Kerrie Thomason
Acting
Biography
Kerrie Thomason is an actor, writer and dancer from Edinburgh. She holds a First Class Honours degree in Musical Theatre from Blackpool School of Creative Arts. Kerrie has trained with Free Association, House of Burlesque UK, and has completed a clowning course run by Edinburgh Award nominee, Elf Lyons. She was the principle and solo dancer in Tim Key's ‘Single White Slut’. After a sold out run in the Pleasance Grand, Kerrie went on a UK tour, where she made her West End debut at the Duchess Theatre. The show garnered a transfer to The Melbourne Comedy Festival where she reprised her role. Since the show Tim has collaborated with Kerrie on various projects. Kerrie has also worked with Max & Ivan, Nish Kumar and James Acaster. In 2015, Kerrie co-founded the now highly successful comedy theatre company ‘Swipe Right Theatre’. To date they have created two five star shows. The first, a 90s pop musical entitled ‘2 Become 1’, boasted 3 sell-out Edinburgh Festival runs in consecutive years and in ever increasing capacity venues. The show then went on to sell out two London runs at The Kings Head Theatre. Their follow up show, ‘Scream Phone’ debuted in 2019 to audience and critical acclaim. This spoof horror musical was directed by Edinburgh Award Nominated Tom Parry and gained a plethora of four & five star reviews, before embarking on a larger UK tour, with a transfer to Soho Theatre to follow. On screen, Kerrie has featured in ITV’s “The Investigator”, a British Crime docu-drama which aired in April 2018, and is now currently airing on Netflix.
