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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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