Ninjamaica 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 MoreWhen to let go…
When do you decide not to go up for a job? On Thursday last week my agent sent me the breakdown for a new reality TV show. The producers are looking for male and female co-hosts for a Discovery Channel-type series all about bugs. If you’ve rooted around inside this website in any depth you will have discovered Talking Bollocks, the occasional chat show that Josh Rachlis and I make when we’re bored and feeling like we’re not getting enough attention. Even though we take the...
Read MoreMock the Week does GPS jokes
When I went back to England a few weeks ago I discovered a fabulous new comedy series – Mock the Week. A topical, improvised news show with stand-up comedians and impressionists, Mock the Week is one of the things that makes me wish I still had access to British television. Some of you may know that I do a joke about GPS units (or Sat Navs) in cars (click here to see it – it’s in the Absolute Comedy set and comes right after my charity muggers joke) that actually helped me...
Read MoreNew episode of Talking Bollocks – finally!
It’s been a long time coming – six months to be precise – but it’s finally here. Episode 11 of Talking Bollocks! In this episode we talk about healthy eating – how Josh is obsessed with it and I’m (clearly) not. Find out just how much Josh spends on vitamins every month and count how many times I say “KitKat Chunky Max” – it’s a great new drinking game. Click here to watch the episode. It’s a...
Read MoreFarmville backlash
Farmville-ennui is definitely in the Zeitgeist right now……. I guess you get more of what you focus on, but it’s funny that having written my post-Holidays set (which includes a piece of Farmville) I found this today on...
Read MoreBloodletting and Miraculous Cures starts Sunday!
This Sunday 10th January Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures premieres on HBO Canada at 8pm. I was lucky enough to be able to watch the first episode on the Air Canada flight I came home from New York on before new year – it rocks! And I’m not just saying that ‘cos I’m in it….. The pace is fast, the dialogue is fabulous and the acting is very strong. I highly recommend that you tune in. (And, for the record, I’m in episodes 1 and 3.) Go to the Bloodletting and...
Read MoreHappy New Year!
Me and my fellow co-director of the children’s program at Klezkamp Sarah Gordon. Hooray for 2010! I just got back from my yearly sojourn to upstate New York where I spend five days in a kosher hotel on Christmas week herding children. Well, it’s a bit more than that. I write a play with my husband that the kids from 5 to 11 perform at the end of the week. We rehearse it for one period out of four. The rest of the time is herding children. Thanks so much to Sarah Gordon, my partner...
Read MoreTalking Bollocks 10 – Birthdays!
Its here! Episode 10! And it’s about birthdays! Josh’s birthday is this Thursday and so we thought that for this episode we’d talk about birthdays. Of course it didn’t end there – we also managed to hit on Aardman animations, Pride and Prejudice, lesbians and Josh’s new condo. The usual smorgasbord of nonsense. Go to Episode 10 – Birthdays – and...
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 making episodes of Talking Bollocks, that is. And that's me for you.