Natasha Wood: Rolling with Laughter
A One Woman Play
Performance in aid of The Jennifer Trust
Sunday 30th March 2008 at 7:30pm
Her Majesty's Theatre, in London's West End
Natasha Wood has had it all - amazing jobs, a fairytale marriage, loving family, a jet-set life. The only thing is she's had to live that life from the confines of a wheelchair, having been born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a genetic disorder which has meant she's too weak to even pick up a pint of milk. But nothing stands in the way of this bawdy, brazen woman's full-frontal assault on life and it's a story that she's now sharing with the world in a hilarious one woman play, Rolling with Laughter.
Co-written by Natasha and Beverley Sanders, this autobiographical show is an empowering and unique story that offers a singular take on life, lingerie and love - with a little disability sprinkled on top. From her Midlands childhood spent working on her quirky parents' market stall selling underwear, through her romance and marriage to her glamorous job as a TV production manager at the BBC, Natasha will take you on a ride of a lifetime with a few tears but a lot of laughter.
Just returned from a critically acclaimed three-week run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Natasha is preparing for a one night charity performance of Rolling with Laughter at Her Majesty's Theatre in London's West End on 30th March 2008 in aid of The Jennifer Trust, the UK SMA Association. The play has also been performed for six weeks in Los Angeles where it received rave reviews and a flurry of media coverage including a live broadcast on Fox News. This story of derring-do, death, divorce and disability never fails to move its audience - if they're not laughing, they're crying. Natasha describes herself as "the luckiest girl in the world". Once you've seen this show you can't fail to agree!
Booking Your Tickets
Tickets are now on sale for the West End FULL VERSION of Rolling with Laughter. The performance is on Sunday 30th March 2008 at 6:30pm at Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, London.
Box Office (24 hours): 0870 890 0143
On-line: www.seetickets.com
Further Information
Cameron Watson (Director): Watson's debut feature film as writer/director/producer, "Our Very Own," starring Allison Janney, Jason Ritter, Cheryl Mines, Keith Carradine, Beth Grant, Faith Prince and Autumn Reeser World Premiered at the 2005 Los Angeles Film Festival. The movie has won awards at numerous film festivals around the country and was recently picked up by Miramax films who with Disney will be releasing it on DVD this summer. Last year he directed the North American stage premiere of Dodie Smith's "I Capture the Castle" in LA. The play received 6 LA Stage Alliance Ovation nominations in 2006.
Beverly Sanders (Co-author) is an actress who studied with Lee Strasberg has appeared in films, television and theatre for many years. Eight years ago she wrote and performed her own award winning one woman play - a true story, "Yes Sir, That's My Baby." After a successful run in Los Angeles, and Circle Rep Festival in New York, she was approached by the Dean of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) to teach a One Person Show class in their extension program. Throughout her career Sanders has appeared in over 75 television shows and commercials including regular roles on both "Mary Tyler Moore" and "Rhoda".
Critical Aclaim
"...the story of an ordinary life made extraordinary by circumstance, told with such a strongly personable delivery that you leave the room believing you have just spent an hour in the company of a close friend",
-The Stage
"Extraordinary.... Touching...long may she roll"
-Metro
"....sharply written...affirms life..,..has depth, wit, humour and Irony"
-Fringereview.com
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