On radio, Karen reprised the role of Suzy for a BBC Radio 4 drama adaptation of My Name Is…. and was nominated for a BBC Audio Drama Award for Best Debut Performance. She followed this with a performance as Josie in Rachel’s Cousins, written by Ann Marie Di Mambro and directed by Bruce Young, again for BBC Radio 4.
In spring 2016, Karen was thrilled to be awarded the Norman Beaton Fellowship and joined the BBC Radio Drama Company for a 5 month contract. Karen showed her versatility, performing in over 30 productions during her tenure as (amongst other things) a Russian seagull, an Australian PE teacher, a pirate, Katherine Whitehorn, a professor of robotics and a prison guard on an egg in the middle of the ocean.
Productions included Stardust by Neil Gaiman, directed by Dirk Maggs and Heather Larmour; Wild Things by Charlotte Jones, directed by Liz Linden; Watership Down by Brian Sibley, directed by Marc Beeby; Blood, Sex & Money: Apocalypse by Martin Jamieson, directed by Gary Brown; Cooking in a Bedsitter by Sue Teddern, directed by Emma Harding; Incredible Women by Jeremy Front, directed by Claire Jones; The Mysteries of Udolpho and Northanger Abbey by Hattie Naylor, directed by Sally Avens; The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde by Neil Brand, directed by David Hunter; Inappropriate Relationships by Christopher Reason, directed by Sasha Yevtushenko; Romance is Dead by Ben Lewis, directed by Kirsty Williams and Somewhere in England by Caryl Phillips, directed by Gaynor MacFarlane.
Karen was also invited to perform in a number of productions for BBC Comedy for BBC Radio 4 including Harry Hill’s Life on Egg by Dan Maier, directed by Sam Michell; What Does the K Stand For by Jonathan Harvey, directed by Paul Sheehan and It’s Jocelyn by Jocelyn Jee Esien, directed by Suzy Grant.
Her voice has graced TV adverts for Silverburn Shopping Centre and People Make Glasgow, animated shorts for Digital Preservation Europe and many local and national radio adverts in her native Scotland.
Karen also performs as a member of Q Fusion Improv, as part of the sketch comedy shows Man vs. Woman and Alchemy and in her spare time Karen is quite literally a singer in a band with classic rock’n’roll party band The Sentinels.