Photograph by Pete Le May.
Kim has enjoyed a long and successful career as an actor and director in theatre, television and cruise ship cabaret. She is probably best known for playing Private Helga in all 96 episodes of the enormously successful television comedy ‘Allo ‘Allo.
Kim’s season with the RSC came after an initial interview with Greg Doran followed by a 9 month wait while she wondered whether her previous season in pantomime was viewed positively in Stratford. In fact panto had been a perfect preparation for the part of Climax in the hugely popular farcical comedy ‘Vice Versa’.
A very different play was soon in the offing, Christopher Marlowe’s Dido Queen of Carthage. Kim described the part of nurse as ‘Climax after rehab!’ Kim gave us an insight into Marlowe’s awareness of the pain of unrequited love and the technical challenge of building a functioning water curtain on stage.
Kim’s busy schedule includes co ownership of Quinton Arts with her husband, director and actor John Nolan.She has worked in many West End productions as well as cabaret on cruise ships. The seven year full time commitment to ‘Allo ‘Allo is at an end and Kim is looking forward to a family Christmas before she returns to work in the theatre.
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