Join us for a special one-off event hosted by BBC South Today presenter Sally Taylor MBE, and featuring EastEnders icons Anita Dobson (Angie Watts) and Lorna Fitzgerald (Abi Branning), to celebrate the opening of our brand new venue, NST City.
Veteran star of stage and screen Anita and emerging talent Lorna will share stories about their careers, including memories from their time on one of Britain’s most popular soap operas, in an intimate setting on NST City’s main stage.
Both Anita and Lorna will star in Howard Brenton’s world premiere production The Shadow Factory as Lady Cooper/Ma and Jackie, respectively, opening on 16 February 2018.
All proceeds from this event will go towards the NST Impact Fund, which supports exceptional community engagement and schools participation projects through its Youth Theatre, Drama Club and Laboratory programme.
Nuffield Southampton Theatres announces a special evening of stories from iconic stars of EastEnders
Nuffield Southampton Theatres (NST) has announced a special one-off event with EastEnders icons Anita Dobson (Angie Watts) and Lorna Fitzgerald (Abi Branning) on 25 February at Nuffield Southampton Theatres, City. The event will be hosted by BBC South Today presenter Sally Taylor MBE.
Anita and Lorna will share stories about their careers on and off stage and screen in an intimate setting on the main stage at NST’s brand new performing arts venue, NST City, in Southampton city centre.
The audience will have the unique opportunity to find out what it was like to work on one of Britain’s most popular soaps, how theatre differs to television and their future projects.
Anita became one of the most popular characters on television as Angie Watts in EastEnders, winning the Pye award for Television Personality of the Year, the Daily Mirror’s Actress of the Year and the TV Times Actress of the Year award, voted for by the readers. Anita’s many stage appearances include Budgie (Cambridge Theatre); Nancy in Frozen (Royal National Theatre) – Nominated for an Olivier, Evening Standard and London Critics Award; Mama Morton in Chicago (Adelphi Theatre); Stella in the all-star concert version of Follies (Royal Albert Hall); and most recently Madame Morrible in Wicked (Apollo Victoria).
Lorna started acting at the age of six, with roles in Casualty, The World According to Bex, Cherished and The Golden Hour. She famously played Abi Branning in EastEnders from 2006 until January 2018.
Both Anita and Lorna will star in NST’s world premiere production The Shadow Factory, written by Howard Brenton, as Lady Cooper/Ma and Jackie, respectively, opening on 16 February 2018.
All proceeds from this event will go towards NST’s Impact Fund, which helps the company to deliver an exceptional programme of community engagement and schools participation projects, Youth Theatre, Drama Club and Laboratory, NST’s artistic development programme.
Laura Eastwood, Director of Development and Communications at NST, said: “Anita, Lorna and Sally have all generously given up their time to take part in this special one-off event to raise money for our Impact Fund.
“This is a rare and exciting opportunity for audiences to hear behind the scenes stories from two such fantastic actresses and contribute to the important work we do in our community.”
Tickets are available from the Box Office 023 8067 1771 or online at nstheatres.co.uk
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