Bernadette Nason

When Onstage Theatre Company was founded 10 years ago, Bernadette Nason told Michael Stuart he'd direct her in the one-woman comedy 'Shirley Valentine' one day – and now that day has come

"...Bernadette Nason is a familiar presence in Central Texas theatre,..."

July 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

How Playfest's Bernadette Nason Got Hooked on Theatre

As Playfest begins its 10th season this week, the Chronicle turned to actor-storyteller Bernadette Nason, one of the longtime regular contributors to the festival, to see what part theatre played in her childhood and how it influenced her current work.

"...of the longtime regular contributors to the festival is Bernadette Nason, a talented Brit with a voice of warmth..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bernadette Nason

A local storytelling star gets a chance to spin a yarn on a national stage

"...the Church Quiz, a one-night-only evening of storytelling that Bernadette Nason has put together for this weekend. The Austin..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A New Cuppa Tea in Tripoli

Actress Bernadette Nason takes tales of a year in Libya and brews a potent memoir

"...Bernadette Nason knew her mid-Eighties year of living as an..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

FronteraFest Review: 'Iced Tea in Texas'

British ex-pat Bernadette Nason pours some sweet memories

"...British ex-pat Bernadette Nason, frequent star of local stages and sterling storyteller,..."

Feb. 1, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

'Tea in Tripoli'

A master storyteller spins the true yarn of a year spent in Libya

"...than City Theatre, where for a couple of weeks Bernadette Nason will share the alternately hilarious and harrowing yarn..."

July 8, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Christmas Carol

Performing Dickens' tale solo asks a lot of a storyteller, but Bernadette Nason delivers

"...Austin Playhouse's latest addition to the Christmas Carol totem? Bernadette Nason's one-woman telling of the tale doesn't feel like..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Boeing-Boeing

Austin Playhouse succeeds in booking a funny flight to Madcap Farce City

"...(Laura Walberg) to the dismay of poor maid Bertha (Bernadette Nason). Though the plot itself is rather stock in..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Shirley Valentine

Only one woman in Austin could play Shirley Valentine with the charismatic hold of a storyteller, and that would be Bernadette Nason, who stars in Onstage Theatre Company's production

"...charismatic hold of a storyteller, and that would be Bernadette Nason, who stars in this Onstage Theatre Company production...."

July 14, 2006 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Shame the Devil

The celebrated 19th-century actress Fanny Kemble possessed the courage both to stand on a stage and speak as someone else and to stand on principle and speak up for someone else, as we learn with admiration and delight in the Pollyanna Theatre Company's production of Shame the Devil.

"...the authority here is the actress playing the actress, Bernadette Nason. Wearing a sumptuous hoop-skirted red dress (the work..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Arts Review

Payne Pleasures 2004

Latest ACoT theatre-award nominations favor two Austin musicals

"...Bernadette Nason, Tangled Tricksters..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2002-2003

The full list of nominations for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...Bernadette Nason, Shame the Devil..."

May 9, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Through the Eyes of a Kid

Bringing kids to adult theatre is uncool, but what's about children's theatre, where they belong? Ada Calhoun borrows a friend's three-and-a-half-year-old son to find out and discovers that theatre ain't all magic when you're a preschooler.

"...stage. Up there was the inimitable and very British Bernadette Nason, a queen of the children's theatre scene, jumping..."

July 21, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Austin Playhouse's The Real Thing

Tom Stoppard's play receives a remarkable revival with a seasoned cast

"...with his co-stars. Sharing the stage with Stahl is Bernadette Nason, the only genuine Brit of the bunch (though..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Sylvia

A.R. Gurney's play about a man and his dog is fun but makes a mess of its message

"...The evening belongs to Bernadette Nason, who plays Kate. Her fury, her hurt, and..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

Holiday Productions

Five performing arts groups that revive holiday-themed shows every December share the traditions they've developed within these seasonal traditions

"...itself. Says actor Rick Roemer, "One silly ritual that Bernadette Nason and I do as the Fezziwigs, and have..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off

Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off, Liz Lochhead's award-winning dramatization of the bonnie queen's reign, is an ambitious first production for Renaissance Austin Theatre Company, but producer Lorella Loftus prevails by enticing some of Austin's finest actors from the Shakespearean courts to the realm of the experimental.

"...Mary (Loftus) and her cousin Elizabeth I (Bernadette Nason) of England have an axe or two to..."

April 19, 2002 Arts Review by Rob Curran

Exhibitionism

Sandbox: Young at Heart

"...to Stephanie Swanson's offbeat dowager, Leonara Fiske, everyone excels. Bernadette Nason plays Ellen Creed, the companion and waiting woman..."

July 16, 1999 Arts Review

Not Just the Goofy Guy

The Actor Behind the Antics of Michael Stuart

"...actor after actor mentioned his masterful sense of timing. Bernadette Nason, who first met Stuart during Sherlock Holmes and..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Playhouse's Shakespeare in Love

The Oscar-winning film makes a successful transition to the stage through Don Toner's marvelous production

"...which they're present. Also notable are Huck Huckaby's Fennyman, Bernadette Nason's Nurse, and Jason Newman's Kit Marlowe, who enjoys..."

March 30, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Filigree Theatre’s Betrayal

The studied, steady cast make bold choices with Pinter’s familiar script and show us a side of adultery not often considered

"...is near flawless, and it speaks volumes to coach Bernadette Nason's work that, although I'd skimmed the program and..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Austin Playhouse's The Philadelphia Story

Don Toner's direction and a top-drawer cast make for a riotous evening in this version of Philip Barry's crisp comedy

"...It takes a few moments to recognize known Brit Bernadette Nason with her spot-on Standard American dialect, and her..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily

Austin Playhouse's Sherlockian pastry may be light, but Jason Newman's Great Detective is seriously good

"...Osborn as Lillie Langtry, Samuel Knowlton as Oscar Wilde, Bernadette Nason as a wicked bit of business called Irma..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

And Then There Were None

With Christie's classic, Austin Playhouse delivers a fun evening of good, old-fashioned whodunitry

"...a number of especially strong performances. Particularly entertaining is Bernadette Nason's Emily Brent, a curmudgeonly old bat with conspicuous..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Other Desert Cities

A talented, fiercely committed cast makes this drama of a family homecoming arresting

"...hearts of fathers everywhere. As Polly's polar-opposite sister Silda, Bernadette Nason turns in yet another off-the-handle tour de force,..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

All Over Creation: Regifting

There may be new life in old Scrooge yet, thanks to creative Austin artists

"...but everyone in Dickens' Carol in separate solo adaptations: Bernadette Nason's (Dec. 15-18, City Theatre) and Damien Gillen's (Dec...."

Dec. 16, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Melancholy Play

A funny, charming, truly sweet staging of a play that's not melancholy at all

"...member of the ensemble – Nathan Brockett, Jude Hickey, Bernadette Nason, and Corley Pillsbury – brings a palpable love..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Misalliance

A production that makes Shaw's century-old ideas feel current – and very human

"...canary. Other players may be more understated – say, Bernadette Nason's drolly sensible Mrs. Tarleton, Michael Stuart's vermouth-dry Lord..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Odd Couple

Director Don Toner serves his Austin Playhouse revival of The Odd Couple well by turning its wonderful characters over to wonderful character actors

"...crafted sandbox – perhaps no two more so than Bernadette Nason and Janet Hurley Kimlicko as the Pigeon Sisters;..."

April 14, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Richard III / The Rivals

In its rotating repertory of 'Richard III' and 'The Rivals,' the Austin Shakespeare Festival shifts between polar extremes: violent tragedy and frothy romance

"...every utterance mangles the language beyond recognition, a formidable Bernadette Nason pops her eyes in umbrage and delivers severe..."

March 17, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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