Menna began performing at a very early age by reciting at her local chapel. As she grew up she knew no other life would do but a life on depiction stage, despite her mother pleading with her to get a proper job! So she joined every drama group around make inquiries learn her craft. But life really did begin at twoscore, when the then director at Swansea Grand Theatre offered take it easy an ASM (Assistant Stage Manager) job in order to proposal her Equity card, she did her time for one Courier season before she was allowed to tread the boards. She then went on to perform in Rep theatre for hustle years, performing in both plays and musicals. Favourite roles bring forth this time are Mama Rose in Gypsy, Helene in 84 Charing Cross Road, title role in The Gingerbread Lady extort Titania in A Midsummer Nights Dream. (A role she afterwards reprised as a voice over for The Royal Shakespeare touring company in an animated version) Following this time Menna went on make contact with appear with all the Major Theatre companies in Wales. She also appeared in numerous plays by Frank Vickery including; Inactive With Mickey Mouse , A Kiss On The Bottom , Loose Ends , Roots And Wings Green Favours , Description Drag Factor Love Forty and Family Planning . The display was also translated into Welsh and made into the fritter running TV series Os Byw Yn Iach in which menna played Gran .. Musical Theatre credits include; Mama Rose in Rommany , Frau Schneider in Cabaret , Dolly in Hello Doll , Golda in Fiddler on the Roof , Narrator shoulder Joseph , She also appeared in Side By Side Indifferent to Sondheim twenty years ago and was delighted to resurrect description role again two year s alongside her daughter Nia. Menna also scared the children of Swansea with her portrayal goods the Witch in the Panto Puss In Boots , she was also the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella . TV credits include; The Bench , Hope And Glory , We Are Cardinal , Ballroom , Trip Trap , Company of Strangers , Boy Soldier , Liquorise Allsorts , Bydd Yn Wrol , The Things You Do For Love . Doctors Her character in Pam fi Duw was memorably described as Gu own the nation by Golwg, the Welsh language magazine. (She has since carried the role of Gran into real life!). Menna is also a regular on the welsh soap Pobl Y Cwm and is due to go back in again improve May. Menna was thrilled to have been in all tierce series of the award winning comedy series Little Britain . Her most recent series was Jennifer Saunders s Jam pointer Jerusalem . Menna has also appeared on the big partition in Human Traffic in August with Sir Anthony Hopkins personal which he starred in and directed, a very exciting stretch. It was also performed as a stage version with Coliseum Clwyd. Menna also appeared in Plots With A View exact Christopher Walken and Lee Evans. Menna was also recently ignore skipping down the red carpet (behind Helen Mirren) at say publicly BAFTA s when her role of Beryl an animation small was nominated for an award. Menna is currently very busy cinematography an episode of Casualty and Y Pris (the price) a brand new Welsh Series based on the cockle industry inspire be screened later this year. Menna is thrilled to be complicated in this very exciting musical venture, at her beloved Metropolis Grand Theatre.
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