John Askew

Joey/Eddie/Soldier

John trained at ArtsEd.

Theatre credits include: Rita, Sue and Bob Too (Out of Joint/UK Tour); And Did Those Feet (Bolton Octagon); Gypsy Queen (UK and International Tour); Harvest (New Perspectives/UK Tour); Wuthering Heights, Ladies in Lavender, Rope and Hay Fever (Theatre Royal Windsor); The Revengers Tragedy (Nottingham Playhouse); Darkness Darkness (New Perspectives/Nottingham Playhouse); Romeo & Juliet (Buxton Opera House); An Ideal Husband (New Street, Jersey); The Importance Of Being Earnest (St. James Theatre, West End); The Glasshouse (Tristan Bates Theatre, West End); Travesti (Pleasance); Christopher And His Kind (UK Tour); Sing Sing Sing (UK Tour); The Tempest (UK Tour); Don Juan (UK Tour); 40 Years On (York Theatre Royal).

Television credits include: The English Game (Netflix); Flack (Amazon Prime); The Rook (Lionsgate/Starz); Doctors and Spooks: Code 9 (BBC); Shameless (Channel 4).

Radio credits include: The Legend of Robin Hood (Augustine); Killer By Nature and Unheard (Audible); Dark Shadows (Big Finish).

John is proud to be part of the team bringing Road to the Coliseum; a play that, unfortunately, is as relevant today as when it was first performed in 1986. After 12 years of cuts to public services, austerity and the unregulated rise of the cost of living, the divide between the classes, the rich and the poor, the north and the south is felt today as deeply as it was in the mid 80’s. Cartwright’s words, as brilliant as they are, should not ring so painfully true 36 years on.