Katie McGarry
Katie McGarry Actor - About Me
Katie McGarry is an actor, singer and theatre-maker. Inspired by her obsession with failure, clowning and inherent belief that life certainly isn't linear, she makes work about relationships, silliness and finding the little bits of magic in life. Her work is funny, relatable and clever.
McGarry is the founder and Artistic Director of Bindlestick Theatre Company and recently co-created comedy show ‘Shakespeare’s Royal Company’ (Arts Depot and Paines Plough).
Other credits include West end, UK Tour, Open Air Shakespeare, directing and producing new writing for Off West End and regular voice over work. Katie has been an associate artist and regular performer for companies such as Looping the Loop, Screaming Alley Cabaret, POW! Thanet and Ramsgate Festival of Sound since 2015. Katie is also a professional freelance singer, having recently headlined at Dreamland for the Turner Contemporary.
She is currently working on several new projects including her solo show 'You're Not in the West End Now' and is the Artistic Director of 'Letters You'll Never Send'
In addition to her acting career, Katie is also a producer, director, practitioner and facilitator. Katie has produced theatre festivals, events and shows for 10 years including, co-founding the original Making Waves Festival with Jan Ryan, creating Artist Development and educational programmes such as FLEX and TNT for Looping the Loop CIC, Screaming Marys and Screaming Kids for Screaming Alley CIC, and additional producing roles for Ramsgate Festival of Sound and Lyrici Arts. She creates theatre across the genres and works with communities and organisations all over the UK, delivering masterclasses, workshops and courses with a focus on voice for the actor, acting through song and storytelling.
Recent Directing roles include ''Title of Show' (Arcola) and Sir Thomas Thumbton (Tom Thumb Theatre and Faversham Fringe)
She is currently the Voice Director for several projects including the Marlowe Theatre for both their in-house Ensemble show 'The Twits' and for the RSC's Associate schools programme and Sarah Winn's 'No one Here is Me'.