GREETINGS TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO VISIT THE MAGGIE KIRKPATRICK WEBSITE !

Hello and welcome. It has been suggested by my dear friend Rob Cope that I make another small contribution to the web site. So here goes:

Firstly on the work front things have been very quiet...too quiet for my liking. The year began most successfully with a wonderful production of my all time favourite play, The Shoehorn Sonata by John Misto. I first performed in this wonderfully moving play in 1995 here in Sydney and then in 1996 at the King's Head Theatre in London with Susannah York. This is a heartwarming tale of two women who survived the Japanese prison camps of WW2 and are reunited after 50 years when a documentary is being made of those horrific times. My character, Bridie was an Australian Army nurse who rescued Sheila, a young English schoolgirl when their ships were sunk in the South China Seas. Together they see each other through the horrors of one of the most infamous camps of the period. Not much was ever told about this period in our history because the British and Australian authorities of the time felt that it would reflect badly on them (the men) if word got out about the horrors that ' their women of the Empire ' were subjected to. This is possibly my favourite role of all that I've played in 43 years as an actress. I also feel honoured to tell the story of remarkable women enduring some of the darkest times in our history. I'm happy to report that as a result of this year's successful tour, we are mounting the same production in early 2005 and once again Belinda Giblin and I will take this award winning play to the people of NSW.

For any fans in Australia, here are some dates that may interest you :

February 14th to February 26th  :  Glen Street Theatre
March 1st to March 12th  :  Q Theatre Penrith
March 15th to March 19th  :  IPAC Wollongong
23rd March  :  Bathurst Ent. Centre
30th March  :  Jetty Theatre. Coff's Harbour
1st April & 2nd April  :  Manning Ent. Centre, Taree
5th April to 9th April  :  Parramatta Riverside Theatres

Sorry about you good people scattered across the globe....maybe you'll have holidays then and will seek me out.

On the television front, it has also been too too quiet, but by now my friends in Australia and the U.K. will have seen the Home & Away episodes which were shot  last year. Yes, how about that? Another Prison!!! From the episodes that you have seen so far, you will know that my character is called The Guv....for obvious reasons. However as the plot thickens and I re appear (yes, even in Summer Bay ) you will discover that my name is Viv. So far my work has been with the delightful Tammin Sursok who plays Dani......but as we progress, you will see me inter acting with an old stalwart of the show...and a dear old friend of mine, personally. More than that I will not reveal......just wait and see!

One bright little moment in my otherwise dull life was to 'put down' as they say in the recording biz, a track with Todd Mckenney on his new CD For those of you who aren't familiar with Todd's work, he was the creator of the role of Peter Allen in the smash hit musical The Boy from Oz and with an enormously successful career in musical theatre he was also one of the stars of Singin' in the Rain which I had the great good fortune to do a couple of years ago.

I'm afraid I don't have much more to tell you this time but as the year moves on I still hold hopes to come to the U.K again....havent a clue when, but I'd dearly love to do a panto sometime and then I'd be able to say Hi to all those terrific fans who have supported me over the years.

So, be happy my dear friends and thank you once again for your support.

Warmest good wishes to you all.

Maggie

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