Kate Coogan

Kate Coogan (she/her)
I am a freelance actor, writer and theatre director.
My most recent works as a director was Twelfth Night for Manchester School of Theatre and Her Naked Skin for LIPA. As a writer, my full length play 'Delta S' commisioned by Rose Bruford and as an actor for Disney + in the 'The Full Monty'

Credits

DIRECTING
2022 HER Production co/Vignettes/Hope Mill Theatre Co
2019 Roots Theatre Co/Consent/Hope St Theatre
2019 People Zoo/Men chase Women choose/Edinburgh/Tour
2017 New writing festival/Oldham Coliseum
2016 Slingshot monologues/Manchester Hope Mill
2016 Acting coach (Juvenile leads) 'Northern Soul – The film.'

ICT THEATRE
The Addams Family musical Nov 23

ROSE BRUFORD COLLEGE
Animal Farm – adapted by Kate Coogan Oct 22

Manchester School of Theatre 2019 -
Twelfth Night Mar 24
Our Friends in the North by Peter Flannery Mar 19

ALRA North 2012 - 2022
Animal Farm Nov 22
New Labour Jan 22
BA Showcase Dec 21
MA Showcase Aug 21
Women, Power and Politics Oct 20
Cannibals June 19
BA Showcase Jan 19
PG Showcase Sep 18
A Colliers Friday Night/The Daughter in Law Feb 18.
MA Showcase Jan 17

Salford University 2008 - 2019
Quadrophenia – Adapted & directed
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
That Face by Polly Stenham
Punk Rock by Simon Stephens
Animal Farm by George Orwell – adapted & directed
East by Stephen Berkoff
Our Countrys Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Saturday Night Sunday Morning by Alan Sillitoe - Adapted & directed.
The Memory of Water by Shelagh Stephenson

Bolton University 2018 - All my sons – May 2018

ACTING:
THEATRE PLAY/ROLE DIRECTOR

Royal Exchange And the people are singing/Witch Tamara Temencka
Bolton Octagon Ashes/Valerie David Thacker
HOME Manchester Weathered Cat Robey
Royal Exchange Come Closer Piers Black-Hawkins
Royal Exchange Hunger for trade New Writing Alex Summers
Royal Exchange Bruntwood New Writing Award Eduard Lewis
Bolton Octagon Piaf/Toine Elizabeth Newman
Bolton Octagon Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!/Margerita Elizabeth Newman
Coliseum Oldham Dumb Show/Liz Kevin Shaw
Royal Exchange The Gatekeeper/Stacey Walker Tessa Walker
Bolton Octagon Secret Thoughts/Helen Reed David Thacker
(Nominated for Manchester Theatre Awards Best Actress Award)
Coliseum Oldham Stepping Out/Vera Kevin Shaw
Coliseum Oldham On the Piste/Alison Kevin Shaw
Coliseum Oldham Jack and the Beanstalk/Jack Kevin Shaw
Northern Broadsides The Wars of The Roses/Elizabeth Barrie Rutter
Coliseum Oldham Sleeping Beauty/Prince Florian Kevin Shaw
Library Manchester Top Girls/Marlene Chris Honer
West Yorkshire Playhouse The Accrington Pals/Sarah Rebecca Gatward
Coliseum Oldham Babes in the Wood/Robin Hood Kevin Shaw
Library Manchester Traffic And Weather/Sophie Nick Moss
Coliseum Oldham The Invisible Man/Miss Statchell Kevin Shaw
Library Manchester Caucasian Chalk Circle/Grusha Chris Honer
(Nominated for Manchester Evening News Best Actress Award)
Royal Exchange Mad For It/Polly Marianne Elliott/Greg Hersov
Kaboodle Hamlet/Ophelia Lee Beagley
Durham Theatre Co. Romeo & Juliet/Juliet Cliff Burnett
Contact Manchester Young Playwright’s Festival/Various Ben Ayrton
Kaboodle A View From The Bridge/Catherine Lee Beagley
Kaboodle King Lear/Cordelia Lee Beagley

TELEVISION PROGRAMME/ROLE DIRECTOR

Disney+ The Full Monty/Paula (5 eps) Catherine Morshead
BBC Doctors/Jacqui Jennie Paddon
BBC/Drama Republic LIFE/Linda Jane Pollard & Iain Forsyth
ITV Emmerdale/DS Hart (semi-reg) Various
CHANNEL 4 No Offence/Diana Bagel Catherine Morshead
ITV Emmerdale/DS Hart (21 eps) Various
Lime Productions Hollyoaks/Mrs Collins (2 ep) Patrick Harkin
Channel 4 The Mill 2/Maxine Bill Anderson
BBC All at Sea 2/Mrs Ruddock Delyth Thomas
BBC All At Sea/Mrs Ruddock Paul Murphy
Baby Cow The Starlings/Lizzie Tony Dow
BBC Holby City/Tracy Jamie Annette
Lime Productions Moving on/Grace Ian Barber
Baby Cow Hometime/Rachel Christine Gernon
Mersey TV Hollyoaks/Olive Steward Svaasand
Yorkshire The Royal/Dawn Harris Duncan Foster
Yorkshire Emmerdale/Bernadette Oliver Horsbrough
B.B.C. Judge John Deed/Ms. Mainwaring Mary McMurray
Granada Cold Feet/Nurse Christine Love Robert Del Maestro
Granada A+ E/Kim Taylor Mary McMurray
Yorkshire A Touch of Frost/RCS Jones Rob Knights
Granada The Last Train/Lauren Stuart Orme
B.B.C. Do You Remember?/Kate Juliet Glaves

FILM
EVIE Jane Smart Dominic Brunt
Dark Encounter Deputy Doyle Carl Strathie
SOLIS Debra Hollins Carl Strathie
Diana & I Chaplain Peter Cattaneo
Northern Soul (BAFTA) Linda Elaine Constantine
Attack of the Adult Babies Sandra Dominic Brunt
Hacked off Kate Dave Lambert


RADIO PLAY/ROLE DIRECTOR
BBC Radio 4 Sidelined/Alice Jessica Mitic
BBC Radio 4 Fault Lines/Steph Gary Brown
BBC Radio 4 Brief Lives/Janice Gary Brown
BBC Radio 4, The Third Pill/Faye Gary Brown
BBC Radio 4, Brief Lives/Jarvis Gary Brown
BBC Radio 4, Cecilia, RODERICK HUDSON, Pauline Harris
BBC Radio 4, DC Shankley, BRIEF LIVES, Gary Brown
BBC Radio 4, Karen, DARLEEN FYLES, Pauline Harris
BBC Radio 4, Sara, 79 BIRTHDAYS, Sue Roberts
BBC Radio 4, Alice, LOVE ME TENDER, Gary Brown
BBC Radio 4, Detective, WHEN I LAST SAW YOU Pauline Harris
BBC Radio 4 Animal/Ursule Pauline Harris
BBC Radio 4 Brief Lives/Carly Gary Brown
BBC Radio 4 Stone/Various Nadia Molinari
BBC Radio 4 Arts, Artefacts & Angels/Rosie Gary Brown
BBC Radio 4 Elephants all the way up/Yolanda Gary Brown
BBC Radio 4 Magpie/Sophie/Wendy Sharon Sephton
BBC Radio 4 Who Cares?/Helen Evans Pauline Harris
BBC Radio 3 The House of Bernarda Alba/Augustina Pauline Harris
BBC Radio 4 Lost and Found/Dorrie (Sony Nominate) Gary Brown
BBC Radio 4 Dead Mans Suit/Nicky Gary Brown
BBC Radio 4 The Testament of Jessie Lamb/Mandy Nadia Molinari
BBC Radio 4 Cold Cold Snow/Mrs Brown Sharon Sephton
BBC Radio 4 Stone/Karen/Grace Nadia Molinari
BBC Radio 4 Sweetly Sings The Donkey/Sister Veronica Polly Thomas
BBC Radio 4 Street Reach Girls/Younger Mark Yobbs
BBC Radio 4 Distant Whispers/Pathologist Nadia Molinari

Training

TRAINING:
BA Hons Acting - Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre 91-94
MA Directing (distinction) - Rose Bruford College 21-22