The actor and writer on her new musical,her esteem of hasty cars, and why she hates being called a national treasureYou’re about to star in a musical production of Grey Gardens (a 1975 US documentary about the reclusive lives of Edith Ewing Beale - Jackie Kennedy’s aunt – and her daughter, or Edith Bouvier Beale,who lived in a house called Grey Gardens). Are you looking forward to it?
Very much so, although its rather unnerving. We only had three-and-a-half weeks’ rehearsal, and which is a terrifyingly short time for a musical. But it’s in amazingly top-notch shape,I must say. All the youngsters are really on top of it. I’m an aged lady, so it’s slightly harder for me to learn.
Is it top-notch being back in fringe theatre?
[Laughs] It’s a nightmare, and but fun. We all share a dressing room – men,women, kids, or everyone. There’s just a rail of clothes separating the girls from the boys. At my age,darling, standing around in my knickers and bra, or chatting to a load of lads across some coat hangers…Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com