Profile: Helen Ashbourne
Loft credits (click a play title to view details)
- Q, Handbagged (2018)
- Jessie, Calendar Girls - The Second Showing (2013)
- Jessie, Calendar Girls (2013)
- Head, Daisy Pulls it Off (2011)
- Rita, Brassed Off (2009)
- Auntie Eileen, The Cripple of Inishmaan (2006)
- Mrs Reed, Jane Eyre (2005)
- Mrs Organ Morgan/Mrs Dai Bread One, Under Milk Wood (2003)
- Mrs Celia Peachum, The Threepenny Opera (2003)
- Leader of the Chorus, The Theban Plays (2002)
- Eleanor, No Sex Please, We’re British (2000)
- Mrs Fitzpatrick, Tom Jones (1999)
- Lettice Willis, Absolute Hell (1997)
- Anne Hilgay, Shadows of the Evening (1996)
- Beatrice Lacey, Rebecca (1996)
- Herodias, Salomé (1995)
- Mrs Boyle, Whose Life is it Anyway? (1995)
- Pallas Athena, The Trojan Women (1994)
- Lady Caroline Pontefract, A Woman of No Importance (1993)
- Mrs Ernest W. Stanley, The Man Who Came to Dinner (1993)
- Lady Windermere, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime (1991)
- Clare Wedderburn/Mabel Grace, Tonight at 8.30 (1990)
- Clare Beaumont, Daisy Pulls it Off (1989)
- Natella Abashwili/Aniko, The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1989)
- Servant, The House of Bernarda Alba (1988)
- Gertrude Potts, Caught Napping (1987)
- Helen Kroger, Pack of Lies (1987)
- Sylvia Gibbons, This Happy Breed (1986)
- Mrs Sowter, The Happiest Days of Your Life (1985)
- Penelope Toop, See How They Run (1982)
- Myra Arundel, Hay Fever (1981)
- Fraulein Kost, Cabaret (1981)
- Raissa Filipovna, The Suicide (1981)
- Freda Caplan, Dangerous Corner (1980)
- Chorus, Vintage Porter (1979)
- Beryl/Mrs Pearce/Bernice/Lucy, Confusions (1979)
- Constance Middleton, The Constant Wife (1979)
- Olivia, The Chalk Garden (1978)
- Lady Windermere, Lady Windermere’s Fan (1977)
- Olga, Three Sisters (1976)
- Jean Tanner, Separate Tables (1976)
- Henrietta Winchmore, For Love of Love (1975)
- The Queen, The Tinder Box (1975)
- Liz, The Miser (1974)
- Sarah Undershaft, Major Barbara (1971)
- Chief Stoat/White Rabbit, Toad of Toad Hall (1971)
Notes
Helen has performed many musical roles with Spa Opera Group, Leamington and Warwick Musical Society and Spa Theatre Company. As one of our leading production photographers for many years, she has helped create a permanent record of countless Loft shows.
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