• Mrs. McShoogle, Scotland’s Second Finest Actress. Starring Carolyn Pickles.

  • By: jonathanfortingall
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Mrs. McShoogle, Scotland’s Second Finest Actress. Starring Carolyn Pickles.

By: jonathanfortingall
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  • Meet Mrs. McShoogle, ‘iconic’ actress turned landlady to the stars. Canny and courageous, tender and just a tad outrageous, this extraordinary luminary recalls her “intimate friendships” with the giants of theatre, television and film, including “more Dames than you can shake a stick at… and Olly Murs”. From first-night feuds to royal revelations and her infamous outburst at the Scottish Drama Awards, The Tartan Tammies, this is the frankly unbelievable tale of a small-town lassie with big dreams, who became a legend in her own living room. A Scottish satire starring Carolyn Pickles. Film: The Spy Who Dumped Me (Marsha), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Charity Burbage), The Mirror Crack’d (Miss Giles) and Tess (Marion). Television: The Sister Boniface Mysteries (Reverend Mother Adrian), The Canterville Ghost (Mrs. Umney), Broadchurch (Maggie Radcliffe), Landgirls (Mrs. Gulliver), Evil under the Sun (Emily Brewster), May To December (Seven Series) (Simone), The Bill (CDI Kim Reid) and Bluebell (Bluebell). Theatre: Fram (Eglantine Jebb) (National Theatre), Pride and Prejudice (Lady Catherine de Burgh) (No. 1 Tour), The Cherry Orchard (Carlotta) (Sheffield Crucible), and Emilia (Lord Henry Carey) (Globe and Vaudeville Theatre). Directed by Colin Wakefield. Theatre: On Your Honour, Audience with Murder (Jermyn Street Theatre), The Madness - Kenneth Branagh (Upstream Theatre), The Diary of a Madman - Terence Beesley (Latchmere Theatre), Stuk, The Lesson (Corner Theatre). Written by Jonathan Fortingall. © Jonathan Fortingall, 2022, 2024. First performed at the Jermyn Street Theatre, London, June 2022. Author profits donated to Animals Asia. “I’m not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” A. A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh. Mrs. McShoogle’s stories bear no resemblance whatsoever to real life; they are one hundred per cent fiction and fabrication.
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Episodes
  • Episode 5: Waiting for a Star to Fall. Starring Carolyn Pickles, directed by Colin Wakefield, written by Jonathan Fortingall.

    Episode 5: Waiting for a Star to Fall. Starring Carolyn Pickles, directed by Colin Wakefield, written by Jonathan Fortingall.
    Mar 20 2024

    The final episode of this satirical monologue reveals its rather sad underbelly. When Kiki-Jean's ex-husband's new wife, Cyndi-Lou Redgrave ("Not her real name. She wanted everyone to think she was one of the Redgraves. Vanessa was furious when I told her."), wins Best Newcomer at The Tartan Tammies, her infamous outburst ("I must have hit rock bottom to use such language in front of Zoë Wanamaker") all but destroys her life, as fantasy finally meets reality. © Jonathan Fortingall, 2024.
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    19 mins
  • Episode 4: A Sky Full of Stars. Starring Carolyn Pickles, directed by Colin Wakefield, written by Jonathan Fortingall.

    Episode 4: A Sky Full of Stars. Starring Carolyn Pickles, directed by Colin Wakefield, written by Jonathan Fortingall.
    Mar 20 2024

    Mrs. McShoogle meets Nicola Sturgeon ("the daintiest wee feet this side of William Hague") and hosts a block-booking for the Scottish Tory party conference ("to think I turned down John Barrowman for this"). She recalls her controversial appearance in the British remake of Charlie's Angels, Wayne's WAGS, and the biggest night of the year, the Scottish Drama Awards - The Tartan Tammies ("Best Foreign Language Film went to Lorraine Kelly - A Life Well Lived"). © Jonathan Fortingall, 2024.

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    23 mins
  • Episode 3: Starry, Starry Night. Starring Carolyn Pickles, directed by Colin Wakefield, written by Jonathan Fortingall.

    Episode 3: Starry, Starry Night. Starring Carolyn Pickles, directed by Colin Wakefield, written by Jonathan Fortingall.
    Mar 19 2024

    Now the glamorous proprietress of the 'oldest and dampest theatrical digs in Strathbogie', Kiki-Jean McShoogle welcomes "Britain's greatest living actor" to her humble home while trying to find the off button for the mob from musical theatre. Meanwhile, she enlists royal (after a fashion) support for the local rep theatre and defends the surprise onstage nudity which led to the greatest mortality rate in Greater Perthshire since 1897. © Jonathan Fortingall, 2024.
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    19 mins
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