BETWEEN FRIENDS
I recently appeared as Laura in Between
Friends, a new play written by Carolyn
Pertwee and me. We played to packed houses and
excellent audience response at the O.S.O. Theatre in Barnes.
The production, starring Catherine Shipton (best
known as Duffy in Casualty),
was directed by Anthony Biggs.
Gyles Brandreth on Between
Friends...
"Funny, touching, beautifully observed - . a constantly
surprising emotional roller-coaster that has you hooked from
start to finish."
Gene David Kirk (Theatre
503) on Between Friends...
"A visceral piece of writing with palpable tensions underscoring a seemingly
domestic drama. Secrets and lies unravel in this world of high stakes and the
need for love."
JUBILATE!
Everyone knows someone who thinks they know best. In Jubilate! that
someone is Anna, vicar's wife and radio
personality. She has her own life sorted out - apparently - and
now thinks it'd be a good idea to sort out everyone else's......oh
dear.
2008 performances included Henley Festival, Southwark Playhouse
and Rosemary Branch Theatre. Click
here for reviews. Watch this space for further performances.
THE COMEDY PROJECT
I am a regular contributor, as writer and performer,
to The Comedy Project (www.comedyproject.co.uk)
at the Soho Theatre.
Most recently, in March 2009, my internet dating play, LOL, premiered
there. (Audience coments on the Welcome page.)
My other writing for The Comedy Project has
included:
- Drastic Plastic, in which Daffodil attempts
to roll back the years with the help of plastic surgery
- Powercut - a short play for
theatre about marriage, cruelty and reality TV;
- Radio 24 (co-written with David
Upsher) - 24 hours of talk radio in 24 minutes.
JUST FOR YOU
Tim Pigott-Smith and Stephanie
Jacob gave a rehearsed reading of my 2001 play Just
for You to an invited audience at The
Actors' Centre, Covent Garden following which Catherine
Bailey Productions submitted it to the BBC.
Just for You is a one-hour-long
two-hander in which the actor and actress are required to play
several roles and to age from 10 to 84. It deals with omelettes,
incest, facelifts and fairytales - in short the awfulness and
absurdity which lurk behind a conventional family façade.
OTHER WRITING
Co-writer of The Still Born directed
by Lindsay Posner at Soho
Poly 1986
Co-writer of Places to Crash directed
by Peter Birch at Grace
Theatre 1985
I wrote all the material (character-based)
for my cabaret stand-up sets in the 1990s. See my acting
page for further details. |
