Harriet is an actress and graduated from ALRA in 2015. She was a panellist for the Olivier Awards 2016. Since graduating she has performed in Valhalla at Theatre 503 & was recently in Phil Willmott's adaptation of Fear and Misery of the Third Reich at the Union Theatre.
By Harriet Grenville Monday, July 18 2016, 09:37
Menier Chocolate Factory is currently home to Fiasco Theater’s Off-Broadway production of the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine musical, Into The Woods. This company of actor-musicians demonstrates story-telling and ensemble work at its finest. The 10 performers multi-role excellently, with a particularly amusing turn from bearded Andy Grotelueschen, transforming between Jack’s female cow Milky White with a baby’s milk bottle for an udder, to an Ugly Step-Sister with a floral curtain rail as a dress, as well as playing Rapunzel’s cock-sure prince on a hobby horse.
By Harriet Grenville Wednesday, July 6 2016, 07:15
The Old Red Lion is currently housing Ffion Jones’debut play, Ugly Lovely, in which she also plays the lead role Shell, a 26-year-old Swansea girl with a 3 year old son living with his grandmother, and an absent promiscuous boyfriend. Presented by theatre company Velvet Trumpet, the play’s message is loud and clear, as it shines spotlight on the bleak futures of working class Swansea girls.
By Harriet Grenville Tuesday, July 5 2016, 12:51
With Sheridan Smith extending her time off from Funny Girl, it really is the year of the understudies, and Natasha J Barnes is no exception to the recent run of impressive cover performances.
Smith was definitely the star attraction for Funny Girl with the original run at the Menier Chocolate Factory selling out in just 24 hours.
By Harriet Grenville Wednesday, May 25 2016, 12:20
In Steph Smith’s Royal Court debut, nature is revolting and it feels somewhat like a modern day Hitchcock crisis. Reminiscent of The Birds, a pigeon splattering through a living-room window opens the show, and from here, these incidents worsen. 90 birds flock over a garden decking, foxes are dropping dead and mice are eating themselves. Disease infects the animals and fear infects the people, whilst each of the six interconnected characters reacts in a different way.
By Harriet Grenville Thursday, February 25 2016, 14:09
The theatre company Complicite are known for their dedication to long periods of research and wide reach of collaboration, to devise innovative, imaginative theatre and THE ENCOUNTER, Simon McBurney’s latest offering currently playing at the Barbican, is no exception.
