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"I'm through with playing the rules in someone else's game."-Wicked
Professional info
My name is Marlene McKenzie. I am the Founder and Creative Director of Mooville Theatre CIC and Marlene McKenzie Theatre. I qualified as a Professional Actress in 2004 and have performed with several Production Companies over the 15 years including: Birmingham REP Theatre, Coventry Belgrade Theatre, Language Alive/The Play House, Women & Theatre,
The Drum Arts, ICU Transformational Arts, The Other Way Works, Open Stage Productions, Kajans, and Letters To Eric. I performed as Valda Graham in the BBC Drama, Danny and the Human Zoo (2015), written by Sir Lenny Henry and filmed by Red Productions.
Acting Experience
Cheryl LITE Warwick University/MMT Marlene McKenzie
Number 3 Them and Us Letters to Eric Tracey Street
Cheryl LITE Mooville Lorna Laidlaw
Laila Back 2 Backs Women and Theatre Janice Connolly
Ensemble Out of the Flying Pan Letters to Eric Tracey Street
Cheryl LITE Creative Leap Marlene McKenzie
Miranda All Good Things… The Play House Deborah Hull
Woman 2 Shag around Open Productions Emma Clayton
Belief Beyond Belief Old Rep Theatre, Birmingham Mem Morrison
Ayesha For The Love of Auset The Drum Paul Savage
Woman / Singer Don Quixote Birmingham Rep Theatre Chris Bond
Witch The Witches Birmingham Rep Theatre Jonathan Church
Kate Big School Coventry Belgrade Julia Smith
Marlene Open House Birmingham Rep Theatre Steve Ball
Lady Macbeth Macbeth Patrick Centre Chris Rozanski
Second Woman Terrorism Stephen Joseph Theatre Chris Rozanski
Wife/Chorus Wounds to the Face Coventry Belgrade Studio Tracey Street
Film & Television
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Valda Graham Danny and the Human Zoo Red Productions (BBC) Destiny Ekaragha
Mum Inside Out Rights of passage productions Daniel Anderson
Bertha Cyber Grannies BTS Media Mark Presdee
Emma What’s The Deal? Aston Media Nick Birch
Geraldine CAMHS Television Junction Yvonne Davies
Workshop Experience
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2020-2021 Butterfly Project. Drama facilitator /Film Director. Mooville Theatre
2019-2019 Embodied Islands Theatre Practitioner/teacher/director Warwick University
2018-2019 Mini Moo's summer school Creator/head Drama Teacher/Director Mooville Theatre
2017-2018 Mootual Respect Project coordinator/facilitator Mooville Theatre
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2016-2017 Drama Expressions workshop faciliator/mentor Mooville Theatre
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2015-2016 #THISGIRLBRUMGIRLCAN Workshop facilitator Mooville Theatre
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2014 -2016 Butterfly Project Project Coordinator/deliver Mooville Theatre
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2011-2012 After School Club Drama Teacher ICU
2011-2011 Body Image Project coordinator/facilitator Marlene McKenzie
2010-2010 Drug awareness Teacher/Actor The Play House
2009-2010 Drama Empowerment Director/mentor St Albans Academy
2008 -2009 CAMHS Role play/Director The Play House
2008-2008 Stepping into Workshop Facilitation Flying Start 2008
Workshop Leader
2007- 2007 Our Story Workshop Facilitation Summerfield School
2007- 2007 Story Telling Workshop Facilitation Gallery 37
2007-2007 The Struggle Performance/Workshop BAYC
2007-2007 Scooby Doo Workshop Facilitation Hippodrome Theatre
2006-2009 Mrs. Martin Actor/Role play Nelson Training /Optima House
2006/2008 Chocolate Factory Workshop facilitator Newman College
2005-2006 Confidence Teacher/Actor Flying Start 2006
2006-2006 The Missing Workshop facilitator Birmingham Repertory/
Manuscript Summer Project
2006-2006 Music History Workshop facilitator College High School
2005-2005 Homing Instinct Stage Manager The Other Way Work
2004-2005 Witches Workshop coordinator Birmingham Rep/Flying start
I am also DBS checked/chaperone/arts award trainer in bronze and silver/mentor/and director.
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