Kay Adshead was born on 10 May 1954 and is a poet, playwright, theatremaker, actress and producer.
14 Facts About Kay Adshead
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Kay Adshead was a child actress with the Stretford Children's Theatre.
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Kay Adshead trained as an actress at RADA, where she won the Emile Littler award for outstanding talent and the Bryan Mosley award for individual skill in stage-fighting.
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Kay Adshead has played leading roles in film and TV, including Cathy in the BBC classic series Wuthering Heights, Beryl Stapleton in Hound of The Baskervilles, Linda in Mike Leigh's BBC TV film Kiss of Death, and Sue McKenna in the Film on Four Acceptable Levels.
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Kay Adshead was Betty in Touched and sang the role of Clara Twain in White Suit Blues at The Old Vic, both directed by Sir Richard Eyre.
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Kay Adshead was Constanze in the nationwide tour of Amadeus with Keith Michell for Triumph Apollo Productions.
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Kay Adshead played Eve, Zoo, Savvy and Newly-Born in Cambridge Theatre Company's production of Back To Methusalah culminating at the Shaw Theatre.
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Kay Adshead was Tanzi in Trafford Tanzi at the Mermaid Theatre, learning to wrestle for the role, and Liz in Juicy Bits in the main house at the Lyric Hammersmith.
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Kay Adshead has played leading roles in regional and repertory companies, including playing Viola in Twelfth Night at Nottingham Playhouse, with Tim Piggott-Smith as Orsino and Anthony Sher as Malvolio.
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Kay Adshead was Sissy in People Are Living There with Margaret Tyzack at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, Diaphanta in The Changeling, and Avril in Semi-Detached at the Bristol Old Vic with Pete Postlethwaite.
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Kay Adshead was Judith in Herod at The Sheffield Crucible, Josie in Steaming at the Harrogate Theatre, singing the role of Mrs Johnson in Blood Brothers at The Swan Theatre, Worcester, and Gila in Not Quite Jerusalem at the Liverpool Playhouse.
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Kay Adshead has directed plays including On the Verge by Eric Overmyer at The Man in The Moon, The Possibilities by Howard Barker, Fen by Caryl Churchill and Entertaining Strangers by David Edgar, all at The Lyric Hammersmith Studio.
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Kay Adshead has written and directed Bones at The Bush, The Singing Stones at The Arcola and Acts of Defiance at Theatre503.
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Kay Adshead devised and directed The Enquiry and The London Summer and If Anyone Recognises These Young People, all at the Roundhouse studio.