William Holstead

Born in London, Will is a British & American citizen working out of Manchester U.K. Will trained at Manchester School of Theatre and East 15. Most recently Will played "Johnny" In Imitating The Dog's live rendition of 'Night of The Living Dead: Remix' . Theatrical credits include "Thomas Plummer" in the acclaimed production of 'D'Eon' at Hope Mill Theatre, "Sty" in a co-production with Play With Fire of 'Things We Want' also at Hope Mill. He has worked with Nicolai Fuglsig for BBDO, at The Wightman Theatre playing Tom in The Glass Menagerie. In 2018 Will was nominated for a Manchester Theatre Award for his role as 'Josef K' in People Zoo's production of "The Trial". Will also produced and starred in his debut full length theatre piece as a playwright and as one half of 'Swaggering Crow', which received full Arts Council funding and was a commercial, critical and community success. He has worked with Gabriel Gawin, Helena Kaut Howson, Peter Clough. He was also nominated for the BBC Carlton Hobbs Radio Award for MST. Previous stage credits include Mellors in Lady Chatterly's Lover, Jack in Dancing at Lughnasa and Graham in Cleansed. A fan of all things absurd, Comedy and cats."