GINA CARTER
local artists’ works to love including James Stewart, Kate Marshall and Sarah Gillepsie and I am lucky to have a few on my walls. It was while working at Coombe that Gina sent a press
release to the Sunday Times magazine and was delighted when they printed it. She set up her own PR company, Badger PR, for food and art and she continues to write PR for various clients. “I worked at Baxters Gallery in Foss Street
after Coombe and it always staggered me how people spend thousands of pounds on bathrooms and taps but dither over spending less money on a picture which gives so much more pleasure over a lifetime My love of arts is something that’s happened since being in Devon. We live in such a beautiful place here, one of stunning seas and landscapes.” “I have a deep love of good food which was
in the Cook Islands, giant steaks in New York and the freshest ever sushi in Lamu. “I love working with Mitch Tonks and Mat Prowse - they
I love walking
and drinking, eating, talking, art and
theatre and my life now includes all of these things on a regular basis.
started by my mother who was a great cook and she made us try everything. She always grew all her own vegetables and fruit and kept chickens and ducks, following in the footsteps of my grandma in Devon who grew everything and kept bees and my grandfather who went a hunting, shooting and a fishing. “I love eating and drinking, walking, talking, art, cinema, theatre and my life now includes all of these things on a regular basis. “I grew up loving and exploring food. I’ll sit in any
restaurant or bar in the world on my own to enjoy a good meal or drink and I have wonderful memories attached to food experiences, such as the most amazing guacamole on the beach in Mexico with a cold beer, extraordinary ceviche
are two inspirational people and we are so fortunate with the extraordinary amount of local high quality produce to hand. Within a twenty mile radius of Dartmouth we have everything, Brixham fish and shellfish, Dartmouth crab, Salcombe lobster, scallops from Slapton, an abundance of meat, pheasants and wild fowl from Dartmoor, wine, fizz and cheese from Sharpham. We live in nature’s larder.” Being on stage is another interest Gina has explored since moving to Dartmouth. “My first role was Titania in Midsummer Night’s Dream. I told my Mum and she said I was just like my father who was a barrister and then a judge and as a student was in the Footlights at Cambridge - which I never knew - and I think
the courtroom was his stage too - he was also a party animal just like me!” She is now a regular actor in Dittisham Players, Dartington
Playgoers and the Inn Theatre Company, Dartmouth. “When I’m on stage I feel the adrenaline rush. And I love the bond with fellow actors during the months of rehearsals and learning lines, you make extraordinary friendships.” “I feel sick with nerves before going on but it’s such a
powerful and addictive thing, when you see people enjoying themselves and you think ‘we’re doing this’. Dartmouth Shakespeare week is August 4th to 8th outside at Dartmouth Castle and this year we are performing the Merry Wives of Windsor and I am very honoured to be a merry wife…. though I’m still looking for a merry husband!
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