Hi guys! Me again- back from Harvard Law (omigod!!) and coming to you this time from Victorian London, where the streets are rife with filthy pick-pockets and undesirables of all kinds. Just the right place to tell a story of an innocent young orphan come to the big city to make his fortune…
Oliver! has been my favourite musical since I was a 4 year old prancing around my bedroom with an orange skirt on my head (who didn’t want to be Nancy??) and belting out Oom Pa Pa at the top of my wee voice. It is also particularly special for me because it was the first show I ever did with this bunch of talented lads and lasses back when I was just 11 years old, and I have our president Elizabeth to thank for slogging away with my singing lessons and bringing me to my first rehearsals all those years ago (a worrying amount of years ago now I come to think of it….).
At 11 I got to watch the multi-talented Audrey dance around in the coveted red dress, and I’m honoured and excited to have taken the part this time around. Even better is that I’m getting to work with one of my longest standing theatre buddies again – Jamie Wilson – who is playing my ‘sweetheart’…. and eventual murderer, Bill Sikes. This isn’t our first time playing a love-hate couple and I know he’s just thrilled to have the chance to finally get me back for the abuse my characters have doled his in the past! (He’s enjoying it a little too much if you ask me.)
It’s a show full of sweat, blood and tears – and I’m not talking about the rehearsals! So if you haven’t already booked your tickets, stop reading this and hook it! They’re only a tenner, we promise it will be worth it!
