Abraham Popoola
Productions whilst at RADA
- Tobi
Bricks and Pieces directed by Natalie Ibu - Crotolon
The Broken Heart directed by Iqbal Khan - Clarence
The Wall (radio play) directed by Jeremy Mortimer - Moses
The Ness (short film) directed by Edward Hicks - Periwinkle / Posh Man
Alice’s Wunderland 'Woods' (radio play) directed by Jeremy Mortimer - Captain Cuttle
Dombey & Son (radio play) directed by Jeremy Mortimer
- Lenny
In Arabia We'd All Be Kings directed by Michael Fentiman - Alexander
Dying For It directed by Nona Shepphard - Othello
Othello directed by Gary Lagden - Sir Jasper Fidget
The Country Wife directed by Colin Blumenau - Antony
Antony and Cleopatra directed by Sylvestra Le Touzel - Old Man
Electra directed by Melanie Jessop
Voice reels
Troy
Fences
by August Wilson
MC
The Beatification of Area Boy
by Wole Soyinka
Narrator
Thierry Henry
Othello
Othello
by William Shakespeare
Commercial Reel
Drama Reel
Special skills
Stage Combat (BASSC) Distinction;
Good ear for accents: Glaswegian, Cockney, RP, Jamaican, African-American, Nigerian, General American;
Singing: Bass;
Dance: Period, Flamenco;
Languages: French (basic), Yoruba (intermediate);
Music: Guitar.
Previous experience
Kofi, Oxford Street, Ovalhouse Theatre (Identity Drama School);
John Proctor, The Crucible, Ovalhouse Theatre (Identity Drama School);
Male, Tea, Ovalhouse Theatre (dir. William Edlesten);
Man, Feral, Old Red Lion Theatre (dir. Katherine Armatige);
Mepho, Clown Sex, Arcola Theatre (dir. Owen Calvert Lyons).
Interests
Writing & directing (film), football, tennis, monopoly, singing songwriting, rapping (hip-hop, soul, R&B, jazz), travelling, politics.