It was Donald and mine's first scene and it was Judi's last scene, but it was her biggest scene, and we were all waiting to come on, and we were all trembling. "When we were making Pride and Prejudice, there was a scene -Judi Dench, Donald Sutherland and myself were all waiting to go on. I enjoy it -I still do".īrenda says the more experienced you are, the scarier acting as a job gets. The camaraderie.not just the actors, someone had put the set together, someone was working the lights and it was all working to one end and I liked that. I was dreadful, of course, but I liked the whole ambience of the thing. I said, "I can't do that! Don't be stupid"! They said, "Please, we're desperate"! So, I did. "They had an Amateur Dramatic Society, and they were entering a one-act drama competition in Manchester, and one of the actors was sick. It was while she was working for British Rail that Brenda got her first taste of drama. Mum and dad were great storytellers so watching and listening to them was great entertainment." We played games we'd sit round this huge table in the basement and draw and make stories or build things. "We didn't have a television - in fact we didn't know anyone with a television - and often the wireless was cut off because the bill hadn't been paid and so inevitably we made our own fun. Her autobiography is called Mixed Fancies.īrenda says her love for acting came from having to make her own fun as a kid. Now she's in the Australian film Clubland. She's been nominated for Oscars for roles in the films Little Voice and the brilliant Secrets and Lies. The clip on YouTube is being spun around the world and has gained a momentum that has taken even Peter by surprise.īrenda Blethyn is one of the world's great actors but possibly the best she'll admit to is hard working. Most recently, Peter has shot to fame for his song "Sort of Dunno Nothin" which typifies a monosyllabic conversation between a parent and child. Peter continued to support other country music singers like Sara Storer and Troy Cassar Daley but decided he wanted to do do it for himself so started performing his own material, on his own. Ge continued to watch and admire Slim and got the opportunity to fill in one night for the fiddler and before long, he was made a permanent member of Slim's Travelling Country Band. At twenty-two he joined a band called the Ploughboys playing the fiddle and guitar and he did the pub rounds in Melbourne, six nights out of seven, which was a great experience but hard on the liver. Peter says the Japanese instruments and style still influence his music today. He spent his early childhood in Japan and gained an appreciation of music from his Japanese grandfather who was a conductor, composer and cello player. Peter's mother is Japanese and his father is a fourth generation Irish Australian. He attended his concerts and even managed to get a backstage audience with Slim, at the age of 17. Book early to avoid disappointment.Peter is a country bloke with Japanese heritage and as a kid was a hard-core, Slim Dusty fan. Leaver's is simply THE place to be seen in Creswick, and over the weekend of CresFest Leaver's will be hosting t hree special events: "Dinner and Show: Pure Magic" "Dinner and Show: West Africa" “Bluegrass Breakfast with Pete Denahy”. Pete has won several Country Music Awards including Bush Ballad of the Year 2011, Instrumental of the Year 2013, 2014, 2016, Bluegrass recording of the Year 2016. It’s perhaps not a show formula many managers would suggest their acts follow, but it seems to work for Pete. He takes you on a journey that travels from the gold rush days of the mid-19th century to buying toilet paper at your local supermarket. When Pete Denahy talks about his own show, he says, “It’s not rocket science I’m not the best singer, fiddle player or guitar picker in the world, but as far as I know, no one else is doing my show.” Which is true there isn’t another show like it. His album 'Picture In A Frame' made the top 30 of the ARIA Country Albums chart. His song 'Sort of Dunno Nothin' is a YouTube hit and in the ARIA Top 100. Pete sings and plays guitar, mandolin and fiddle. The man from Yackandandah is fast becoming a national legend. Hosted by the wonderful Chantel and team at Leavers, you’ll enjoy breakfast in Creswick’s most eclectic, cosmopolitan and cosy bar, while Pete sings his modern classics in company with a raft of special guests. About BLUEGRASS BREAKFAST WITH PETE DENAHY
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