God, It's Grimsby!

Here's a poster I designed from my college acting days with Steve Gladwin and his Packup Theatre Company in 1989. 'God it's Grimsby!' was written by Steve and his friend C.Colwood and based on Brecht's 'Good woman of Sechzuan'.

And here's a shot of some of the cast members during a well earned break after rehearsals one night.

Included in the group are in the front Amanda Leadbeater (with unidentified face before her), Lisa Garner, two guys whose names I don't remember (oops), Malc Roberts, Colin Carr, a manic looking Steve Gladwin and Jane Twyman.

For Charity Day in '89 (as usual) we dressed up and paraded the streets collecting money for charity. This particular year Jane Twyman had the idea to have a sponsored hug. Unfortunately her boyfriend (Steve) was teaching that day so, hey, I got the job. We dressed as Anthony and Cleopatra. Amanda Leadbeater (rear left) dressed as Ma Taylor, the character she played in 'God it's Grimsby'. Rear right is Liz Stanley dressed as Robin hood (or maybe a merry man, person.)

Renegades

Like myself, Malcolm Roberts and, of course, Steve Gladwin, Amanda Leadbeater was one of the diehard members of the Drama Group who returned to be in the play year after year, even after leaving college. This shot of Amanda seducing Jim Cook taken in 1991 was in the play 'Renegades'. The play was based on the struggle against apartheid

and Jim plays a slave who is forced to go beyond his duties for his mistress.

Here's a shot of the cast of Renegades from '89. From left to right we can see Kerry Sizer, Sheena Spinks, a camera-shy Katerina Charalambous, Adrian Swann, L'il ol' me, Kerry Purcell, Jim Cook, Mal Roberts and unfortunately I can't make out who's last in line but it's possibly Steve Gladwin.