Showboat
by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II
May 1997: Wallington Operatic Society
Director: Will Harris
Photographs: Jackie Frost
I remain startled to this day that I ended up playing the gentle, sweet ingenue Magnolia - not a type I've been noted for. She need to sing properly, too (rather than my usual torch-song belt), so for only the second time in my life I took a few lessons. A lovely show, but a huge challenge.