Kate Handford is an actress, currently collaborating with filmmaker Prerna Winter + Theatre Handmade.
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On stage, she has performed at Shakespeare's Globe (Boudica), the National Theatre Studio, Edinburgh Fringe, VAULT Festival, etc. On screen, she appears in films presented at international film festivals (incl. Sundance 2020), and in work for the National Film Board of Canada, It's Nice That + the Venice Art Biennale.
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An award winning voice over artist, Kate narrates audio books for
Penguin Random House, Bloomsbury + more, voices characters in video games, campaigns for World Animal Protection, and has recently created and hosted an audio interview series to accompany Inedible Harvest, Natural Selection ceramics' inaugural exhibition at San Mei Gallery in London.
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Kate holds a BFA(Hons) from Ryerson Theatre School (CAN) +
an MA(Dist) from the Central School of Speech and Drama (UK). Currently based in London, Kate is from Toronto.
"Perfectly understated performance. I loved this version of Rilla: simply read with just the right emotion."
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"I couldn't stop listening to this one. Politics aside, this is a well written narrative... with good voices and accents to differentiate characters."
★★★★★
"All credit, as usual at the Globe, to a talented and diverse ensemble...
with a detailed minor role performance from Kate Handford, as a Roman refugee..."
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★★★★
Live Theatre UK
"...Kate Handford gives a gutsy performance as Silvia - a Roman civilian who gives voice to some of the more nuanced moral arguments of the play."
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★★★★★
Morning Star
"Narrator Kate Handford will win listeners over with this sweet and charming performance."
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Best Audiobooks of 2017
"Together, Thorpe and Handford make the thoughts, feelings and energy of these young people readily accessible to listeners."
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