Rhona Graham
Biography
Rhona is a third year languages student studying German and Spanish. Born in England, raised in Wales, she attempted to make up for lost Englishness by joining LOpSoc in 2014, during her first year. Her first show was the Southampton run of Iolanthe, during which the UV for the dramatic scenes had the same effect as a tanning booth, rendering her skin a crispy golden brown.
She boarded the HMS Pinafore in February 2015 to take part in her second show, mucking around in the chorus once again. She formed a strong working relationship with Katie Giles in both version of her character, the Vodka Aunt (for which she received the Order of Lenin from a grateful Vladimir Putin) and in her words "the prim but slutty aunt". It was during this production run that she first suggested the idea of the now ubiquitous LOpSoc Naked Charity Calendar, which led to Rhona becoming the youngest ever LOpSoc member to have a meme made from them. The production run also saw the appearance of the famous "Rhona bitch face", which has been known to destroy the minds of lesser men. Rhona returned to her raptor fairy ways in the Harrogate production of Iolanthe, causing several pensioners to congratulate her after the show for such a wonderful performance in Jurassic Park.
Rhona was the wardrobe manager for LOpSoc's production of Fiddler on the Roof 2016, which fulfilled her childhood dream of dressing people up like Yiddish peasant doll people and forcing them to re-enact Russian pogroms. Needless to say, everyone enjoyed the range of brown clothing, particularly Ben Walker, whose closing comment was "Thank you for making me so beige." She also thinks that the show's subplot about potatoes really deserved more attention, but then, this is why she isn't a director.
Rhona's took on her first principal role (other than the extremely important Woman 1 role in Fiddler on the Roof 2016) of The Duchess of Plaza Toro in Gondoliers 2016, along with Venetia Matthews. She did 3 of the Annexe perfomances, and very much hopes that everyone who watches the show watches the Harrogate version, as her counterpart did a much better job of it.
She also managed to join the chorus for the Plaza-Tour, and is still amazed that she managed to spend the entire opening song in the front row without messing up.
Rhona is currently spending her third year as an Erasmus student in Oviedo, in the north of Spain, attending classes in Spanish linguistics and German language and writing (or not writing as the case may be) a research project about the sociolinguistic situation of the local minority language and how its position may influence attitudes towards it. This is a lot less impressive than it (possibly) sounds. During this year, Rhona likes to think of herself as an 'absent but overly invested' member, and has already travelled all the way from Spain just to see The Mikado 2016 (a page which doesn't exist yet and really should). She also started the second LOpSoc Against Humanity deck, as a way of trying to stay in with all the fresh memes.
She fully intends to rejoin LOpSoc for the Harrogate performance of The Mikado.
YAAAAAAAAAS
Fresher Legends
-Watch out she'll ship you
Major Achievements
- Driver of the Banter Bus
- Killer bitch face
- Holds the official title of LOpSoc Meme Machine
- Provided costumes for a record sized cast of 43, with only 3 major and 5 minor stress breakdowns
- One of few members accused of only being cast in a show because of her relationship status
- Curator of the second LOpSoc Against Humanity card deck
Past Roles
| Show | Role |
|---|---|
| Gondoliers 2016 (Harrogate) | Chorus of Contadine |
| Gondoliers 2016 | The Duchess of Plaza Torro |
| Fiddler on the Roof 2016 | Chorus, Woman 1 |
| Iolanthe 2015 (Harrogate) | Fairy Chorus |
| H.M.S. Pinafore 2015 | Sisters, Cousins and Aunts Chorus |
| Iolanthe 2015 | Fairy Chorus |