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Dateline: 7th March, 2005 It's a Fair Cop, Mr Boyd Barrie Palmer, who will soon be appearing in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new production of Twelfth Night (directed by Michael Boyd), has had a very unusual path into the acting profession.
"From January 1971 until July 2001, I worked as a police officer in Somerset," says Barrie, "then as a civilian with the police from July 2001 to July 2002. My expertise for 22 of those years was as a scenes of crime officer (now called crime scene examiner)."
During his long police career, Barrie nurtured his love of theatre by appearing in amateur plays and musicals.
"When I left the police I decided that I wanted to act professionally. So along with 1400 other people, I applied to Bristol Old Vic’s weekend school. I failed first time around, and spent the following year getting really fit by circuit training three times a week. The next time I applied, my hard work paid off and I got in."
Barrie graduated last year, and has since appeared on a commercial with Phil Tuffnell and in Harbour Lights with Nick Berry.
‘I have even managed to combine my police career with acting by advising on set in episodes of Casualty, Silent Witness, Wycliffe, Crimewatch File, Dalziel and Pascoe and Jonathan Creek.’
Barrie is absolutely delighted to be working with the Royal Shakespeare Company. "I remember coming to see Michael Boyd’s production of The Tempest in Stratford in 2002 – and watching Malcolm Storry and Kananu Kirimi playing Prospero and Ariel. And now, only three years later, I’m working with them. And the part I’m playing? A police officer!" Twelfth Night previews from 22nd April in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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