BIOGRAPHY

John Lightbody

John Lightbody looking direct to camera.

John trained at Drama Studio London. 

Previous work for Shakespeare’s Globe includes: Hamlet (2022), Richard III and Henry VI (2019). 

Theatre credits include: The Lost Disc, Microcosm (Soho Theatre); Terror, Three Sisters (Lyric Hammersmith); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Filter/Lyric Hammersmith/Australia); Each His Own Wilderness (Orange Tree Theatre); 66 Books, The Strange Wife (The Bush); Ghost Stories (Duke of York’s Theatre, West End); The English Game (Headlong); Treasure Island (Theatre Royal Haymarket); Richard III (Southwark Playhouse); Jane Eyre (Shared Experience); A Dolls House, Twelfth Night, Huddersfield (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Measure for Measure, Richard III; Taming of the Shrew (RSC); Beautiful People (Stephen Joseph Theatre); A Christmas Carol, The Sea, Admirable Crichton (Chichester Festival Theatre); Incarcerator, As You Like It (BAC); As You Like It (National Theatre); My Fat Friend (Bill Kenwright Ltd); Romeo & Juliet (Stray Theatre Company); Mansfield Park (Triumph Proscenium); Services (Gate Theatre); A Little Princess (Yvonne Arnaud); She Stoops to Conquer (Northern Stage). 

Television includes: Treason (Netflix); Lockwood & Co (Netflix); Holby City, Doctors, EastEnders, The Musketeers, Father Brown, Dalziel and Pascoe (BBC); Wallander (Left Bank Pictures); Agatha Raisin (Sky 1); DCI Banks (Left Bank Pictures); The Mil (C4); The Bletchley Circle (World Productions); Midsomer Murders (ITV); The Bill (Thames Television); The Royal (Granada Television). 

Film includes: A Fistful of Karma (Wild night films); The Flood (Flood Films); A Bunch of Amateurs (Isle of Man Films); How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (Paramount); Maybe Baby (BBC/Inconceivable Films); The Stick Up (Mermaid). 

Radio includes: Eleanor Rising (Duke William) and BBC Radio Rep (BBC Radio 4).