Name: Jennie Pritchard
Age: 18
Course: English Literature and Language (1st Year)
Place of Birth: Harlow, Essex
Character: Smeraldina
Thoughts on Character: I love her, she’s a ballsy
independent woman, who’s also pretty keen to get her hands on a reliable bloke.
Your favourite song: You Don’t Own Me by Lesley Gore
Character’s favourite song: All the Single Ladies (Put a
Ring on it) by Beyonce
Favourite Food: Yorkshire pudding and gravy
Character’s Favourite Food: Yorkshire pudding and gravy
Favourite Play/Film: Hello and Goodbye, Jurassic Park
Favourite Actor/Writer/Director: Christopher Walken,
Virginia Woolf, Lynne Ramsay
Past Theatrical Experience: Romeo and Juliet, Bugsy Malone
and Peter Pan at Harlow Playhouse. Co-directed, produced and starred in
‘Bombshells’ at College Theatre. Various roles for school including the lead in
Olwen Wymark’s ‘Find Me’.
Interesting Fact: I smacked my sister in the face with a toy
gun when we were putting on a play for our family. THERE WAS SO MUCH BLOOD!
'The Fricandeau!' - Brighella
Name: Folco Pietro Emilio Soffietti
Age: 21
Course: Modern Languages (Year Abroad)
Place of Birth: Turin
Character: Brighella
Thoughts on Character: Well, I found it wasn’t so easy to
define and find a way to characterise him but I think I like him.
Favourite Song: I’m not sure yet
Character’s Favourite Song: Les Copains D’abord by Georges
Brassens
Favourite Food: A good bruschetta
Character’s Favourite Food: Vitel Tone
Favourite Play/Film: Look back in anger, Apocalypse now
Favourite Actor/Writer/Director: Marco Ferreri, Tennesse
Williams
Past Theatrical Experience: A few productions when I was
younger but I kind of dropped the theatre stuff in the last five years. I’ve
spent the time on drawing and writing instead.
We asked Folco for an interesting fact and this is what we
got: well... you don't want to know about my past lives would you? I remember
when I was in Egypt selling slaves in the 12 A.D. or when myself I have been a
slave in France in 1378... no sure that would bore my audience (if there is
anybody out there) maybe... maybe something more violent.. what about WW2? It
was me and old Captain Dubois... no that too is a bit old isn't it? Well.. well
is not easy to interest people nowadays, back in the 50's things were
absolutely different, I can assure you... well what about last month? in I was
on my way home, I was calm, everything seemed normal.. at the airport the phone
rings.. guess who? The Pope! He says "Folco, is you there?" well,
believe it or not the poor chap wanted to resign.. I told him I couldn't help
him because I was auditioning for a play... so I think I missed my chance but,
honestly speaking I'm more in for birds than for gold so I don't really care,
in that very moment (at the airport remember?) there is astonishing woman who
walks towards me, she looks at me, she SMILES!!!! in my mind was a
"whooo-how it must be your lucky day man, Zeus or one of his friends must
have remembered you're alive"... then she went over and kissed the guy who
was behind me, guess what, I hadn't recovered yet from the shock... there is
this gang of cowboys ( Clint Eastwood among them) coming in shooting and
whatever, singing "Satisfaction" (by the Rolling, obviously) where
the sheriff was you must be asking yourselves... well God only knows... thanks
to heaven Liam Neeson was there and he did good, I can tell. well the fact is
in this very moment I can't remember anything interesting (today my memory is
soooo bad, I apologize again) but as soon as I found out you'll be the first to
know!
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