Katie Bennett

Actor - Producer - Creative Director

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ABOUT

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A graduate from Drama St Mary's with a 1st Class Honours in Drama and Theatre Arts BA Hons (St Mary's University, Twickenham) and a fellow of The School for Social Entrepreneurs, Katie is working as a freelance Director and Producer, working alongside production companies such as BramwellBrand Productions Ltd, Millstream Productions, Buzzword Creative. Her most recent work can be viewed on the creative services page.

Currently Katie is currently on tour performing in Dinosaur Adventure Live! after producing two premiere's this summer for this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, The Queen Is Mad (A new musical by written by 2024 Stiles & Drewe Best New Song Prize finalists, Amy Clare Tasker and Tom James McGrath) as well as Quirk's & Foibles debut live show Sketch Show Bingo!

As an actor, Theatre includes: Fairy Sparkle in The Priory Park Pantomime Experience (Chichester Guildhall, Chichester District Council); Sketch Show Bingo! (Edinburgh Festival Fringe), Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, Princess Rose in Jack and The Beanstalk (Spillers Pantomimes, The Alexandra Theatre, Bognor Regis); Kate in CBeebies Kate & Mim Mim (UK Tour); Muse of Fire (Shakespeare’s Globe); Four Funerals and A Wedding(The Teenage Cancer Trust).

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As a producer, works include; The Priory Park Pantomime , commissioned for Chichester District Council, Wallis; A new musical from BramwellBrand Productions (Ed Fringe, The Other Palace Studio), The Ministry of Time, An Immersive Theatre Show (The Novium Museum) and Creative Director on Series 1 & 2 of The Novium's historical Virtual Field Trips for schools! A project combining her love for Horrible Histories, comedy and museums! This project which was shortlisted for the Arts Council's Digital Culture Awards 2021 and has been shortlisted for the 2022 Museum & Heritage Awards Best Learning programme.

Katie is one of the founding Directors of Chichester Fringe, debuting in June 2021. Through Chichester Fringe, Katie became a fellow of The School for Social Entrepreneurs, thanks to Chichester Fringe receiving an award on the Community Business Trade Up Programme 2023.

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