Featured Member - December 2003/January 2004

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Last but not least for 2003, our featured member for December is Di Ryman.
Di has been a member of MTC for over 10 years and has loved every minute of her involvement with the company. A native of Wales, it was singing in school choirs and a series of eccentric English Literature teachers that gave Di her first taste of stage life. Her first English teacher (physically reminiscent of Cruella de Ville!) forced this shy 9 year-old into the role of a mad witch in the school Christmas Panto. Screaming curses and cackling like an old crone released the innate Thespian and she was shy no longer! Various roles in school plays, especially Sheridan and Shakespeare, cemented her love of theatre but it wasn’t until she emigrated to Western Australia that she was able to give full rein to her theatrical inclination.
Di is proud to say she was one of the founder members of NATS (Newman Amateur Theatrical Society) in 1982 along with Les Hart and two other MTC members Val Riches and Ian Ferguson. A few years of Music Hall with St Michael’s Anglican Church in Booragoon gave her a wide variety of roles ranging from a Kalgoorlie ‘lady of the night’ (played with great gusto!) to wild pirate to numerous comedy skits. Di has also acted at the Old Mill Theatre. Her debut role at MTC was in “When We Were Married” and since then Di has played in numerous productions such as “Sinbad”, “Stepping Out”, “Trial by Jury”, “Cole” and “Out of the Frying Pan” for which, together with Siobhan Donald, she won an award at the ITA Dramafest for dealing with a difficult text.
Di has served in a variety of MTC Committee roles over the years and loves to be involved in all areas of the theatre. Lighting and sound technician, costumes, front-of-house, set building, painting and decorating whatever needs attacking with a paintbrush, it’s all part of the terrific teamwork needed to keep our community theatre going and she loves it all.
A truly committed member of our Company. Thank you Di!

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