Leslie Grantham, best known to the world as Dirty Den from Eastenders is a Londoner but not strictly an east-ender, although he did support one of their main teams. ‘I was born and brought up in South London. I was West Ham...
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Mr Sher has a very easy, familiar style which is very enjoyable to read. The book is full of good stories, one of the funniest being about donning the Falstaff fat-suit for the first time and his concern about how he would be able, if at all, to pee while wearing it.
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THEATRES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ARE DARK but there is a tradition that not all the lights go out even when a theatre is closed and empty. A single bulb on a stand is left in the middle of the stage – it is known as a ghost light and ensures that anyone entering the building will always be able to find their way even though everything else is dark. Please give a thought to all people who work in the entertainment industry who have had their livelihoods snatched from them at a moment’s notice and have been left with no income and with nowhere to turn. And this is only the beginning; none of us know when or how it will end. We will try to keep up to date with any developments and let you know. So, watch these pages and above all, stay safe and well. Who knows when we will be back . . . ?
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with a foreword by Steven Berkoff. The Opera House in Cheltenham’s Regent Street opened in...
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