(And yes, that is Lindsay getting her Masters degree from Sir Paul McCartney. He was telling her where to look for the photo. She never did figure out where that was).
EDUCATION
Masters of Arts
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
*Masters of Acting program during which feature-length play Tompkinsville was developed and workshopped by staff and students. LIPA was founded by Sir Paul McCartney and when Lindsay graduated, Sir Paul gave her the degree!
Bachelor of Journalism
University of King’s College
*Trained in broadcast, print, research & public relations/publicity.
Bachelor of Arts
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design / University of Prince Edward Island
*Drawing, Creative Writing & Theatre
Independent Television Producers’ Program Centennial College
*Trained in development writing (synopses, treatments), budgeting, industry research, funding sources, grant writing, resume writing, business plans, etc.
JOURNALISM
Freelance - Print
*Currently associate editor of Lion's Roar
(formerly the Shambhala Sun)
The Toronto Star (Toronto newspaper)
The Globe and Mail (national newspaper)
The Toronto Sun (Toronto newspaper)
TRAVELHotNews.com/PAX (online travel publication)
Eye (Toronto alternative weekly)
Open Jaw (travel trade website)
Chicken Soup for the Soul Magazine (international magazine)
The Daily News (Halifax newspaper)
Yahoo.ca (news website)
DREAMSCAPES (quarterly magazine)
The Cape Breton Post (daily newspaper)
The Coast (Halifax alternative weekly)
The Buzz (PEI arts and entertainment publication)
Reverb (Halifax music publication)
The Telegraph Journal (New Brunswick newspaper)
Boardwalk (Sydney arts and entertainment publication)
The Cape Bretoner (Cape Breton magazine)
Beingwell Magazine (Toronto magazine)
The North Toronto Post (Toronto newspaper)
Esprit (quarterly magazine)
Progressive Choices (Canadian business women’s magazine)
Perth Courier (weekly publication)
Personal Columns
The Cape Breton Post (Toronto Adventures)
The Buzz (About Town)
The Cadre (Kyte Spyte)
Broadcast
Radio
DNTO (freelancer - CBC Radio program)
Journey to Tompkinsville (feature voice - CBC radio documentary)
Radio Room (host - CKDU)
CJCB (remote operator; voice of several ads)
Television
You CAN Do It! (host - television documentary)
CBC Charlottetown TV (intern reporter -- Compass, The Maritimes Tonight)
Halifax This Week (cable news program)
Documentary/ TV/ Film
Script Writer/Researcher/Research Editor for documentary and television production companies including Castlewood Productions, Banger Films, Gorica Productions, Kyoko Productions and Wind Chime Productions. Duties included research, writing synopses and treatments, interviewing, script writing and advising and pitching.
Funding
Funding Researcher/Writer/Consultant - have researched/written funding documents/grant applications for several companies, including Acting Up Stage Theatre, Stephanie Gorin Casting Inc., Black Box Theatre, etc. as well as for several individual artists. Also teach funding workshops and serve as funding consultant for individuals. Served as funding officer for artsCape Breton.
Website Content
Website Content Writer for various individuals/businesses, such as Thread Branded, Seventh Street Sound, Granville Records, Sweet Caesar, Grant Tilly, Songbirds, etc.
Publicity/ Public Relations
Publicity writer for individuals and productions, including Songbirds, Grant Tilly,Clutch, Funny Business, Toronto Adventures, My Side of the Country, etc.
SPEAKER/HOST
Keynote speaker (TEDx) who has given several keynotes across Canada on creativity, community, cooperatives, co-operation and cyberbullying, including a TEDx talk. Serves as frequent keynote speaker for the co-operative movement. Have also emceed conferences, corporate events, AGMs, etc. Also hosts workshops in funding for the arts.
THEATRE
Playwright- Plays Produced (Selected)
Tompkinsville - Full-length play on the co-operative movement. Subject of CBC Radio documentary (“Journey to Tompkinsville”), television documentary (You CAN Do It!), a TEDx talk and several radio/print interviews. Funding/support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Canadian Stage Company, the Blyth Festival and PARC. Winner of two Merritt Theatre Awards.
For details: www.tompkinsvilleplay.com
Toronto Adventures
"When Cape Breton meets Toronto, neither will ever be the same."
Lindsay Kyte's Toronto Adventures premiered at Festival Antigonish in 2007. Since then it has been produced at Victoria Playhouse, the Membertou Trade & Convention Centre and the Atlantic Fringe Festival, as well as by the Grand Bank Theatre Festival in Newfoundland. Toronto Adventures is an autobiographical two-act play following Lindsay's trajectory as a Cape Bretoner trying to navigate Toronto for the first time (you have to stand WHERE on the escalator)? Toronto Adventures stemmed from a series of e-mails Lindsay was writing back home to family and friends about her adventures in the land of subways and smog. Little did she know, these e-mails were being forwarded on. And on. And on. Suddenly, the phone began ringing with people requesting more "Toronto adventures." An article in the Toronto Star featuring an almost life-size picture of Lindsay resulted in television production companies calling, as well as Internet channels. Theatre companies got in on the action. When Lindsay stopped hyperventilating from all of the attention, Toronto Adventures had been turned into a stage play, a comedic Internet series and a blog in the Cape Breton Post. Toronto Adventures features a cast of four actors in blacks playing a myriad of characters with minimal costume and three black boxes for set. Perfect for touring or more intimate venues. This play has been produced by theatre companies with a cast independent of Lindsay (someone else playing the role of "Lindsay"). It worked and gave this play a new life of its own!
*List of independent productions/scripts/workshops available upon request.
Acting/ Singing
Unions: Canadian Actor's Equity Association
Actra
British Equity
Playwrights Guild of Canada
THEATRE (Selected)
Tompkinsville
Singer
Eastern Front Theatre
Martha Irving
Charlie Blake's Boat
Helen
Social Capital Theatre
Tom McHale
The Fourposter
Agnes
Classic Theatre Festival
Laurel Smith
Blithe Spirit
Edith
Classic Theatre Festival
Laurel Smith
Nine Lives of
LMM
Anne Shirley
Carrefour Theatre
A. M. James
The Tempest
Antonio
Sennheiser Studio
Keith Woodison
Vinegar Tom
Margery
Sennheiser Studio
Dan Bird
Hedda Gabler
Thea
LIPA Studios
Ian Davies
Toronto Adventures
Lindsay
Victoria Playhouse
Erskine Smith
Toronto Adventures
Lindsay
Festival Antigonish
Lionel "Buddy" Doucette
Land of I Told You So
Pippa
Shrimp Magnet Theatre
Kate Keenan
Love Boat
Ginger
Mysteriously Yours
Jean Daigle
Jillian Jiggs
Jillian
Solar Stage Theatre
Bill Martyn
Sleeping Beauty
Briar Rose
Solar Stage Theatre
Bill Martyn
Mirror Game
Sarah
Theatre New Brunswick
Donnie Bowes
Danny, King of Basement
Louise
Theatre New Brunswick
Donnie Bowes
Almost Improv
Improviser
Various Venues
Aaron Corbett
Anne of Green Gables
Anne
Various Venues
Various
Titanic
Rose
Eddie May Mysteries
Francois Weber
FILM/ RADIO/TELEVISION/ INTERNET (Selected)
Murdoch Mysteries
Principal
Shaftesbury
Leslie Hope
Toronto Adventures
Lead
www.untv.ca
Tyler Schlombs
Tracey the Musical
Actor
traceythemusical
Trevor Campbell
Overture
Principal
vanishing pointe
Kevin Uddenberg
Bobby’s Peace
Principal
FatCat Productions
Susan Rodgers
Footsteps
Principal
CBC Shortworks
Pauline Kaill
*Commercial list for television and radio available upon request.
FURTHER TRAINING
SPECIAL SKILLS
Producing
Go Fly A Kyte Productions - formed own production company in 2006, Go Fly A Kyte Productions, which produced Internet series Toronto Adventures for Canada’s first Internet channel, www.untv.ca. Also produced stage play run ofToronto Adventures in 2007 at the Membertou Trade & Convention Centre and the Atlantic Fringe Festival. Produced tours of Tompkinsville, which toured across Canada in 2015 and 2016.
EXPERIENCE / ACHIEVEMENTS
ASS DANCE AD
A photo of Lindsay's famous "ass dance" was once the feature of a national print ad for Rogers cell phones, appearing on movie screens, bus shelters and garbage cans. Yes, garbage cans. Her parents were never prouder.
Masters of Arts
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
*Masters of Acting program during which feature-length play Tompkinsville was developed and workshopped by staff and students. LIPA was founded by Sir Paul McCartney and when Lindsay graduated, Sir Paul gave her the degree!
Bachelor of Journalism
University of King’s College
*Trained in broadcast, print, research & public relations/publicity.
Bachelor of Arts
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design / University of Prince Edward Island
*Drawing, Creative Writing & Theatre
Independent Television Producers’ Program Centennial College
*Trained in development writing (synopses, treatments), budgeting, industry research, funding sources, grant writing, resume writing, business plans, etc.
JOURNALISM
Freelance - Print
*Currently associate editor of Lion's Roar
(formerly the Shambhala Sun)
The Toronto Star (Toronto newspaper)
The Globe and Mail (national newspaper)
The Toronto Sun (Toronto newspaper)
TRAVELHotNews.com/PAX (online travel publication)
Eye (Toronto alternative weekly)
Open Jaw (travel trade website)
Chicken Soup for the Soul Magazine (international magazine)
The Daily News (Halifax newspaper)
Yahoo.ca (news website)
DREAMSCAPES (quarterly magazine)
The Cape Breton Post (daily newspaper)
The Coast (Halifax alternative weekly)
The Buzz (PEI arts and entertainment publication)
Reverb (Halifax music publication)
The Telegraph Journal (New Brunswick newspaper)
Boardwalk (Sydney arts and entertainment publication)
The Cape Bretoner (Cape Breton magazine)
Beingwell Magazine (Toronto magazine)
The North Toronto Post (Toronto newspaper)
Esprit (quarterly magazine)
Progressive Choices (Canadian business women’s magazine)
Perth Courier (weekly publication)
Personal Columns
The Cape Breton Post (Toronto Adventures)
The Buzz (About Town)
The Cadre (Kyte Spyte)
Broadcast
Radio
DNTO (freelancer - CBC Radio program)
Journey to Tompkinsville (feature voice - CBC radio documentary)
Radio Room (host - CKDU)
CJCB (remote operator; voice of several ads)
Television
You CAN Do It! (host - television documentary)
CBC Charlottetown TV (intern reporter -- Compass, The Maritimes Tonight)
Halifax This Week (cable news program)
Documentary/ TV/ Film
Script Writer/Researcher/Research Editor for documentary and television production companies including Castlewood Productions, Banger Films, Gorica Productions, Kyoko Productions and Wind Chime Productions. Duties included research, writing synopses and treatments, interviewing, script writing and advising and pitching.
Funding
Funding Researcher/Writer/Consultant - have researched/written funding documents/grant applications for several companies, including Acting Up Stage Theatre, Stephanie Gorin Casting Inc., Black Box Theatre, etc. as well as for several individual artists. Also teach funding workshops and serve as funding consultant for individuals. Served as funding officer for artsCape Breton.
Website Content
Website Content Writer for various individuals/businesses, such as Thread Branded, Seventh Street Sound, Granville Records, Sweet Caesar, Grant Tilly, Songbirds, etc.
Publicity/ Public Relations
Publicity writer for individuals and productions, including Songbirds, Grant Tilly,Clutch, Funny Business, Toronto Adventures, My Side of the Country, etc.
SPEAKER/HOST
Keynote speaker (TEDx) who has given several keynotes across Canada on creativity, community, cooperatives, co-operation and cyberbullying, including a TEDx talk. Serves as frequent keynote speaker for the co-operative movement. Have also emceed conferences, corporate events, AGMs, etc. Also hosts workshops in funding for the arts.
THEATRE
Playwright- Plays Produced (Selected)
Tompkinsville - Full-length play on the co-operative movement. Subject of CBC Radio documentary (“Journey to Tompkinsville”), television documentary (You CAN Do It!), a TEDx talk and several radio/print interviews. Funding/support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Canadian Stage Company, the Blyth Festival and PARC. Winner of two Merritt Theatre Awards.
For details: www.tompkinsvilleplay.com
Toronto Adventures
"When Cape Breton meets Toronto, neither will ever be the same."
Lindsay Kyte's Toronto Adventures premiered at Festival Antigonish in 2007. Since then it has been produced at Victoria Playhouse, the Membertou Trade & Convention Centre and the Atlantic Fringe Festival, as well as by the Grand Bank Theatre Festival in Newfoundland. Toronto Adventures is an autobiographical two-act play following Lindsay's trajectory as a Cape Bretoner trying to navigate Toronto for the first time (you have to stand WHERE on the escalator)? Toronto Adventures stemmed from a series of e-mails Lindsay was writing back home to family and friends about her adventures in the land of subways and smog. Little did she know, these e-mails were being forwarded on. And on. And on. Suddenly, the phone began ringing with people requesting more "Toronto adventures." An article in the Toronto Star featuring an almost life-size picture of Lindsay resulted in television production companies calling, as well as Internet channels. Theatre companies got in on the action. When Lindsay stopped hyperventilating from all of the attention, Toronto Adventures had been turned into a stage play, a comedic Internet series and a blog in the Cape Breton Post. Toronto Adventures features a cast of four actors in blacks playing a myriad of characters with minimal costume and three black boxes for set. Perfect for touring or more intimate venues. This play has been produced by theatre companies with a cast independent of Lindsay (someone else playing the role of "Lindsay"). It worked and gave this play a new life of its own!
*List of independent productions/scripts/workshops available upon request.
Acting/ Singing
Unions: Canadian Actor's Equity Association
Actra
British Equity
Playwrights Guild of Canada
THEATRE (Selected)
Tompkinsville
Singer
Eastern Front Theatre
Martha Irving
Charlie Blake's Boat
Helen
Social Capital Theatre
Tom McHale
The Fourposter
Agnes
Classic Theatre Festival
Laurel Smith
Blithe Spirit
Edith
Classic Theatre Festival
Laurel Smith
Nine Lives of
LMM
Anne Shirley
Carrefour Theatre
A. M. James
The Tempest
Antonio
Sennheiser Studio
Keith Woodison
Vinegar Tom
Margery
Sennheiser Studio
Dan Bird
Hedda Gabler
Thea
LIPA Studios
Ian Davies
Toronto Adventures
Lindsay
Victoria Playhouse
Erskine Smith
Toronto Adventures
Lindsay
Festival Antigonish
Lionel "Buddy" Doucette
Land of I Told You So
Pippa
Shrimp Magnet Theatre
Kate Keenan
Love Boat
Ginger
Mysteriously Yours
Jean Daigle
Jillian Jiggs
Jillian
Solar Stage Theatre
Bill Martyn
Sleeping Beauty
Briar Rose
Solar Stage Theatre
Bill Martyn
Mirror Game
Sarah
Theatre New Brunswick
Donnie Bowes
Danny, King of Basement
Louise
Theatre New Brunswick
Donnie Bowes
Almost Improv
Improviser
Various Venues
Aaron Corbett
Anne of Green Gables
Anne
Various Venues
Various
Titanic
Rose
Eddie May Mysteries
Francois Weber
FILM/ RADIO/TELEVISION/ INTERNET (Selected)
Murdoch Mysteries
Principal
Shaftesbury
Leslie Hope
Toronto Adventures
Lead
www.untv.ca
Tyler Schlombs
Tracey the Musical
Actor
traceythemusical
Trevor Campbell
Overture
Principal
vanishing pointe
Kevin Uddenberg
Bobby’s Peace
Principal
FatCat Productions
Susan Rodgers
Footsteps
Principal
CBC Shortworks
Pauline Kaill
*Commercial list for television and radio available upon request.
FURTHER TRAINING
- Classical/Film Acting: Carter Thor Studios, Ron Leach, Bernadette Jones, Sears and Switzer, John Gordon (Equity Showcase), John Dunsworth, Steve Behal (Equity), Kelsa Kinsly, Joe Wynne (NTS)
- Workshops: Jerry Etienne (Breathing for Actors) Kim Kierans (Radio) Bob Allison (Television)
- Voice (Soprano/Alto): Sung-Ha Shin-Bouey, John Karr, Rachelle Boudreau, Peggy Redmond, Abby Anderson, Nick Phillips, Julain Molnar
- Improv: Doug Morency (Second City), Cyndi Locke, Mike Ross, Briane Nasimok, Iain Ormsby-Knox
SPECIAL SKILLS
- Professional: Stage combat certified (British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat), Artist (drawing, painting, photography), Valid driver’s license
- Accents: Neutral Canada, East Coast Canada, British (Cockney)
- Hobby: African hand drumming, guitar, ukulele and keyboard (all beginner level), beginner dance, aerobics
Producing
Go Fly A Kyte Productions - formed own production company in 2006, Go Fly A Kyte Productions, which produced Internet series Toronto Adventures for Canada’s first Internet channel, www.untv.ca. Also produced stage play run ofToronto Adventures in 2007 at the Membertou Trade & Convention Centre and the Atlantic Fringe Festival. Produced tours of Tompkinsville, which toured across Canada in 2015 and 2016.
EXPERIENCE / ACHIEVEMENTS
- Travel journalist who has written about and visited numerous destinations worldwide.
- Weekly e-mail series Toronto Adventures read by over 1000 people across Canada, published in compilation form by both The Toronto Star and The Telegraph Journal.
- Poetry published in several anthologies.
ASS DANCE AD
A photo of Lindsay's famous "ass dance" was once the feature of a national print ad for Rogers cell phones, appearing on movie screens, bus shelters and garbage cans. Yes, garbage cans. Her parents were never prouder.
