Isle of Wight actress Zoë Beardsall has been cast as Uffa Fox’s secretary in the new play UFFA, which premiers at the Trinity Theatre in Cowes on 21st March, before transferring to London. Zoë Beardsall is a promising young actress, dancer and singer who was born and raised in Cowes and trained at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. To date, Zoë’s theatre credits include roles in West End Proms (Greenwich Music Time Festival) and she was a soloist in Wight Proms (Amick Productions). She has recently returned from a 2-month tour of the UAE playing the lead/title role in Hans Christian Anderson’s The Snow Queen. The play UFFA is based on Malcolm Turner’s recent biography of the sailing legend. More than a sailor and designer of racing yachts, Uffa Fox was an irrepressible extrovert and novel thinker, as well as a singer, musician, journalist, author, painter, sportsman, campaigner, controversial businessman and friend of royalty. Zoë commented:
“It means a lot to be able to come back to Cowes where I was born and raised, and to perform in a theatre I’ve known all my life. It’s always exciting to be involved with new writing and I’m very much looking forward to being a part of UFFA.”
Zoë co-stars with Derek Elwood, who plays Uffa Fox.
Hope she sings some of his sea shanty’s like “Up with the jolly Roger boys and off we go to sea”