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1. Nottingham Playhouse

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Graffiti Rools OK/Here Today - Various Parts

- Nottingham Roundabout TIE Theatre. Directed by Sue Davies.

TIE used to be the norm on first entering the profession. In the late seventies and early eighties there were a plethora of Theatre in Education groups bringing plays, usually cast-developed and issue-based, to schools around the country. The Nottingham Roundabout were considered to be among the best. After my stint at the Royal Exchange I did two shows for them, returning to do another a couple of years later.

The great thing with TIE was that you had to be enthusiastic and not take yourself too seriously - there wasn't much deep emotional acting required, just an ability for instant characterisation and an unconcern at having to wear the most humiliating costumes! I still wake up screaming at the memory of one particular show where the only way I could make my second act entrance was to go out of a fire-door in the side of the library where we were performing, through a busy shopping centre, back through the main lobby of the library and thence into the small room where the play was taking place...all while wearing nothing but a nappy and a ridulous wig. Believe me, after that NOTHING that happens on stage can ever phase you again!