Training: Karl graduated from the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA) in 2003.

Theatre credits include: Neighbour/Understudy Mickey, Postman/Bus Conductor and Perkins in Blood Brothers (UK Tour & Phoenix Theatre/Bill Kenwright Ltd) Wishee Washee in Aladdin (Kenneth More Theatre; Buttons in Cinderella (Kenneth More Theatre) Muddles in Snow White (Kenneth More Theatre) Wally in Sleeping Beauty (Kenneth More Theatre) Beast/Prince in Beauty and the Beast (UK Tour/Anton Benson Productions) Van Helsing in Dracula – The Blood Count of Heaton; (Heaton Park/Feelgood Theatre Productions) Silly Billy in Jack and the Beanstalk; (Prince of Wales Theatre/PMA Productions) The Haunted Man; (UK Tour/Kindred Theatre) Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet; (Heaton Park/Feelgood Theatre Productions) Dinosaurs in the Wild (EventCity Manchester) Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; (Heaton Park/Feelgood Theatre Productions) The Crystal Maze Live Experience; (Old Granada Studios/Little Lion Entertainment) Buttons in Cinderella; (Prince of Wales Theatre/PMA Productions) Wishee Washee in Aladdin (Prince of Wales Theatre/PMA Productions)