Kit Green (born c. 1968 in

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) is an English writer and performer whose work includes comedy,

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, theatre and

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Background

Green was born in Sheffield and grew up in

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and lives and works in London, England. Her characters include country music singer Tina C and pensioner rapper Ida Barr. Green got into comedy via television production and acting, after graduating from

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(University of London), with a degree in Drama and English. She is perhaps best known for her work as a character comedian, in a range of personas, and has toured worldwide to venues such as The Albert Hall itation neededand

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Main characters played

Tina C. is a faux

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singer whose performances cover a range of topics including sexual politics ("No Dick's As Hard As My Life"),

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("Tina C's Twin Tower Tribute"), and her bid to run in the 2008 presidential race in her show called "Manifesto". In a 2007 commission from the

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for "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" Tina solves the Aboriginal tensions Down Under. A new series of the Tina C.

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series was broadcast in late 2011, entitled ''Tina C, from Middle America to the Middle East''. On 3 December 2015, BBC Radio 4 broadcast the first episode of a four-part series, ''Tina C: Herstory'', which purported to trace the fictional character's life-story in words and music, with Dr Raj Persaud playing himself as the episode's guest interviewer. Another character played by Green is Ida Barr, a self-proclaimed "world's first

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singer turned RnB rap superstar" who has performed her two solo shows, "Artificial

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" and "Get Old or Die Tryin'" all over the world, on various UK tours, and on a variety of media. ''Artificial Hip Hop'', the BBC Radio 4 series, was broadcast in late 2010. In 2025, Kit played the role of Tinker Bell in the horror feature film ''

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'' produced by Jagged Edge Productions and directed by

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Installation events

She was the

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Artist in Residence 2012; in this appointment she investigated the history of hypnosis in the Library's collections.

Awards

Green won the

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for Best Entertainment 2004 for "Duckie's C'est Barbican!", a show which she devised and co-wrote with Mark Whitelaw,

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, Marisa Carnesky, Francesca Baglione and Simon Vincenzi, and with a score by Ian Hill, which was performed at the Barbican Pit. In 2025 Green was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 2025 Nation Film Awards for her portrayal of the role '

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' in the Horror Feature Film '

References

External links

* https://www.theguardian.com/culture/video/2008/aug/21/tina.c Video of Tina C, aka Chris Green, talking about her show "Tick My Box", and her campaign for the US presidency. * http://www.christophergreen.net Christopher Green's official homepage, includes full lists of other theatre/Film/TV and Radio productions by Green * http://www.comedycv.co.uk/tinac/index.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20170529124307/http://tinac.net/ Official Tina C. page * http://www.idabarr.net Official Ida Barr page * http://www.duckie.co.uk Another project of Chris Green * http://www.norfolkhospice.org.uk * http://www.henrythe9.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Christopher English comedians People from Darley Dale 1960s births Living people Year of birth uncertain Comedians from Derbyshire Comedians from Sheffield