‘It’s good to do something for me as me, not as a mum or a wife’

Rheema Orme-Hawksley, 42, a podiatrist, lives in Sandiacre, Nottingham, with her husband, Luke, 35, and their son, Theo, six. My sister Hannah joined the Arcade Players in Long Eaton seven years ago, and I enjoyed watching her first performance. Then she got another part where they needed someone to be her sister and she asked me if I would do it. I hadn’t done any acting since school, but I knew how to be her sister, so I did it as a favour. It wasn’t a huge part – I had about 16 lines – but I ...