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Connaught hunger strikers

... WORTHING'S Connaught Theatre dosed last Saturday following the withdrawal of the borough council's grant but brothers ROY (left) and MICHAEL WILSON are determined to save it--even if they die in the attempt. They have been on hunger strike for over a week and are prepared to starve to death unless the council relents. The mayor, however, is unimpressed. Full story on P2. Photo: Worthing ...

Published: Thursday 23 January 1986
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 70 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: photograph 

ROYAL Shakespeare Company actress HARMET WALTER, nominated for a Best Actress prize in this year's Olivier ..

... in Howard Barker's The Castle, is heading down the M4 to Bristol where she Will lead the cast of a new production of 'The Three Sisters, playing Masha. The show opens the BOVs spring seas on on February 19- the 40th anniversary of the founding of the company. ...

Published: Thursday 06 February 1986
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 68 | Page: Page 14 | Tags: photograph 

'SOMEBODYS' LEAVING GUILDFORD'

... JUDI DENCH and MICHAEL WILLIAMS as the Poolers in Mr and Mrs Nobody, opening at the Garrick Theatre, London on November 17 at the conclusion of its present run at the Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford. ...

Published: Thursday 13 November 1986
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 37 | Page: Page 18 | Tags: photograph 

BLACKPOOL Tower Circus ended another record season on Saturday, and the final performance also marked a ..

... NORMAN BARRET, above. It concluded his 21st year in the Tower ring, and in recognition of that achievement his fellow circus artists presented him with a framed portrait and commemorative plaque. They had secretly commissioned the painting, which Norman has agreed to have mounted in the Circus foyer. The show played to record audiences and box office takings were way up on previous years. It ...

Published: Thursday 06 November 1986
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 127 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: photograph 

It's a play, it's five words and guess who's in it?

... TV light entertainment host and regular pantomime star LIONEL BLAIR is to play his most serious stage role to date in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guilldenstern Are Dead, which is to be toured next year by Mobil Touring Theatre, opening at the Playhouse, Nottingham on February 12 Blair is The Player, and the title roles are taken by Mark Arden and Stephen Frost, better known as the Oblivion ...

Published: Thursday 27 November 1986
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 97 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: photograph 

Judi Dench has a rose named after her. The flower got its first public showing at the Chelsea Flower Show

... last week, but as Judi is busy recording a Michael Frayn play Make And Break for BBC -2. she was unable to go to the show and see her namesake. Michael Dariow, (above) director of Make And Break took time out of rehearsals to present her with a bouquet. Also in the picture are Martin Jarvis, Anthony Pedley (with pipe), producer Shaun Sutton and John Hudson. ...

Published: Thursday 29 May 1986
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 86 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: photograph 

The BBC's continuing education department won this year's Shell UK Television Award, which was presented at ..

... Pictured above receiving their trophies and certificates are Brian Davies, a senior producer and Fiona Pitcher, director. They are seen with Bob Reid, chairman and chief executive of Shell UK. The winning programme was Recovery: The New Tradition. An edition of Granada's Jobwatch series received a certificate of merit for its contribution to a broader understanding of industry and commerce. ...

Published: Thursday 29 May 1986
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 80 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: photograph 

Light Entartainment News: BEAMING BACK TO THE THIRTIES

... BEAMING BACK TO THE THIRTIES A picture to jog some memories. Back in the thirties the BEAMS BREEZE BABES (above) were a troupe of some of the sweetest young things in show business. The girls, who regularly trod the boards in London theatres, split up before the war. But now one of the members Doris Langdale is trying to arrange a reunion. Any former babes who would like to join in a get ...

Published: Thursday 06 November 1986
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 83 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: photograph 

Making forties music sound at home today

... Poll winning jazz drummer ALLAN GANELY presenting the Kenny Clare drum prize to 14-year-old CHRIS DAGLEY from the Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra, this year. ...

Published: Thursday 06 November 1986
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 31 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: photograph 

SCENERY COMPANY SCENA has taken on a weird and wonderful variety of assignments since it was launched earlier ..

... by David Thompson and Paul Norman. The company specialises in constructing scenery from drawings and models for everything from theatre, to rock shows, to conferences. In its short history Scena scenery has been used at the Fiat launch at Birmingham's NEC, the Whitney Houston concert at Wembley and the recently opened play Tons of Money at the National Theatre. One of its most spectacular sets ...

Published: Thursday 04 December 1986
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 169 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: photograph