Thursday, May 21, 2015

The Shakespeare loving Blioux Kirkby


Blioux Kirkby has always applied herself with great perseverance and an even more great sense of passion. It came as nothing short of a delight to everyone when she formed a theatre club at school for younger students and directed a wildly successful production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. Almost as spellbinding and captivating as the story from Shakespeare himself. Of course it took first prize in a Shakespeare for Schools Festival. Blioux loves to inspire people through her love of the arts. 

With an early love of Shakespeare Blioux Kirkby easily dawned the role of  co-directing as well as performing as a principal role in her production, Winter’s Rages, taking extracts from the great Shakespeare’s works of art and pretty much linking them through human aspects, such as emotions and songs. Winter’s Rages was so beautifully and flawlessly performed at the famous Rose Playhouse (next to Shakespeare’s Globe) it came as no surprise that audiences very well received it. Her production did exceptionally well, selling out several times during its run.

After her eventual graduating from drama school, Blioux has been frequently involved in productions by the fantastic immersive theatre company, Secret Cinema. Secret Cinema takes the audience into an immersive environment of a prestigious film (e.g. The Shawshank Redemption which took place in a prison).  Secret Cinema is highly successful and an exciting new company to be involved with.

She has basic burlesque training, sword fighting and combat skills, horse riding and accents that include America, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, French, Russian, and London. Blioux has always known from a young age that her vivid imagination and creativity would only be cultivated and enhanced through a career in acting.

Kirkby lends her talents to a wide array of  theater productions, including lead actress in “Winter’s Rages”  , Day By Night”, and  “Sweet Bird Of Youth” just to name a few.





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