Thomas Bewley was a regular performer at the Oxford Playhouse as a university student in the 1960s.

Upon returning to the area 20 years ago he became a member of the Old Gaol Theatre Company, directing and performing in many plays at the Unicorn Theatre in Abingdon.

More recently he trained professionally as a member of The Actors’ Company in London, finishing with a three-week run in the Marat/Sade play at the Jermyn Street Theatre.

In September 2009 he performed the one-man play Siberia to full houses in the Burton Taylor Studio.