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ABOUT ME
LINDSAY
McKINNON
- WHO AM I YOU ASK -
Having been in the entertainment industry since leaving school. I trained as an actor in the UK, working mostly in theatre. I have written and performed on the alternative comedy circuit, but decided eating food was preferable to having it thrown at me! Following my passion as a singer, I toured the world, living mainly in Canada for ten years acting and writing.
Moving to now, I currently work as Marketing Exec for celebrity comedian; with whom I am also writing scripts for submission to TV and radio. I have also founded "Theatre of the Mind Productions" so I can have a global audience, as I am working on new comedy sketches and plays for the radio.
Actor, writer, singer, comedian. VO work inc radio commercials and news reading. Taught American accents to Canadians at ACTRA. Member of ACTRA and EQUITY. Good sense of comic timing, having written and performed on the stand-up circuit myself. I have a good range of accents including British (most regional dialects and BBC English), Scottish (soft Edinburgh and harder edged Glaswegian) Irish (Northern and Southern) and Welsh. European accents including French, German, Italian. American accents (Generic American, New York, Southern). I have mostly worked in regional theatres as an actress and performed for many years as a singer, both of which have helped by vocal range, so can easily switch from high to low, young to old. Accents are one thing, getting the character's personality to come to life as the author has portrayed them is vital, so I also concentrate on getting that across in how the character speaks, so their personality is apparent by their pitch, speed and delivery of their dialogue.
Gender: Female
Location: England, United Kingdom
Website: www.theatreofthemindproductions.com
SERVICES
AUDIOBOOKS
High quality narration, produced and recorded in a purpose-built home based studio.
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VOICE ARTIST
Emotion, clear narration, a keen ear for accents, comedic timing, and dramatic delivery, are the ingredients that bring characters to life.
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WRITING
Writing is the illustration of the soul; My passion for this yielded the best short film award in Canada Actors Union.
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PORTFOLIO
Sharon/Shania
Category : Comedy
Language : English
Gender : Female
Accent: British-Manchester
Vocal Style : Nasal
Performance Notes
Curmudgeon Avenue: (Harold's sister), Shania's aspirations to grandeur are apparent in her change of name from Sharon to Shania. Hard and determined her attempts at a more refined accent are abandoned when she loses her temper and her heavy Radcliffe accent comes through.
Curmudgeon Avenue snippets
Category : Comedy
Language : English
Gender : Female
Accent : British-General British
Vocal Style : Versatile
Performance Notes
1: Older Male: Edith and Edna's dad. Old fashioned Manchester accent. Very 'dad' like 2: Adult Male: The Roofer. Strong Liverpool workman's voice. 3: Female: Annoying sales caller with overly upbeat telemarketing Southern voice 4: Adult Female: Railway announcer. Generic, smooth English voice with no discernible accent. 5: Adult Male: Police officer with fairly strong London accent. 6: Male: Desk sergeant with a strong, deep, gruff Manchester accent, shows authority but does not lack warmth.
Babycham Barbara
Category : Comedy
Language : English
Gender : Female
Accent : British-Manchester
Vocal Style : Enthusiastic/Excited
Performance Notes
Curmudgeon Avenue: Babycham Barbara is a young woman with a high, affected, overly-upbeat vocal style. Her base accent is Manchester, but it is barely detectable beneath her pretensions.
Keeley Brimstone
Category : Comedy
Language : English
Gender : Female
Accent : British-Manchester
Vocal Style : Deadpan
Performance Notes
Curmudgeon Avenue: Keeley Brimstone works as a Housing Officer. Her Manchester accent is flat and bored with little or no modulation.
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