Bio:
After graduating from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting in 2009, Becky Shrimpton started Staircase Theatre in Vancouver with then UBC classmate Maryanne Renzetti. Here, Becky directed and co-produced the first two critically acclaimed and financially successful productions of the company’s history. 13 years later, Staircase is still going strong in with annual showcases of new playwrights works and several Jessie nominations under their belt. Although she still sits on the board, Becky’s involvement with Staircase has been limited since 2015, when she produced and co-starred in One Good Marriage at the Toronto Fringe Festival, which sold out consistently and made the Best of the Fringe list in Now Magazine.
In 2011, Becky moved to Toronto to pursue a career in voice over. Amid her hundreds of commercial credits, are national commercials for Glad, American Express, Brookside Chocolate, Caress Body Wash, Hill’s Science Diet, Monster High Dolls and Elf on the Shelf, as well as product video and e-learning campaigns for Mastercard, Samsung, Delta Airlines, Calphalon, Sephora, Reactine, and the American Medical Association.
In animation, she’s a cast member of the US dub of the popular kids show Fireman Sam, and provides the voices for Bon Bon and Funtime Chica in two of the globally renowned video games in the Five Nights at Freddy’s series.
In 2016, Becky and co-host Cameron Maitland started The Royal Canadian Movie Podcast, a show dedicated to promoting and unearthing the very best of Canadian film. The show has produced over 100 episodes and maintains thousands of subscribers, and has featured Academy Award winners and Canadian film icons alike. Their most recent live show will help launch the Filmed in Toronto interactive map for the UofT film archive department on November 12th at the Robarts Library.
Always looking for ways she can be socially responsible, she is currently in development producing a Queer-Positive reality television series.
Websites:
http://www.rcmpodcast.com/
http://www.beckyshrimpton.com/
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/exploring-toronto-in-film-and-tv-in-conversation-with-the-royal-canadian-movie-podcast-tickets-50790732448
UBC Spotlight:
My time in the UBC BFA-Acting program provided me with the skills and understanding required to forge a sustainable career in the arts. With the amount of on-stage performance time and the individual attention to my particular learning needs I received, I was prepared for the long hours, discipline, and teamwork that was required for a successful experience in the real world. The biggest benefit was the ability to work across mediums, from voice over, to film and television to roles on-stage, and a fundamental understanding of text work that’s been invaluable.
Having a basis of language with which to communicate with directors and co-collaborators, was invaluable. Having worked across Canada and in both in England and the United States, I found the acting program at UBC provided a solid foundation to carry forward into professional situations.
