PYRO (aka Winston Branche) - Actor
20 Stories High Shows
Ashley - Slow Time (2007)
Biography
Winston grew up in Edge Hill and went to Childwall Comprehensive. He trained with Positive Impact, appearing in plays including Drums of Anfield, as well as being a regular in the BBC Radio Merseyside soap opera The Grove, where he played Cally. As a Hip-Hop artist, Winston is also known as PYRO, he’s been playlisted on BBC 1Xtra and has a Mixtape out called Back to da Roadz. Slow Time was Winston’s first professional acting job.
In 2007, Pyro released ‘Who’s Watching’, featuring Back II The Roadz, Cry and The Streets. The video for The Streets was included in the Liverpool's Biennial celebrations and was picked up by various TV channels. In 2008, Pyro took on a fresh task, writing and recording a whole EP in one day. Despite the mammoth task ‘Dark Horse MC’ was completed and received over 1,000 downloads during its first week.
