Schism in England Since the 1990s he has taken leading roles in touring productions of The Caretaker Mick Someone Wholl Watch Over Me Edward Stones in his Pockets Charlie Conlon and Edmund Kean Edmund Kean He has worked in numerous films Comrades Schindlers List Our Gods Brother White Raven Afraid of the Dark Samson and Delilah A Polish Death and Desert Lunch TV and radio projects In the mid 1990s Jerry Flynn became cofounder and Artistic Director of The Globe Theatre Arts Foundation in Warsaw Poland With the support of the Prudential Foundation the EU arts fund and numerous international corporate sponsors the Globe Theatre Group staged cuttingedge English theatre productions in Poland brining professional artists in from the UK Ireland and the USA During his time in Poland he also adapted and directed drama for Polish TV The Signalman The Rocking Horse Winner Treasure Island Jerry Flynn is also a qualified teacher and lecturer in Theatre Arts studies