Val Lynch

Trained at RADA, Val was a leading director at the Garrick, and she also performed on stage in the 1980s and 90s.

Her acting debut was in Neil Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers' in 1981 (with leading actor, Tony Mathews). Other acting credits included Under Milk Wood, The Musical Comedy Murders of 1941, and Alan Bennett's Simple Spies where she played HM The Queen brilliantly.

Val also appeared in two Coarse Acting Plays, which were performed in the bar and studio to raise funds for the STAGE Appeal. Her straight face under all circumstances was hilarious, and apparently she never corpsed once.

Her directing credits are impressive and long. Some highlights include Say Who You Are ( her directorial debut in 1983), Outside Edge, Bedroom Farce, Daisy Pulls it Off, The Heiress (for which she won GMDF Best Director in 1993), An Ideal Husband, The Winslow Boy, and Macbeth.

Val  played a full part in the social life of the Garrick, as well as being a member of both the PSCC and the Executive Committee and regularly helping out backstage.