Going Postal – talking to an old hand

At sixteen James Mould may be one of the youngest in the Going Postal cast but he has several Progress family shows under his belt. 

His debut was in the title role in James and the Giant Peach in 2005 – also directed by Chris Moran who is directing Going Postal. He was in Alice in Storyland in 2006 and played a Jackal in the 2007 production of The Jungle Book. He says The Jungle Book was his favourite as he enjoys playing bad guys. I can vouch for his affinity for villains having seen him bring the house down as the Sheriff of Nottingham in a primary school production of Robin Hood. In Going Postal he plays Stanley an apprentice postman. Not a bad guy but an obsessive pin collector who “has moments.” According to Wikipedia he was bought up by peas!


After James and the Giant Peach James had to wait two years before there was a place available in one of the Progress youth groups (get your unborn children on the waiting list...). He is now a member of floodlights, who put on the recent production of Don Juan Comes Back From The War.

James is planning to go to drama school and pursue a career in acting – so come and see Going Postal and say you saw James Mould before he was famous.

Going Postal by Terry Pratchett adapted by Stephen Briggs 
28 January - 6 February 2010 with matinees on 30 January & 6 February 

See www.progresstheatre.co.uk for details of all our productions and auditions.

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