Category Archives: Theatre

Panto Update!

Hello!
Panto rehearsals are well and truly underway and it’s all very exciting. The cast is very strong and there should be some really exciting moments in the show. Also, I’m hoping to achieve a panto first; I’ll certainly be doing something out of the ordinary for a Pantomime Witch!
Tickets are selling now, so if you [...]

Mwah ha ha ha ha!! It’s spell casting time!

Hello!
What’s that you say? It’s Panto time?

Now I’m getting all excited!

So book your tickets, I’ll see you there,

Because you’re all invited!

This year’s treat is Sleeping Beauty,

(The princess’s narcoleptic!)

And I’ll be cackling manically

So join us! Don’t be a sceptic!!
Rehearsals are imminent, we open on December 2nd at Bedworth Civic [...]

From the Medieval World to Fairytale Land!

Hello!
Time has flown by and I am entering the last fortnight of my contract at the Banquet!
The last six months has been so much fun and I am definitely going to miss the wonderful cast and crew there. However, as one door closes another opens and – after a short trip to warmer climes – [...]

Ovid on Air!

Hello!
Just a quick message to say tune into BCFM at 1.30pm this afternoon to listen to myself and Hannah-Marie Chadwick, Prodcer of Metamorphoses and Director Of Hecate Theatre as we chat to Lynnette about Metamorphosing!
Click HERE to go to the BCFM website.
Love
Nicola
xx
Here we are just after our interview, smiles all round!

A bewitching night with Hecate!

Hello!
What a fantastic opening night!
Thank you to our wonderful audience and well done to the cast and crew of Metz for a simply stunning and energetic opening night! After an amazing audience response we eagerly await the critical feedback!
The review is now in!! Metamorphoses is described as ‘Simplistically clever and slick storytelling’.  Click HERE to [...]

Time to do it all Ovid again!

Hello
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These girls all know something exciting…. what could it be…..?
Do you want to know?
Sure?
Oh alright, you’ve twisted my arm…. I’ll tell you!
There’s less than a month to go till the second run of Metamorphoses – Fables from Ovid!!
So I thought I’d just pop on here to tell people know that you can reserve your tickets [...]

O Lusty May (Well… April!)

Hello!
What amazing weather! Learning thirteen songs in 6 different languages is much easier when laying in a beautiful park on a 24degree summer day! Thank you weather!
Well, so much to report! My opening week went very well and all the material was thankfully learned in time. Having a fantastic time with a great cast.
As well [...]

Metamorphoses Critical Response

Hello!
Just a quick one; the critics’ verdict on Metamorphoses is finally in! (Well, it was in a few weeks ago, but I’ve been so busy learning songs I haven’t had time to update!!)
Dr Genevieve Liveley, University of Bristol professor, author of “Ovid: Love Songs” says:
“Fantastic… the writing and the performances were exceptionally fine and beautifully [...]

Wassailing I Go!

Hello!
No time to stop and chat as I have thirteen songs (most of them not even in English!) to learn by Wednesday!
From Wednesday 6th April I shall be performing as a comely wench at the Medieval Banquet near Tower Bridge in London. Further details can be found on their website by clicking HERE.
I will put [...]

An Ovidian Success!

Hello!
Well the curtain has come down on Metamorphoses…. for now!
After a great run and some excellent audience feedback, the nightdresses and sheets have been packed away.  But not for long! From the 23rd to the 26th March, the venue was almost if not completely sold out every night and so, in response to audience demand, [...]

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