A ‘BEAUTIFUL story’ about the bonds between mothers and daughters kicks off the new season of A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Oran Mor this month.
Actor Christina Strachan admits personal experience of being a mum to two girls has helped her get in character for Forever Home, Pauline Lockhart’s play about identity and family., and they’ve always told you everything, but suddenly you have to drag every last bit of information out of them…”In Forever Home, Christina plays the mum of a girl she adopted when she was three.
“Caitlin is now 16, and her birth family want to be in her life, so it’s all about the struggles she is facing as she finds her feet,” says Christina. “It’s a beautiful, beautiful story, written and directed by women, and acted by women… so much womanhood, it’s wonderful, and very emotional.
“The credits always used to say, ‘featuring children from the Italia Conti school of dance’ and I remember saying to my mum, that’s where I want to go,” she laughs.She adds, with a smile: “I never did make it on to the variety shows, though.”, Christina studied acting at Queen Margaret College in Edinburgh, and since then has worked all over the country and around the world.
Known primarily for her stage work, in the likes of Aladdin at Perth Theatre, Shopping for Shoes with Visible Fictions and Macbeth , she has also had roles in TV and
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