Lynne Edwards
Overview
- Ethnicity
- White / European Descent
- Age Range
- 60 - 66
- Height
- 5' 9" (1m 75cm)
- Weight
- 12st. 3lb. (78kg)
- Hair Colour
- Blonde
- Eye Colour
- Blue
- Build
- Medium
Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
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2017 |
Acting director/perfomer/writer
Theatre |
Butterflies Heather Adele Kirkpatrick / Reforma Movement Theatre |
Huddersfield/Oldham |
2017 |
Helene Hanff
Theatre |
84 Charing Cross Road Guy Nicholls / The Theatre on the Hill, Mellor |
Mellor Theatre, Church Lane, Mellor, Derbyshire |
1986 |
Police Woman Strippagram
Television |
The Brothers Macgregor Bill Podmore / Granada TV |
Granada studios |
1978 |
Girl in telephone booth
Film |
Yanks John Schlesinger / United Artists |
Dobcross and Pinewood Studios |
1977 |
Company Member
Theatre |
Repertory Chris Bond / Liverpool Everyman Theatre Company |
Liverpool Everyman and touring |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
---|---|---|
1992 | B.A. Education | Manchester University |
1978 | PGCE Drama and English | Manchester University (City College) |
1976 | 3 yr. Acting | Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre |
1972 | B.A. Drama | University of NSW, Sydney |
About me
I live mainly near Manchester, England where I enjoy the company of my large family but I also have bases in France and Australia. In between I travel to as many places as I can, so much so that one of my grandkids once introduced me as his Sleep Around Grandma.Wherever I am in the world I find a new project to create, devise or co-ordinate. I recently worked on a film in India while teaching there and am currently helping an eco group in the Middle East with material for their next conference while here in my French rural retreat. I am also co-devising an Arts Council project for Reforma Movement Company on Domestic Abuse which I will be directing next year in the North West.
Last year while in Manchester I took on the role of Helene Hanff for the hundredth anniversary of her birth, in '84 Charing Cross Road', which was a bit of a challenge considering she was a 5 foot New York 30 year old Jewess and I'm a galumphing, fair-haired 60 plus year old.
I run educational multi-sensory workshops on Claude Monet and I organise a yearly Round the World children's singing event. I teach English to speakers of other languages being a qualified English and Drama Teacher. I have taught from A Level down to Reception and Special Needs as well the Gifted and Talented, devising Summer Workshops and other activities for Stockport LEA, Mensa and the National Association for Gifted Children where I used my particular passion for Shakespeare to great advantage.
I am researching 2 of my own projects on Shakespeare and his works as I am fascinated by an actual event in 1607 and the story behind his 'dark lady' and the sonnet form. One thing I am truly intrigued by is his presentation of ideas that are so current and topical today, not only in our politics but in our new sense of personal awareness.
Additional skills:
I ride motorbikes, the bigger the better, and have ridden across Australia and New Zealand as a warm-up to my 'Short way Across' series. Riding a Royal Enfield in India I found too terrifying to ride all the way across so am planning Route 66 where I have a Harley all set up and ready for me.
I play guitar and sing.
And I can do all things that grannies traditionally do with both hands tied behind my back so another thing in the pipeline is a show for little ones entitled Grandma's Motorbike.
Additional information:
I write songs, short educational plays and comic sketches; I write and edit books and make short music videos to support the works of others worldwide.
License & Passport
Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
Languages Spoken | English, French |
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Accents/Dialects | Australian, English - England North West (Liverpool, Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire), English - General, English - London, English - Northern England, English - Received Pronunciation, English - Southwest England, New York, Scottish (Glaswegian) |
Dance Styles | Ballroom, Folk |
Vocal Types | Alto |
Musical Skills | Guitar |
Organisations / Memberships | Equity (UK) |