Shona made her professional debut at the age of eleven in the title role of Annie and went
on to play numerous children’s roles in both theatre and television including playing the
role of Barbara Boyer in The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole and The Growing Pains
of Adrian Mole for Thames Television. She left school to join the company of
Crossroads for Central TV, playing the role of Sara Briggs for two years. To mark the
end of Crossroads Shona released the single “Goodbye” for RCA/BMG.
Theatre roles include: Dixie in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Crescent Theatre, Birmingham;
Suzanne Walter in The Wicked World of Bel Ami, Theatre Royal, Stratford East;
Christine in The Phantom Of The Opera at Her Majesty’s (in 1991 she was the
youngest actress to play this role); the roles of Lady Townley in The Prevoked Husband and Vickey Hobson in Hobson’s Choice, both New End Theatre; Gilmer in Godspell at the
Barbican; the role of Kathy Seldon opposite Paul Nicholas in a national tour of Singin’ In
The Rain; Sandy in Grease at both the Dominion and Cambridge Theatre; Shona
created the role of Monica in the premiere of I Love You You’re Perfect Now Change at the Comedy Theatre.
Other theatre includes: the role of Milly in the national tour of
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers; Dorothy in the national tour of Murdered To
Death; Mrs Pankhurst in Oh What A Lovely War!, Derby Playhouse.Julia Carrington in
The Mating Game at The Mill at Sonning and most recently Emma Carew in Jeckyll &
Hyde.
Feature film’s include playing the role of Jacqui Charles in Telephone Detectives followed
by the role of Dawn in Blush for 5th Floor Projects. Other television roles include Nicki
Waterman in Doctors and Fi in Casualty, both for the BBC.
Regular listeners to radio will know Shona from her many appearances for the BBC Radio
2 series, most recently as Young Sally in Follies at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane with
Julia McKenzie and Denis Quilley, Kristine in the 20th Anniversary recording of A Chorus
Line, Grete Schone in The Dancing Years and Princess Maria in Call Me Madam with
Tyne Daly.
After a successful run in London's West End reprising her role as Milly in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Shona appeared in "Same Time, Next Year" a 2 hander play with Steven Pacey at The Mill at Sonning.
Shona has also recently released her debut album Control Yourself. |