Poldark production shot of Ed as Paul Daniel with his trusty sledge. Photograph by Mike Hogan.

Paul helping build a house for brother Mark and his new "plaguey demandin'" wife Keren in series one of Poldark. Photograph by Mike Hogan.

Towards the climax of Podark episode seven, series one, Paul helps brother Mark escape in the darkness. Photograph by Mike Hogan.

Ed as Ishmael in Moby Dick performed promenade aboard the SS Great Britain. With Sonal Fricker as Queequeg. Craig Fuller Photography.

Ed as Alfred in Tom Stoppard's 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead' for English Touring Theatre, 2005, alongside James Faulkner (middle) and Richard Hansell (left). Photograph by Stephen Vaughn.

Ed as the tragic Ophelia in Tom Stoppard's 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead'. Photograph by Stephen Vaughn.

In Whores Aboard, performed aboard 'The Matthew' moored in Bristol, Ed played Jack McGraw, a pirate wrongly (and then rightly!) accused of murder. Also performed at Edinburgh Fringe 2010.