The fully fabulous TV nurse turned playwright and festival director talks a late in life ADHD diagnosis, the power of cabaret and her 3am party trick
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Virginia Gay is jetlagged after a London flight. She is functioning on little sleep, with the help of caffeine and drugs for her newly diagnosed attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, when we meet for a stroll on the windblown sand at Adelaide’s Henley beach.
You may know Gay from Channel 7’s All Saints, or Dancing with the Stars, or the ABC’s Savage River. The actor and writer’s lengthy bio also includes her stints as an “apocalyptic squid” in Vivid White, a “prize bitch” in The Beast, and “every stop on the bogan-to-hipster spectrum” in On The Production of Monsters. She has just been in London working on the new iteration of her play, Cyrano, and has flown to South Australia to be artistic director of the Adelaide cabaret festival.
Continue reading… The fully fabulous TV nurse turned playwright and festival director talks a late in life ADHD diagnosis, the power of cabaret and her 3am party trickGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailVirginia Gay is jetlagged after a London flight. She is functioning on little sleep, with the help of caffeine and drugs for her newly diagnosed attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, when we meet for a stroll on the windblown sand at Adelaide’s Henley beach.You may know Gay from Channel 7’s All Saints, or Dancing with the Stars, or the ABC’s Savage River. The actor and writer’s lengthy bio also includes her stints as an “apocalyptic squid” in Vivid White, a “prize bitch” in The Beast, and “every stop on the bogan-to-hipster spectrum” in On The Production of Monsters. She has just been in London working on the new iteration of her play, Cyrano, and has flown to South Australia to be artistic director of the Adelaide cabaret festival.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading… Life and style, Theatre, Australian theatre, Cabaret, Neurodiversity, Stage
