Karen’s stage credits have been wide and varied in recent years. In 2014, she originated the role of Suzy in Tamasha Theatre Company’s My Name Is…., written by Sudha Bhuchar and directed by Philip Osment. Karen was deeply honoured to be nominated for an Offie award for Best Female Performance for the original production at the Arcola Theatre in London and returned to the role for the subsequent UK tours, receiving a further nomination for an ACTA Award for Best Female Performance: Stage in the 2015 tour of My Name Is….
Karen appeared as Avril in the Traverse Theatre Company’s production of Tracks of the Winter Bear by Stephen Greenhorn, directed by Zinnie Harris and again received excellent reviews for her nuanced performance. The following Christmas, she starred as Maleficent in Robert C Kelly’s pantomime production of Sleeping Beauty at the Gardyne Theatre, Dundee, billed alongside Scot Squad co-star Darren Connell as Officer Karen and Bobby, also starring River City favourite Tom Urie.
Other roles include Aunt Belle in Selladoor Theatre/Mull Theatre’s UK tour of Arthur Miller’s The Man Who Had All The Luck, Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Viola in Twelfth Night, Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire and Beth in Janet Paisley’s The Refuge.
Karen also originated the role of Jane in No Time Has Passed In Hippoland with Sonic Boom Productions.
Header photo from Tracks of the Winter Bear, (c) 2015 Mihaela Bodlovic.