Theatre
Kate, The Pirates of Penzance
The Farrer Theatre, Eton
Joanna made her acting début with Windsor & Eton Operatic Society in October 2008 in one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s best-loved operettas, The Pirates of Penzance, playing the part of Kate.
The production was staged at The Farrer Theatre, Eton College.
Produced by G&S veteran Ian Henderson with Jonathan Bungard as Musical Director.
Musical Mayhem Show,
Desborough Suite, Maidenhead Town Hall
In March 2017, Joanna performed with Britain's Got Talent runner-up Kevin Cruise as part of his Musical Mayhem Comedy Show.
The show featured two comic numbers from Phantom of the Opera, with Kevin as the Phantom and Joanna as Christine, as well as a more traditional solo performance by Joanna singing Think of Me.
Celia, Iolanthe
Norden Farm
In April 2010, Joanna appeared with Windsor & Eton Operatic Society in Gilbert & Sullivan’s operetta Iolanthe at Norden Farm Centre for the Arts in Maidenhead, playing the part of one of the two chief fairies Celia.
The cast among others featured well-known West-End actor, Bruce Graham as the Earl of Mountararat. A patriotic yet disingenuous extravaganza, produced by David Thomas with rousing music, conducted by Musical Director, Jonathan Bungard.
Theatre
The Angel, The Dean of Iniquity
Cookham Festival
In May 2013, Joanna was asked to appear in a lead role as The Angel in The Dean of Iniquity, or Confessions of a Cookham Parish Constable.
The play was directed by Val Pirie for The Tarrystone Players as part of Cookham Festival.
A new comedy, written by local playwright Jonathan Yates, the play was based on the real-life diaries of a 19th Century Cookham Parish Constable, William Gibbins and set to the music of Gilbert & Sullivan, with suitably irreverent words, including such favorites as I Am The Very Model of A Cookham Parish Constable, A Wandering Villain I, A Poor Farmer’s Lot Is Not A Happy One and Joanna’s solo finale: I Have A Song To Sing O
Kevin Cruise Halloween Show,
Old Court Theatre, Windsor
In October 2023, Joanna teamed up again with
Martin Cabble-Reid aka Basil Brush aka Kevin Cruise
as part of his Halloween Comedy Show.
The show featured a cameo appearance by Joanna
, with Kevin as a Pirate king and Joanna as his long lost piratess lady-love. The show also featured a solo performance by Joanna singing The Music o9f the Night from Phantom of the Opera and Memory from Cats.
Historical Re-enactments
Joanna is available for historic events at Stately Homes, Castles, Historical Reenactments etc
Costumes include:
Roman
Elizabethan
Baroque / Jacobean
Georgian / 18th Century
Victorian / 19th century
Regency / Jane Austen
Historical Re-enactments
I have an interest in historical costume and possess a number of period costumes, suitable for historic events at Stately Homes, Castles, Historical Reenactments etc
Costumes include:
Roman
Elizabethan
Baroque / Jacobean
Georgian / 18th Century
Victorian / 19th century
Regency / Jane Austen