The actress Michelle Gomez is perhaps best known on television as the insecure footballer’s wife in The Book Group, and the bonkers, man chasing, staff liaison officer in Green Wing. She talks to Jane about her latest acting challenge, playing sharp-tongued Kate in The Taming of The Shrew, Shakespeare’s play about the battle for power between men and women.
The Taming of the Shrew is on at The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon until 25 September