"I never for a moment considered not doing the show. When I did the show I became very emotional. Some of the lyrics s…"

"I couldn't tell anyone about it. I didn't want anyone to know. It's only now that I've survived, I'm able to speak ab…"

"My first singing role was as Susanna in a school production in a shortened form of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. I…"

"I have been fortunate to play some fantastic roles in musicals and I find it difficult to say which is my favourite. …"

"Actors already striving in the theatre wouldn't dream of putting themselves on these shows; it means that only about …"

"Learn to take rejection, keep fit and work only with the best in your field."

"My dad always told me that perseverance furthers. He was right."

"If you’re a serious actor, you wouldn’t put yourself up for one of those shows in case you got bumped off the first w…"

"I did miss the music a bit - but only in the wings, when I was waiting to go on. It seemed dreadfully quiet, rather u…"

"It was the most terrible feeling. I'd had enough and I'd felt I'd lost something so very important to me. I thought i…"