Tell us more about yourself. What do you do and how long you’ve been working in this industry? I am a singer, a lyricist, an actress and erstwhile director. No one has ever said I was a dancer. I’ve been in the business for 36 years Who did you want to be when you were…
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50 over 50 interviewees – Faith Tingle-Bartoli – Giggle Doctor, Kids Entertainer
Tell us more about yourself. What do you do and how long you’ve been working in this industry? I’m a specially trained entertainer that works in hospitals with sick children. My job is to help them find joy in difficult circumstances. If you know the film ‘Patch Adams’ – that’s what I do, minus the…
50 over 50 interviewees – Yumino Seki – Japanese Dance artist and Butoh practitioner
Tell us more about yourself. What do you do and how long you’ve been working in this industry? I’m a Japanese dance artist, Butoh practitioner and a qualified somatic movement teacher. I was born and raised in Japan but moved to the UK in my late 20s. Chapter 1: At the age of 21 I…
50 over 50 interviewees – Fay Presto – Magician
Tell us more about yourself. What do you do and how long you’ve been working in this industry? I’m known as a close up magician who performs in restaurants and private parties. I’ve also performed on large stages and theatres of up to 2000 people, toured in the UK and the US with a large…
50 over 50 interviewees – Lynn Campbell – Aerialist
Tell us more about yourself. What do you do and how long you’ve been working in this industry? I first tried going on a trapeze when I was 39. I queued with a line of children at a festival, had a go and fell in love with it. I’d danced for a long time and…
50 over 50 interviewees – Helen Averley – Circus Performer and Owner of ‘Let’s Circus’
Tell us more about yourself. What do you do and how long you’ve been working in this industry? I’m a visual artist who at the age of 28 started a circus career. This began after I did a trapeze class for total beginners. It was on 4 May 1994, 25 years ago. I now own…
50 over 50 interviewees – Dillie Keane – Cabaret Artiste
Tell us more about yourself. What do you do and how long you’ve been working in this industry? It says ‘entertainer’ on my passport – so that’ll do. More specifically, I am a cabaret artiste, a songwriter, and an actress. I’m about to launch a blog aimed at saving money and the planet. Nothing too…
50 over 50 interviewees – Kath Burlinson – Theatre-maker
Tell us more about yourself. What do you do and how long you’ve been working in this industry? I am a theatre-maker – a director, performer, writer, workshop leader and mentor. I started out in a feminist cabaret after graduating from the University of Hull, Drama Department, in 1982. Alison Goldie, two other friends and…
50 over 50 interviewees – Éva Forrai – Dancer
Tell us more about yourself. What do you do and how long you’ve been working in this industry? I am a dancer and I’ve been dancing (including training) for almost 50 years. However, for most of this time, I was dancing semi-professionally, part-time. I often made money from dancing, performing and teaching, though I always…
50 over 50 interviewees – Julie Simpson – Street Performer, Actor and Director
Tell us more about yourself. What do you do and how long you’ve been working in this industry? I am a street performer, actor, compère, director and tutor. I’ve worked in the industry for 30 years and I love anything that makes me laugh! I’m originally from Derry, N. Ireland, but I came to study…