When Sally Reid chats about reprising her role in Willy Russell’s classic play Shirley Valentine – the tale of an emotionally drained housewife who launders her past life and then hangs her hopeful future on the line – it becomes evident why this role resonates with the actor more than any other she has played.
When Gaynor Faye speaks of her latest theatre project, her voice doesn’t quite suggest life or death passion. But it very much underlines her commitment to honouring – and remembering the life of her late mum.
Oran Mor’s Mumbelina is set to open, written by ace panto creator Johnny McKnight and directed by Darren Brownlie. Brownlie is of course a panto veteran, having graced the stage of the Tron Theatre for years playing the likes of Snow Queens before being lured to the King’s Theatre. (This year the Paisley-born actor will play Tinkerbelle in Peter Pan.)
Imagine there’s a comedy heaven – it’s easy if you try – and in that heaven imagine comedy legend Andy Gray looking down on us with a wide smile on his face.
AAAAAY! There’s little doubt that Henry Winkler is enjoying happy days at the moment. The actor isn’t quite demonstrating the Fonz’s emblematic thumbs-up he so often revealed during the 11-year-run of the classic American sitcom. But the actor’s smile still glistens as brightly as the perfectly polished Triumph motorcycle he rode onto the film set.
How hard is for young people to buy their own home? What price will you pay to get on the property ladder? Sure, you may consider selling your granny, perhaps one of less attractive children – but murder?
JENNIFER Dick will be taking on Shakespeare once again with her production of Measure for Measure. But she’s also set to bring Jane Eyre to the stage, Charlotte Bronte’s 18th century classic tale of a young woman’s journey through life and love.
ÉIMI Quinn’s reaction to the news when told she had stage-three cancer reveals the woman’s character in a single sentence. “I thought f*** it,” she recalls, grinning. “I’m not going to die with the words ‘business studies graduate’ in my obituary. No, it’s going to say Éimi Quinn – Actor.’”
Hen nights, as a singular concept, suggest a sound idea around which to build a raucous theatre musical. It’s an occasion where groups of women very often go tonto, party like it’s 1999 and manage to find their inner Hunter S. Thomson.
What Aluko’s casting suggests is that Scotland has made great strides in taking a colour-blind approach
