Henry Maynard
Henry Maynard founded Flabbergast Theatre 2010.
Self-produced productions including the critically acclaimed and Arts Council England funded; ‘Tatterdemalion’ a solo clown show, the Bunraku puppetry Boris & Sergey cannon (Vaudevillian Adventure, Astonishing Freakatorium, Preposterous Improvisation Experiment etc…) The immersive production ‘The Swell Mob,’ ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth,’ ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ and ‘Romeo and Juliet’.
Creative directing projects include shooting ‘In the name of man’ with Plan B and supporting his album release concert at Shakespeare’s Globe.
In 2017 he built The Omnitorium a 100-seat venue which toured in a converted double decker bus, over two years it hosted multiple shows in Edinburgh for a wide range of audience demographics and was the venue for the ACE funded London Clown Festival which he cofounded in 2016.
Internationally he has performed and produced in Australia, Europe, America, Africa, Asia and his shows have won multiple awards from Edinburgh, Mimetic, Adelaide and Prague.
Within the context of Flabbergast Theatre he has endeavored to create ensembles and is deeply committed to the creative growth of those that join the company. As an actor he has worked with The Royal National Theatre (War Horse), National Theatre Scotland (Christmas Carol), Royal Opera House (Faeries), Sydney Opera House/Madison square gardens, Late Night with Steven Colbert (Circus 1903), Royal Court (That Face), Battersea Arts Centre (1984) Paul McCartney (music video and tour) he played a major role in the multi million pound Bollywood feature film (Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy), Sonia Freidman Productions (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and Harts Hornhook (Bronco Billy the Musical)
