Kate Jirelle

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Raised amongst nature in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Kate Jirelle is an actor, writer and creator currently based in Western Sydney. A member of Sydney Acting Studio since 2022, she has extensive and ongoing training in Meisner Technique, Theatre Technique, Voice Technique and Screen-Acting. Coaches she has trained under include the late Kevin Jackson as well as Adam Dunn, Donald Woodburn, Luke Ford, Grace Naoum and Hunter McMahon. Kate is passionate about bringing theatre to regional audiences, and using the performing arts to not only entertain, but to also elevate and educate. She has toured across regional NSW, performing lead roles in theatre-in-education productions with Blue Whale Theatre and in interactive theatre shows with Dark Stories Interactive Theatre. She also currently works as a workshop facilitator for 'Transitions Drama' - a program developed by Collective Impact Arts and Western Sydney University. In this work, Kate is able to merge her skills as a performer with her experience as a NESA-Accredited teacher by using drama to help children learning English, develop their confidence and improve their language acquisition and speaking skills. In addition to this, Kate is a regular member of 'Players In The Pub' where she has performed roles in several staged readings of several classic texts including 'The Admirable Crichton', 'Mary Rose', 'RUR' and 'Sherlock Holmes'. ***** WRITER & DIRECTOR CREDITS: 2023 - Writer & Director of 'The Secrets of Carmichael Manor' (Play) produced by Dark Stories Interactive Theatre and touring to Parramatta and Maitland. 2022 - Writer & Director of 'To Those I Left Behind' (Short Play), presented at Short+Sweet Sydney, winning 'Judge's Choice of 'Best Play' WRITER CREDITS 2023 - 'Writer's Room' (Short Film), premiered at OSC Short Film Festival winning 'Best Script' 2023 - 'Broken' (Short Film), awarded 2nd place in Challenge 1 of the NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Competition 2021 - 'Meet Cute' (Short Film), premiered at OSC Short Film Festival AWARDS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Acting: 2022 - Regional Finalist, (Main Professional Category), World Monologue Games 2019 - Best International Supporting Actress, (Pandora, The Tame Painter), Prodigy Film Festival Writing: 2023 - Best Short Screenplay (Broken), Sydney Women's International Film Festival 2023 - Best Short Screenplay (Broken), Golden Nugget International Film Festival 2023 - Best Genre Script (Broken), The Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards 2023 - Finalist (Broken), Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards 2023 - Semi Finalist (Broken), Australia Independent Film Festival 2022 - 2nd Place, NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Competition (Challenge 1) 2022 - Best Play - Judge's Choice (To Those I Left Behind), Short+Sweet Sydney OTHER - Has trained in Horse Riding at Hawkesbury Valley Equestrian Centre since June 2022, currently riding at a Novice Level. - Holds a Masters of Teaching and is a NESA-accredited high school teacher with subject specialities in Legal Studies, Business Studies and Studies of Religion - Current WWCC - Full drivers' licence and drives a manual transmission/stick shift - Has British, German and Austrian heritage.