Welcome to
The Monologue Project

 

The Monologue Project is an ongoing collaboration between actor Ian David Holmes and filmmaker Shane Davey - IMDb The Monologue Project.

 

These short films were produced in East London and feature a range of characters from classic and contemporary plays as well as exciting new writing.

 

You can find out more about Shane's work here www.shanedavey.co.uk

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Sinner
Sinner
from House of the Rising Sun
By Unknown
Mark Antony
Mark Antony
from Julius Caeser Act III Scene II – 1599
By William Shakespeare
Richie
Richie
from Different Lads 2024
Screenplay by Shane Davey
Burgomaster
Burgomaster
from An Enemy of The People 1882
By Henrik Ibsen
Freedom
Freedom
from Busted 1973
By Murray Roman
True Happiness this Way Lies
True Happiness this Way Lies
from Dusk 1993
By TheThe
Quentin
Quentin
from After The Fall Act I Scene 1 - 1964
By Arthur Miller
A Feast of Friends
A Feast of Friends
from An American Prayer 1978
By Jim Morrison
Sgt. Geller
Sgt. Geller
from Wayne 2019
Screenplay by Greg Coolidge and Kirk Ward
Jaques
Jaques
from As You Like It Act II Scene VII - 1600
By William Shakespeare
George
‘George’
from Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy 2011
Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan
Baby from Mojo by Jez Butterworth
Baby from Mojo
Act II Scene II, 1995
by Jez Butterworth
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Hamlet
Act II Scene II, 1601
by William Shakespeare
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Macbeth
Act I Scene VII, 1606
by William Shakespeare
Aston from the Caretaker by Harold Pinter
Aston from the Caretaker
Act II, 1960
by Harold Pinter
Malcom Scrawdyke from Little Malcom and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs by David Haliwell
Malcom Scrawdyke from...
Act II Scene IV, 1965
by David Halliwell
Arnold Burns from A Thousand Clowns by Herb Gardner
Arnold Burns from...
Act III, 1962
by Herb Gardner
I Don't Like Thursdays from Pictures of Health by Dave Lawrence
I Don't Like Thursdays from...
Act II, 2020
by Dave Lawrence
Stevo from The Red List by Franc Strazzeri
Stevo from The Red List
Act II Scene VII, 2020
by Franc Strazzeri
Lenny from The Homecoming by Harold Pinter
Lenny from The Homecoming
Act II, 1965
by Harold Pinter
Ian David Holmes

Biography

Ian has worked in theatre and film in the UK and Italy for over 20 years. He trained at the University of Manchester and Drama Studio London.

 

Theatre credits include: Fringe First Award winning, Steve in Life’s a Gatecrash, Edinburgh Festival and NW Touring; Orsino in Twelfth Night, Guilgud Theatre London; Danny Crazyblackmuthafuckinself, Soho Writers Theatre London; Pugachov in The Suicide and Various in The Jew of Malta, Teatro Della Contraddizione Milan/ Contact Theatre Manchester; Mark and Riley in The South London Passion Plays, Tristan Bates Theatre London; Milord in La Vedova Scaltra, Siro in La Mandragola and Hamlet, Pertruchio, Romeo in Shakespeare’s Lovers, Teatro Olmetto Milan; Schoen in Lulu, Hackney Empire Theatre London.

 

Screen credits include John in Noel Clarke’s Licks (see IMDb) and most recently Reg in Jonny Woo’s Silvertown project, The Writer in Adrian Morar and Moe Essa’s Beverages and Shane Davey’s Black Hole Son – Trailer

 

Ian has also written two full length plays Mitsubishi Zero and Infidelity both performed at Team Angelica New Writing Festivals at The Tristan Bates Theatre and The Theatre Royal Stratford East London.