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Uncategorized · May 16, 2016

Frances Blackburn

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FRANCES-LARGE-PICFrances Blackburn is a native of Dublin where she was introduced to the Theatre as a young child.  She attended speech, drama and dance classes as well as studying Piano up to Grade 6. Her interest in the Theatre led to her receiving an LLCM(TD), an LTCL plus a diploma in Theatre Studies from Maynooth University.

She worked with children in schools, teenagers in Macra Na Feirme and amateur drama groups on a voluntary basis.  During this time she furthered her education by studying with professionals in various aspects of Theatre for one week each year.   This led to her being offered posts in Germany, Austria and Canada working with teenagers studying to be professional artists.

Frances has worked at the Gate Theatre and the Focus Theatre.  She has played Big Maggie and Cass Maguire in the Balrothery Inn, Co Louth.  Her television work includes Fair City, Kilnaskully, a docudrama called Fallout and a TV film called Little White Lie.  She has also done voiceover work and television advertising for Jacobs Biscuits, Lyons Tea and The National Lottery and was most recently seen in Merlin Film’s Supervized at the Galway Film Fleadh.

 

Age range: 66+ · Female

Agent: Halina Froudist · · +35315552556

Height (cm): 157 cms

Height (inches): 5' 2"

Eye colour: Green

Hair colour: Grey

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Actor CV

THEATRE

PlayPartDirected byVenue
Uncle VanyaVanya's MotherRobin LefevreGate Theatre
The Words Upon the Window Pane Mrs HendersonConor O'MalleyNational Library
LadybirdNeighbourFocus
Decline & FallMaud RiggMary O'ReillyPioneer Club,
Juno & the PaycockMrs. TancredMichael ByrneAxis Theatre
Cripple of InishmaanEileenMichael ByrneAxis Theatre
Red Roses for meMrs. BredinConor O'MalleyLiberty Hall
Finnegan's WakeVariousConor O'MalleyJoyce Centre
Big MaggieBig MaggieBob GilbertSwords C.C.
The Plough & the StarsBessie BurgessBob GilbertBalrothery Inn
The Loves of Cass
Maguire, by Brian FrielAlice, Sister-in Law Bob GilbertFingallians Clubhouse
Robinson CrusoeFairy QueenCecil NashSFX
Jack & the BeanstalkMiss MuffetCecil NashSFX
(2nd. Principal Girl)Cecil NashSFX
Snow WhiteWicked WitchMichael ByrneAxis Theatre, Dublin 11
Goldilocks and the Three BearsWicked Gypsy/WitchMichael ByrneAxis Theatre, Dublin 11

FILM/TELEVISION/ADS

PartPartDirected ByVenue
Two Women on a TrainMaeve HigginsRTE 2
FranTV3/Setanta
The HouseMotherDeclan Cassidy DCTV
Fair CityMrs Brabazon
No Laughing MatterWaitressNick RentonCabra Productions
KillinaskullyMrs Mooney
FalloutEileenFrontier Films
Irish Cancer Society Promo.
AD: Irish Broadband

Actor notes

TRAINING:

  • Basic Acting: Graham Suter.
  • Improvisation: Chrissie Poulter, Des Braiden, Tommy McArdle. Kate Canning, John P. Kelly.
  • Characterisation: John P. Kelly.
  • Movement in Character: Scott Marshall.
  • Mime: James Dodding.
  • The Poor Theatre: Martin Drury.
  • Comedy: Des Braiden, Betty Ann Norton.
  • Shakespeare: Chrissie Poulter. Synge, Yeats & Gregory: Conal Morrison.
  • Yeats: Alan Nichol
  • Voice and the Actor: Paul Mouselides. Stanislavski Method: Joe Devlin. ‘The Actor and Director in Rehearsal and Performance – A Collaborative Relationship’ – Mark Travis.

WORK ABROAD INCLUDES:  

  • Delegate at the 1st World International Congress on children’s theatre.
  • “Theatre Work with Children in Ireland”.Lingen, Germany.
  • Building life size puppets in Vienna.
  • Voice and text coach, Nova Scotia
  • Musical Theatre Summer School, Canada.

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Agent – Halina Froudist

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