Once A Catholic

Isabel Briccolani (Mary Mooney), Sally White (Mary McGinty) and Emma Thomas (Mary Gallagher).

Sally White (Mary McGinty) and Billy Dean (Derek).

Emma Thomas (Mary Gallagher), Penny Cooper (Mother Basil) and Sally White (Mary McGinty).

This was the last play I was in! It was performed by the Lindley Players at the Playhouse, Whitstable in September 2010. It was simply the best play I've ever been in and I adored every single second! We caused so much controversy in the quaint little town of Whitstable, making the front page of the local newspaper with the headline "Uproar at play set in convent" and a billboard that was observed outside a newsagent said in capitals THEATRE SEX TOY HORROR! It is the definition of hilarity. It was my character actually, Mary McGinty who did all the naughty things which involved swearing casually in conversation with her boyfriend Derek, dropping the C-bomb (as my English teacher calls it much to our amusement!) on a nun and sticking a huge plasticine penis on Jesus so naturally, I was the one named and shamed in the newspaper. I LOVED DOING IT! I just loved being so cheeky onstage and loved the gasps I got everytime! One woman actually stood up in horror and we had people leaving in the interval every night but it's a very famous play that's been performed in the West End by a well respected play wright, Mary O'Malley. Mary McGinty is a very cheeky little character but as you find out, she's so nervous about sleeping with Derek and doesn't give into his pressure which means he cheats on her so she is a torn woman, bless her. Perhaps I just love her too much having played her but her sacreligious acts are merely retalliation due to the hell (haha) she's been put through by the nuns and the priests that influence her so. Anyway, when you type Once A Catholic into Google images, these bad boys from our production come up and it's so cool haaa! I'd just like to say, if you get a chance to audition for or go and see Once A Catholic DO IT, it's amazing. Err, except if you're a devout Catholic. Then it's really, really, REALLY not for you ;)

Sally x