SHE IS AN
Actress
I am an actress in theatre, TV and film.
Most recently, I devised and co-starred in Breach Theatre’s It’s True, It’s True, It’s True: Artemisia on Trial. After winning both The Stage award for acting and the Fringe First awards at Edinburgh, the play secured a national, and then international tour (supported by the British Council). It’s True… was also filmed by the BBC, which turned out to be fortuitous after its bookings at The Barbican and in New York in 2020 were cancelled due to the pandemic. We are currently living in hope that these dates are rescheduled sometime in 2021.
In TV, I have popped up in CBBC’s Class Dismissed, SKY’s The Greatest of All Time, BBC2’s The Agency, among others (see full credits list here).
Film work includes The Great Unwashed (directed by Louis Fonseca and starring Jon Pointing), which was nominated for the 2017 BIFA Comedy Award, as well as winning awards at Mammoth Lakes and Sydney Indie Film Festival.
I was also one of the leads in short film Square One (directed by Emily Sargent), which was selected for London Short Film Festival, LOCO film festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, and Inside Out Festival, among many others.
You can see some examples of my work here:
Kathryn is available for castings via the link below
SHE IS A
Writer
A key influence on my early life was watching Anne of Green Gables and Little Women, to the extent that I asked for a quill for Christmas and wore a ruff shirt to my Year 7 disco. Need I say more.
I am currently developing several scripts for screen.
I like to combine the daily, abstract and the stupid in my writing. My writing tends to be inspired by being working class and being a bit ‘odd’. Which after years of trying to fight against, I now embrace with very awkward open arms.
I have been lucky enough this year to write sketches for CBBC’S Crackerjack and Bafta winning show Class Dismissed, a show I also performed in last year (see above).
In 2018 I took part in a branch of the BBC Writers room, that focused on developing the writing of live comedians for screen. I wrote my pilot script called Goin' Mars with them. I am now personally developing a script called Personal.
Kathryn is available for writing engagements via the link below
SHE IS A
Comedian
I have been working in comedy for many years: firstly as part of a duo (That Pair, formerly The Silky Pair), and then as a solo writer/performer. My first solo show, Loo Roll, won the Vault Festival Comedy Award, sold out at Edinburgh, and was filmed for screen by NextUp comedy, now available on Amazon Prime. I am currently developing my 2nd solo show Danger: Emotion in Progress for 2021.
SHE IS A
Voice Artist
I have been the voice of Pilgrims Choice cheese, Warbuton’s Crumpets, and Change For Life, among others. I do a bunch of accents too.
Kathryn is represented for voice WORK by QVoice
Comedy Reviews
“Offbeat brilliance” - The Times ★★★★
“Some of the sharpest writing on the scene” - The Guardian
“Some of the sharpest, most imaginative new writing you'll find anywhere on the sketch scene” - The Guardian Guide
“Kathryn Bond is a versatile actor taking on a variety of characters” - The Stage
“Kathryn Bond is fantastic at thinking on her feet. She excels in improvisation” - Everything Theatre
“The cast are great, especially Kathryn Bond's incredible multi role playing as all the characters outside the family” - A Younger Theatre
“With a delightful cast, a wonderfully versatile Kathryn Bond, whose character changes never fail to amaze” - Remote Goat ★★★★★
Reviews for Loo Roll
“a potentially lethal dose of joy to the heart”
Broadway Baby ★★★★★
The Skinny ★★★★
Broadway.com ★★★★
“Loo Roll becomes a tapestry of many unique personas, all played with consistency and conviction” - Broadway Baby ★★★★
“It is rare to get people laughing to the point of crying whilst simultaneously spreading a sense of poignancy. It may be made of the stuff of toilets, but Loo Roll is definitely not poop” - Broadway Baby ★★★★
Reviews for It’s True, It’s True, It’s True: Artemisia On Trial
“There is little to match this latest piece from award-winning Breach Theatre” - The Times ★★★★
“Wearing men’s suits with outsize shirt cuffs and collars, Bond and Steer satirise the bullying and coercion of the men. It is a gripping court drama is driven by an implicit feminist rage” - The Guardian ★★★★
The Scotsman ★★★★
The Stage ★★★★
The Independent ★★★★
Winner of Fringe First Award 2018
Winner The Stage Award for Acting excellence 2018
Winner Untapped Award 2018
SHOWREEL AND CLIPS
There’s a showreel on the link below that hopefully shows off some of the stuff I’ve done.
There are also some stand-alone clips and some pictures of my face if that’s the sort of thing you’re interested in.
SEE MY FACE
