Allison Basha

Actor

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THEATRE

Armine Gosling  |  Fish And Rum | Andrew Craig, Culchahworks

Narrator | Flying Hearts | Lynda Hill, Theatre Direct 

Tanya | Newfie Electra | Mary Ellen MacLean, TIFT 

*Mrs Beaver | The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe | Lynda Hill, TNB 

Wandering Performer | This Is Nowhere | Zuppa Theatre Co. 

Alice | Death Angels | TBA, Loose Leaf Theatre (In development)

Edna Louise | Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean | Tony Graham, East 15

Germaine | Les Belles Soeurs | Rosamunde Hutt, East 15

Fool | Faust | Nick Bagnall, East 15

Teresa | Widows | Glen Walford, East 15

Muriel | Animal Farm | Glen Walford, East 15

Spirit | A Mouthful of Birds | Monique Wilson, East 15

Actor 1 | The Dining Room | Annette Procunier, New Act

Dee Dee | Why do Fools Fall in Love | Annette Procunier, New Act

Betty | The Threepenny Opera | David Overton, Opera NS

Meghan | Jelly Belly | Charlie Rhindress, Neptune Theatre

Catherine | Proof | Keith Pike, STF

Ronnette | Little Shop of Horrors | Eva Moore, STF

Dr. Pinch/Chorus | The Comedy of Errors | Ann-Marie Kerr, Dal Theatre

Ciacco/Medusa | Dante's Divinus:Inferno | Dragana Vargic, Dal Theatre

Rowenna | Fairy of The Lake | Zuppa Co., Dal Theatre

Bobbi Michele | Last of The Red Hot Lovers | Annette Procunier, STF

Grusha | The Caucasian Chalk Circle | Margot Dionne, Dal Theatre

Sister Amnesia | Nunense | Eva Moore,STF

Marty | Grease | Eva Moore, STF

Mona | Chicago | Jerry Doyle, STF

Snug | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Marty Burt, STF

Mark Anthony | Julius Caesar | Jeremy Webb/ Neptune Theatre (PPTP)

Rabbit | Winnie The Pooh | Ben Pittman, STF

Chorus Leader | Electra | Ken Livingstone, Memorial 

Miss Jones | Blood Brothers | Jerry Doyle, STF

Dionne | Hair | Edmund MacLean, STF

Alice | Alice In Wonderland | Cindy O'Neill, art Works

 

FILM/TV

Kelsie | Love's Match | Champlain Spring Prods Inc./Virginia Abramovich

**Mary | Little King | Eh B'y Productions/Kevin Kincaid & Dean Ifill

Angela | Chris Watts TV Movie | Interrogation Pictures Inc./Michael Nankin

Mother | Incorporated | Sagia Productions Inc./Christoph Schrewe

Zoe | Broken | TFS/Alaa Al-Eryani

Sargent | Ahhh Disturbance In The Force | Kingsberg Media/Kevin Kincaid

Kate's Nurse | All The Wrong Reasons | Strong Arm Pics/Gia Milani

Irene | Irene | Zissou Prod./Vicki Donkin

Mother | Macrame | Humber/Adrian Harasowsky

Actor 3 | MLE | DreamCoat Prod./Sarah Warren

 

COMMERCIALS

Female Dinner Guest | Manulife Flexcare Commercial, Done Like Dinner | Pete Henerson/Someplace Nice Prods.

Female Lead | Ace Home Hardware Commercial, Paint | Craig Brownrigg/RPM Prod.

Female Lead | Ace Home Hardware Commercial, Kitchen | Craig Brownrigg/RPM Prod.

Lead | Atlantic Lottery Holiday Commercial | Evan Kelly/Egg Films

 

DIRECTING CREDITS | OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE

Actor in Still Life by Marie-Eve Milot & Marie-Claude St-Laurent (Theatre de l'Affamee) Translated by Rhiannon Collett. (Online Workshop/Playreading - 2020) 

Fish & Rum, directed by Andrew Craig. (Workshop with culchahworks - 2019)Actor in Fish & Rum, directed by Andrew Craig. (Workshop with culchahworks - 2019)

Actor in Habib's Unforgettable All-Night House Party, directed by Janet Michael/Amy House (Workshop with LSPU Hall - 2014)

Actor in Tough Case by David Craig, directed by Martha Irving (Workshop with Left Foot Productions - 2010)

Actor in The Peasants' Revolt by Anne Chislett, directed by Rob McClure (New Play Development at Dal Acting Program - 2010)

Director - A Sculpin Named Sam (2008 and 2010) STF

Director - Munsch (2007) STF

 

TRAINING

2 Year MFA in Acting with Distinction from East 15 Acting School. London, UK.

3 Year BFA in Acting with Honours from Dalhousie University, Halifax NS, Canada.

Residency at GITIS-The Russian Uiversity of Theatre Arts- Moscow, Russia

Residency at The Globe with Philip Cumbus-London, England

Introductory to Shakespeare with Ben Crystal- London, England

Private Arabic Classes with Sherine Bahgat - Toronto, ON

Private Film Coaching - John Boylan (Centre for the Arts) - Toronto, ON

Audition/Scene Study Class - Earl Nahnu  - Toronto, ON

Scene Study Camera Class - Lewis Baumander - Toronto, ON

The On-Camera Audition Masterclass - Lynne Cormack - Toronto, ON

Audition Dynamics - Dynamics Acting School, Inc.- Ron Leach, Toronto, ON

Auditioning for Film - Larissa Mair - Toronto, ON

Acting for Film & Television - Jonathan Firth, East 15/ John Dunsworth, Halifax NS/Kevin Kincaid, Halifax, NS, Canada

Missing Theatre/Impluse Intensive (Devising/Physical acting workshop) - Zuppa Theatre Co. Halifax NS, Canada

Stage Combat - Gordon Kemp (London UK), Bob Seale (Canda)

 

AWARDS

**Recipient of the Actra Toronto 2020 24hr Film Challenge. (Little King)

*'Best Supporting Actor' recipient by Joyful Magpies. Best of Fredericton Theatre 2018. (The Lion, The Witch...Wardrobe)

Recipient Christine Zinck Scholarship & Charles and Mary MacLennan Bursary in Theatre - Dalhousie University (2008)

Recipient of the D.A. Matthews Memorial Scholarship at the 51st NFLD Drama Festival (2001)

 

SKILLS

Stilt Walking, Driver's License, Singing (Alto), Newfoundland Dialect, Canadian Dialect, Beginner Arabic

 

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Representation

Craig Alexander

Contact Agent