An Audience with May McFettridge

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Linehan invented the name and the character by ad libbing — the first name being that of his mother-in-law and the surname being that of an Antrim hurler by the name of Olcan McFettridge, whose exploits in a National Hurling League game had made headlines in the local newspaper, The Irish News, which happened to be beside Linehan when put on the spot. Frosch, like May, would be fond of the bottle and usually ends up involved in mishaps and mayhem sprinkled with confusion and bewilderment. They turned round to me and said I was on in six minutes, not 60, and I was standing in a three-piece suit and with 12 seconds to go I was stood in front of the camera as May saying ‘Hello Toronto, how are you. When asked about the turnaround between A Happy Medium wrapping, and the start of rehearsals for Snow White, John shared a notable admission. This Christmas May will play the Nurse in the Opera House's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, with Swedish blonde Britt Eklund and former skating champion Robin Cousins cast in the unenviable roles of the celebrity sacrificial lambs.

Make your festive experience one to remember with a choice of three panto packages perfect for little ones and grown ups. Paddy Jenkins, as Mr Potts, Georgia Lennon, as Belle, Ben Richards, who will play the role of the Beast and May McFettridge, as Mrs Potts Picture Matt Mackey / Press Eye. Thanks again to John Linehan (and May McFettridge) for taking the time to share their story with us. County Down soprano Maria McGrann (Adele) is a graduate of Queen’s University Belfast and the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin. Dresden-born Stephan Loges, who will perform the role of Falke, has given recitals throughout the world, including regular appearances at Wigmore Hall, London as well as Carnegie Hall, New York, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Vienna Konzerthaus, Klavierfestival Ruhr, La Monnaie Brussels, Schleswig-Holstein Festival, Santiago de Compostela, BBC Radio 3 and the Musée d’Orsay, Paris.The panto is staged by Olivier award-winning producer Michael Harrison on behalf of Crossroads Pantomimes, the biggest pantomime producer in the world. is the 145th anniversary of the premiere of Die Fledermaus, having first been performed in Vienna in 1874.

Staged by the world’s largest pantomime producer, Qdos Entertainment, the pantomime follows the story of Belle as she finds herself transported to a cursed castle and held captive by a hideous Beast. William Caulfield, who has cruised the world with his stand-up show, will regale the audience with stories of everyday life from home and abroad in his hilarious homegrown style.Cinderella could be looking for her lost slipper, and May might stumble onto the scene to tell an audience member they'd a face like a slapped arse. David Hull Promotions, one of Northern Ireland’s leading Entertainment Agencies for over 30 years, co-produced the performance. He is a former winner of Les Azuriales Opera prize, the Guildhall School’s English song prize, NI Opera’s inaugural Festival of Voice. I recognised him from the Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime in which he stole the show with his humour; timing and sense of fun. It’s a brilliant comedy of male paranoia, bringing out the absurdity of man’s egomania and obsessions with sexual potency, conquests and status.

The night before the performance, he went with John Linehan, aka May McFettridge, to look at the mural (above) on the Donegall Road. Deep in rehearsals for his role as the psychic Belfast woman, it’s only been a matter of weeks since John kicked off May’s heels after treading the boards in her latest role as the Fairy Godmother in Grand Opera House in Cinderella in January.That made me wonder; why don't we look at what we do everyday in our working lives and seek to understand our hidden talents.

And, I think that in bringing May McFettridge to perform opera in the Opera House, Belfast will get a debut as noteworthy as Pavarotti’s here back in 1963.I play a wee woman who finds out she’s clairvoyant and all the spirits come through her… brandy, whiskey and vodka,” said John laughing. On 2 December 2014, John was presented on stage with a bust of May McFettridge to mark his 25th consecutive year of performing at the Grand Opera House's pantomime. I just found it so hard last year," he admitted to Belfast Live, speaking in the Grand Opera House after a matinee performance of Goldilocks.