{"id":310571,"date":"2025-12-11T10:28:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T10:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/310571\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T10:28:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T10:28:06","slug":"jayde-adams-in-tears-over-bristol-old-vic-treasure-island-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/310571\/","title":{"rendered":"Jayde Adams &#8216;in tears&#8217; over Bristol Old Vic Treasure Island role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">As well as performing, Adams said she has found herself acting as an unofficial dialect coach for co-star Adryne Caulder-James.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Despite being a graduate of the famous performing arts BRIT-School, mastering the Bristol accent was something the London-born actress sought help for. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve been on the bus, listening in, thinking what does that sound like, how can I pick that up?&#8221; said Caulder-James. &#8220;Jayde&#8217;s been saying I&#8217;m doing quite well, which is a compliment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">As a teenager, Adams attended Bristol Old Vic&#8217;s Young Company theatre school, but said she found it tough as a young performer and left the city in 2004.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Things have changed since I was younger, but there were a lot of gates that I couldn&#8217;t get through, so I went off, made a name for myself and came back five years ago. And now I&#8217;m the lead in a show at the Old Vic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Adams goes further still, challenging what she sees as a misconception held by some that Bristolians are not very intelligent and don&#8217;t take themselves seriously:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;There&#8217;s so many people like me in this city and I&#8217;ve had the pleasure of meeting some of the city&#8217;s most talented Bristolian performers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m really proud to be representing the Bristol Old Vic in the show.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As well as performing, Adams said she has found herself acting as an unofficial dialect coach for co-star&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-310571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}