Hywel Dowsell

Hywel was born and raised in the South Wales Valleys.

Training: The Guildford School of Acting.

Credits whilst training: Principal Clark in Footloose (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre), King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar (Ivy Arts Centre), Aldolpho in The Drowsy Chaperone (The Mill Studio), Ray in Saturday Night (Ivy Arts Centre) and The Nurse in Romeo and Juliet.

Other theatre/concert credits: Candide (Cadogan Hall), Honeymoon in Vegas (London Palladium), Josiah Guest in My Land's Shore (Ye Olde Rose and Crowne), Hank in State Fair (Cadogan Hall), Mrs Smee in Peter Pan (Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone), Snug in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (UK and overseas tour), Augustus Gloop in Willy Wonka the Musical (Centrepoint Theatre, Dubai), The Genie in Aladdin (Middle Eastern Tour), The Porter/Seyton in Macbeth (UK and overseas tour), Ensemble in Berlin The Musical (Bloomsbury Theatre, London), Police Officer in The Sleeper (The Coal Exchange, Cardiff, WNO), Jonas Fogg/Ensemble/cover Beadle Bamford in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Wales Millennium Centre, WNO), Mr Beaver in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Workshop), Soloist in A Night at the Musicals (Welsh Musical Theatre Orchestra), Soloist in Sing Along with the Stars: Rodgers and Hammerstein (St. David’s Hall, Cardiff) and Guest Soloist in The Malta Military Tattoo 2008.

Television and film: Guest Soloist with The Soldiers in BBC’s The Festival of Remembrance (Royal Albert Hall), Pobol y Cwm (BBC), and Hunky Dory (Independent Film) directed by Marc Evans.