McDonald’s Originals web series review
Finally. Somebody gets it. If you visit the Facebook page for Originals, the web series I did for McDonalds before Christmas, you’ll see some pretty harsh criticism. Mostly about the product placement. Which comes from punters who don’t quite get the format, i.e. McDonalds pays for the web series to help launch McCafé in Canada. So there’s gonna be some pretty obvious product placement. That’s kind of the point. I must admit I actually stopped visiting the page because...
Read MoreThe Railway Children opens at the Roundhouse Theatre
The Railway Children are go! On Sunday we had our opening show at the Roundhouse Theatre. The atmosphere was electric. After the slightly nerve-racking last preview on Saturday night (where Alison Deon had to go on for Laura Schutt who was pretty sick having caught the gastric bug that’s been making its rounds through the cast) we were all ready to do our very best for the Sunday matinee opening. We had a full house and with our two comps each there were friendly faces everywhere when we...
Read MoreAnother good review of SmackHeaded Peter
We’ve had another good review of SmackHeaded Peter! Hot on the heels of yesterday’s rave review from Kevin Reid of The Visitorium, here’s Jon Kaplan’s mini-review of the show in NOW Magazine. I’m so happy it includes a great shout-out for Bryan who is stunning as the lead character, SmackHeaded Peter: Simon Glass’s audacious and striking script is the story of a Christlike figure from a low-class London estate who tries to save the world through easily...
Read MoreGreat first review of SmackHeaded Peter
Here’s some fabulous early press for SmackHeaded Peter from Kevin Reid of The Visitorium. “A big ensemble piece telling a bombastic, fantastical and sleazy epic of a drug-drenched messiah’s attempt to create a paradise in the concrete slums of Thamesmead. Weaving mysticism, paranoia, and a greek-style chorus together with great performances to ask the question, if all else has failed, why not give smack a try? A downright brilliant stroke of modern myth, Glass must have...
Read MoreToronto Noir goes out with a bang
Me and Jack Grinhaus celebrate in the Gladstone after the final performance of “Toronto Noir” So the short but sweet run of “Toronto Noir” is over and the cast and crew have all gone their separate ways, for now. It was a swell show and I was very touched by how many friends managed to come by and see it. I had another lovely mention in a review from Torontoist the day before the last show: click here to read what Kaori Furue had to say about the play. It was great to get back...
Read MoreAnother great review of “Toronto Noir”
Alicia Johnstone and Murray Foster play house during rehearsals for “Toronto Noir”. Murray Foster’s done it again. I just saw a review that Heather Davies posted on Facebook – click here to read Plank’s review of “Toronto Noir”. I’m so glad that Murray’s performance is being singled out for praise – it really is a tour de force. And like the writer of the review, I can’t wait to see what Heather Davies and Cheeky Magpie come up with next! I...
Read MoreToronto Noir review
I got a nice mention in the Panic Manual’s review of “Toronto Noir” With only two performances left in this first run of “Toronto Noir” we are aiming to fill the theatre to capacity. And this review on Panic Manual gives us four out of five PMs. It’s been an amazing experience – I’ve never worked with a cast of hand-picked actors before. Director Heather Davies put the cast together from people she already knew, apart from Murray Foster who plays Plunk Henry, who...
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 making episodes of Talking Bollocks, that is. And that's me for you.