Alex Purser was born in Ramsden Heath Essex. Having grown up with a strong interest in drama and performance of all different types & genres (predominantly musical), the natural move was to read a BA (Hons) English and Drama degree in Portsmouth.

Acting credits: Executioner/Carpenter for The Eighth Square Video (2006); Medviedenko in Checkov's The Seagull (2006); Passer-by in Funny Money (2006); Clown in Crepundia: Law of the Toys (2005); Constable in Accidental Death of an Anarchist (2005); Haberdasher & Ensemble in Kiss Me Kate (2005); Franz Schupanzigh in Black Comedy [Soothsayer Theatre Company] (2004); Lord Evelyn Oakleigh in Cole Porter's Anything Goes [CYGAMS] (2004); Happy waiting day (2003); Briggs in Our Day Out (2000), Colin in Maurice Dancing (1999); Oliver in Oliver! (1998/9)

Technical credits include: Lighting for the abridged presentation of The Eighth Square (2005); Technical Manager for the following series of shows: Broken, Un(e)Petit(e)Mort(e), Behind the Smoke Cloud, One kind of Dream – Another kind of Life, Psyclic, Park Life, Empty Chairs Empty Tables, Little Drops of Rain, Sa Puso ng Pinoy; Technical Manager for Biofeedback [Soothsayer Theatre Company] (2005); Lighting & Sound Engineer for the 2005 International Comedy Conference; Amen (2005); Stage Manager for Bang Bang You're Dead (2005), The League of Young Ladies (2005), Tassels (2005), Gwen (2005), Homesick (2005), Checkpoint Charlie (2005); Stage Manager for Grease (2004); Sound Engineer for Bugsy Malone (2002)

Directing/Production Assistant credits: Machinal (2007, New Theatre Royal: Producer); West Side Story (2007, Co-director); Much Ado About Nothing - Excerpts (2006); Head-Rot Holiday (Excerpt) (2006); Guys & Dolls (2006) [Assistant Director with Dominic Symonds]. Masterpieces (2005); Biofeedback [Soothsayer Theatre Company] (2005);The Phoenix (2005); Grease (2004)

Writing credits: Writer’s Block {Cowritten with Amy Dunmall} (2004)

On top of all of these productions Alex has also managed to find time to compete in Archery to a high level, shooting for England in 2004 and is aiming for the Olympics in 2012. He is also due to commence studying for a Master level higher degree in Directing starting September 2007.