STAGE WORK (I did a little research on this topic but this is all I could find)
He was active with the
Moray Youth Theatre throughout his childhood and adolescence. (started with them at the age of 11) prior to this he did the odd school play.
His first job was that of the lead actor's understudy in
"Oliver!" and went on to do quite a few musical productions with the group
hey Kev fans - wanted to share this with you so you can see where it all began. Kevin is on the left, playing Fat Sam in Bugsy Malone - 1985(ish) (Ruth Kirkwood) Moray Youth TheaterJean McIver, the director of Moray Youth Theatre, cast McKidd in his first role in a production of
Anne Of Green Gables in Elgin Town Hall in 1987.
"Dead Of Night" it was a talent show case. One part read"kevin Mckidd took to the stage for a sketch in which santa is forced at knifepoint to give a punk a job as a YTS christmas helper.." It also mentions you when you played baloo the bare "Bear". (Heather Hatch)
i remeber a life time ago being on stage with Kevin at Elgin town hall we were both in the Moray Youth Theatre. I was in
Bugsy Malone which was so much fun to do, especially when we got to go and perform at Eden Court for one night only!! I a...lso was in
Oliver and
Bendigo Boswell. It was a great time in my childhood. (Lisa Illston)
I was one of the first people in my family to go to university, and that was a big thing, but I hated engineering, and after two months stopped going to lectures and joined the
Edinburgh University Theatre Company.' After a year McKidd dropped out formally and did
three years of drama school at Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University College.
boards.hbo.com/blog-entry/Aggripanillas-Blog/Unflappable-Polly-Walker/700000537Queen Margaret University 1992-94www.ncdt.co.uk/graddata/view_grad.asp?id=1160905599&first%5Fname=&Place=32&course=0&last%5Fnamewww.qmced.ac.uk/media_relations/quick_facts.htmKevin joined the university's
Bedlam Theatrewww.bedlamtheatre.co.uk/www.bedlamites.co.uk/The bentFestival Fringe, August of Academic Year 1990-91(Note: Academic years start from October)
www.bedlamites.co.uk/shows/00543.phpThe TempestAutumn Term, Oct-Dec of Academic Year 1991-92(Note: Academic years start from October)
www.bedlamites.co.uk/shows/00433.phpSeek bevagan (as mentioned on the Leno tonight show) where he got lead poising from the blue paint they used to paint themselves with
Edinburgh University improv outfit, the
Improverts (also called Theater Sports), where such luminaries as Kevin McKidd (Trainspotting) and Miles Jupp (Balamory) cut their teeth. (on the lines of whos line is it anyway)
living.scotsman.com/features/Shamwagon.2741458.jpwww.improverts.co.uk/press-release.pdfwww.improverts.co.uk/www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2201910293 1995 During last year of drama school, landed the lead role in "
The Silver Darlings" at Citizen's Theatre in Glasgow for the Wildcat Theatre Company, for which he won the Gulliver Award.
The Silver Darlings, was staged by Robert Carlyles
Rain Dog Theatre Company.
www.isabellajarrett.co.uk/izzyreviews.htmlBarbican Theatre (1996)
Richard III charater of Richmond for the Royal Shakespear Company
www.trpw.org/theatre/Productions.asp?id=BRBT00201996: RICHARD III (Barbican) Souvenir Programme David Troughton, Robin Nedwell, Michael Siberry, Susan Brown, Diana Coupland, Cherry Morris, John Nettles, Clifford Rose, Victor Spinetti, Simon Chadwick, Kevin McKidd; dir:Steven Pimlott [44pp; 8.25x11.7; cast list, photos, illustrations, articles, biographies etc.; VG] (£5) SOLD
www.phyllis.demon.co.uk/theatricalia/02rsc/rsc9599.htmfull casts : Programme - Richard III, RSC at the Barbican Centre, London
Creator(s):MCKIDD Kevin [Actor]; WHELAN Daniel [Actor]; LLOYD Melissa [Actor]; WHYMPER William [Actor]; NETTLES John [Actor]; FREDERICKSON David [Actor]; TROUGHTON David [Actor]; GALLAGHER Don [Actor]; PIMLOTT Steven [Director]; COUPLAND Diana [Actor]; SPINETTI Victor [Actor]; BIRTWELL Ralph [Actor]; MORRIS Cherry [Actor]; WILLIAMS Ben [Actor]; HOLE Joanna [Actor]; ARNOLD Robert [Actor]; HANNAN Anthony [Actor]; SHAKESPEARE William [Author] 1554 - 1616; BENTALL Paul [Actor]; ROSE Clifford [Actor]; SANDERS Rachel [Actor]; BROWN Susan [Actor]; MAY Roger [Actor]; CARR Jason [Composer]; HOHEISEL Tobias [Designer]; CHADWICK Simon [Actor]; SMITH LANE Jon [Actor]; MORRIS Julian [Actor]; IRVING Daniel [Actor]; FAULKNER Sam [Actor]; GUYETT Lionel [Actor]; LISTER Robert [Actor]; NEDWELL Robin [Actor]; SEALE Orlando [Actor]; SIBERRY Michael [Actor];
www.backstage.ac.uk/cgi-bin/query.pl?view=full_single&query=type%3ditem+and+any%3dbic.br.10397936801997 Title: The last of the MacEachans
Date of Event: Between 8 April 1997 and 19 April 1997
Citizens' Theatre Stalls Studio , Glasgow
special.lib.gla.ac.uk/sta/search/detaile.cfm?EID=16214In 1998 he did the London stage production of
"Britannicus" for which he won an Ian Charleston Award
Kevin played the title role in "Britannicus" at the Albery Theatre for the Almeida, transferred to New York's Brooklyn Academy of Music for two weeks
observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,651843,00.html
theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?pagewanted=print&res=9B00EFD71631F932A25752C0A96F958260query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B00EFD71631F932A25752C0A96F9582601999 Old Vic production of
Tis Pity She's a very *friendly* person (LOL ok this title has one of our blocked words in it but the link below will give you the correct name)with Jude Law as Giovanni and Kevin McKidd as Soranzo
www.variety.com/review/VE1117914943.html?categoryid=31&cs=1NOV 2000 -
Far Away at the JERWOOD THEATRE UPSTAIRS 23 November - 22 December 2000
www.royalcourttheatre.com/reviews/faraway.htmlwww.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre/features/everyone-talks-quietly-as-if-all-is-normal--which-is-scary-as-hell-629791.htmlwww.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/show-580748-details/Far+Away/showReview.do?reviewId=580753www.albemarle-london.com/Archive/ArchiveShow.php?Show_Name=Far%20AwayIn articles KMK has spoken about receiving the script to Dog Soldier while performing in a Caryl Churchill play directed by Stephen Daldry in London's West End (Far Away was the stage play he was referring to)
2003 11-13 July - Lloyd Webber’s newest musical
The Woman in White Sydmonton Festival - The presentation was a workshop of Act One and included a couple songs from Act Two. A six-piece orchestra was conducted by Simon Lee. The cast included Anne Hathaway ("The Princess Diaries"), Laura Michelle Kelly (Eliza of Trevor Nunn's West End My Fair Lady), Kevin McKidd ("Trainspotting"), Roger Allam ("The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone") and Kevin Colson (Aspects of Love). (2004 sep 15) The buzz has been building on this one ever since last summer, when the first act was unveiled to appreciative audiences at Lloyd Webber's Sydmonton Festival: the cast there included Princess Diaries star Anne Hathaway and Trainspotting's Kevin McKidd. Neither of them is now on board, but one far bigger star is - namely Michael Crawford, back treading the British boards for the first time since The Phantom of the Opera 18 years ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_in_White_(musical)web.playbill.com/news/article/80733.htmlarts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1283230,00.html
Credits
Oliver
Anne of Green Gables
Bugsy Malone
Dead Of Night
Bendigo Boswell
The Bent
The Tempest
Seek Bevagan
Improverts
The Silver Darlings
Britannicus
Richard III
The last of the MacEachans
Tis Pity She's a very *friendly* person
Far Away
Woman in White
www.trpw.org/theatre/Contributors.asp?id=752Awards information
1995 - The Gulliver Award for the Performing Arts in Scotland
The Silver Darlings - by John McGrath (Citizen's Theatre) - 1994
~~Won the Gulliver Award for his performance
Role - Finn1998 - Ian Charleson Award for outstanding performances by actors under the age of thirty in classical roles (i.e. in plays written prior to 1904)
members.aol.com/dramaddict/charleson.htm#1998On stage, Kevin was given the Gulliver Award in 1994 for his part in 'The Silver Darlings' at the Citizen's Theatre in Glasgow. He also went on to play Richmond in the Royal Shakespeare Company's version of 'Richard III', and had the title role in Almeida's West End production 'Britannicus' at the Almeida, which followed onto Broadway. It was for this role that he won the Ian Charleston Award in 1998. Other productions include 'Tis' Pity She's a Whore', where he played opposite Jude Law at the Young Vic, and 'Far Away' at the Royal Court, directed by Stephen Daldry.http://www.filmbug.com/db/296601