At last nights Olivier thetre awards, the winner of the best actress award was Patsy Ferran for her role in Summer and Smoke. I haven't seen this play (hoping it might tour sometime) but I have seen Patsy a couple of times before. In 2014 she appeared in "The Angry Brigade" at the Oxford Playhouse and then in 2015 in "The Merchant of Venice" at the RSC in Stratford. This is what I wrote at the time:
In the acting department, head and shoulders above the rest of the cast (in acting terms if not stature) stands Patsy Ferran as Portia. Only graduating from RADA last summer she has already won high praise for her parts in Blithe Spirit and Treasure Island. I saw her in October at a quarter full Oxford Playhouse in The Angry Brigade. From that seriously sharp performance I could not see her cast as Portia but she is virtually unrecognisable as the same actress. Her voice this time is so soft and highly pitched but with such marvelous projection we catch every word. Her eyes and hands work magic. This is one actress destined for big things.
The top photo shows Patsy with "Summer and Smoke" director Rebecca Frecknall with the award for best revival, and below Patsy on stage.
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