Geoff Beale
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Geoff Beale (born ca. 1967) is a British actor and director. He is an artistic director with the London-based Ophaboom Theatre Company, which he co-founded with Howard Gayton in 1991.
Beale trained intensively with Desmond Jones, Antonio Fava, and Carlo Boso, all of whom specialise in physical theatre and commedia. He has studied with Complicite, Monika Pagneau, Philippe Gaulier and Theatre de Soleil, and has performed for a number of companies, including Kazzum. He also acted as Patrick Stewart's flying double in A Christmas Carol.
The Ophaboom Theatre Company specialises in creating and performing contemporary works in the Italian Commedia dell'Arte tradition. Working in a variety of languages, the company has traveled and performed all across Europe, as well as in Korea, Canada, and the United States; and was featured in the book Commedia dell'Arte: A Handbook for Troupes by John Rudlin and Olly Crick.
