Henry Shields
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Henry Shields | |
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| Born | 21 August 1988 |
| Alma mater | London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Cranbrook School, Kent |
Henry Shields (born 21 August 1988) is an English playwright and actor. Shields grew up in Hastings and his family still live there.[1] He initially studied nursing at university but dropped out after a year and auditioned for drama school, gaining a place at LAMDA. It was while there that he met the collaborators with whom he would go on to form Mischief Theatre company.[2] He is best known for starring in the plays The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, and The Comedy About a Bank Robbery, which he also co-wrote along with Henry Lewis and Jonathan Sayer, as well as the TV adaptation The Goes Wrong Show. He has been nominated for three Olivier Awards for Best New Comedy, winning in 2015 for The Play That Goes Wrong.[3]
Awards and nominations[edit]
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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| 2014 | WhatsOnStage Award | Best New Comedy | The Play That Goes Wrong | Won |
| 2015 | Laurence Olivier Award | Won | ||
| 2016 | Peter Pan Goes Wrong | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | The Comedy About a Bank Robbery | Nominated | ||
| Drama League Award | Best Play | The Play That Goes Wrong | Nominated | |
| 2020 | Laurence Olivier Award | Best New Comedy | Magic Goes Wrong | Nominated |
References[edit]
- ^ "INTERVIEW | Henry Shields - You've never seen enough". essence. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ Williams, Max (7 November 2019). ""You have to develop a very thick skin." Henry Shields on a career that went right". Square Mile. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ "Five Burning Questions with The Play That Goes Wrong Olivier Winner Henry Shields". BroadwayBox.com. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
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Categories:
- English male stage actors
- Living people
- 1988 births
- English male television actors
- English male dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century English male writers
- 21st-century British dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century English male actors
- Male actors from Hastings
- Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
- People educated at Cranbrook School, Kent
- Writers from Hastings