2011 – an amazing year!
2011 was an incredible year for me professionally for many reasons. At the beginning of January I was looking forward to returning to London, Ontario to play Madge Larrabee in the Grand Theatre‘s production of Sherlock Holmes, the Final Adventure. I was delighted to have something in the pipeline. In the second week of January my agent called and said that I had an audition for The Railway Children. Rehearsals would start two weeks after Sherlock Holmes closed. It was too good to be...
Read MoresoulOtheatre recital: The Tale of the Little Princess
Twice a week for five weeks we met together and shared our stories. Six fabulous women plus the most incredible of them all: Tracey Erin Smith. Quite by chance at the beginning of November I happened to see Muniza Rauf-Miller’s post on Facebook, saying that there was one spot left in Tracey Erin Smith’s one-person show class at Second City. My gut told me I had to do it. My bank balance disagreed. It’s been an up-and-down year for the Wexes financially. Although The Railway...
Read MoreA blast from the past….
Facebook is a wonderful thing. I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but for those of us who have emigrated or who have friends and family scattered across the world it is a wonderful tool for staying in touch and reconnecting. Drama school feels like a long way in the past – it’s been fifteen years since I graduated from the Bristol Old Vic and I have many fond memories of my time there. So I was delighted when I found my old musical theatre teacher, Neil Rhoden,...
Read MorePersonal Publicity Made Simple by the Shehori Brothers
Yesterday I spent seven hours in the company of two very clever and creative gentlemen by the name of the Shehori Brothers. They run a publicity company called Sweat Equity which was born out of a need to understand how to promote themselves and their friends in their artistic endeavours. Steven and Daniel Shehori (pictured left – sorry guys, your Facebook picture is hilarious so I just nicked it) started in publicity about ten years ago when they were trying to figure out how to get bums...
Read MoreMarilla who?
I am a British-born actress and stand-up comic who does lots of voice work (for commercials, cartoons and corporate clients) and sometimes, when I'm very lucky, tv and film. When I was in England I did mostly theatre. Now I'm in Canada I spend the majority of the time writing and performing stand-up. When I'm not producing and mcing Storytelling at Caplansky's, that is. And that's me for you.