Stevenage Panto 2018 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Gordon Craig Theatre
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Talents Of Britain
Saturday 3rd September 2016
Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
Billy Ocean in Concert, Saturday 4th May 2013, Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage. UK.
Well what a fantastic concert this was, Billy Ocean rolled back the years performing hit after hit, the crowd loving every minute. One and three quarter hours of energy, love and vibe.
What really impressed me was that every song was performed as the original, no ducking of notes, every song in the original key, great stuff.
If you haven't yet, go check him out, you'll love it.
This short video clip captures the evening perfectly, enjoy.
Chris Baugh on Edward Gordon Craig: Exploding Tradition and Inventor of the Modern Stage
Prof Christopher Baugh FRSA, FHEA
Edward Gordon Craig: Exploding Tradition and Inventor of the Modern Stage
50 years after his death on July 29th 1966, Stevenage Arts Guild, in partnership with Stevenage Museum, supported by The Heritage Lottery Fund, celebrate the life and work of the town’s ‘forgotten son’ who became a radical and visionary theatrical pioneer.
A presentation recorded on July 31st 2016 at The Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage.
For more information, images, videos and educational resources visit
Christopher Baugh FHEA FRSA is Emeritus Professor of Performance and Technology at the University of Leeds and has taught scenography in university drama and theatre departments in Manchester, London Goldsmiths’, Kent and Hull. As professional scenographer he has worked in Bristol, California, Oregon, Manchester, London, and with the Abbey Theatre, Dublin winning a New York Drama Critics Tony ‘best staged play’ award for The Borstal Boy. Christopher was resident scenographer with Mecklenburgh Opera (1987-1997) winning the Prudential Award for Opera, and he designed the Terezin operas (Der Kaiser von Atlantis and Brundibar) for them and for BBC Television. His writings include: Garrick and Loutherbourg (1990); ‘Stage Design from Loutherbourg to Poel’ in Joseph Donohue (ed.) The Cambridge History of British Theatre, Vol. 2, (2004). ‘Philippe de Loutherbourg: technology-driven entertainment and spectacle in the late eighteenth century’ in the Huntington Library Quarterly, (2007); and, ‘Scenography and Technology 1737-1843’ in Jane Moody & Daniel O’Quinn (eds.) The Cambridge Companion to British Theatre, 1737-1843, (2007). His book Theatre, Performance and Technology: the development of scenography in the 20th century (Palgrave, 2005) was nominated and short-listed in 2007 by the United States Institute of Theatre Technology (USITT) for a Golden Pen Award. The book went to its enlarged 2nd edition in 2014. He has just written on Wagner, Fuchs, Craig and Appia for The Routledge Companion to Scenography (ed. Arnold Aronson) forthcoming in 2017 and has written numerous articles and book chapters on Edward Gordon Craig. In 1997, Christopher curated the Exploding Tradition exhibition on Craig at the V&A Theatre Museum and delivered the Gordon Craig Lecture for the Society for Theatre Research in 1998. He was a founding director of the Society of British Theatre Designers (SBTD). He chaired the panel preparing the subject benchmark statement, Dance, Drama and Performance for the Quality Assurance Agency (2000-2007), and he was Chair of the Drama, Dance and Performing Arts sub-panel for the UK Research Assessment Exercise, RAE2008. Christopher served as Deputy Convenor of the research assessment panel in creative and performing arts in Hong Kong in 2014, and is currently the Deputy Convenor of the Creative and Performing Arts research assessment panel for the New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission (2018). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2005, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2007.
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A pearldrop production for Fame at the Gordon Craig Theatre August 2013.
Places to see in ( Stevenage - UK )
Places to see in ( Stevenage - UK )
Stevenage is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England. Stevenage is situated to the east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1, and is between Letchworth Garden City to the north, and Welwyn Garden City to the south.
Stevenage is roughly 32.9 miles (50 km) north of central London. Two films were set in and around Stevenage, Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush and Boston Kickout. Spy Game was partly filmed in Stevenage but set in Washington, D.C.. The 1959 film Serious Charge was also filmed in Stevenage.
A small community arts centre is located in the Roaring Meg Retail Park. The Boxfield and Foyer Gallery is situated in the Gordon Craig Theatre, which forms part of the large central Leisure Centre. Stevenage Museum is located under the St. Andrew and St. George's church on St George’s Way.
A distinctive feature of Stevenage is its urban landscape. It has many roundabouts, few traffic lights, a network of completely segregated cycleways, and some of the tallest street lights in Britain. Stevenage is served by the A1(M) motorway. The old Great North Road passes through the centre of the town, and the High Street in the Old Town has several pubs that were coaching inns on this road; it is mostly now classified as the B197. Stevenage is also served by the A602, connecting the town to Hitchin, Watton-at-Stone, Hertford and Ware.
Buses within and to outside the town are provided by several operators, the main within the town being Arriva The Shires. Other operators include Centrebus, Uno, and Cozy Travel. The town is served by Stevenage railway station on the East Coast Main Line, and has regular commuter services to London and Cambridge, as well as connections to the North and Scotland.
( Stevenage - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Stevenage . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Stevenage - UK
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Gordon Craig Theatre Aladdin Video Blog - Christmas Lights part 1
Welcome to the Aladdin Panto 2009 video blog. Following the cast and crew over the next 8 weeks, see the highs, the lows, the heartache, and the finest drama around! Tickets available so call the box office on 01438 363200 or online @gordon-craig.co.uk
Les mckeown Legendary Bcrs The Flowers of Scotland At Gordon Craig the end 18.09.2013
Les Mckeown Legendary The Flowers of Scotland At Gordon Craig Theatre Stevenage Wednesday 18th September 2013 By Heather Vaughan (c)
Penny Francis MBE: Edward Gordon Craig and Puppetry
Penny Francis MBE
Edward Gordon Craig and Puppetry
Featuring excerpts from unpublished The Inner World of Edward Gordon Craig by Henryk Jurkowski (1927-2016) Professor of Theatre, Krakow
50 years after his death on July 29th 1966, Stevenage Arts Guild, in partnership with Stevenage Museum, supported by The Heritage Lottery Fund, celebrate the life and work of the town’s ‘forgotten son’ who became a radical and visionary theatrical pioneer.
A presentation recorded on July 31st 2016 at The Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage.
For more information, images, videos and educational resources visit
Penny Francis MBE, born 1931 in Calcutta, educated in various private schools in India and England, trained and worked as an actor, from 1950 to 1956. She was married to actor Derek Francis from1954 until his death in 1984, together having two daughters, Tessa and Julia. From 1961 she became involved with professional puppetry, recognising the artistry of several young practitioners in a profession then disregarded by the arts world. Penny co-founded the Puppet Centre Trust in 1974, an organisation designed to promote and develop the art form, and initiated a wide-ranging programme which helped to raise its profile and status and to attract statutory funding. She edited the magazine Animations for 14 years and received M.B.E. for services to puppetry in 1998. A tutor at the (now Royal) Central School of Speech and Drama from 1992 to 2008 she is now ongoing international consultant in puppetry to the School. Awarded Honorary Fellowship by the School in 2009, and Honorary Membership of the international association UNIMA in 2012, Penny published Puppetry, a Reader in Theatre Practice (Palgrave. 2012).
Harvey Grossman: Recollections of Edward Gordon Craig
Harvey Grossman, a friend and unofficial pupil of Edward Gordon Craig's, recalls his memories of the man who revolutionised 20th century theatre and design. Filmed on the stage of the Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage, England in July 2016, almost 50 years to the day after Craig's death.
Created as part of the Who is Gordon Craig? project, exploring the life and work of Gordon Craig in his birthplace of Stevenage and beyond 50 years after his death, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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Filming and editing by Pearldrop
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One night of queen at the Gordon Craig Theatre 1
My recording of the queen tribute/impersonation band Gary Mullen and The Works
It was a fantastic night out and i'd recommend going to any queen fan. Gary does a really excellent impersonation of Freddie Mercury and this was confirmed by my parents who have been to real queen concerts and been close enough to hold Freddie's hand.
Apologies for the shaky camera and people moving in front occasionally but the crowd was going crazy in some parts!
More info can be found here
Baby when you're gone- Welwyn Rock Choir, Gordon Craig Theatre
Great song- well done Rock Choir!
Legends of the Tor
Time-lapse of Stevenage Symphony Orchestra's Myths and Legends concert (from setting up the stage for rehearsal through to the end of the concert) at the Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage, on June 15th 2013. The concert featured the world premiere of Alison Wrenn's 25 minute orchestral suite 'Legends of the Tor', extracts of which make up the soundtrack to this film.
The project was made possible by a grant from the BBC Performing Arts Fund Community Music Scheme bbc.co.uk/performingartsfund
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Respect
Made for the Blueprint Project: Respect.
To be screened at the Gordon Craig Theatre in stevenage, Monday 18th February.
Blueprint is a young person-led arts initiative for the Eastern Region for which groups have been asked to create a project on 'the community'.
This performance sees the culmination of months of hard work by the mixed ability Gordon Craig Theatre Blueprint Creative Production Group. The young people have produced a fantastic multimedia presentation all about having tolerance for people and promoting peace in the areas in which we live. RESPECT combines live theatre, film and a contemporary soundtrack to advocate putting the 'unity' in Community, to feel happy and proud in our surroundings and strengthen relations between local residents.
Featuring collaborations with other local groups including the popular Gordon Craig Youth Theatre, RESPECT is powerful as well as well as witty and promises to be an entertaining evening for local people, leaving you with a feel good factor to remember!
Billy Ocean, Love really hurts. Silverstone 2013
Performance at British Grand Prix weekend at Silverstone.
TALENTS OF BRITAIN TOUR 2016
- Talents Of Britain Tour 2016
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18 date tour visiting the following theatres
July 2nd, St Georges Theatre, Great Yarmouth
Sept 2nd, Millfield Theatre, Edmonton
Sept 3rd, Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
sept 10th, Royal Hippodrome, Eastbourne
Sept 16th, Lancaster Grand, Lancaster
Sept 17th, Kings Theatre, Portsmouth
Sept 23rd, Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield
Sept 24th, Gladstone Theatre, The Wirrall
Sept 30th, Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe
Oct 1st, Spa Pavillion, Suffolk
Oct 2nd, Princes Theatre, Clacton
Oct 14th, Woodville Palace, Gravesend
Oct 16th, Spotlight Theatre, Broxbourne
Oct 21st, Thwaites Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Oct 26th, Marina Theatre, Lowestoft
Oct 27th, Kings Lynn Corn Exchange
Oct 28th, Redditch Palace Theatre
Nov 4th Trowbridge Civic Centre
Nov 12th, Harlington Fleet
Nov 18th, The Guildhall, Preston
All shows start at 7.30pm.
The cast:
Stavros Flately
Kev Orkian
Francine Lewis
Jon Clegg
Steve Hewlett
Paul Burling
Aimie Atkinson
Alan Commitee
Russ Williams
Ricky K
Phil Butler
Micky Hutton
Becky O'Brian
Shelley Rivers
Matthew Crane
The Sundaes
Bruce Airhead
Tucker
Cheryl Hadley
James Phelan
Local Dance schools from each city will also be performing in the show.
Thanks for watching and hope to see you on our tour.
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SWCA12 Snow White
A look at what goes on behind the scenes in Snow White at the Lowther Pavilion, Lytham St. Annes this Christmas season!
Rainy Afternoon at Stevenage, ECML | 28/04/18
A wet and cold afternoon at Stevenage situated on the ECML after spending around 2 hours on Saturday 28th April 2018, i thought all this cold weather was over with! By the end of this video my hands were almost frozen. For a while, all platforms were operating normally with trains blasting past on both platform 2 & 3. Unlike other visits to Stevenage in the past there has always been a problem.
Stevenage info:
Stevenage railway station serves the town of Stevenage in Hertfordshire, England. The station is 27 miles 45 chains (44.4 km) north of London King's Cross on the East Coast Main Line. Stevenage is managed and served by Great Northern. It is also served by Hull Trains and Virgin Trains East Coast.
The present station was opened on 26 July 1973 by Shirley Williams, then MP for Stevenage, replacing the previous station, which was 73 chains (1,500 m) to the north, and further away from the centre of the new town. The station was built by British Rail.
History:
The original Stevenage railway station was built in 1850 by the Great Northern Railway, despite the apparent hostility towards the railway being built there at that time due to the inevitable decline it would cause to local coach businesses, which all ended shortly after the station was opened. In 1946, Stevenage was one of the first communities selected to become a 'New Town' as part of the governments New Towns Act, which resulted in a new town centre. In 1973, the railway station was relocated 73 chains (1.47 km) south, within walking distance (220 yd, 200 m) of the new town centre.
Facilities:
The station has two separate ticket offices (Great Northern and Virgin Trains East Coast), but in practice, each sell each other's tickets. There are also seven ticket machines. There are toilets at street level (but not on the platforms) and lifts from the station building to both platforms.
The station also has automatic ticket barriers, which were installed by First Capital Connect (the previous train operator) shortly after it took over the route, as a revenue protection exercise and to improve security at the station. There is a snack bar, at street level, and two coffee bars at platform level, with one per platform. The newsagent previously at street level closed in March 2014, pending the redevelopment of the station which has since been completed. Since December 2013, the previous train operator, First Capital Connect started refurbishing the station completely, introducing passenger lifts between platform and street level, and refurbishing the concourse area plus retail units. The works were due to be completed by April 2014, but were delayed. Since Great Northern took over the franchise in September 2014, these works have been completed.
Both island platforms have indoor waiting rooms that were refurbished in May 2012 as part of a wider scheme to refurbish and add waiting rooms across the Great Northern Route, and there is also outdoor seating along the length of the platforms.
The station is a short walk on a walkway from Stevenage Bus Station and is opposite a leisure complex that includes the Gordon Craig Theatre.
Services:
Most of the trains serving Stevenage station are operated by Great Northern, lying on its Great Northern Route from London King's Cross to Peterborough and Cambridge. It is also served by trains between London and Letchworth via Hertford North; these trains use Moorgate station in London. Great Northern services mainly use the outer faces of each island platform - platform 1 for Kings Cross and Moorgate and platform 4 for Letchworth, Cambridge and Peterborough. During weekday rush hours & at weekends some trains to/from Hertford North also terminate & start from platform 4.
The Monday–Saturday off-peak service is:
4 trains per hour southbound to King's Cross, of which:
2 run fast, calling at Finsbury Park only;
2 stop at all stations as far as Hatfield, then fast to Potters Bar and Finsbury Park.
2 trains per hour northbound to Cambridge (one semi-fast, one stopping at all local stations)
2 trains per hour northbound to Peterborough, calling at all stations.
1 train per hour south to London Moorgate via Hertford North, calling at all stations en route;
1 train per hour north to Letchworth Garden City, which only runs on weekdays (at weekends this service terminates here).
Virgin Trains East Coast:
Stevenage is also served by some Virgin Trains East Coast services on the East Coast Main Line. During the day, there is an hourly service between London King's Cross and Leeds and an hourly service between King's Cross and Newark North Gate (extended to York every 2 hours); at other times there are also services to Edinburgh Waverley and Newcastle. These services use platform 2 southbound and platform 3 northbound.
Hull Trains:
Hull Trains offer a very limited service, only calling at Stevenage on Sunday afternoons, 1 train northbound and 2 trains southbound. This service runs between King's Cross and Hull.
Harvey Grossman: Edward Gordon Craig Presentation
Harvey Grossman on Edward Gordon Craig:
Life Memories of Mr Craig
Craig and Isadora
50 years after his death on July 29th 1966, Stevenage Arts Guild, in partnership with Stevenage Museum, supported by The Heritage Lottery Fund, celebrate the life and work of the town’s ‘forgotten son’ who became a radical and visionary theatrical pioneer.
A presentation recorded on July 31st 2016 at The Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage.
For more information, images, videos and educational resources visit
Harvey Grossmann is a stage director who discovered Gordon Craig at the age of 14 in his native New York. He saw a Craig design in a History of Theatre book and decided, “This is my teacher”. Waving the banner for Craig amidst neo-Stanislavski-ites at New York’s High School of Performing Arts, Grossmann was happy at the age of 17 when a Boston magazine Chrysalis asked him to write an article Gordon Craig and the Actor. It gave him a pretext to write to Craig. Their correspondence spans ten years. (Many of the letters from Craig are now in the archives of the Theatre Museum, London.) The article was recently uncovered by Patrick de Boeuf who has charge of The Craig Collection at the National Library of France. Mr. De Boeuf cite’s Grossmann’s understanding of Craig’s ‘Uber-marionette’ as unique in being the only one with which Craig did not disagree. Still 18, Grossmann joined Craig (who was 80) in Vence, France, and became ‘unofficial’ pupil-assistant to his teacher. On Craig’s advice he went on to study mime with Etienne Decroux in Paris and work as an assistant to Erwin Piscator in Goteborg, Sweden, the scene also of his own first work as director.
Teacher of mime in Israel, off-Broadway director in New York, Grossmann found ground for his Craigian roots in a New Hampshire touring company he founded: ‘The Players’ Theatre of New England’, which transposed to the stage stories and legends not written for it, with actors playing many-faced roles – not only human roles, but those of storms, ships, trees and beasts – playing even the very scene in which they move, playing even the change from one scene to another. This work led to the construction of the mobile CRUCIFORM THEATRE, built under the auspices of the Instituut voor Scheppende Ontwikkeling, Antwerp, under a subsidy from the Netherlands Institute for Theatre Research, Amsterdam.
Harvey Grossmann considers his CRUCIFORM THEATRE a direct continuation of the work of Gordon Craig. A point of mention is Harvey Grossmann’s production of Hamlet according to Craig, with the actors of TEATR’UBI, Covilha, Portugal, which toured in the Portugal and Spain in the year 2000.
Presently, Grossmann continues to lead production workshops founded on Craig’s work, to lecture about Craig, and about his own Cruciform Theatre, for groups of theatre practitioners and students at theatres, theatre academies and universities in the U.S.A, Belgium, France, England, Sweden and Portugal.
Crissie - Barcelona, Queen (THE BOHEMIANS LIVE)
Crissie and The Bohemians giving the audience at The Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage a little suprise...