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 MoreBloodletting and Miraculous Cures starts Sunday!
This Sunday 10th January Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures premieres on HBO Canada at 8pm. I was lucky enough to be able to watch the first episode on the Air Canada flight I came home from New York on before new year – it rocks! And I’m not just saying that ‘cos I’m in it….. The pace is fast, the dialogue is fabulous and the acting is very strong. I highly recommend that you tune in. (And, for the record, I’m in episodes 1 and 3.) Go to the Bloodletting and...
Read MoreHappy New Year!
Me and my fellow co-director of the children’s program at Klezkamp Sarah Gordon. Hooray for 2010! I just got back from my yearly sojourn to upstate New York where I spend five days in a kosher hotel on Christmas week herding children. Well, it’s a bit more than that. I write a play with my husband that the kids from 5 to 11 perform at the end of the week. We rehearse it for one period out of four. The rest of the time is herding children. Thanks so much to Sarah Gordon, my partner...
Read MoreThis week’s gig
Hooray! This Wednesday I will be performing at Absolute Comedy at Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto. Absolute Comedy is one of my favourite venues in town. I performed there back in April and was supposed to go on again in August but filming for Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures got in the way! I’m delighted to be playing there again this week – hope you can come out and see me. It’s a cheap night out (only $6) in a gorgeous venue with table service, great food and excellent...
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.