Christopher Green (writer-performer)
Christopher (Kit) Green (born c. 1968 in Matlock, Derbyshire) is an English writer and performer whose work includes comedy, cabaret, theatre and live art.
Background
Green was born in Sheffield and grew up in Darley Dale and lives and works in London, England.[1] Her characters include country music singer Tina C and pensioner rapper Ida Barr. Green got into comedy via television production and acting, after graduating from Goldsmiths College (University of London), with a degree in Drama and English.[1] She is perhaps best known for her work as a character comedian, in a range of personas, and has toured worldwide to venues such as The Albert Hall and Sydney Opera House.[2]
Main characters played
Another character played by Green is Ida Barr, a self-proclaimed "world's first Music hall singer turned RnB rap superstar"[3] who has performed her two solo shows, "Artificial Hip hop" and "Get Old or Die Tryin'" all over the world, on various UK tours, and on a variety of media. Artificial Hip Hop, the BBC Radio 4 series,[4] was broadcast in late 2010.
Installation events
She was the British Library Artist in Residence 2012; in this appointment she investigated the history of hypnosis in the Library's collections.[5]
Awards
Green won the Olivier Award for Best Entertainment 2004 for "Duckie's C'est Barbican!", a show which she devised and co-wrote with Mark Whitelaw, Ursula Martinez, Marisa Carnesky, Francesca Baglione and Simon Vincenzi, and with a score by Ian Hill, which was performed at the Barbican Pit.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 BBC (2004), Derby Blast/When Thomas met Tina, BBC, retrieved 22 August 2008
- ↑ Sellar, Tom (16 December 2007), "Conceptual Burlesque Behind a Velvet Rope", The New York Times, retrieved 22 August 2008
- ↑ IdaBarr.net, retrieved 22 August 2008
- ↑ Producer: Claire Grove. "Ida Barr: Artificial Hip Hop". Ida Barr: Artificial Hip Hop. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ↑ Christopher Green: British Library Artist in Residence 2012, retrieved 9 February 2012
- ↑ "Olivier Winners 2004". Retrieved 3 December 2015.
External links
- https://www.theguardian.com/culture/video/2008/aug/21/tina.c Video of Tina C, aka Chris Green, talking about her show "Tick My Box", and her campaign for the US presidency.
- http://www.christophergreen.net Christopher Green's official homepage, includes full lists of other theatre/Film/TV and Radio productions by Green
- http://www.comedycv.co.uk/tinac/index.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170529124307/http://tinac.net/ Official Tina C. page
- http://www.idabarr.net Official Ida Barr page
- http://www.duckie.co.uk Another project of Chris Green
- http://www.norfolkhospice.org.uk
- http://www.henrythe9.com