NOW Magazine’s SummerWorks wrap-up
Me in my Karen costume and Mickey Rodriguez, our amazing on-stage DJ in “Toronto Noir”. As a lovely post-script to the SummerWorks festival NOW Magazine listed “Toronto Noir” in the following catagories in their “best of the fest”: outstanding ensembles, outstanding direction and outstanding design. Needless to say both cast and crew are chuffed to bits (that’s English English for “really quite pleased”). I sincerely hope that this means...
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 MoreKim Moritsugu comes to see Toronto Noir
We were lucky enough to have the writer of one of the short stories which make up “Toronto Noir” at rehearsals. Then she came to see the show! Kim Moritsugu is the writer of “A Taste of Honey” which is the part of “Toronto Noir” which I’m in. Set in St. Lawrence Market, it tells the story of Jen, an embittered actress who is confronted with the shortcomings of her career when she bumps into a younger acquaintance who is in the middle of her “big...
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.