Here is a conversation between David Smith and Kirsty Bushel, who portrayed Beatrice at the Headlong Theatre production of A View From the Bridge at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton that is reviewed in this issue. This production later transferred to Chichester Festival and then to the Rose Theatre.
Though known to many through her television work on shows such as EastEnders (1985), Life Isn’t All Ha Ha Hee Hee (2005), and Really (2006), actor, director, writer, and teacher Kirsty Bushel has toured around the world and appeared on stages throughout the United Kingdom, including leading roles at Sheffield’s Crucible, Birmingham Rep, Barbican, the Globe Theatre, the Royal Court, National, and RSC, as well as in the West End. She has also performed in much classical theater, including Richard III, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, King Lear, The Cherry Orchard, Hedda Gabler, and Antigone, to name but a few. She...
