61. Wendi Peters

In Episode 61 Seb and Verity take a day trip to the countryside to meet up with star of musical theatre, stage and screen, Wendi Peters. Many of you will know Wendi as Cilla Battersby-Brown from her 5 year stint on Coronation Street, but she has also had an outstanding career in musical theatre - most recently in the starring role as Diana in You Are Here at the Southwark Playhouse. Wendi chats about maintaining vocal fitness in challenging roles, mastering home recording and become a tech pro. She talks about her early training - including some questionable improv dancing to get her Equity card - and how persistence and extreme letter writing ultimately led to success. Seb and Verity ask Wendi about her time on Corrie and the pluses and minuses of being so strongly associated with one role. She recounts playing the notorious Pam Podger In Bad Girls and having to wrestle in a shower in a fat suit.... They discuss panto and three show Saturdays, Stars in Their Eyes and Flockstars. Harking back to previous Ill advised plans, Seb and Verity make a promise to start a #wendipetersforstrictly campaign....expect at least three posts with this hashtag! You can follow Wendi on social media - https://www.instagram.com/wendi.peters/ and https://www.twitter.com/WendiPeters/ Here is a link to Wendi’s next production The Legend of Sleepy Hollow with tour dates and links for tickets: https://www.tiltedwigproductions.com/copy-of-lady-chatterley-s-lover Wendi transforms into Kirsty MacColl on Stars In Their Eyes: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vIt0uyxN27c Watch a clip of Wendi in her outstanding performance as Diana in You Are Here at the Southwark Playhouse: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Muk18nuUbZw THREE IN A BAR ON THE SOCIALS You can follow Three In a Bar on Instagram @threeinabarpod https://www.instagram.com/threeinabarpod/ We are on Twitter @threeinabarpod https://www.twitter.com/threeinabarpod EMAIL US! Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at [email protected] SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON This show is purely funded by our patrons. Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabar MEZZO PIANO PATRONS Leonie Hirst Anita Philpott