John Fleming

Carter/Judge

John is no stranger to Agatha Christie having played Paravicini in The Mousetrap a record breaking 2,300 times at St.Martin’s Theatre and for a pioneering trip to Shanghai! Other West End appearances include Sowerberry & Fagin at The Albery, Dearly Beloved at The Aldwych, and Dr. Manette in a musical of Tale of Two Cities at The Charing Cross Theatre directed by Paul Nicholas.

He recently played Robert in Mamet’s A Life in the Theatre, filmed Ms Guided Angel and voiced Charlie Chaplin in an animated feature. Last year he played Victor in Barefoot in the Park for S.E.T. in France, created the role of Don in The Company of Strangers at the Courtyard and played the Starkeeper in Carousel at The Landor.

He has made over 100 radio broadcasts including Brutus in Julius Caesar and the Sony award winning adaptation of The Master & Margarita. He has played Dame in a number of pantomimes and appeared with Opera Restor’d and Opera Viva.

National tours include: House of Ghosts with Colin Baker, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Study in Scarlet, Scrooge with Antony Newley and a European tour of West Side Story. He was a founder member of The Southern Exchange Theatre Co. and has worked at The English Speaking Theatre in Hamburg, Pitlochry Festival Century Theatre Keswick, Manchester Library Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, Birmingham Rep., Theatre Royal York, Northcott Exeter, Theatre Clwyd, Chester, Cheltenham, Harrogate and Lancaster, where he played Quince in the 1^st & 10^th anniversary open air promenade productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Favourite roles include: Jackson in This Story of Yours, Samuel Parris in The Crucible, Major Flack in Privates on Parade, Cardinal Richelieu in The Three Musketeers, Pirelli in Sweeney Todd, Rev. Humphrey in See How They Run, Boolie in Driving Miss Daisy and Chaplain in Catch 22.

His many television and film credits include: The Naked Civil Servant, Roger Roger, The Peter Principle, Strange But True, The Brittas Empire, Sorry, The Dougherty Brothers, Hush Little Baby and Distress Signals. John has directed productions of Equus, Separation, Conjugal Rights, Who Killed Agatha Christie and Children of the Wolf.