BIOGRAPHY

John Lightbody

John Lightbody looking direct to camera.

Previous work for Shakespeare’s Globe includes Much Ado About Nothing, The Winter’s Tale, Hamlet (2022), Richard III, and Henry VI (2019).

Other theatre credits include: The Lost DiscMicrocosm (Soho Theatre); Terror, Three Sisters (Lyric Hammersmith); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Filter / Lyric Hammersmith / Australia); Each His Own Wilderness (Orange Tree Theatre); 66 BooksThe 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 HouseTwelfth NightHuddersfield (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Measure for MeasureRichard IIITaming of the Shrew (RSC); Beautiful People (Stephen Joseph Theatre); A Christmas CarolThe SeaAdmirable Crichton (Chichester Festival Theatre); IncarceratorAs 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).

TV credits include: Treason, Lockwood & Co (Netflix); Holby CityDoctorsEastEndersThe MusketeersFather BrownDalziel and Pascoe (BBC); Wallander, DCI Banks (Left Bank Pictures); Agatha Raisin (Sky 1) The Mil (C4); The Bletchley Circle (World Productions); Midsomer Murders (ITV); The Bill (Thames Television); The Royal (Granada Television).

Film credits include: 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 credits include:  Eleanor Rising (Duke William) and BBC Radio Rep (BBC Radio 4).