My cartoon about boobs…
So you’ve seen those cartoons from xtranormal, right? I’ve been wanting to do one for ages. Just didn’t have time to write anything. And then it hit me – why not just do one of my stand-up sets? Wouldn’t that be hilarious coming out of the mouth of a cutesy cartoon character? So I went to xtranormal’s website and chose a character (I was a bit miffed that you have to pay for a female character – what gives, xtranormal?). I decided to keep the default...
Read MoreNinjamaica airs on Teletoon
Finally! This Sunday Ninjamaica will be airing on Teletoon! I voiced this cartoon two years ago and have since become friends with a bunch of the other comics who voiced the other characters – Kevin Herod, Jean Paul, Dave Merheje, Zabrina Chevannes, Patrick Haye and the legendary Kenny Robinson. I play the part of Kay Cockburn who was originally described as “a smoking hot British girl in her twenties, a blonde with a hip flare” (she ended up being a brunette with big boobs – I...
Read MoreWatch Ninjamaica online!
The pilot for the cartoon series Ninjamaica I voiced is available to watch online! You can watch the entire pilot for Ninjamaica here. Then go to the voting page and click on the word “vote” next to Ninjamaica (which is first in the pilot list). Tip – you can vote more than once by refreshing the page! You can also write a nice comment (if you liked it – if you didn’t it would be great if you kept that to yourself). Simply click on the drop down list under...
Read MoreNinjamaica Update
A couple of weeks ago I sat down with almost the entire cast of Ninjamaica to see the finished pilot at the offices of Lenz Entertainment. We were all completely blown away. And it takes a lot to impress comedians. We loved it so much we all stayed to watch it again when Kevin Herod, who plays Ninjamaica, arrived late. Kenny Robinson, who was unable to make the screening because of a previous gig commitment at the army base in Trenton, was fantastic as the bad guy – it looked like the...
Read MoreI voiced a cartoon Japanese pop star
Today I did my cartoon gig – it was amazing! What a hoot – my main character, as I discussed yesterday, is the British manager of a Jamaican band who may or may not be some kind of secret agent. I also played a German tourist having sex with a Jamaican guy, and a Japanese pop singer who’s most definitely also a secret agent and is trying to kill the main character. This was perhaps the most fun part since it involved me having to record a bunch of fighting noises that I...
Read MoreMy first cartoon voice over
Tomorrow I’m voicing my first cartoon. I’m preposterously excited. This is a field I’ve been wanting to get into for a long time and since my unique selling proposition in Canada is that I’m British (and am able to do the accent without sounding like Dick van Dyke) I’ve been hoping that Toronto would be good to me. It’s taken a couple of years, but finally I was able to audition for a pilot for an adult (yes – it’s aimed at 18 to 34s) cartoon for...
Read MoreMarilla who?
I am a British-born actress and stand-up comic who does lots of voice work (for commercials, cartoons and corporate clients) and sometimes, when I'm very lucky, tv and film. When I was in England I did mostly theatre. Now I'm in Canada I spend the majority of the time writing and performing stand-up. When I'm not producing and mcing Storytelling at Caplansky's, that is. And that's me for you.