Thomas Olajide
Stratford: Voltemand in Hamlet, Nathaniel in The Taming of the Shrew, Dumaine in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Oswald in King Lear. Elsewhere: Kwasi in Binti’s Journey (Theatre Direct/Young People’s Theatre); Laurent in Ruined (Obsidian Theatre); Florizel in The Winter’s Tale, Tranio in The Taming of the Shrew, Thane of Ross in Macbeth (Canadian Stage); Quentin in And Slowly Beauty (Belfry Theatre/National Arts Centre); Oliver in Oliver! (National Arts Centre); Abraham in Sia (Pyretic Productions/Cahoots Theatre Company); various in This Must Be the Place (Architect Theatre/Theatre Passe Muraille); John in The Whipping Man (Obsidian Theatre/Harold Green Jewish Theatre). Film/TV: After School, Broken Promises (Underdog Productions); Little Black Caddy (CBC); Combat Hospital (ABC). Training: Graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada (2010), Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre, Brenda Crichlow Actors’ Studio and Stella Adler Academy of Acting. Awards: Peter Donaldson Award.
