SISTER ACT AS AUTHOR CONJURES UP WICKEDLY FUNNY FAMILY MEM
did when I found out my partner had cheated,” she says with a glint in her eye.
“But I can say I opted for a more conventional revenge. I resorted to a Facebook rant.”
She adds, laughing: “Who needs witchcraft when you can call up the powers of social media?”
The oldest member of the cast, Sheena Penson, plays Granny in the play.
“She’s a mad Irish woman from Donegal,” says the actress smiling.
“She’s quite tough. But right now the challenge is to get the accent right, but I’m getting there.”
Granny directs the spells during the black mass.
“She speaks Irish Gaelic as well. Writer Des Dillon has been writing it out for me phonetically. And it’s quite a challenge.
“But what’s really great about the play is the family dynamics.”
Sheena has an unplaceable accent. “My father was in the army but we moved around a lot.
“I attended six different schools as a youngster. But we always came back to Glasgow for holidays.”
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