For the Royal Shakespeare Company her roles include Hecuba, Aethra and the nurse in "Tantalus at the Barbican" (RSC), Frieda Lawrence in "Divine Gossip", and the Woman in Edward Bond's War Plays I, II, III. "Tantalus" was a coproduction of the RSC and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts in the U.S. where it received its world premiere in a mammoth performance of the three parts given over 10 hours. Working for the leading companies in the UK she was: Helen in "The Road to Mecca" (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester), Mrs. Malaprop in "The Rivals" (Nottingham Playhouse), Marge in "A Colder Climate" (Royal Court), "A Matter of Life and Death" (Royal National Theatre), Brenda in "Mary Barnes" (Royal Court), Guinevere in "Guinevere" (written for her by Pam Gems, Soho Poly), Mrs. Prentice in "What the Butler Saw" (the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield). In 2005, she co-starred in "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" in London’s West End with Kim Cattrall and Janet Suzman.