Lliana Bird

Lliana Bird
Born (1981-08-17) 17 August 1981
London,
England
Nationality British
Other names Birdy
Occupation Radio presenter, writer, actress
Years active 2009–present

Lliana Bird or Birdy is a British radio presenter, writer and actress currently presenting on Radio X.[1]

Career

Radio

Bird currently presents the Friday and Saturday evening shows on Radio X.[2] She has also previously contributed to Capital Radio, Virgin Radio, and BBC Three Counties Radio.[3][4] In 2010 she presented a series of radio documentaries about independent record labels entitled "Independents Day".[5] She presented on XFM from 2007 until 2015, when the station rebranded as Radio X.[6]

Bird presents a weekly podcast entitled Geek Chic's Weird Science which was selected as iTunes Best of 2014.[7][8]

Television

Bird can regularly be seen on Sky News as a music expert/commentator. She previously presented TFTV and XFM's online station, XFM TV.

Theatre and TV

Bird has also worked as an actress in various productions, including Fiddler on the Roof at The Lyric Theatre, Boom-bang-a-bang at the Etcetera Theatre,[9] and The Christmas Cock-up at The Cockpit Theatre.

In 2009, Bird set up a theatrical production company called Bird & Be.[10] Their first production was a run of Orlando Wells' The Tin Horizon at Theatre 503, which received positive reviews from critics.[11]

In 2013, she co-produced Orlando Wells' adaption of Patrick Hamilton's The Duke in Darkness, which ran from April 16 to May 11 at the Tabard Theatre.[12][13]

Bird has appeared in episodes of Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy Series 1 and 2.

Writing

Bird writes for The Huffington Post on a variety of social issues.[14]

Personal life

She resides in Highgate, North London, with her partner Noel Fielding.[6][15][16][17]

References

  1. ↑ "Full line-up for Global’s Radio X confirmed". RadioToday. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Lliana Bird - Friday and Saturday 10PM - 1AM". Radio X. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Lliana Bird" (PDF). John Noel Management. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Lliana Bird". Voices.com. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Bird, Lliana (3 July 2015). "Why I'm Celebrating 'Independents Day' This 4th July". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  6. 1 2 Armstrong, Stephen (31 July 2014). "The surreal thing: the return of Noel Fielding". Evening Standard. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Lewis, Jack (31 October 2014). "Geek Chic Weird Science Podcast presented by Dr Jack & Lliana Bird". Dr Jack Lewis. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Geek Chic's Weird Science". iTunes Preview. Apple Inc. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  9. ↑ Davies, Russell (13 May 2010). "Boom-bang-a-bang opens in London". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Lliana Bird". ZoomInfo. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Theatre503 Presents The Dark Comedy THE TIN HORIZON 4/15-5/9". BroadwayWorld.com. 15 April 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "The Duke in Darkness". Theatricalia. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  13. ↑ Best, Jason (19 April 2013). "The Duke in Darkness review at Tabard London". The Stage. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Lliana Bird". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  15. ↑ Laws, Roz (6 November 2014). "Noel Fielding talks of his love of Birmingham shows and spending a fortune on production ahead of Symphony Hall gig". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  16. ↑ Christie, Janet (12 October 2014). "Noel Fielding on his latest comedy show and tour". The Scotsman. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  17. ↑ Rampton, James (22 July 2014). "Noel Fielding's 'Luxury Comedy': A land of the outright bizarre". Independent. Retrieved 10 January 2016.

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