July 12, 2010

Losing it with Judith Owen

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Speaking to the lovely Judith Owen in the midst of her tour of the two woman show she wrote with co-star Ruby Wax, ‘Losing It’ is a wonderfully funny and touching insight into the struggle both women have been through with mental illness. It was great to talk to Judith, great to see the show, and great to chat backstage… best bit though? Seeing Ruby Wax’s head poking out the top of a massive duvet, her only means of keeping warm in the rather old theatre… and she said she liked my boots!

April 14, 2010

Queen’s Theatre: Open Auditions

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Ahead of the open auditions for this year’s Community Play I spoke to Patrick O’Sullivan, Education Manager at the Queen’s Theatre, about how you direct a cast of 150 people and why getting the community involved is so important.

March 7, 2010

Circus of Horrors

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circus of horrors

The latest installment of Circus of Horrors is on tour and it sounds amazing! I spoke to Natalie Verhaegen about her role in the performance which is varied to say the least; the talented saxophonist is also a dab hand at having knives thrown at her apparently.