Conor Neaves

Conor is a working-class Actor, Motion Capture Artist & Theatre Practitioner who trained with the National Youth Theatre, Frantic Assembly and at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

Originally from Cumbria, Conor has worked both regionally and internationally travelling as far as Saudi Arabia.

As an Actor he has been a regular company member at The National Theatre working with directors including Lyndsey Turner, Rufus Norris and Stephen Daldry.

Conor is an Associate Artist of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain and regularly facilitates for The Old Vic on their School’s Club programme, delivering bespoke workshops to schools from areas with poor arts provisions.

Priding himself on versatility, and with a keen interest in movement, his work in Motion & Performance Capture has taken him into the world of computer games and VFX.

Conor is a Movement Tutor at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, specialising in Virtual Environments.

Conor is one of four participants representing Theatre by the Lake on RTYDS' new initiative, New Directions North.

Conor is a graduate of the inaugural 200 hours Daoist Flow Teacher Training at Triyoga under the guidance of Jean Hall and Mimi Kuo-Deemer. Martial in practice and intention based, this form weaves the parallels of Vinyasa Flow and Qigong together. Conor became exceptionally interested in the meditative qualities these elements have to offer and he wants to explore how he can utilise these within his practice to offer more care and support to those in the arts.

Conor is interested in working class narratives that are rooted within a lived experience. As a movement specialist, he wants to explore finding a blend between naturalism and our innate visceral responses.

He / Him

Credits

DIRECTOR, In the Shadow of the Black Dog, Kings Head, 1 week, 2021
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Rhythmics, Metta Theatre, In Development, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, How Love is Spelt, Southwark Playhouse, 4 weeks, 2019
DIRECTOR, In the Shadow of the Black Dog, Assembly Rooms, 4 weeks, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Yard Theatre, 1 week, 2017
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Hired Man, Union Theatre, 3 weeks, 2017