It wasn’t an Irish premiere or a gala opening night but that didn’t stop the paparazzi from swarming the Spirit venue for last night’s performance of the Vagina Monologues. The strange thing was that a few of the paps were complaining that there were too many paps there! What did they expect for a Monday night in
The three glamorous girls treading the boards were English actress Fenella Fielding, top model Glenda Gilson and Norma Sheehan, star of RTE’s drama The Clinic, all of whom looked stunning in black evening gowns. The chemistry between them was obvious and it added to the overall joy of the show.
Fielding, who has had an extensive TV and film career, was a joy to behold with her cheeky gravely voice and exaggerated pronunciations. I found out today that the woman is in her 70’s. Fantastic! The blonde haired Sheehan injected some characters into the show with a good variety of accents and an explosive end to proceedings.
All eyes, and long focus lenses, were on Gilson, who made her debut in her first acting role. Her performance was really engaging and will only get better as she becomes more comfortable in the role. This could be a really great new career direction for her and I hope she pursues it.
I spotted Astrid Brennan with Gemma Kelly, TV3 presenter Collette Fitzpatrick, the gorgeous Siobhan O’Connor and Triona McCarthy, who had just flown in from
Anne Boylan was there with Shirley Beere, model Vivienne Connolly was there to support her pal Glenda and TV presenter Pamela Flood and model Andrea Roche were also checking out the show as they will be starring in it at a later stage. And just so you don’t think it was a girl’s night out, I also saw Ross Robertson, Andrew Rudd, Michael Sharpe and show director Michael Scott there too!
The Vagina Monologues will run until the 1st of April with a percentage from every ticket going to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.
