Where are they now ?
THE YOUNG THEATRE (at Harrow)
1964 - 1982
We heard from a number of ex-members, among them:- Kay Koré - Jacquie Russell - Graham Bishop - Dino Stavrides - Louise Gill (née Brooks) - Martin Wallace - Rod Baker - Bob Baker - Peter Barker & Heather Joy Garrett (who subsequently turned up with their daughter at the YT Beaconsfield production of "mister Scrooge"!) - David Maskell (who came to see YT's 2004 production of "Alice" at Beaconsfield having stage-managed the original production in 1968!!) - Tim Balkwill - Peter Lock, who in June 2004, met up with the current Young Theatre members at the British Final Festival of One Act Plays in Aberystwyth, and joined in the celebrations with his family! - and most recently Janet Conway (née Fiferman); and Sarah Bamford.
Quite a number have graced the theatrical profession in one form or another including... actors
Robert Glenister (a patron of YT who, amongst many other things, has been seen in Hustle on BBCtv and The Badness of King George on Channel 4);
Paul Bhattacharjee (seen in Twelfth Night and Guantanamo in London, Hobson's Choice at the Oxford Playhouse, and in YT patron David Edgar’s new play Playing with Fire at the National);
Claire Toeman;
Charlotte Barker;
John Grantham (aka Graham), who now has his own successful agency;
Andrew Kitchen (Actor/Director/Producer);
Graham Bishop (TV/Film Prop. Buyer);
and Janet Gwyn (Costume Designer)
... and we're sure that there are many others about whom we don't have details!
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Where
are they now ?
THE
YOUNG THEATRE (at Beaconsfield)
A large number of Beaconsfield's ex-members have also "graced" the profession in one form or another:
- Richard Atlee (aka Harwood) (Kenton in The Archers, Topsy Turvey, Midsommer Murders)
- Sarah Ayres
- Paul Bacon (Corporate Events)
- Zoe Ball (TV Presenter)
- Mark Britton (Corporate Events: Creating Sunshine)
- Anne-Marie Crawford (Asst. Director)
- Jane Dutton (Freelance Theatre Technician)
- David Farey (working with Norden Farm Arts Centre)
- Jonathan Fowke (Media company Imari Entertainment
- Jane Fryers (Production Asst.)
- Leona Graham (aka Smith) (a presenter with Virgin Radio)
- Tim Hill (Company Producer Tight Fit Theatre/Freelance Lighting Designer)
- Michael Hulls (Lighting Designer with Russell Maliphant Dance Company)
- Catherine Lambert graduated from Central
- Chris Lambert (Writing and directing at Exeter University)
- Matt McHale (aka Wright) (Asst. Director)
- Jeremy Murrell (TV/video director)
- Karen Ogborn (has put aside her set and costume design skills to work for Crimewatch and get married)
- Mark Oldknow (Artistic Director/Actor/Writer/Director Tight Fit Theatre)
- Carla Quelch (Actor/Director/Choreographer)
- Richard Roach (aka Morris) (Heartbeat etc.)
- William (Bill) Tapley (The Bill, Band of Brothers etc.)
- Kate Tilling (Make-Up Designer).
- Jane Treays (TV Documentary Producer)
- John Varah
- Rick Warden (seen in Band of Brothers and Shackleton)
- Sam Whittaker (TV, various including Casualty and Canterbury Tales. Stage includes Ophelia in Hamlet at the Old Vic)
- Michael Wicherek (Boxclever Theatre Co.);
- Matt Wilson (Theatre Technician)
- Ryan Witney (recovered from playing Scrooge for IRW(!) and Lucky in Waiting for Godot with Tight Fit Theatre)
- David Worley
There are quite a number of others who, we believe, are working in various
production offices around the country in a variety of entertainment-oriented jobs. Let us know if you can fill in any gaps.
Amongst the many others with whom we have had contact in the last year
or so are:
- Tanya Baker,
- Danielle Benest
- Emma Blagden (née Read) whose son Elliot is currently a member of YT Beaconsfield
- Rob Bowen
- Lis Brownbill
- Russell Brownbill
- Helen Chaldecott (née Wallace)
- Andy Chisholm
- Lucinda Crowther (née Smalley)
- Peter Fison
- Jane Fryers
- David Jefferies
- Mike Jefferies
- Steph Lennon
- Debbie Lewis
- Joanne Moran (née Burnage) whose daughter Annabel is now a member of YT Beaconsfield
- James Rider
- Penny Robertson (née Harwood)
- Nicole Shields (née Skudder)
- Rebecca Wallace
- Clare White (née Murrell)
- Graham Wilkinson
- Ryan Witney
- Jackie (Jax) Wooster (née Phipps)
Are you an ex-member or member of either Harrow or Beaconsfield?
We'd like to hear from you.
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If you have any information about past Young Theatre productions, or information about any Young Theatre activities, then do please get in touch; and if you know any other ex-members of YT, please tell them about this site - we would very much like to hear from them too.