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Harriet Thorpe talks about starring in MAME at the Hope Mill Theatre

Harriet, you’re best known for your roles as Carole on BBC’s The Brittas Empire, Fleur in Absolutely Fabulous and your extensive work with French and Saunders, what do you love about comedic roles? I love that laughter cures everything. We’ve needed it throughout history. I’ve never played anybody ‘normal’ so why would I start now? […]

AJ Bentley talks about MAMMA MIA THE PARTY and the infectious music of ABBA

AJ Bentley plays Adam in Mamma Mia The Party. AJ won Gary Barlow’s BBC’s talent search Let It Shine, with his band Five to Five. From this, he embarked on an 18-month UK tour in The Band Musical, including an eight-week run in London’s West End. We caught up for him for a natter about the show over […]

JASON DONOVAN talks about producing PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT

Let’s talk about Priscilla, were you a fan of the original movie on its first release? I was actually originally offered a lead role in the film having auditioned in London for Stephan Elliott, who wrote the piece, but a sequence of events at the time made it impossible to make it work. After that, […]

INTERVIEW: LE COUP talks about taking Edinburgh Fringe on a ‘wild ride’

Name of Edinburgh show: Le Coup Venue: Circus Hub, The Pleasant, Spegial Tent Performance time: 18:00 Show length: 60 Mins Ticket price: from £17.80 Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I was a dancer who run away to the circus. That happened about 20 years ago and I […]

INTERVIEW: OF MICE AND MEN comes to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Name of Edinburgh show: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Venue: The Gilded Balloon Performance time: 1.30pm. 31st July to August 26th Show length: 1 hour Ticket price: £7-12.50 Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I was classically trained in London in the late 1970’s and have […]