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Originally a member of Playcraft, before the merger with
CDS, Sarah’s first role in Canterbury was Lady Macbeth,
an interesting interpretation since she was three months pregnant
at the time of the performance. Since then she has also acted
in:
- “Old Times” - Pinter
- “My Mother Said I Never Should” - Keatley
- “La Ronde”
- Schnitzler
- “The Lover” - Pinter (with Playmakers)
- “Ruffian on the Stair” – Orton (with
Playmakers)
- “Season’s
Greetings” - Ayckbourn
- “When We Are Married” - Priestley
- “The Last Yankee” Miller (with Ashcan)
- “Desire Under the Elms” – Eugene O’Neill
- “Whose Life is it Anyway?” - Clark
- “Promised Land” (Community Opera, Canterbury
Festival 2006)
On the other side of the curtain Sarah has worked in most
areas of production over the years. She has stage managed
for the Players and is planning to direct her first play for
them in the near future.
Before moving to Canterbury, Sarah was actively involved
in amateur theatre in Norwich, particularly at the Maddermarket
Theatre. Her favourite roles from that period include Kattrin
in “Mother Courage”, the title role in “Miss
Julie”, Win Littlewit in “Bartholomew Fair”,
Titania/Hippolyta in “The Dream” and the title
role in “Lysistrata”. Sarah also acted professionally
at that time although she feels she got better parts when
she wasn’t being paid! This influenced her decision
to stick with acting as a hobby and earn money doing something
more reliable. Currently this is teaching numeracy to adults.
Sarah is married and has a 9 year old son. She is continually
grateful to her family for their support of her involvement
with theatre.
SARAH GOOCH'S REVIEWS:
"Pinter's characteristically empty dialogue between the frumpish, middle-aged
seaside couple played convincingly by Patrick Folkard and Sarah Gooch."
(The Birthday Party reviewed
by Elaine Godden, Kentish Gazette.)
"This was a resoundingly successful production of a play that could,
without the company's dramatic skills, have floundered in the first act."
"Sarah Gooch played May with harrowing conviction...."
(The
Accrington Pals reviewed by Elaine Godden, Kentish Gazette.)
"This was an adventurous undertaking and the Players once again exhibited
their exhilirating grasp of a challenge and professional skills in realising its
success."
(La Ronde, reviewed by Elaine Godden, Kentish
Gazette.)
"This is no romanticised view of childhood and this came over convincingly
in the performances by all the actors........... .............. who took on this
difficult task and rose to the challenge."
(Blue Remembered Hills reviewed by Sian Napier,
Kentish Gazette.)
"Sarah Gooch, mistress of comedy, could have
given Beatrice a touch more subtlety, but nevertheless commanded the stage in
her scenes."
(Much Ado About Nothing reviewed by Annie
De Lodge, Kentish Gazette.)
"In Sarah Gooch’s production there was a full
cast but with a minimal but effective set and no props at all it must still have
been a daunting enterprise. Nevertheless, it was directed with indisputable success."
(TWO, reviewed by Diane Ogleden.)
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