Christopher Green (writer-performer)
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Christopher (Kit) Green (born c. 1968 in Matlock, Derbyshire) is an English writer and performer whose work includes comedy, cabaret, theatre and live art.
Background
[edit]Green was born in Sheffield and grew up in Darley Dale and lives and works in London, England.[1] Her characters include country music singer Tina C and pensioner rapper Ida Barr. Green got into comedy via television production and acting, after graduating from Goldsmiths College (University of London), with a degree in Drama and English.[1] She is perhaps best known for her work as a character comedian, in a range of personas, and has toured worldwide to venues such as The Albert Hall and Sydney Opera House.[2]
Main characters played
[edit]Tina C. is a faux country music singer whose performances cover a range of topics including sexual politics ("No Dick's As Hard As My Life"), geo-politics ("Tina C's Twin Tower Tribute"), and her bid to run in the 2008 presidential race in her show called "Manifesto".[3] In a 2007 commission from the Adelaide Cabaret Festival for "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" Tina solves the Aboriginal tensions Down Under. A new series of the Tina C. BBC Radio 4 series was broadcast in late 2011, entitled Tina C, from Middle America to the Middle East. On 3 December 2015, BBC Radio 4 broadcast the first episode of a four-part series, Tina C: Herstory, which purported to trace the fictional character's life-story in words and music, with Dr Raj Persaud playing himself as the episode's guest interviewer.[4][5]
Another character played by Green is Ida Barr, a self-proclaimed "world's first Music hall singer turned RnB rap superstar"[6] who has performed her two solo shows, "Artificial Hip hop" and "Get Old or Die Tryin'" all over the world, on various UK tours, and on a variety of media. Artificial Hip Hop, the BBC Radio 4 series,[7] was broadcast in late 2010.
Installation events
[edit]She was the British Library Artist in Residence 2012; in this appointment she investigated the history of hypnosis in the Library's collections.[8]
Awards
[edit]Green won the Olivier Award for Best Entertainment 2004 for "Duckie's C'est Barbican!", a show which she devised and co-wrote with Mark Whitelaw, Ursula Martinez, Marisa Carnesky, Francesca Baglione and Simon Vincenzi, and with a score by Ian Hill, which was performed at the Barbican Pit.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b BBC (2004), Derby Blast/When Thomas met Tina, BBC, retrieved 22 August 2008
- ^ Sellar, Tom (16 December 2007), "Conceptual Burlesque Behind a Velvet Rope", The New York Times, retrieved 22 August 2008
- ^ Artshub.com.au, 5 June 2006, retrieved 22 August 2008[permanent dead link]
- ^ Producer: Victoria Lloyd (3 December 2015). "Tina C: Herstory, Episode 1". Tina C: Herstory. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ Megarry, Daniel (3 December 2015). "Christopher Green talks country music, feminism, and Tina C's Herstory". Gay Times. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ IdaBarr.net, retrieved 22 August 2008
- ^ Producer: Claire Grove. "Ida Barr: Artificial Hip Hop". Ida Barr: Artificial Hip Hop. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ Christopher Green: British Library Artist in Residence 2012, retrieved 9 February 2012
- ^ "Olivier Winners 2004". Retrieved 3 December 2015.
External links
[edit]- https://www.theguardian.com/culture/video/2008/aug/21/tina.c Video of Tina C, aka Chris Green, talking about her show "Tick My Box", and her campaign for the US presidency.
- http://www.christophergreen.net Christopher Green's official homepage, includes full lists of other theatre/Film/TV and Radio productions by Green
- http://www.comedycv.co.uk/tinac/index.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170529124307/http://tinac.net/ Official Tina C. page
- http://www.idabarr.net Official Ida Barr page
- http://www.duckie.co.uk Another project of Chris Green
- http://www.norfolkhospice.org.uk
- http://www.henrythe9.com