Background
Gledhill was born in Sydney to parents Bobbie Gledhill and actor Arthur Dignam. He grew up in Glebe, New South Wales and went to school at Street Andrew"s Cathedral School.
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At the age of 19 he moved to England, to try out for drama school and attended Birmingham School of Speech and Drama from which he graduated in 1998.
Career
Gledhill was nominated for a Best Actor award by the Australian Film Institute for this role in 1984. Some of his stage roles include Edgar and Sebastian in the Shakespeare Globe Centre Australia"s production of King Lear and The Tempest. He was featured in a Sunday Life article on child stars and performed various roles at the Edinburgh Festival, in a collection of 12 short plays called Light Bites and Tasty Treats.
He recently played Demetrius, in the Acting Factory production of A Midsummer Night"s Dream and his most recent role was as Watch in the SpaceCraft Productions production of the official Sydney Fringe Festival selection, Closing Time.
He, along with PJ Collins, is running a crowd-sourcing campaign on indiegogo to gather the funds and the list of signed-up members required to register the party. A founding committee has been formed to steer the party during its founding period and deliver a more detailed policy statement.
The Arts Party has garnered a large amount of support thus far.
Politics
Nicholas is currently working on the formation of a new political party - The Arts Party of Australia.
