A Love Letter To Dan
Louise
Gold appeared as a singer, at The Novello Theatre
(formerly The Strand Theatre), on Sunday 16th July 2006, a
fundraising event for The Kings Head Theatre, and in memory of Dan Crawford.
Cast
John Barr
Fleur Bennett
Julie Ann Blythen
Janthea Brigden
Clare Burt
Edna Crawford
Morgan Crowley
Janie Dee
Anita Dobson
Henry Goodman
Louise Gold
Simon Green
Jan Hartley
Patricia Hodge
Lesley Joseph
Katherine Kastin
Andrea Kealy
Nicola Keen
Peter Land
Denis Lawson
Jon Lee
Rebecca Lock
Stephanie Lunn
Dave Lynn
Diana Martin
Jessica Martin
Linda Marlowe
Brian May
Robert Meadmore
Kim Medcalf
Mazz Murray
Anna Nicholas
Eileen Page
Ann Pinnington
Peter Reeves
Jack Rebaldi
Angela Richards
Thelma Ruby
Gaynor Sinclaire
Stephanie Sinclaire
Fiona Sinnott
Geoff Steer
Peter Straker
Paul Tate
Alan Thompson
Sally Ann Triplett
Burnell Tucker
Mark White
and Arts Educational Students: Albey Brookes, Nathalie Clarke, Nathalie Millet, Buchi Osuji, Will Rogers, Will Stokes, and, Hanelle Van Wyk
Production Team
Produced by – Stephanie Sinclaire, and, Caroline Smith
Musical Directors – Michael Reed, and, Mike Dixon
Directed by – Dougie Squires
Assistant Director – Sherrill Gow
Choreographers – Doreen Hermitage, and, Lisa Lee
Production Manager – Paul Hennessy for The Production Desk
Event Production Manager – Ben Arkell for The Production Desk
Stage Managers – Spencer New, and, Steve Bush for The Production Desk
Assistant Stage Managers – Katie Christ, and, Kristina Nilles
Lighting Designer – Jon Pope
Lx Programmer – Rob Halliday
Sound – Orbital Sound
Projection – Andrew Pittaway for Stage Sound Services
Press/PR Consultant – Della Edwards
Piano Hire - Marksons
For
a full review/account of the show, please click here.
It
should perhaps be noted that as this gala was in aid of The Kings Head Theatre in Islington most of the performers taking
part had at one time or another appeared at The Kings Head, or had some sort of connection with it. There were
however a few performers with no prior connection with the theatre (other
perhaps than visiting it during their time off). Among those taking part in
this gala who have never actually
appeared at The Kings Head is Louise Gold.
However,
it may be noted that in a television documentary Dan Crawford had once mentioned that he got the idea to put on One
Touch Of Venus at the Kings Head
(starring Kim Medcalf
as Venus); after having seen the Lost Musicals production, One Touch Of Venus 2000 Production) at
the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Studio.
Janie Dee, Louise
Gold, Simon Green, Rebecca Lock, Robert Meadmore, Sheridan Morely, and, Sally Ann Triplett (along with some
other current representatives of the Arts
Educational School) had (less than two months) previously appeared at The Novello
Theatre in Side By Side By Sondheim 30th
Anniversary Gala, for which Orbital
had previously provided the sound system, and Della Edwards the PR.
Janthea
Brigden
has also worked under the name Janthea Williams.
Clare Burt’s recording credits include Cabaret, Encore The
Very Best From The Musicals, Cole
Porter - Night And Day, Centre Stage
Showtime!, The
Greatest Musicals of the 20th Century, and, Let’s Go On With The
Show – Hit Songs From The West End & Broadway.
Clare Burt, Robert
Meadmore, and, Sally Ann Triplett’s recording credits include Simply Musicals.
Janie Dee has previously appeared on television
in A Week In The
West End, and may have appeared on stage in Comedy
Tonight.
Janie Dee, and, Jessica Martin
had previously appeared in the Regents
Park 70th Anniversary Gala.
Henry Goodman had previously appeared on stage in Assassins, and, Of Thee I
Sing, and on the radio in Let ‘Em Eat Cake.
Henry Goodman, and, Anna Nicholas
had previously appeared in Follies.
Simon Green, Peter
Land, Robert Meadmore,
Angela Richards, and, Peter Straker
may have previously appeared in Will Aid.
Simon Green, Robert
Meadmore, and, Angela Richards had previously appeared in Kids At Heart; which Patricia Hodge, and, Jessica
Martin may have appeared in; and which Lesley
Joseph may possibly have appeared in (but that is not too likely). One of
its choreographers was however Doreen
Hermitage. That gala also included amongst its company a dancer named Nichola Keen which might possibly Nicola Keen.
Simon Green, and, Angela
Richards had previously appeared in A
Time To Start Living.
Simon Green’s recording credits include The History Of The
Musical. He went on to appear in Flaunt It
2008.
Jan Hartley, and, Robert Meadmore had previously appeared in The Soap Opera.
Graham Hoadley had previously appeared in Squeak.
Patricia Hodge, and, Jessica Martin
had previously appeared on the radio in Ned Sherrin’s Review Of Revue.
Lesley Joseph, and, Angela
Richards had previously appeared in Chicago
& Company.
Lesley Joseph had previously appeared in Broadway To Brighton.
Jessica Martin, and, Sheridan Morely had previously appeared on the radio on Let’s Do The Show Right Here.
Jessica Martin had previously appeared on stage in Something For The
Boys, One Touch Of Venus (2000
Production), Dress Circle Grand
Reopening (where she also sang a Dick
Vosburgh lyric), and, A Celebration Of The Life And Work Of Dick Vosburgh. Her television credits include voice-work on Spitting Image, and her recording credits include
Spit In Your Ear.
She also appeared in the documentary Best
Ever Spitting Image.
Jessica Martin, and, Thelma Ruby
had previously appeared in A Lost
Musicals Occasion (where Jessica also sang a Dick Vosburgh lyric).
Janie Dee may have previously appeared in Dear Ralph, which Linda Marlow did some direction for, Spencer New was the chargehand stage, and
The Kings Head Theatre, Islington were also involved.
Robert Meadmore, and, Sally Ann
Triplett had previously appeared in the Metropolitan
Mikado. Their recording credits include 100
Hits Musicals.
Robert Meadmore had previously appeared on stage in Side By Side By
Sondheim, a concert of highlights from the Ratepayers Iolanthe
& Metropolitan Mikado, and at Hubert Gregg’s Memorial
Service. He has previously
appeared on television in Julia And Company.
His recording credits include The
Great Musicals – Dashing Heroes, Blushing Maidens. He has gone on to take
part in Shopping With
The Stars 2008.
Robert Meadmore, Angela
Richards, and, Sally Ann Triplett
had previously appeared in Side By Side By Sondheim 25th Anniversary Gala.
Sheridan Morely, Angela
Richards, and,
Anna Nicholas had previously appeared in The Boys From Syracuse,
and, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Sally Ann Triplett had previously appeared on stage in Happily Ever After, and on television in Rita Rudner. Her recording credits include The Best Of The
Musicals.
It
is perhaps worth noting that over 30 years ago, Louise Gold herself trained at the same stage school, Arts Educational,
as this gala’s seven students: Albey Brookes, Nathalie Clarke, Nathalie Millet, Buchi Osuji, Will
Stokes, Will Rogers, and, Hanelle Van Wyk.
Mike Dixon had previously MD’d
Mrs Cole’s Music Hall.
Orbital Sound had previously provided the sound for Kiss Me Kate, and, Noises
Off.
Anita Dobson, and,
Clare Burt’s recording credits include The Great Musicals – Laughter And
Tears, on which
Clare Burt, Denis
Lawson, Gay Soper,
and, Sally Ann Triplett’s recording
credits include Magic Of
The Musicals.
Anna Francolini was originally scheduled to appear in
this gala, but due to personal matters had to pull out.
It
is perhaps worth noting that Anita
Dobson’s musical theatre credits include the musical Eurovision.
At the time of this gala Rebecca
Lock was appearing in Mary Poppins.
Clare Burt, Angela Richards, Peter Straker, Simon Green, Sally Ann Triplett, Lesley Joseph, Patricia Hodge, and, John Barr may have previously taken part in Thing A Thon.
Patricia
Hodge went on to take part in Shopping With The
Stars 2009.
Clare Burt, and, Simon Green’s
recording credits include The Great
Musicals - From Broadway to Hollywood.
Sheridan Morely’s radio credits include The Radio 2 Arts Programme
Chichester Festival 1994.
Stage Sound Services went on to work on Gypsy.
John Barr went on to appear in Somethin’ Good.
Louise Gold subsequently sang Bernstein’s music in Candide In Concert
Critics Comments
Links about A Love Letter To Dan
The Kings Head
Theatre’s page for the gala: http://www.kingsheadtheatre.org/LoveLetter.htm
The British Theatre Guide’s page for the gala: http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/news/lovedan.htm
Whatsonstage.com’s pages for the gala: http://whatsonstage.com/dl/theatre/page:details/id:L01878138962/a_love_letter_to_dan/novello_theatre_(formerly_the_strand)
and http://www.whatsonstage.com/dl/page.php?page=details&id=L01878138962&PHPSESSID=bdcfa59f769ae7ef1c
The Stephen
Visit London’s page for the gala: http://www.visitlondon.com/whats_on/title?titleID=ylovcra2
UK Theatre Web’s page for the gala: http://www.dynamiclisting.com/dl/theatre/a_love_letter_to_dan/page:details/id:S0823745129
Brian May.com’s see: news section, mentioning the gala: http://www.brianmay.com/brian/briannews/briannewsjul06b.html, and what’s new section also mentioning
the gala: http://www.brianmay.com/whatsnew.html
The Stage’s entry for the gala: http://uk.stagejobspro.com/d/1141
Delfont
Mackintosh Theatres’s page about the gala: http://www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk/mt/booknowspecialevents/tribute_to_dan_crawford/
Indie London’s page about the gala: http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Theatre-Review/sunday-nights-at-the-novello-theatre
Broadway World.com’s page about the gala: http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=10590
London Theatre Guide’s page for the gala: http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/display/cm/contentId/90010
The Shaw Theatre’s entry about the gala: http://www.offwestendtheatres.co.uk/index.php?where=the_shaw&when=archive
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