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Faye steps into something new
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| Faye Tozer |
Hi Faye. What are you up to today?
"I'm having a day out in Scotland.
It's very beautiful, there's some
really quite striking places up here.
We're in our fourth week here."
How's the show going?
"Really good, thanks. We did six
weeks before Christmas, then had
a little break. Now we've been
going again for a while. It's lovely,
it seems to be going down really
well with audiences."
How daunting is it to play Eva
Cassidy?
"A lot of people think I should be
really scared about this role, but
actually I'm not at all. When I first
heard about this I really thought it
was the role for me. I've been a
real Eva fan for years ever since I
was given the Songbird CD about
10 years ago. So I'm a big fan of
her music and it's not daunting for
me."
How are you finding playing a real
person rather than a character?
"That is different. I have always
played fictitious characters whereas
this is a real person so I was
able to do research into what Eva
was like before her death. We
haven't got that many resources
though so it can be really hard to
become a person you don't have
that much information about."
How does this experience differ from
other shows you've done like Me And
My Girl and Tell Me On a Sunday?
"It's one of my favourite shows out
of all those I've done. The songs
are classics. Normally you will
have a total of three songs in a
show, but in this one I have 22
songs to perform all in the style of
Eva. It's a real challenge for me."
Do you see this as a chance to really
showcase your voice?
"Definitely. There's more pressure
because of the expectation from
the audience. Both because of the
incredible talent of Eva and
because of my second surname -
Steps! People think, That's that
girl from Steps, how can she possibly
do this?' But most who say
that haven't seen me sing live. I
just ask them to be open-minded."
How do you look back on your time in
Steps?
"I think I'm grateful because the
experience did open doors for me.
It gets you a foot in the door and
you can be first for auditions. But
then you actually need to be good
enough, after that it's down to me
to pull it off. You do get a stigma
from people, but often it's criticism
from people who wouldn't go and
see the show anyway."
What's been your favourite stage role?
"The best in terms of cast and the
best time was definitely Saucy
Jack and the Space Vixens which
was just a crazy show which connected
with the audience so well. I
also really enjoyed Tell Me On a
Sunday, that was huge for me personally.
It's a one-woman show
and it's the first time I'd ever done
something like that."
What's your dream role?
"Chicago. But I'd like to be Velma
not Roxy. I think she's a more fascinating
character. Also Mrs
Johnson in Blood Brothers, but as
I'm not a Nolan I don't know how
I'll get on! Denise, Linda, Bernie
and Maureen Nolan have all
played the role. There's lots of
great new musicals about and I'd
love to do something like that too."
You've recently been in a film. What
was that like?
"It's called Lady Godiva: Back in
the Saddle and was filmed in
Coventry. It's with Tony Slattery
and is a British film. I have a tiny
part, but it's interesting. When we
did the videos for Steps we had so
much control over the process so
it was quite different having to put
all my confidence in someone else
and be directed. It was a great
experience."
What other projects do you have?
"Well I'm up for some other musical
roles, which are quite exciting,
but I'm choosing to take a break
for a little while after this. I've been
working for two years non-stop so
I need to take a couple of months
off. You have to, because I've had
back-to-back work and you only
have one day off a week. I've
loved it, though."
11:21am Friday 21st March 2008
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