A new start after 60: I’ve been a rocket scientist and a teacher – but I love being an actor
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Margaret Bending adored her teenage brush with drama. More than half a century later, she began performing for paying audiencesAt 67, Margaret Bending performed her first professional show. Taking to the stage at the 180-capacity stage@leeds venue in February 2020, Bending launched into a dance and theatre piece accompanied by an ensemble all aged over 60. “I was terrified but as soon as we got going, I realised that this is what I had been looking for,” she says. “Moving my body and being...

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