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Title
Role
Director
Theatre/Producer
Title: New Organs of Creation

Art/science collaboration. World premiere.

Role: Britannia
Director: BurtonNitta
Theatre/Producer: The Science Gallery
Title: 23 Songs For A Madwoman

One woman opera. World premiere, critically acclaimed

Role: Mad Woman
Director: Clark Rundell
Theatre/Producer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra: Ensemble 10:10
Title: 1 Million Tiny Operas About Britain

Featured on the Hear and Now Show: Radio 3

Role: Annie/Joyce
Director: Clark Rundell
Theatre/Producer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra: Ensemble 10:10
Title: The Algae Opera

Art/Science collaboration.
World premiere, critically acclaimed

Role: Evalga
Director: Burton/Nitta
Theatre/Producer: V&A (London), Eye Theatre (Amsterdam), Pompidou Centre (Paris), Royal Academy (London)
Title: The Tart & The Vicar’s Wife
Role: Kate Spencer
Director: Ian Dickens
Theatre/Producer: National No.1 Tour
Title: Macbeth
Role: First Witch
Director: Jim Johnson
Theatre/Producer: Chester Gateway Theatre
Title: The Ballad Of Baby Doe
Role: Augusta Tabor
Director: Jonathan Cocker
Theatre/Producer: Bridewell Theatre
Title: Romeo And Juliet
Role: Lady Capulet
Director: Jim Johnson
Theatre/Producer: Chester Gateway Theatre
Title: Girls Night Out

UK premiere

Role: Suzy
Director: Marcia Carr
Theatre/Producer: Warehouse Theatre
Title: Into The Woods
Role: Cinderella's Stepmother
Director: Paul Kerryson
Theatre/Producer: Birmingham Hippodrome
Title: Service Industry
Role: Miss Elaine
Director: Francis Watson
Theatre/Producer: Theatre 503
Title: Truth
Role: Prisoner 163
Director: Kirstie Davies
Theatre/Producer: Watford Palace Theatre
Title: The Magic Flute
Role: Third Lady
Director: Richard Williams
Theatre/Producer: Liverpool Playhouse
Title: The Green Wolf
Role: Mother
Director: Clare Prenton
Theatre/Producer: Liverpool Playhouse
Title
Role
Director
Producer
Title: At home with Dr. Margery Knight: An imagined conversation

Multi-media response to an artwork.

Role: Singer, Narrator, Writer
Director: Victoria Gallery and Museum
Producer: LightNight
Title: Little Miss Jocelyn

Nominated for a BAFTA for “Best Comedy Programme”

Role: Susan Kelly
Director: Gareth Carrivick
Producer: BBC
Title: The Bill (Multi Episodes)
Role: Tina Wright
Director: Sallie Aprahamian
Producer: Thames Television/ITV
Title: The Race
Role: Agnes
Director: Michael Burton
Producer: MoMA, New York
Title: The Ultimate Truth

Winner of Best Foreign Film LIFFE

Role: Miss Bliss
Director: Nick Clarke
Producer: Wysiwig Productions
Title
Role
Director
Theatre/Producer
Title: Time was away and somewhere else…

Multimedia response to artwork

Role: Dr Margery Knight
Director: Victoria Gallery and Museum
Theatre/Producer: Culture Bites Concert Series
Title: Tongue and Talk: The Dialect Poets
Role: Poetry Reader
Director: Made in Manchester
Theatre/Producer: Radio 4
Title: Heritage
Role: Poetry Reader
Director: Catherine Harvey and Peter Kenny
Theatre/Producer: Bow Church, London
Title: The Occasional Poet
Role: Poetry Reader
Director: Catherine Harvey and Peter Kenny
Theatre/Producer: Dr Johnson's House, London
Title: From Angels To Demons
Role: Poetry Reader
Director: Catherine Harvey and Peter Kenny
Theatre/Producer: Tristan Bates Theatre, London
Title: Age And Youth
Role: Poetry Reader
Director: Catherine Harvey and Peter Kenny
Theatre/Producer: Poetry Cafe, London
Title: Temperaments
Role: Soloist
Director: Duncan MacFarland
Theatre/Producer: Actors Church, London
Title: Love Life And Art
Role: Soloist
Director: Clive Pollard
Theatre/Producer: Actors Church, London

Specialist Roles:

Singer Actor, Actor Musician, Poetry Reading, Voiceover

Accents:

Native Northwest, RP, Heightened RP, Liverpool, Lancashire, Standard American, Northern Irish, Trained in phonetics

Singing:

Voice Type: Legit Mezzo Soprano (Professional)

Range: 2 octaves: G3 to G5 with belt to C5

Styles: Classical, Opera, Old Book Music Theatre, Contemporary Music Theatre, Operetta, Vocal Extended Technique

Musicianship: Reads music, highly skilled at harmony

Music:

Piano (excellent – VII), Recorder (basic), Accordion (basic)

Movement:

Physical Theatre. Period Dance, Folk, Tap (basic). Physical Theatre. Stage Combat (Level 1)

Other:

Full Driving Licence, knitting, embroidery and cross stitch

Height:
5'6"

Hair:
Mid Brown

Eyes:
Blue/Grey

Acting Training:
Birmingham School of Speech and Drama

Singing Training:
Trinity/Guildhall