Lindsay Kyte
Lindsay Kyte decided a while back her tombstone will read, "God, that was fun!" A writer and performer who has written for numerous publications across Canada as well as appeared on stages and screens from coast-to-coast, Lindsay is known for her ability to find the humour and magic within a moment and capture it in story form. She is also part wizard when it comes to documents for funding, publicity and development in all areas of the arts, having worked for several companies and individual artists in this capacity. Lindsay offers writing, researching and consulting services, as well as workshops. As a performer, Lindsay has training and experience in acting, hosting, broadcast journalism and public speaking. Though Lindsay is based in Toronto, all of the above are spiced with Cape Breton humour (you can transplant the Maritimer but she's still going to say "supper" years later) and Lindsay's extensive experience and training.
Please check out the next few pages for more about the services Lindsay offers, as well as resumés, clips and general nonsense. Enjoy!
LATEST NEWS:
**Lindsay will be on the East Coast from May 14-26, July 8-12 and August 24- Sept 1 and has dates open for speaking engagements, funding consultations and workshops. To book, please see "Contact" section for details.
**Lindsay, along with manager Sarah Kim Turnbull, is currently in the midst of planning an Atlantic Canadian tour of her play Tompkinsville for Fall 2012. Yes, this fall. Yikes! Details to come as dates/venues get solidified!
**Lindsay will be giving talks about the co-op movement and her incredible journey to discovering her roots within it on June 9 in Niagara Falls, Ontario and July 10 at the Boardmore Playhouse at Cape Breton University. Niagara Falls talk features the music of Ian Sherwood, written for Lindsay's play Tompkinsville, and performed by Tom Juhas. Come hear the stories that were part of the CBC Radio Documentary Journey to Tompkinsville!
**Lindsay has spent the greater part of 2012 travelling the world and blogging about it. From sneaking pictures in the Sistine Chapel to sipping mint tea in Tunisia to "chipping" down the street wearing a sparkly bathing suit in Trinidad's Carnival, Lindsay has adventures wherever she goes! Destinations included Florence, Rome, Sicily, Barcelona, Tunisia and Trinidad and Tobago. Read about it on TRAVELHotNews:
**Lindsay was featured on the Saturday, Sept. 17 episode of CBC Radio's DNTO-- this time speaking about her play Toronto Adventures and her chain-smoking Nana who once outdrank an entire soccer team. Check it out!
**Lindsay will be speaking at the PEI Co-operative Council's AGM in Hunter River, PEI on Sept. 17, 2011 about her play Tompkinsville and her family's amazing journey towards the "good and abundant life" through co-operatives and community.
**CBC Radio's In the Field has just nationally re-broadcast its documentary on Lindsay's play, Tompkinsville. To listen to this doc, called Journey to Tompkinsville, please click on this link:
**Lindsay's play Tompkinsville has its own website. Check it out:
**Lindsay's play about the co-operative movement, Tompkinsville, had its staged reading premiere on May 27th at an arena for 700 audience members with the cast on jumbo screens. The audience gave it a standing ovation. Tompkinsville is now ready to be produced for the 2012 International Year of Co-operatives, as is Lindsay as a speaker for the co-operative movement!
**Lindsay has just completed a run as "Agnes" in The Fourposter at the Classic Theatre Festival in Perth, Ontario, running August 5 - August 28, 2011. The show was the Festival's best seller to date!
Read Lindsay's final "Love Letter To Perth," published in the EMC:
http://www.emcperth.ca/20110901/entertainment/Classic+Theatre+actor+Lindsay+Kyte+says+fond+farewell+to+Perth
To view a preview of Lindsay in The Fourposter, please click here:
**The Classic Theatre Festival hosted "BEATLES DAY!" Sunday, August 14, where in honor of Lindsay's graduating this summer and shaking Paul McCartney's hand as she did, this matinee featured a post-show talk whereby Lindsay sang some Beatles songs, told the story of meeting Sir Paul just two weeks before and let the audience in on some of the magic of Paul's Liverpool school, LIPA. Lindsay's flight to Liverpool was sponsored by Air Transat for free. Read an article on this show and Lindsay here:
**On July 29, 2011, Lindsay made a whirlwind, two-day trip to Liverpool, England where she shook the hand of Sir Paul McCartney--- as a graduate of the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (Masters in Acting). After flying for eight hours from Canada with Air Transat and going from the plane directly to the ceremony, a very tired, confused Lindsay was snapped shaking the hand of Macca himself... as she looked for the camera in the ether! Though not her best photo, still pretty neat to have. Read her article on this trip for The Cape Breton Post below!
**Lindsay's autobiographical play Toronto Adventures has just completed its fourth run this summer at the Grand Bank Regional Theatre Festival in Newfoundland. Toronto Adventures was sold out almost every night it played and Lindsay got e-mails and FB messages from people who loved the show. Thanks to the talented cast and crew who made this happen!
**Lindsay's episode of The Murdoch Mysteries aired this summer on City TV. Check it out here (she is accidentally credited as "Lindsay Kate"... yikes!):
**Read Lindsay's "Love Letter to Perth" in the Perth Courier on what it means to be part of a community:
Lindsay completed from a press trip as a TRAVELHotNews.com reporter this June and her comedic blogs about her "Panama Adventures" are online:
**Lindsay recorded her fourth story for CBC Radio's DNTO--- this time on being mistaken daily for Anne of Green Gables! Have a listen (Lindsay's story at 00:36:30)
