Tim Wells

Tim Wells studied Drama and English (BA, HDE)at the University of Natal, Durban and began his theatre career with the (then )NAPAC Loft Theatre company in 1991. He has freelanced since 1993 taking leading roles in many productions , both drama and musical. Highlights for Tim have been lead vocalist alongside Joseph Clark in “Suite Sting”, “The Piano Men” and “Concert Fever”. Drama productions include Maurice Podbrey's production of Michael Frayn's Copenhagen – role of Heisenberg. Anthony Akerman's “Old Boys”, John van de Ruit's War Cry and Crooked, Kickstart's Popcorn and Oleanna(for which Tim was awarded Best Actor in 2008).Other theatre appearances were in Kickstart's “the God of Carnage”(for which he won best actor and best comedy performance at the Mercury Durban Theatre Awards) and “Don’t Dress for Dinner”.
In 2013 – role of Finlay in the SA premier of Robert Fridjhon’s “Twitch” and the role of Professor Marcus in the SA premiere of “The Ladykillers”.
Supporting role in the short film “A Shot at the Big Time”, written and produced by Janet van Eeden which was shown at The Cannes Film Festival in 2014
Countless voice overs for all applications of recorded voice since 1992, including sending work to the UK and USA.
Voiced the part of Audrey 2 – the man-eating plant in “Little Shop of Horrors” which toured to Cape Town in 2015.

Tim’s voice was chosen by Blenheim Palace to be the narrator voice of Sir Winston Churchill for their new series of documentary films to be shown in the palace.

Tim has 3 albums of his own rock-pop material under his belt and ten songs from the three albums have been played on radio in South Africa. Tim has also written music material for TV and radio commercials and for Joseph Clark's debut album “In Stream”. The Tim Wells Band performed in major venues and festivals in the late nineties and 2000 and in 2009 metamorphosed into the Tim Wells Blues Band, which has performed at two Durban International Blues Festivals, the FIFA 2012 Soccer World Cup fan parks, The Durban World Music Festival as well as other venues and private functions.
Tim is now lead vocalist and a songwriter for the blues band 3 Bites of the Cherry, a Bristol/Bath based band formed in 2018.

Since arriving in Bath in 2013, continued with regular voiceover studio work in own studio – internationally - and taken part in music workshops and performances as well as Theatre Royal Bath Engage productions “The Dogs of War” and “Thy Name is Woman” (film) as well as the 24 hour Plays at The Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath. In addition, Tim was involved with the Theatre Royal Bath Engage production “Blackout” which featured 3 plays written for audio only, performed live to a blindfolded audience. The plays required performers to be voice actors as well as orchestrators of sound effects and foley to create an audio landscape in a live context equal to a radio play production or cinematic audioscape. In September and October 2016, Tim played George Melbury in Hammerpuzzle Theatre Company’s touring production of Thomas Hardy’s “The Woodlanders” which opened at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham to positive reviews and audience responses.