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Trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
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Scottish Society of Playwrights member
Contact: Hello@KennyBoyle.co.uk
THE DEBUT NOVEL FROM KENNY BOYLE
Wendy just wants to be a poet. So how comes she’s on the run after an art heist?
‘May well be the best book I’ve read in years’ – Peter May
An aspiring writer from the Southside of Glasgow, Wendy is in a rut. She tries to brighten her call-centre job by shoehorning as many long words as possible into conversations with customers. But her manager isn’t amused by that and, after a public dressing-down, Wendy walks out.
Available now from Eye-books.com and all good book shops
‘A charming, funny and unique story that tackles tough issues with a gentleness and poignancy that really resonated with me’ – Clare Grogan
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ACTING CV
Training: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Master in Classical and Contemporary Text.
Accents & Dialects: American-California, American-Standard, Central Scottish*, London, RP
Languages: English*
Vehicle Licences: Car Driving Licence
Height: 6′ (182cm) Playing Age: 25 – 37 Eye Colour: Green Hair Colour: Dark Brown
Voice Character: Enthusiastic Voice Quality: Clear
(* = Native/Fluent)
Radio, Callum, The knock of the Ban-Sithe, BBC radio 4
Podcast, Charity, The Man Who Wanted Eternity, Gillian Massey
TV, Detective Marvin Stark, Scot Squad, The Comedy Unit and BBC Scotland
Digital, Gaoth, Eerie Isles, Supported by Creative Scotland
Theatre, Various lead roles, Pitlochry Festival Theatre Winter Ensemble, Elizabeth Newman and Amy Liptrott
Digital, Trailrunner, An Isolated Incident, Supported by Creative Scotland
Feature Film, Rob (lead), Lost At Christmas, Magic Monkey Films, Ryan Hendrick
Event, Various leading roles, Can You Catch the Killer Scottish Tour, Can You Catch the Killer
Site Specific, AWOL, The Ghost Bus Tour, The Ghost Bus Tours, Tommy Hart
Site Specific, Jack, Toy Town, Bakehouse
Development, Biggs, Playthrough, Borderline Theatre, Ben Harrison
Film, Dave, Falling, Magiworks for virgin media shorts, Ryan Hendrick
Commercial, The Voice, Edinburgh’s Hogmanay, Edinburgh’s Hogmanay
Pantomime, Hernia (Ugly Sister), Cinderella, M A Productions, Michael Courtney
Rehearsed Reading, The Man, Future Cities, Traverese Theatre, Orla O’Loughlin
Stage, Anachronism, Hero Worship – Scotland Tour, Sonic Boom
Rehearsed Reading, M’Polo, The War, A Season in the Congo, Tron Theatre Company, Marcus Roche
Rehearsed Reading, Alonso, A Tempest, Tron Theatre Company, Wendy Turner
Stage, Bertram, All’s Well that End’s Well, Shakespeare’s Globe and RCS, Nick Hutchison
Stage, Fraser, Isobel Wright’s Blind Eye, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Wendy Turner
Stage, Angelo, The Comedy of Errors, Bard in the Botanics, Gordon Barr
Stage, Ariel, The Tempest, Tron Theatre Company, Andy Arnold
Contact: Hello@KennyBoyle.co.uk
REVIEWS
★★★★★
West End Best Friend
(An Isolated Incident)
Actor + Writer
★★★★★
Theatre in Scotland
(Hero Worship)
Actor + Writer
★★★★★
Geek Chocolate
(Hero Worship)
Actor + Writer
★★★★★
DNG24
(Aladdin)
Actor + Writer
★★★★★
The Scots Reviewer
(Hero Worship)
Actor + Writer
★★★★★
The Evening Times
(Aladdin)
Actor + Writer
★★★★★
Anandale News
(Aladdin)
Actor + Writer
★★★★
The Scotsman
(Hero Worship)
Actor + Writer
★★★★
The Scotsman
(An Isolated Incident)
Actor + Writer
★★★★
Broadway Baby
(Hero Worship)
Actor + Writer
★★★★
Across the Arts
(Forever)
Actor + Writer
★★★★
The Herald
(The Tempest)
Actor
★★★★
Everything Theatre
(An Isolated Incident)
Actor + Writer
★★★★
Edinburgh News
(Hero Worship)
Actor + Writer
★★★★
Edinburgh Guide
(Tragic Magic)
Writer
★★★★
Literature Without Borders
(Hero Worship)
Actor + Writer
★★★★
UK Film review
(Perfect Strangers 2015)
Actor
★★★★
The Wee Review
(The Tempest)
Actor
★★★★
The Outlier
(Hero Worship)
Actor + Writer
★★★★
Mumble
(Tragic Magic)
Writer
★★★★
The Public Reviews
(Forever)
Actor + Writer
★★★★
IndyRed
(Perfect Strangers 2015)
Actor
★★★★
Three Weeks
(Hero Worship)
Actor + Writer
★★★★
TV Bomb
(Hero Worship)
Actor + Writer
★★★★
(Hero Worship)
Actor + Writer
★★★★
Flicker Magazine
(Perfect Strangers 2015)
Actor
Celebrity feedback from:
His Majesty King Charles III – Boswell book festival invitation only Royal Performance (at which Kenny performed as Boswell)
Dame Judi Dench – Boswell book festival invitation only Royal Performance (at which Kenny performed as Boswell)
Michelle Heaton – talking about her role in Aladdin written by Kenny Boyle
Sean Astin – showing public support for Kenny Boyle on social media having attended Hero Worship at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (which Kenny wrote and performed in)
Janice Forsyth – Talking on the BBC culture show about Hero Worship at Edinburgh Festival Fringe (which Kenny wrote and performed in)
Leah MacRae – showing public support for Kenny Boyle on social media for Can You Catch the Killer (written, performed in and produced by Kenny)
Contact: Hello@KennyBoyle.co.uk
PLAYWRIGHT CV
Training: University of Strathclyde BA (hons) English and Literature.
Awards: Kenny is a recipient of the Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland New Playwrights’ award 2021.
His radio play Knock Of the Ban-Sithe was a finalist for the Imison Prize for BBC radio Drama 2023, and a finalist for the Celtic Media award for Best Audio Drama 2023.
His novel The Tick and The Tock of The Crocodile Clock was a finalist for the Book Blogger’s Novel of The Year award 2023.
Additional information: Artistic Director of Can You Catch the Killer Murder Mystery events, Scotland’s largest and most prolific murder mystery events company. With Can You Catch the Killer Kenny toured the following shows. All were national tours commissioned by Ayrshire Rural Touring Network, North East Arts Touring Network, Borders Live touring network, Dumfries and Galloway Touring network, Highland Touring Network and each visiting over 60 venues across Scotland
Murder at Wizard School , The Unseen Blade , Mrs Peacock’s Feathers, Mind Your Manors, Malteaser Falcon.
Playthrough (A Play a Pie and a Pint, Glasgow Lunchtime theatre) – Òran Mòr, Ayr Gaiety, Lemon Tree
Knock Of The Ban-Sithe (BBC Radio 4)
Eerie Isles (Supported by Creative Scotland)
An Isolated Incident (Supported by Creative Scotland)
Aladdin (MA Productions and Dumfries and Galloway Council) – Dumfries DG1 Theatre
Forever (Fringe) – CToo (Edinburgh Fringe)
Hero Worship (Scottish Tour) Eden Court/ Perth Concert Hall/ Ayr Gaiety/ Eastwood Park Theatre/ Webster’s Theatre/ C main – Edinburgh Fringe.
We Never Land (Fringe) CNova – Edinburgh Fringe
Five Ways to Die (The Gaiety Theatre, FTH theatre)
Playthrough (Borderline Theatre Company, Development week)
Tam O’ Shanter Haunted History (Tam Fest festival)
Arcane Culzean (Culzean Castle – National Trust for Scotland)
The Life of Boswell (Dumfries House – Royal performance)
Rebreather (Culzean Castle – National Trust for Scotland)
Kiss Of Death (Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
Murder at Wizard School (Youth Beatz festival + Skiffie Worlds Festival)
Contact: Hello@KennyBoyle.co.uk
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Contact: Hello@KennyBoyle.co.uk