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Creative outlet By KYLIE WILSON
DRIVEN:
Jenny Packham has a passion for creating art and telling stories. PHOTO: Kylie Wilson
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A PASSION for performing, coupled with a drive to get the most out of life, is the motivation for alpine performer Jenny Packham. Even as far back as her school days in the 1970s Jenny loved drama and even considered applying for NIDA, but was discouraged by her career advisor. “I listened, and did secretarial administration work and hospitality most of my working life, but I was always a frustrated thespian,” she said. “There were other mums who were obviously frustrated creatively and I came up with the name Frustrated Artistic Mothers.” Helping with her children Ellie and Liam’s school productions and spending a few years with Bright Alpine Actors (BAA) were a great creative outlet for Jenny, but her life took a dramatic turn in 2011 when her husband Roger passed away suddenly, aged just 47. She said the tragedy rocked her family and her tight knit community. “Pieta Swann (The Other Theatre Co) was living here in Bright then and we were part of BAA, we had a performance commitment for Bright’s 150th Anniversary Celebrations that Easter,” Jenny said. “Pieta and Sharelle Channon carried me through that numbing phase of grief,” she said, adding that she threw herself into a cleaning job at the time with a friend to help support herself. “Performing was all I had ever wanted to do as a kid so I thought, ‘If you can’t get motivated to do what you said you loved, Jen, what’s life all about then?’ “After Rog, it was another reminder that life is too short, so I followed my passion.” She enrolled in the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS), which saw her form the alpine based FAM Events and Productions. continued page |
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