Karin Muiznieks

Karin Muiznieks is a graduate of the Ballarat Arts Academy (BA Music Theatre) and Trinity College, London (Associate Diploma, Music Theatre). She has been composing since 2003 when she scored her university musical “All That’s In Between”. Since then she has been consistently composing for cabarets and has branched out into script writing, producing and musical direction for theatre. Her first original musical “Give My Regards To Broady” sold out its 2008 season at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Her second, “World War Wonderful”, received a Green Room Nomination for best original songs. Other original works include “Better At A Distance”, “Hell’s Cabaret” and “First Against The Wall”

In 2009 Karin was contracted as head lyricist and co-composer on “Dumped – The Musical We’ve All Been Through” for Theatre Tours Australia. The show premiered in Brisbane in April 2010 and will tour Perth and Melbourne in early 2011. She recently completed a project as composer for St Martin’s Youth Theatre’s Complaints Choir.

Karin works as an improvised pianist with Impro Comedy Troupe “The Crew” (of which she is now Artistic Director). She worked as an impro musician on TheatreGames LIVE (C31) and co-created “Set List: The Improvised Musical Phenomenon” – a theatrical format in which a band creates songs from scratch live on stage.

Karin’s music and comedy have featured on ABC Radio, 3MBS and JoyFM, in Beat Magazine and on the TV shows Planet Nerd, The Breakfast Show and Rockwiz. She has performed as a cabaret artist and comedian at Mark Watson’s 24-hour Show (2008), Upfront – the MICF showcase for female comedians – at the Melbourne Town Hall (2009) and Short and Girly, the AIDS fundraiser (2009).

Karin is currently composing music for “Filthy Secrets”, a darkly comic cabaret set to premiere in Melbourne in early 2011.