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talking since 1967…
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March Lineup
Mr Garrick’s Fireside: A personal History of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
March 03
The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane has provided entertainment for every monarch since the Charles II. This talk takes a personal journey through the history of the most famous theatre in the world with tales of being the body double for the man who wrote ‘My Fair Lady’ and almost being shot by the Queen Mother’s security detail…all because of Ken Dodd.
To Journey’s End: The Life of RC Sherriff
March 10
In 2000 the National Theatre named ‘Journey’s End’ one of the 100 most important plays of the 20th Century. This is the story of how a shy insurance salesman wrote one of the most moving and true accounts of life in the trenches of WW1 and went on to become one of the highest paid British screenwriters in Hollywood, helping create some of cinema’s most memorable films
Watching the Detectives: A History of British TV Crime Fighters
March 17
 Murder! It’s not big and it’s not clever. But without it our little grey cells would have missed some of the most popular television programmes to ever grace the small screen. This Talk walks the beat through the quiet of St Mary Mead, below the cliffs of Broadchurch and across the killing fields of Midsomer. On the way it unearths the clues that reveal how our fascination with crime dramas owes much to the uncertainty, experimentation and innovation of the early days of television.
On Broadway: The Life and Adventures of Damon Runyan
March 24
Although best known for writing the stories that are the source of the classic musical ‘Guys and Dolls’, Damon Runyon’s unique style and use of language, has entered our everyday speech. If your boss give you the ‘heave-ho’? Your favourite TV stars have charm ‘in spades’? Or your football club, ‘brought in the dream team’? Then they did so talking ‘Runyonese’. This is the story of the man who turned gambling, gangsters, guys and dolls into the stuff of legend…and is the responsible for Pudsy the Bear!
Not Coming Soon: The Greatest Movies NEVER
March 24
Ever wondered whether it was the start of a beautiful friendship between Rick and Louis? Whether even James Bond could have saved New York from sharks armed with nuclear warheads? Or what Alfred Hitchcock might have planned for a judge accused of murder? History remembers the great (and often not so great) movies that were made…but what about the ones that never got past the starting line?
The Venue
Monarch Theatre
Peter Allen
Talking Since 1967…..
Pete is the Director of The RC Sherriff Trust, a charity set up through the Will of the playwright and author RC Sherriff.
Prior to this he was the Arts Development Officer for Elmbridge Borough Council where he was responsible for The Royston Pike Lecture Series.
After leaving Drama School Pete set up Lifesize Theatre. He was co-founder and artistic director of WhirlygigArts which ran CRYPT (Cranleigh Young People’s Theatre), CMYT (Chequer Mead Youth Theatre) and The Big Picture Young People’s Film Workshop.
Pete also co-founded Storm the Stage Young People’s Theatre for Mole Valley District Council and was the Director of The Together in Waddon Community Project.
He has also worked extensively as a professional theatre director and film-maker.
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