Laughter is pretty much at the heart of a lunch with Alison Whyte, as she reflects on acting in a stage classic and ponders the imagined life of a past TV character.
twice. All up that’s about nine hours – oh, and I also rewatchedduring that time – so it isn’t difficult to recognise her when she arrives at the City Wine Shop, exactly on time.It’s also important to note that these are just the plays I’ve seen – she’s been in more. “It’s been a busy year this year,” she says with a laugh.
Whyte is immediately likeable and honest. She’s quick to share and thinks deeply on everything, whether it’s what to pick from the menu or why Arthur Miller’s writing still hits a raw nerve. In what has been a hectic year of moving from character to character – sometimes with overlap in her rehearsal and performance schedules – Whyte seems both grateful and unfazed. “It’s been a good run,” she says. “It’s been a really good run.”
“We all know what’s going to happen,” says Whyte of audiences walking in to the show for the first time. She tells me about how her mother plans to come over from Hobart to see it. “I said, it’s not a very happy play Mum.” She pauses, then switches to her mother’s accent: “It’s all right, I got that from the title.”
The fish she ordered is perfect she says, exactly as hoped. We don’t manage to finish either the salad or the pommes frites, but once photographer Simon Schluter finishes up he joins us for a chat – and helps us out with the chips.
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