SUMMER NEWS
Good news! After a 3 month shutdown, BC's multi-million dollar Film/TV industry is gearing up again, with strict health protocols in place. Several major projects will be shooting on the Island this summer.
WRITING
Kirsten is thrilled that her screenplay for a short film "Take Me Away" has been selected Top 5 in the CINE SPARK competition. The finalists do a live pitch on July 28. One winner gets a production package valued at $17,500 to produce their film. https://cinevic.ca/event/cine⚡spark-pitch-competition-2020/
When theatres and comedy clubs closed mid-March, artists streamed performances from home:
ACTING
RADIOLAND '48 Written by and starring Kirsten alongside Robert Conway, Darrien Gaetz, Melissa Kahan and Charles Martin. This virtual play reading was presented by Janet Munsil for the Canadian Play Thing on April 15. www.plaything.com "set in 1948 - sparks fly as employees try to save their beloved radio station before it closes forever in this cheeky one-act screwball romantic comedy"
KNIVES OUT was a live, just-for-fun screenplay reading of the hit movie. Kirsten put her spin on the lead role of "Benoit Blanc" hosted by Vancouver's StudioBox on April 16.
Good news! After a 3 month shutdown, BC's multi-million dollar Film/TV industry is gearing up again, with strict health protocols in place. Several major projects will be shooting on the Island this summer.
WRITING
Kirsten is thrilled that her screenplay for a short film "Take Me Away" has been selected Top 5 in the CINE SPARK competition. The finalists do a live pitch on July 28. One winner gets a production package valued at $17,500 to produce their film. https://cinevic.ca/event/cine⚡spark-pitch-competition-2020/
When theatres and comedy clubs closed mid-March, artists streamed performances from home:
ACTING
RADIOLAND '48 Written by and starring Kirsten alongside Robert Conway, Darrien Gaetz, Melissa Kahan and Charles Martin. This virtual play reading was presented by Janet Munsil for the Canadian Play Thing on April 15. www.plaything.com "set in 1948 - sparks fly as employees try to save their beloved radio station before it closes forever in this cheeky one-act screwball romantic comedy"
KNIVES OUT was a live, just-for-fun screenplay reading of the hit movie. Kirsten put her spin on the lead role of "Benoit Blanc" hosted by Vancouver's StudioBox on April 16.
Past LIVE 2020 PERFORMANCES
THEATRE
HOUSE AT POOH CORNER for Kaleidoscope Theatre. This beloved story was told through puppetry in a new adaptation by director Roderick Glanville. Kirsten played "Piglet" and "Kanga". Feb. MacPherson Playhouse. (photo below with Hailey Fowler, Mark Hellman)
STREAM Kirsten played "Maria" in this intensely dark and funny play, set in a dystopian future. Emerging Voices staged reading at Theatre One, written by David Gow, directed by Nicolle Nattrass. March Port Theatre lobby, Nanaimo.
PLAYWRITING
RADIOLAND ’48 was also selected for an Emerging Voices workshop/reading at Theatre One, where it received a great deal of laughter, applause and enthusiastic feedback. Director Nicolle Nattrass. Feb. 11 The Port Theatre Lobby, Nanaimo (photo below right) Feature article
Kirsten's one-act play, inspired by a season of Sin City at Toronto's Second City, had previously been workshopped at Calgary’s Lunch Box Theatre with Dramaturg/Director Karen Johnson-Diamond, and had two staged readings in Victoria.
TEACHING
Winter Stand Up class wrapped with MARCH BOLDLY! Comedy show in early March at Sports View Bar & Grill, Oak Bay Rec Centre. Kirsten's adult students made their stand up debuts to a record breaking crowd ~ and totally killed! She also taught Improv to the post-secondary Acting students Term 2 at Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts, and attended their virtual Grad Ceremony.
Cover image: dancing in the Candy Cane Cabaret for Passion & Performance (with Amanda Cooke & Christina Drake) courtesy Christian J. Stewart Photography
HOUSE AT POOH CORNER for Kaleidoscope Theatre. This beloved story was told through puppetry in a new adaptation by director Roderick Glanville. Kirsten played "Piglet" and "Kanga". Feb. MacPherson Playhouse. (photo below with Hailey Fowler, Mark Hellman)
STREAM Kirsten played "Maria" in this intensely dark and funny play, set in a dystopian future. Emerging Voices staged reading at Theatre One, written by David Gow, directed by Nicolle Nattrass. March Port Theatre lobby, Nanaimo.
PLAYWRITING
RADIOLAND ’48 was also selected for an Emerging Voices workshop/reading at Theatre One, where it received a great deal of laughter, applause and enthusiastic feedback. Director Nicolle Nattrass. Feb. 11 The Port Theatre Lobby, Nanaimo (photo below right) Feature article
Kirsten's one-act play, inspired by a season of Sin City at Toronto's Second City, had previously been workshopped at Calgary’s Lunch Box Theatre with Dramaturg/Director Karen Johnson-Diamond, and had two staged readings in Victoria.
TEACHING
Winter Stand Up class wrapped with MARCH BOLDLY! Comedy show in early March at Sports View Bar & Grill, Oak Bay Rec Centre. Kirsten's adult students made their stand up debuts to a record breaking crowd ~ and totally killed! She also taught Improv to the post-secondary Acting students Term 2 at Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts, and attended their virtual Grad Ceremony.
Cover image: dancing in the Candy Cane Cabaret for Passion & Performance (with Amanda Cooke & Christina Drake) courtesy Christian J. Stewart Photography
