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Helen as Mephistophilis in Dr Faustus (2007) Photograph by Christopher Vian-Smith

Photograph by Christopher Vian-Smith

SLT Member January 1991 - Present

Acting Roles

• Rebecca in Happy Families (1991) (Bell Theatre)
• Ensemble in Clappers (1991) (Bell Theatre)
• Ensemble in Feast of St Valentine (1992) (Prompt Corner)
• Mrs Iris Nicholson in Clara's on the Curtains (1992) (Bell Theatre)
• Veronica in Whale Music (1992) (Prompt Corner)
• Tekla in Creditors (1992) (Prompt Corner)
• Cleopatra in The Merry Regiment of Women (1993) (Prompt Corner)
• Ensemble in Old Time Music Hall (1993) (Bell Theatre)
• Hortensio in The Taming of the Shrew (1994) (Bell Theatre)
• Doctor in Sunburnt Ears - The Full Story (1994) (Prompt Corner)
• Monica in An Evening With Gary Lineker (1995) (Bell Theatre)
• Ensemble in Stage by Stage (1996) (Prompt Corner)
• Adriana in Comedy of Errors (1996) (Bell Theatre)
• Kit Kat Girl in Cabaret (1996) (Bell Theatre)
• Mercedes in The Farndale ... Christmas Carol (1996) (Bell Theatre)
• Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1997) (Bell Theatre)
• Museum Girl in Play It Again, Sam (1997) (Prompt Corner)
• Mercy Croft in The Killing of Sister George (1997) (Bell Theatre)
• Portia in The Merchant of Venice (1999) (Bell Theatre)
• Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing (2000) (Bell Theatre)
• Ellen Terry in The Actor's Nightmare (2000) (Bell Theatre)
• La Marquise de Merteuil in Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2001) (Bell Theatre)
• Ensemble in On Stage Write (2002) (Bell Theatre)
• Anne in Dead Guilty (2002) (Bell Theatre)
• Tourist in Lettice and Lovage (2002) (Bell Theatre)
• Medea in Medea (2003) (Bell Theatre)
• The Countess in Carpe Jugulum (2003) (Bell Theatre)
• Vera in Stepping Out (2004) (Bell Theatre)
• Porter/First Murderer in Macbeth (2004) (Bell Theatre)
• Nancy in Throwing Stones (2005) (Prompt Corner & The Greenwich Playhouse)
• Ensemble in Tomfoolery (2006) (Bell Theatre)
• Agent Williams in The Dust Collectors (2006) (Bell Theatre)
• Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible (2007) (Prompt Corner)
• Female Mephistophilis in Dr Faustus (2007) (Bell Theatre)
• Sheila in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (2007) (Prompt Corner)
• Martha Farnsworth in The Beguiled (2008) (Bell Theatre)
• Claudia in Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (2008) (Prompt Corner)
• Newsreader (voiceover) in Meeting Joe Strummer (2009) (Prompt Corner)
• Ruth in Round and Round the Garden (2009) (Bell Theatre)
• Lady Claire Gurney in The Ruling Class (2010) (Bell Theatre)
• Queen Berenice in The Other Cleopatra (2010) (Bell Theatre)
• Newsreader (voiceover) in Trainspotting (2010) (Prompt Corner)
• Delia in Whipping it Up (2011) (Bell Theatre)
• Helene Hanff in 84 Charing Cross Road (2011) (Bell Theatre)
• Britain (War Game 1) • Announcer • Singer • Nurse • German soldier • Britain (War Game 2) • Lady Haig • 2nd woman (Mrs P) • 2nd German woman • 2nd Lancashire lass in Oh What a Lovely War (2012) (Bell Theatre)
• Attendant in An Interview/Phyllis in Central Park West in Death Defying Acts (2013) (Prompt Corner)
• Mary/Jenny Bennett in The Flint Street Nativity (2014) (Bell Theatre)

Productions as Director

• Nunsense (1993) (Prompt Corner)
• Pass the Butler (1994) (Bell Theatre)
• Bad Day at Black Frog Creek (1996) (Bell Theatre)
• My Night With Reg (2005) (Bell Theatre)

Productions as Assistant Director/Production Assistant

• One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1995) (Bell Theatre)
• Blue/Orange (2006) (Prompt Corner)

Productions as Musical Director

• The Great American Backstage Musical (1991) (Bell Theatre)
• Love Billy (1991) (Prompt Corner)
• A Fine Romance (1991) (Prompt Corner)
• Tomfoolery (2006) (Bell Theatre ) - jointly with Alan Walker

Productions as Assistant Stage Manager

• The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 (1995) (Bell Theatre)

Productions as Lighting Operator

• Shadowlands (1998) (Bell Theatre)

Make-up on:

• Trainspotting (2010) (Prompt Corner) with Julia Patson

Productions as Prompt

• Deathtrap (1998) (Bell Theatre)

Other SLTC/SLT Roles

• Chairman 2000 - 2005
• General Secretary 1991 - 1992, 2007 - Present
• Membership Director 1997 - 2000
• Public Relations Director 1992 - 1994

Interests

Christopher Vian-Smith, theatre, my Triumph Tiger called Sausage, our degus (Thelma, Pinot & Grigio), film, piano, travel

External Links

• Helen's MySpace page.