Musing on the Bard: Episode 5: Christopher Kirby (A Shakespeare & Acting Podcast)

Welcome to Musing on the Bard: a podcast for the Shakespeare curious, hosted by Australian actor, Sally McLean, and featuring today's guest, the wonderful American actor: Christopher Kirby. Known to Shakespeare Republic audiences for playing the award-winning roles of "Thomas More" in Shakespeare Republic Season Two, "Richard II" in Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles) and "Benedick" in Speaking Daggers, Chris began his career in his native USA before moving to Australia and has a long list of varied Film and TV roles to his name, both here and in America. Television roles include Quantum Leap, Space: Above and Beyond, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Population 11, Apples Never Fall, Preacher, The Lost World, Beast Master, The Burning Zone, Wolf Creek, Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Miss Fisher’s Modern Mysteries, The Starter Wife, Marshall Law, NCIS: Sydney, Neighbours, Ocean Girl, Flipper and The Games. Film credits include The Matrix trilogy, Queen of the Damned, Crackerjack, Visitors, Predestination, Strange Bedfellows, Macbeth, Daybreakers, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Mao’s Last Dancer, Dora and the Lost City of Gold and the cult classic Iron Sky. His career in screen has seen him playing opposite actors such as Ethan Hawke, Natalie Portman, Keanu Reeves, Stuart Townsend, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Lucy Lawless, John Jarret, Eva Longoria, Temuera Morrison, Michael Caton and Paul Hogan, to name but a few. Join Chris and podcast host, Sally McLean, as they discuss how Shakespeare can shape and affect you as an actor, the impact actors can have on their communities, why Shakespeare's writing appeals so widely, is Shakespeare problematic, the surprising roles both have played on stage and much, much more in this thought-provoking and in-depth conversation - available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible and more. To find out more about Chris and his work, visit him at https://www.christopherkirby.net or read his bio on our site: https://musingonthebard.com/about-our-guests/christopher-kirby/ You can watch Chris playing "Thomas More" for Shakespeare Republic here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl7STrktRzk You can watch Chris playing "Richard II" for Shakespeare Republic here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL_XnxVSq0w And you can watch Chris playing "Benedick" in Speaking Daggers here: https://www.speakingdaggers.com Season One of Musing on the Bard features a plethora of fascinating guests from Australia, the UK and the USA discussing Shakespeare, acting, creativity and more. Head to our official site for all listening links and more information: https://www.musingonthebard.com and don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss a thing!As always, our fab Patreon patrons get early access to the episode before it goes live to the public, and those on the $10+ tiers can access the full video version of this episode, where you can see Chris and Sally chatting - as well as hear them! You can join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/incognitaenterprises Musing on the Bard: a podcast for the Shakespeare curious releases episodes every Wednesday (AEST) and is supported by a Small Grant from the British Shakespeare Association. Produced by Incognita Enterprises. Created, edited and presented by Sally McLean. Opening credits music: "Violin Energy" by Stanislav Barantsov. Quickfire round music: "Demolition Runner" by Soundbay. End Credits music: "Good Vibe" by VItalii Iegorov (Twisterium). Music used under license from Pixabay & Storyblocks. With thanks to our Patreon Patrons for continuing to support our work.