GEORGE OLNEY - Actor

George has been with CHTC since 2003 and has always been proud to be part of the Town Show.  His roles have included Evacuee in Happy as Sandbag, Little Jake in Annie Get Your Gun, The Mad Hatter in the Children's Theatre production of Alice in Wonderland (a very apt casting).  George was delighted to be cast as Will Parker in the JoG School production of Oklahoma.  In our 2007 production of Hello, Dolly! George revelled in  the role of Barnaby Tucker. For Blitz! the following year he took on the smaller role of Bird to allow for the increasing demands of schoolwork.  Similarly for The King and I in 2009 George appeared as an Amazon and Simon of Legree in the excellent ballet. His most recent appearance was with the Youth Theatre in 2009 as Fritz, the German Shepherd dog in A Dog's Life, part of Theatre in the Arcade. (See Photo below by Carl Holmes of Hungerford Camera Club).

George took singing lessons at school and attended Italia Conti Associates Newbury where he studied Tap, Acting, Jazz, Ballet, Musical Theatre and Singing.

In his programme notes for Flower Drum Song, where he played Wang San, George said of the Community Show that he really appreciated the advice and the tuition he received from the directors and other cast members and hoped that one day his dreams of a career on the stage would come true. 

George recently  won a coveted place at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts on the 3 Year performing arts course.   He started in September 2009 and is enjoying the experience greatly.  We congratulate George on this success.  (Click the thumbnail above for a scan of the report in the Newbury Weekly News).

We will keep this page updated with his progress and wish him the best of luck for the future.