Are you using the locations and sets on the video production to emphasise the comedy of the script?
This is one of the discussions that we had very early on. You could take two routes, one is taking it ‘seriously’, the other is the ‘Acorn Antiques’ route. The soap scenes are funny because of the script and we didn’t want to lose that. If you look at any soap what makes it work is the fact that the actors take it incredibly seriously and they want to do the best job they can. David Freeman, the director of the play, and I decided that we didn’t want the video to be ‘hammed up’ in any way, the comedy stands on its own. We filmed it seriously and the actors resisted the temptation to overact (well almost), although it is acting with a capital ‘A’. You worked for many years as an announcer on Central television, before moving behind the camera as a documentary producer for Carlton. What prompted your move into production? Before all of that I worked as an actress including here at Derby Playhouse. My last professional stage performance was here where I played Joanna in ‘Present Laughter’
