Karola Gajda

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London-based Karola Gajda is of Polish origin and she is from Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Her experience includes seven years of stand-up comedy, physical and devised theatre, radio journalism and news-reading and animation. She studied drama and film at Bristol University and trained with Jacques Lecoq in Paris for two years. She has also studied with theatre director Ariane Mnouckine at La Cartoucherie, just outside Paris. Karola has co-written and directed plays in schools in south east London for L’Ouverture and has lead workshops in acting and comedy writing, including workshops for Comic Relief. She also voices books for the audio library Listening Books.

Experience

 Credits:

2003 & 2006 Presentation training with BBC coach Sandie Miller.
1990-1992 Drama school at Ecole Jacques Lecoq, Paris
1996-1997 Post Grad Diploma in Radio Journalism, London College of Printing.
1988-1993 Bristol University, BA Hons. Degree in Drama and French 2.1.

Theatre

Nov 2006 Arts Theatre, solo show ‘My Polish Roots and other Vegetables’ Director Peta Lily. Arts Council funded.
Aug 2006 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, ‘My Polish Roots and other vegetables’ (former title To Be And To Have – as below)
2005 To Be And To Have – solo show. Directed by Peta Lily. Arts Council funded. Tristan Bates Theatre, Actors Centre, Covent Garden, London.
1995 - 2003 Stand-up comedy writer and performer Venues include Comedy Store, Kings Head, Comedy Café, Hackney Empire, Cosmic Comedy, Bunjies, Meccano, Chuckle Club, Tut n Shive, Big Fish.
1998 Compere/organiser of Bunjies Comedy Club, London.

Film, Radio and Television

2008 Concorde advertisement, young woman. Director Ignaki Elizalde/Arena Shots, Barcelona.
2005 Discovery Channel advertisement, house wife. Director Helen Jones/ Addiction TV.
2004 ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts, London) – Tour guide for radio station installation ‘Calling All Agents’, director, Tom McArthy.
2002 cont. Listening Books, London Reader and voice over. Over twenty titles completed (fact and fiction).
2001 Forgive Us Our Trespasses Radio sitcom pilot. Co-writer and lead performer.
1996-2001 Radio newsreader and journalist, freelance, BBC and independent radio stations: Five Live, IRN, BBC Three Counties, Chiltern FM.
1995 The Great Kandinsky drama serial, BBC TV. Gipsy, Zsa Zsa. Director, Terry Winsor.


• Translated Krzysztof Kieslowski’s film trilogy, The Three Colours: Blue, White and Red, 1992, from Polish to English for Marin Karmitz Films (MK2), Paris.
 Experience:

Voice over, stand-up comedy, physical and devised theatre, radio journalism/news-reading and animation.

Profile

 Role Type:

Eastern European , White

 Type:

International , Voiceover

Appearance

 Age:

25-30 , 30-35 , 35-40 , 40-45

Voice

 Accent:

French , Polish , Yorkshire

 Documentary Styles:

Comic , Informative

 Languages:

English , French , Polish

 Native Voice:

Polish

 Style:

caring , clear , concise , credible , friendly , light , positive

Skills

 Other Skills:

Writer

 Performance:

Comedy , Radio Presenting , Stand-up Comic , Voice over




Audio

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