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, VAULT Festival & Edinburgh Fringe, among others. On screen, she appears in Dominic Cooke's Ironbark (Sundance Film Festival, 2020), and in work for the National Film Board of Canada, It's Nice That & the Venice Art Biennale. An award winning voice over artist, Kate narrates audio books for Penguin Random House, Bloomsbury & more, creates characters in video games, and has voiced campaigns for The Modist & World Animal Protection.
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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."
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"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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