James O'Brien meets Jan Ravens | Full Disclosure

Chapters

00:00 –Early life on The Wirral
04:19 – A face like a fried shoe / Alan Bennet Talking Heads
07:41 – Childhood bullies
08:44 – Discovering impressions
10:08 – Grammar school
13:22 – Dad’s condition
17:30 – Leap to performing
23:13 -Plays at school
26:09 – Acting school or Cambridge?
29:00 – No thought of being an impressionist
30:46 – Footlights, Emma Thompson’s audition & being the president
37:52 – Leaving producing to perform / starting in impressions
40:41 – So you’re on the telly
44:59 – Royal Shakespear Company
47:06 – Dead Ringers
Description
Jan Ravens, the acclaimed impressionist at the heart of Dead Ringers, grew up learning to change the mood of a room long before she ever changed her voice on stage. In this conversation with James O Brien, she reflects on a childhood shaped by humour, instability and her father’s illness, and how those early pressures sharpened the instincts that later defined her career.
She traces the journey from school impressions to Cambridge Footlights, becoming the first woman to direct its revue, and the leap from Carrott’s Lib to Spitting Image and beyond. Jan talks candidly about ambition, class, resilience and the unexpected power of comedy to steady you when life feels uncertain. It is an honest, warm and often very funny look at how she found her place in British satire.
Find out more about Dead Ringers 25th Anniversary tour
https://www.ents24.com/uk/tour-dates/dead-ringers-live
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