SHARING WITH ME

Was it in 1952 when I saw Gene Kelly’s film « Singing in the Rain » ? The year it came out?  With artists that today’s generation probably don’t know. Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor. On Friday night, I saw the first (well perhaps not ) stage musical. The first in Paris. That is for sure. I’m far from being a nostalgic person, but at the end of the show, my eyes were slightly damp!!! Why so? The film was a revolution for me. That is what l wanted to do. Become a musical comedy actress. The acting part certainly had to do with my Mother who had been a famous stage, screen, radio and author in Australia before she left for France. I could do something better….dance and sing. Until I left for France to finish my studies and join the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, every spare minute of my time was spent in singing and dancing to musical comedies in our lounge room. It was a big space and left me a lot of room to develop my dance routines, learn t