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    Profile of Joan Thorpe


Nationality:   Irish
Playing Age:   36 to 45
Location:   Dublin
Hair Colour:   Dark Brown
Hair Length:   Long
Eye Colour:   Blue
Height:   5ft. 3inch
Body Size:   Small
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 Showreels

                                                                                   

Title: from 'Death becomes her'  Terry Mc Mahon's acting class

Title: The Telephone  Part: Lorraine. film short by Colin Mc Kenna at Pulse college shown at 'Horrorthon' in IFI

                                                                                  

 

      Training:

Terry Mc Mahon, Acting for Camera  - Comedy Improv. John Dawson and Andy Crook.  Michael Chekhov method:  with Jorg Andrees.  -  Chrissie Poulter. Vincent O�Neill �Power Acting� University Limerick.

Acting for screen: J.J.Harrington, Vinny Murphy Film Base, John Cantwell@Irish Film Actors Studio

Clowning/ Buffoon:  Eric Davies (Cirque De Soleil) /   Angela De Castro / Barabbas, with Veronica Coburn, Raymond Keane / Mitch Mitchelson / Artus Chavez

Other voice/Acting: The Attic Studio; Gaiety school of acting; Andy Hynes; Andrea Ainsworth; Kevin Crawford; Stanislavski, Tim Mc Donald;  Betty Ann Norton, Theatre and Musical Theatre, Eric Weitz

Dance:  Hip Hop / Jane Shortall.     Contemporary, Jazz Ballet/David Bolger/Aideen Gohery

                                   

      Film and TV Credits:

�Ms Pepper� in �V1200� film by Gerard Daly

�Mother� in �The Desk� film short by Ferran Molina

�Aunt Joan� in �Ellie� film short by Tim Laubscher.

�Kelly� in �Cherry� Film short. Dir.by Erol Mustafov

�Lorraine�  in  �The Telephone� - by Colin Mc Kenna.  Film short / Horrorthon / IFI cinema

�Mrs.Brown�s Boys D�Movie� Role � Dancer - BOC Flix,BBC /UNIVERSAL.Director Ben Kellett.

�Vivienne� in �A World Apart� written and directed by Kitty Leung. (Vancouver WI Film Festival.)

            

      Theatre Credits:

�Sex Ed� and �Limbic System� in �Hurricane Devour Me� Dir/Written by Dylan Delaney, Smock Alley

�Lady Marlene Melford� in �Murder at Melford Manor� � International Bar Dublin

Lead role: �Liz Essendine� in�Present Laughter� by Noel Coward. Players Theatre Trinity.

Lead role: �Marianna� in �Any Summers� - by Joleen O�Brien, dir.by Frank Allen & Glenn Gannon.  Theatre@36

�Mammy,  Mary, Cathy� in �A Life� by Victor Feldman. Irish Writers Centre

Nominated best support actor as�Tessa� in �The loves of Cass McGuire.� By Brian Friel. Axis Theatre,Ballymun � Directed by Ken Moroney.

�Grace� in �The last of the last of the Mohicans.�  by Hugh Leonard � Pearse Centre/The Irish Institute.

�Mabel� in �O when the hoops.� Dir/Written by Frank Allen - Tallaght Theatre

�Maureen� in �what�s for pudding?   Directed by James McMahon - St. Anthony�s Hall

�Miss Pearl Price� in �Give us a break.� directed and written by Frank Allen - Crypt, Dublin Castle

Comedy

Stand-up comedy - Pop the Cherry, Whelans - Jesters, Suffolk St  -  Front Door Bar,Dame st.

Stand-up comedy -  Anseo, Camden Street�Forbidden Fruit �Button Factory Temple Bar.

Support Ennio Marchetto @ Olympia Theatre  Bulmers Comedy festival

IFI Cinema, Temple Bar; International Bar, Wicklow Street; Gibneys, Malahide; Playhouse Theatre,

Comedy Improvisation/ Comedy Sports: Ha�penny Bridge Inn,  Wellington Quay, D.2/ T@36 / various venues

                    

      Special Skills: driving, yoga, ukulele, dance, singing, comedy

      Voice Credits:

      Accents: cockney accent, cork, dublin- northside,southside, - british rp. 

 

 

  


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