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Fiona as Margaret in Strictly Sex Factor (On Ice) (2014). Photograph by Phil Gammon

Acting Roles

• Diana in Filumena (1993) (Bell Theatre)
• Lady Macbeth in The Merry Regiment of Women (1993) (Prompt Corner)
• WPC in Bazaar and Rummage (1993) (Prompt Corner)
• Third Soldier in Bury the Dead (1993) (Bell Theatre)
• Fairy Godmother in Jack and the Beanstalk (1994) (Bell Theatre)
• Lady Helena in The Gut Girls (1995) (Prompt Corner)
• Lust in The Life and Death of Almost Everybody (1995) (Prompt Corner)
• The Public Prosecutor in Portrait of a Woman (1996) (Bell Theatre)
• Trixie Martin in Daisy Pulls It Off (1997) (Bell Theatre)
• Clara Soppitt in When We Are Married (1997) (Bell Theatre)
• Violet Bradman in Blithe Spirit (1999) (Bell Theatre)
• Nerrisa in The Merchant of Venice (1999) (Bell Theatre)
• Mrs Drudge in The Real Inspector Hound (2000) (Bell Theatre)
• Lady Fanny Bottomley in Pride at Southanger Park and Fairy Godmother in Cinderella (2000) (Bell Theatre) from 'A Christmas Parcel'.
• Valentina (Valya) in Stars in the Morning Sky (2001) (Prompt Corner)
• Marion Brewster-Wright in Absurd Person Singular (2002) (Bell Theatre)
• Jam 3 in Melons at the Parsonage (2003) (Bell Theatre)
• Marge in Absent Friends (2004) (Prompt Corner)
• Miss Blumenblatt / Scottish woman in On The Razzle (2005) (Bell Theatre)
• Lane in Road (2005) (Bell Theatre)
• Emma in The Positive Hour (2006) (Prompt Corner)
• Molly Luscombe in The Libertine (2007) (Prompt Corner)
• Polly in The Dice House (2008) (Prompt Corner)
• Rebecca in Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (2008) (Prompt Corner)
• Madeleine Bejart in La Bête (2009) (Prompt Corner)
• Karen Roberts in The Wisdom of Eve (2009) (Bell Theatre)
• Meg in The Actor's Nightmare (2010) (Bell Theatre)
• Queen Anne in Brandy (2010) (Bell Theatre)
• Mrs Horrocks / Conchita Horrocks / Rodger / Tannoy Announcer in Dick Barton: The Tango of Terror (2011) (Prompt Corner)
• Maid / Laertes / suitor in The Penelopiad (2012) (Bell Theatre)
• Charlotte Brontë in Brontë (2013) (Prompt Corner)
• Edna Shaft in Butley (2013) (Prompt Corner)
• Dame Sybil Thorndike / Mrs Thatcher in Plague Over England (2014) (Prompt Corner)
• Margaret in Strictly Sex Factor (On Ice) (2014) (Bell Theatre)
• Sarah Harding in The Accrington Pals (2015) (Bell Theatre)
• Clara Soppitt in When We are Married (2016) (Upper Hall, Stanley Halls)
• Angela Davies in Bluebird (2016) (Upper Hall, Stanley Halls)
• Sadie in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (2017) (Upper Hall, Stanley Halls)
• Company member in The Great Christmas Vaudeville Extravaganza! (2017) (Main Hall, Stanley Halls)
• Ruella in Communicating Doors (2019) (Old Fire Station)
• Celia in Low Level Panic (2019) (Old Fire Station)
• Tiggy Entwhistle in Bombshells (2020) (Old Fire Station)
• DI Peep in All The King's Men (Summer Shorts) (2021) (Old Fire Station)
• Dr Devki Salt in The Phlebotomist (2022) (Old Fire Station)
• Kay / May in The Habit Of Art (2022) (Old Fire Station)
• Genie in Bottling It (Summer Shorts) (2022) (Old Fire Station)
• Nurse Sandwich / Duchess / A Pinhead in The Elephant Man (2023) (Old Fire Station)
• Alice in Queers (2024) (Old Fire Station)
• One in You Ask Yourself, Are You Happy? (Summer Shorts) (2025) (Old Fire Station)
• Emily Brent in And Then There Were None (2026) (Old Fire Station)

Productions as Assistant Director

• Mrs Klein (2014) (Prompt Corner)
• The Night Season (2015) (Bell Theatre)
• I Am A Camera (2016) (Stanley Halls)
• Jack (2016) (Main Hall, Stanley Halls)
• Dancing at Lughnasa (2017) (Stanley Halls)
• Cans (2018) (Upper Hall, Stanley Halls)
• Good (2020) (Old Fire Station)
• Picnic At Hanging Rock (2021) (Old Fire Station)
• A Song At Twilight (2022) (Old Fire Station)
• Apologia (2023) (Old Fire Station)

Productions as Executive Producer

• Dancing at Lughnasa (2017) (Upper Hall, Stanley Halls)

Productions as Stage Manager

• Anywhere To Anywhere (1998) (Prompt Corner) with Yvonne Amos & Linda White
• Dreamjobs (2000) (Prompt Corner)
• Unsuitable For Adults (2001) (Bell Theatre)
• Loot (2004) (Bell Theatre) with Jess Osorio
• A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg (2007) (Prompt Corner)
• Not Talking (2013) (Prompt Corner)
• Bouncers (1990s Remix) (2016) (Upper Hall, Stanley Halls)
• Lost Monsters (2022) (Old Fire Station)
• Bleak Expectations (2024) (Old Fire Station)
• The Unfriend (2025) (Old Fire Station)

Assistant to Sound Designer on:

• Around the World in Eighty Days (2016) (Main Hall, Stanley Halls) Andrew Rickinson

Props

• Taking Steps (1999) (Prompt Corner) with Elaine Heath
• Dancing at Lughnasa (2017) (Upper Hall, Stanley Halls)
• Picnic At Hanging Rock (2021) (Old Fire Station)
• Apologia (2023) (Old Fire Station)

Costumes

• Picnic At Hanging Rock (2021) (Old Fire Station)
• Apologia (2023) (Old Fire Station)

Productions as Operator

• Good (2020) (Old Fire Station) with Lee Ridgeway
• The Kitchen Sink (2024) (Old Fire Station)
• The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (2024) (Old Fire Station) shared with Steve Pleasants
• Jude (2025) (Old Fire Station)

Productions as Follow-Spot Operator

• Nunsense (2015) (Bell Theatre) with Charlotte Benstead, Michael Marsden & David Carr

Productions as Sound Operator

• Noises Off (2004) (Bell Theatre)

Set Construction / Decoration on:

• Loot (2004) (Bell Theatre)
• Strictly Sex Factor (On Ice) (2014) (Bell Theatre) & Bed and Breakfast (2014) (Bell Theatre) Set painting with David Carr, Deirdre Parkes & Stephen Johnson
• The Phlebotomist (2022) (Old Fire Station)

Productions as Prompt

• My Mother Said I Never Should (1994) (Bell Theatre)
• The Gingerbread Lady (1995) (Bell Theatre)