AK Golding is an Actor, Deviser & Theatre Maker. As a proud working-class East Midlands creative, AK’s career really began at the local Miners Welfare, performing on the dog & dot karaoke machine to critical acclaim. AK’s multi-faceted skill-set allows for an expansive career from treading the boards of The Globe, The National & Bristol Old Vic to creating & performing Fringe Theatre Shows with Pigfoot Theatre, Freight Theatre & MAUDE. AK has trained in professional Acting at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and in Musical Theatre at Expressions Academy of Performing Arts. As a 2023 associate artist with New Perspectives, AK is developing work in a range of mediums aiming to put working-class, queer narratives into the spotlight. This year creating an immersive solo-show with Camdens People Theatre, writing their first short film with BFI Midlands writers Lab & developing their drag thing persona ‘Cole Minor’ with the Soho Theatre.