Kathleen began her career as a Court Jester in 2003 and still performs in Scared Scriptless. She is a graduate of the National Academy of Singing and Dramatic Art (NASDA).
Her previous Court Theatre credits include Ladies Night; Educating Rita; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; Steel Magnolias; The Pink Hammer; RENT and Sense and Sensibility. Her other theatre credits from around the country include A Servant to Two Masters; Under Milkwood; Cinderella and The Little Mermaid (Circa Theatre); Avenue Q; Five Women Wearing the Same Dress and Flagons and Foxtrots (Fortune Theatre); Perfuct Storm; Dungeons and Comedians and Feminist Yarns with Kathleen Burns (Little Andromeda).
Kathleen’s screen credits include Sextortion (TVNZ), Working Class, Ghost Shark 2, and the soon-to-be-released The Push.
Kathleen made her mainstage directorial debut with Flagons and Foxtrots at The Court Theatre in 2022.
Court Shows
- 2023 - The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race - Nikki
- 2023 - Cinderella - Director
- 2023 - Sense and Sensibility - Mrs Jennings, Edward, Willoughby, Mr John Dashwood
- 2022 - RENT - Ensemble | Joanne Understudy
- 2022 - Flagons and Foxtrots - Director
- 2021 - Ladies Night - Glenda
- 2020 - Crash Bash: What's the Rush? - Writer
- 2019 - The Wind in the Willows - Weasel Norman
- 2019 - Escape from Haunted House - Playwright/Co-Set Designer
- 2019 - The Pink Hammer - Siobhan
- 2019 - Les Liaisons Dangereuses - Émilie
- 2019 - Thumbelina - Toad, Bee, Mole, Fairy
- 2018 - A Christmas Carol - Actress
- 2018 - The Early Early Late Show - Improviser
- 2018 - The Littlest Ninja - Director
- 2018 - A Paintbox of Clowns - Assistant Director
- 2018 - Titus Andronicus - Lucius, Nurse
- 2017 - A Christmas Carol - Actor
- 2017 - Steel Magnolias - Shelby
- 2017 - Hamlet: The Video Game (the stage show) - Player 2
- 2017 - Cinderella in Space - Writer
- 2017 - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Punk Girl and Ensemble
- 2017 - Ropable - Norma Bates
- 2016 - A Christmas Carol - Actor
- 2016 - Educating Rita - Rita
- 2016 - Macbeth - Second Witch
- 2016 - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Kansas neighbour, Wicked Witch of the West, Munchkin
- 2015 - Little Red Riding Hood - Wolf and Woodsman
- 2015 - Hamlet: The Video Game (the stage show) - Gertrude, Ophelia + various
- 2015 - The Ladykillers - Jane Tromleyton
- 2015 - The Early Early Late Show 2015 - Actor
- 2014 - One Man, Two Guvnors - Rachel Crabbe
- 2014 - White Rabbit, Red Rabbit - Actor
- 2014 - Cinderella Meets Aladdin - Cinderella
- 2014 - Blood Brothers - Linda
- 2013 - Grease - Marty Maraschino
- 2013 - The Women - Miriam, Jane, Princess Tamara
- 2012 - Rapunzel - Actor
- 2012 - Why Are My Parents So Boring? - Actor
- 2012 - Antarctic Adventure - Actor
- 2012 - The Gingerbread Man - Actor
- 2011 - Midnight in Moscow - Actor
- 2011 - Carry on Court - Company
- 2011 - Five Women Wearing the Same Dress - Meredith
- 2010 - Jack and the Beanstalk - Actor
- 2010 - Saving Grace - Actor
- 2010 - The Perfumed Garden - Actor