Belfast actor Vincent Higgins: If I'm learning lines, I head to the park and mutter away to myself like a madman...

I'm definitely not an up-and-at-it person, so I avoid as much of the morning as I can. Coffee is my kickstart and now that I've finally managed to stop smoking, I vape my way to an acceptable level so I'm able to face the day. I used to be a real news junkie but now I listen to music and read for half an hour before I leave the house and it has done me the world of good. The news inevitably reaches me at some point.

I'm more of a brunch person. I'll have coffee with some form of bread - soda, wheaten, muffins or good old Nutty Krust.

Depends when I've had brunch.

If I'm performing in the evening, I like to eat at around five o'clock. Pasta works for me, though when touring you don't always get a healthy choice. You need to fuel up for the performance, nevertheless.

I don't really understand nutrition all that much apart from the basics. Fortunately, I married a greengrocer's daughter, so our home always has loads of fruit and vegetables. Bananas are my pre-show and interval snack and I drink a lot of water every day. I don't take any health supplements.

I've never been on a diet and so far it's been going very well.

If I have a matinee on the Saturday, I like to reward myself with a small steak between shows. Sunday is my day off, so I love a roast chicken dinner with a nice bottle of Rioja, surrounded by people I love.

At the Edinburgh Festival in 2019 I developed chronic arthritis in my hip which required a hip replacement. I went to Lithuania under an EU scheme that allows you to go to anywhere in the EU to have the operation if you are on a waiting list and they will refund the money (about £9,000). You do have to pay upfront, but the Credit Union will lend you the money under this scheme. I really hope it's still available. The reason I chose Lithuania was because they are world experts on hip and knee replacements and you are required to do rehabilitation there. I had five different treatments timetabled every day for two weeks at a spa resort in the middle of a forest. I really underestimated how important this was. All I was really concerned about was that the constant pain would end. I thought it would be like changing the wheels on a Formula One car and I'd be good to go. One of the treatments involved using stretch bands and I still use these at home. I try to get a walk every day and now keep track of my steps. Ormeau Park is my arena. For my mental health, I read an awful lot. Recently, I've cut down on screen time and that has made me happier.

Walking works for me and drinking lots of water. If I'm learning lines, I head to the park and mutter away to myself like a madman.

I loved PE and sports at school. A memory I'd rather forget is losing a MacLarnon Cup final played at Casement Park. It still hurts.

St Vincent is the patron saint of wine. I am well named.

Before my hip replacement lifts were a godsend. I still love them.

How to Be a Revolutionary by South African writer, C.A. Davids. It goes from Harlem to Shanghai to Cape Town, travelling through the 20th century right up to the present day - a political thriller with an epic sweep. I have a 'books to read' pile and I get nervous when it starts to get low. Bookshops are holy places for me and in No Alibis I have my perfect church right here in Belfast.

I liked Ozark, Narcos, Peaky Blinders, The Queen's Gambit and Breaking Bad. I'm currently watching, This is Us.

That I became a Zoom quiz master every fortnight for actor friends.

No, I was already a master breadmaker, polyglot and a close, personal friend of Joe Wicks...

Movie nights with my niece and nephew, watching sport and spending time with my wife.

I hope to finally get to perform at the Prague Theatre Festival with Kabosh Theatre's play, Green and Blue. It's been cancelled three times due to 'you know what'.

I'm a night person, so I'm very suited to theatre work. I rarely get to bed before 1am and I never think I get enough sleep. Most performers get performance-related anxiety dreams which don't help, either.

That anybody could vote for the Tories.

Caring for older people you love definitely changes your priorities. I'm lucky that I've worked in theatre all my life, so my perspectives are constantly challenged and constantly evolving.

I think my hip replacement shocked me at how suddenly your life can change and how much you just take good health for granted. Coronavirus made me realise how much I missed the theatre, performing and live music. It felt like a vital part of my existence had been taken away.