Catherine McDonough

Narrative on drama reel of HIVE children's series shows Russian accent. Also on drama reel -UK northern , comedy. Commercial has 'upper class' Native Londoner so 'cockney' or London accent. Played Glaswegian on film. Lived & worked in usa 'standard American' Natural speaking voice RP.

Sometime ago I recorded for a British Airways training programme. Party Political Broadcast for radio & TV. Radio recordings for local councils. Last christmas played a lead in a live recording of 'The Fearless Youth' at The Roundhouse Theatre, London for Wireless Theatre Company -played old & young Dorothea. Currently recording a series of scripts for Kalmar Estate Agency's website. Attended Warwick University (drama) 2year Course Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Gordon Lamont (BBC Radio) -workshop in radio drama Gordon Griffin-workshop in Talking Books Guy Michaels -workshop in Voice Over Paull Orr-workshop in Voice Over. Member of The Actors Guild London -ongoing training in performing arts, film , recorded media etc Worked as an industry professional for a number of years. Search my profile out on spotlight.com. Macbook air Samson Meteor Mic + pop shield Garage Band Access to fully equipped studio + engineer locally (obviously involves hire charge) Catherine is a highly motivated, experienced professional who has worked all over the UK, Los Angeles & SE Asia. A down to earth, open actress with an exceptionally wide emotional range along with the facility for more off-beat, quirky comedy. In her early career she also produced, wrote & performed with her own highly successful theatre company, going on to work with companies such as Joint Stock. Continues to work in the field of communication skills with a range of clients. Currently much of the work is with medical professionals-so familiar with medical terms etc. Other companies worked for include BMW, BA .... Catherine ‘s creativity is reflected in the eclectic credits on her CV including rep, site specific, film and TV. Recently she played May/Mother in Beckett’s Footfalls alongside classical pianist An-Ting Chang. This proved one of the most demanding projects Catherine has tackled which left us in no doubt that she could rise to any challenge. The 'Mother' in this piece was recorded voice -an aged character with exceptional power & gravitas. Over the last 18 months Catherine has appeared in a number of feature and short films including ‘Where I Belong’ directed by Fritz Urschwitz, playing Glaswegian working class mother Claire Wright opposite Nathalie Press and Mathias Habich and due for release in 2013 Relaible, flexible - open to most types of work. Clear, effective , welcoming communication of a wide range of materials.