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Victoria Finney

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Victoria Finney is a British actress on stage, screen and radio.[1] On TV, she is best known as Louise Richards in Families from 1990 to 1993. Finney has also performed in the TV series The Grand, Children's Ward, The Bill and Holby City. On stage, she has appeared in Shakespeare and in contemporary plays, to critical acclaim: "outstanding .... her performance ... steals the show";[2] "excellent performance with [her] exhibition of strong and dignified womanhood";[1] "Finney ... plays Kath with quiet assurance and wit".[3] She is married to theatre producer Julian Crouch.

Selected stage performances

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Year Title Role Theatre
1993 And All Because the Lady Loves ... Kath The Cockpit[3]
1996 Wild Honey Grekova Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough[4]
1996 Dealing With Clair Clair Scarborough in the Round[5]
1997 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Helena English Shakespeare Company touring production[6][7][8]
1998 – 1999 The House of Bernarda Alba Amelia Theatre Royal, Bath[9]
2000 The Winter's Tale Hermione/Mopsa Southwark Playhouse, London[10][1]
2018 Sound House Daphne Oram Flea Theater[2][11]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Halliburton, Rachel (27 July 2000). "Engaging twist in the tale". The Standard. London. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b HINDELL, Juliet (23 February 2018). "A Pioneering Electronic Composer as Grist for Theater, Music and Movement". The Tribeca Trib. Manhattan, New York City.
  3. ^ a b Bassett, Kate (12 June 1993). "Hard nuts with soft centres". The Times (The Times Digital Archive). London, England. p. 14[S]. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  4. ^ Murgatroyd, Simon. "Plays Directed: Wild Honey". Alan Ayckbourn. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  5. ^ Murgatroyd, Simon. "90s Plays: Dealing With Clair (1996)". Theatre in the Round. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Shakespeare: Midsummer Night's Dream, A". British Universities Film & Video Council. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  7. ^ Shuttleworth, Ian. "Review of ENGLISH SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: Beowulf/A Midsummer Night's Dream". Financial Times: 8 March 1997. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  8. ^ Bayley, Clare (11 March 1997). "Get the magic on tape". The Times (The Times Digital Archive). London, England. p. 38. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Plays: The House of Bernarda Alba". Theatricalia. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  10. ^ Holland, Peter (2002). Shakespeare Survey: Volume 55, King Lear and Its Afterlife: An Annual Survey of Shakespeare Studies and Production. Cambridge University Press. p. 334. ISBN 9780521815871. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  11. ^ Vincentelli, Elisabeth (26 February 2018). "In 2 New Plays, Sound Design Is Front and Center (for a Change)". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
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