Cyrus Barghchi

I had the amazing opportunity to perform with the National Youth Theatre in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Team Welcoming Ceremony. Directed by Paul Roseby, Kane Husbands and Tristan Parkes we created a show with music, dance, acrobatics, singing, poetry, puppets and many more incredible skills to welcome every country into the Olympic Village. Before we started rehearsals those of us who lived outside of London had to find accommodation, due to the size of the cast and time in the year NYT couldn’t provide accommodation for us. For me this was a big problem as not being able to turn pay out of my own pocket I had to fundraise. I took part in a 10 Mile Triathlon that I organised and went around my local community telling my story about the opportunity I had and that the only thing which was stopping me was money. After months of fundraising I raised just under a thousand pounds and with accepting extra shifts at work I was able to afford to stay in London for this project. This was a massive ensemble show with two casts of around 75 members we performed around eight shows a day no...

In 2013 I performed with a theatre group in Stratford-Upon-Avon called The Trinity Player in the tragic true story 'The Roses of Eyam' directed by Ursula Russell and performed in the St Trinity Church. After a little town in Yorkshire gets a delivery of fresh, new clothes from London the town suddenly becomes sick with The Plague and they decide to close themselves off to the world to stop the illness from spreading. The story follows a number of families, how they deal with sickness, quarantine and deaths of friends and family. I player the character 'Roland', a young man who lives outside the village and due to marry 'Emmot' ( Ali Wright ) a beautiful girl who lives with her family inside the village. Once the plague hits and the quarantine starts the two lovers are forced to meet in secret to keep their love going and to pray for the sickness to be over so they can be together again.

Through K-Shop I developed a friendship with the make up artist Jennifer Nelson and I now model for her on a regular basis. We both share a passion for doing things out of the ordinary and a little bit crazy. I always look forward to working with Jennifer and what her next imaginative idea will be.