Taylor's acting credits are many, but if you want to see her get her heart trampled in a lesbian indie rom-com, check out Portrait of a Serial Monogamist (2014). Kinsey Fail is Toronto’s queer Improv troupe. Carolyn Taylor is featured in the following program (s): Baroness von Sketch Show (HD) (DV) (Actor) Carolyn Taylor is an award-winning writer, artist, actor and comedian. Copyright © Mark Wigmore 2017 | All rights reserved. On this episode of the “Art at the End of the World” Podcast, Mark Wigmore welcomes comedian and actress Carolyn Taylor of the hit CBC/IFC/Netflix sketch comedy television show, “Baroness Von Sketch”. To date, the series has won 17 Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Sketch Show/ Series, Best Writing in a Sketch Show/Series (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020), the ACTRA Award for Best Ensemble (2018), the Canadian Comedy Award for Best TV Show (2018), four international Rockies for Best Comedy (2019, 2020) and The Rogers Prize for Excellence in Canadian Content (2019, 2020), an international Rose D'or (2019) and most recently, The Canadian Award of Distinction (2020) for the show’s entire body of work. Schedule times are currently displayed for: ©2018 CBC/Radio-Canada. As showrunner for the first three seasons, of Baroness, Taylor was thrilled to see the team nominated for more than 25 awards (ACTRA, DGC, CSA, CCA ROCKIES) as well as national and international critical acclaim including articles in The New York Times, IndieWire, Vogue and The Walrus. She is a member of the feminist art collective Mintz, with whom she has enjoyed contemporary artist residencies at The Banff Centre for the Arts (2011/12) and Artscape Gibraltar Point (2018). Required fields are marked *. She is one of the co-creators, executive producers and stars of CBC/IFC's Baroness von Sketch Show. All rights reserved. She is one of the co-creators, executive producers and stars of CBC/IFC's Baroness von Sketch Show. Carolyn talks to Mark about her Montreal roots, her move to Toronto in the 90s, her early days performing and touring with The Second City and working on “This Hour Has 22 Minutes”. Taylor brings a queer perspective to her work and a commitment to the personal as political. Upcoming projects include collaborating with the team at Kelly and Kelly on a TV adaptation of the hit satirical crime podcast This Sounds Serious, a stop-motion young adult series with the NFB, and adapting her popular simulated Olympic Figure Skating routine from stage to screen. And along with the hilarious backstories to some of your favorite sketches on the show, she reveals subjects Baroness has avoided and discusses the sketches that have helped to actually move the cultural needle. As a multi-disciplinary artist, Taylor draws on her training in improvisation and collaboration to inform her creative process and methodology. CAST: AJ Charley, Anders Yates, Katherine Fogler, Kyah Green, Monica Garrido, Rasheed Green, Tom Hearn and Tricia Black Mark Wigmore is a passionate and experienced media & broadcast professional. She describes how she and her castmates (Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne & Jennifer Whalen) teamed up with an intention not only to create a network television sketch comedy program but also to start a conversation with the satire the show is so famous for. Taylor is currently writing, recording and producing The Untitled Carolyn Taylor Project: The No of Us Is Yes Tonight, a full-length Queer experimental art pop album. This episode is brought to you by Crow’s Theatre (www.crowstheatre.com) & RedEye Media (www.redeyemedia.ca), Your email address will not be published. Go to the Subscriptions Centre to manage your: Carolyn Taylor is featured in the following program(s): Carolyn Taylor is an award-winning writer, actor, artist and comedian. She has written and performed political commentary for This Hour Has 22 Minutes, The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos, CBC Radio's This Is That, The Debaters and Because News. His career focus has been to cover and celebrate arts, entertainment & culture. Taylor honed her skills in improvisation and social satire at The Second City, where she was part of five award-winning mainstage revues. Your email address will not be published. Carolyn talks to Mark about her Montreal roots, her move to Toronto in the 90s, her early days performing and touring with The Second City and working on “This Hour Has 22 Minutes”. Featuring monologues from Carolyn Taylor of Baroness von Sketch Show. Carolyn opens up about her spiritual side that has taken her on life-changing road trips across Canada and around the world. Carolyn Taylor Carolyn Taylor is an award-winning writer, artist, actor and comedian. They take real life stories and spin them into queer absurdity!