The Stage

Charity Wakefield

Published Monday 5 September 2005 at 13:20

Charity Wakefield, a 24-year-old actress from Sussex, has been enjoying success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Yesterday Was a Weird Day by Look Left Look Right theatre company.

A selection of verbatim monologues extracted from interviews about the July 7 London bombings, the play received a large amount of media attention due to its inclusion of Robin Cook’s last ever interview.

“There was a lot of anticipation about how it was going to be received as it’s a sensitive subject,” says Charity. “But we felt it needed to be explored.

“The interviews were done with the knowledge that the people could be really personal about their feelings, so the interview with Cook was incredibly moving.”

Charity graduated from the Oxford School of Drama in 2003 and has starred in several short films, including Exitz with Malcolm McDowell. She was also chosen from thousands of hopefuls to take part in the Old Vic’s 24-hour plays at the end of July, an experience which she says has made her feel more excited than ever about the industry in which she works.

“I met a vast selection of incredibly creative and intelligent young people, who I’ll stay in touch with. We all feel that we’re now part of this amazing, competitive theatre industry that we have in London.”