From the West End to the Big Screen, Home Renos & a Wardrobe Malfunction Nobody Saw Coming
About this episode
Courtney Mae Briggs shares her experiences as a West End performer and mother, discussing her role in the Wicked film and the challenges of house renovations.
West End performer. Wicked film cast member. House renovation survivor. And our kind of person. This week Cara and Bronagh are joined by the brilliant Courtney Mae Briggs — West End actress, content creator, mum to two year old Minnie, and the woman who played the mum in the Wicked film alongside Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. Yes, really. And somehow we nearly got through the whole episode without anyone realising quite how major that is. Courtney tells us about growing up in Surrey, training at drama college and going straight into work — including the original London cast of Hamilton, Back to the Future the Musical, In the Heights and Strictly Ballroom. She opens up about what it's actually like doing eight shows a week in the West End, the adrenaline of coming offstage at half ten in Covent Garden and immediately going out, and the surreal experience of filming Wicked — singing live on set, doing the whole duet sequence in one Steadicam take, and her costume ripping between takes while sixty crew members stood watching. Oh, and she once farted on stage during Hamilton and the skirt wafted it directly into the audience. 1200 people. She's fine about it now. House…
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