Chris Beaumont

Born in Sussex, England, and raised on the south coast. Gained a B.A. Hons in Drama from Bretton Hall College in 1981 and immediately started work at The Connaught Theatre in Worthing, West Sussex. Has worked in TV, Theatre and Film since that time as an actor, theatre director and producer and is again seen to be working in the industry after a ten year sabbatical running his own music and theatre venue cunningly disguised as a pub in Brighton, England. With his theatre production company, Hanover Productions (1996-2003), Beaumont produced and/or directed five shows including: (1997) "2nd Honeymoon - The Musical" based on the iconic cult album of the same name from Liverpool based band Deaf School; (2001) "Brighton Rock" adapted by Terry James from Graham Greene's classic novel; (1999) "Pistols" by Malcolm McKay; (2002-3) "The Man With The Golden Pen" written by and starring Mark Burgess as Ian Fleming; (2000) "Withnail and I" - the first and probably only ever stage adaptation of Bruce Robinson's legendary film starring Richard E Grant. Mark Burgess playing the lead role in Beaumont's production which won awards at the Brighton Festival. Having worked mostly in theatre during the first twenty two years of his career he is now able to concentrate on more TV and film work.