Whilst at Bretton was involved in many performances, sang regularly at folk club and played all the sports I could. I was even captain of the football team for one disastrous year! And access to the boat house for midnight serenading on the lake. On leaving Bretton I taught for 6 years then following a successful entrance into the National Student Drama festival in Swansea and Edinburgh with “My Friend Julie” (which was televised network by Thames TV as part of the Dramarama series)

I left teaching and had a wonderful time performing nationally, internationally and in the West End. I always regarded myself as a Practitioner and have been directing, singing, teaching and acting ever since. Bretton was the start quite literally of A Wonderful Life and I grateful to this day.

I was primarily an art student at Bretton--studying dance, drama and inter-arts as my other subjects.

This is one of my exhibits. Did printmaking with Andy Anderson head of art dept. But did some ceramics too.

The other photo is a fairly recent headshot. I was born in 1958, so this year was a landmark for me personally. Currently I live in Solana Beach, California. I've been married 20 years and have four children. I am a professional writer contributing to local newspapers, arts magazines, etc and. I have two books published and a third is in the works.

Cheers!

~Diane
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