DOROTHY JOHNSTONEBorn in Aberdeen (quite a long time ago), Dorothy reckons she knew the words of
most of the G&S songs as well as she knew her nursery rhymes as both parents were members of the Aberdeen Opera Company, so an interest in amateur theatre was very much part of her upbringing. She too performed with Aberdeen Opera Company and Aberdeen Lyric before moving to Hong Kong where she performed with the Hong Kong Singers. Arriving in Edinburgh in 1980 she joined the Southern Light Opera company and has appeared in all but 3 of their productions since then. She has also appeared with Tempo, Allegro, Bohemians and the Twilighters. She recently received a NODA award for 50 years active service to amateur theatre (she started at a very early age) and throughout her career has been fortunate in playing many fabulous principal roles of varying genres in G&S, operetta and musicals old and new. In her younger days Dorothy enjoyed playing parts such as The Quaker Girl, the red haired Anne (Anne of Green Gables), Mi (Land of Smiles), Adele (Die Fledermaus), Valencienne (The Merry Widow), Manon (Land of Smiles) and many more but more recently has played mature character roles her favourites being Anna (King and I), Mrs. Blitztein (Blitz), Felicia Gabrielle (Witches of Eastwick), Yente (Fiddler on the Roof), Dorothy Brock (42nd Street), Mrs. Potts (Beauty and The Beast), Mother Superior in the Scottish premiere of Sister Act, Vera (Stepping Out), Mrs Tottendale (The Drowsy Chaperone), Mrs. Strauss (Titanic) to name but a very few of her favourites. One regret - she has never appeared in a production of My Fair Lady and would loved to have played Eliza. Although SLO are presenting My Fair Lady in March, alas the Eliza days are well past!! Dorothy has always had a love for drama and has appeared in several plays in the past with Leitheatre and Southern Light Drama including the dramatic Pack of Lies, various Arthur Miller plays and the more light-hearted Alan Ayckbourn comedies. She is very much looking forward to being part of Threepenny Theatricals production of Dear Brutus. Dorothy is the NODA representative for Edinburgh and Lothians and enjoys supporting amateur theatre in the District. |
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