A Week In
The
Louise Gold appeared as herself, the actress playing Tanya in Mamma Mia , (Recorded 31 December 2000, 28 January
2001, 18 December 2001, 27 December 2001, & 15 December 2001 – According to
the BBC Programme Catalogue) , Broadcast on BBC 2 on 11 to 15 (especially the
12, and also the 13) February 2002
Presented By
Claire
Sweeney
Alistair
Appleton
Appearances By...
Featuring
Pippa Aillion (Casting Director, currently working on a tour of Disney’s Beauty
And The Beast)
Nancy
Anderson (actress,
currently appearing in Kiss Me Kate as Lois Lane/Bianca)
Richard
Attenborough
(actor)
Michael
Ball (actor, about
to appear in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as Caractacus)
Brent
Barrett (actor,
currently appearing in Kiss Me Kate, as Fred Graham/Petruchio)
Michael Berresse (actor, currently appearing in Kiss Me Kate, as Bill
Calhoun/Lucentio)
Brian
Blessed (actor,
about to appear in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as Baron Bomburst)
Alfred Boe (Opera Singer, currently appearing at the ROH)
Lez
Brotherson (Designer, designed My One And Only)
Darcy Bussell (Ballet dancer, just returned to the ROH)
Paul
Christ (Musical
Director, currently working on Disney’s Beauty And The Beast)
Judy Craymer (Producer, produced on Mamma Mia)
Stephen Daldry (Director, directing An Inspector Calls)
Jason Danieley (actor, about to appear in The Full Monty, as Malcolm)
Jack
Davenport (actor,
about to appear in Lady Winderemere’s Fan)
Janie Dee (actress, about to appear in My
One And Only)
Rob
Edwards (performer,
currently appearing in The Lion King, as Scar)
Philip Effemey (Company Stage Manager, currently working on Mamma Mia)
Richard
Eyre (Director,
former Artistic Director of The National Theatre)
Tim Flavin (actor, about to appear in My One And Only)
Mark Fox (Theatre archivist)
Louise
Gold (actress,
currently appearing in Mamma Mia, as
Tanya)
Linda
Gray (actress,
about to appear in The Graduate)
Sir Peter
Hall (Director,
directing Lady Windermere’s Fan & former Artistic Director of
The National Theatre)
Ruthie Henshall (actress)
Robert Herfield (Director, directed The Woman In Black)
Ian
Hughes (performer,
currently appearing in The Lion King, as Timon)
Loveday
Ingram (Director,
directed My One And Only)
Catherine
Johnson (Writer,
wrote book for Mamma Mia)
Penelope
Keith (actress,
currently appearing in Star Quality)
Dervla Kirwn (actress, about to appear in Dangerous
Corner)
Johan Kolborg (Ballet Dancer, currently appearing at the ROH)
Lindsay
Law (Producer,
produced The Full Monty)
Phyllida Lloyd
(Director, directed Mamma Mia)
Andrew
Lloyd-Webber
(Composer, wrote score for: Cats, and, Phantom Of The Opera)
Martin
Lowe (Musical
Director, MD’d The Full Monty)
Cameron
Mackintosh
(Producer)
Ian MacNeil (Designer, designed the set for An Inspector Calls)
Marin Mazzie (actress, currently appearing in Kiss Me Kate, as Lilli Vanessi/Kate)
Lesley Nicol (actress, currently appearing in Mamma
Mia, as Rosie)
Trevor
Nunn (Director,
Artistic Director of The National Theatre)
Richard
O’Brien (actor, about
to appear in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as The Childcatcher)
John
Owen-Jones (actor,
currently appearing in The Phantom Of The Opera, as The Phantom)
Rupert Penry-Jones (actor, about to appear in Dangerous Corner)
Odette Perdrisat (actress/dancer, currently appearing in
Louise Plowright (actress, currently appearing in Mamma
Mia, as Donna Sheridan)
Rachel Pressland (actress/dancer, currently appearing in
Jonathan
Pryce (actor,
currently appearing in My Fair Lady as Henry Higgins
Vanessa Redgrave (actress, about to appear in Lady Windermere’s Fan, as
The Mother)
Joanna
Riding (actress,
currently appearing in My Fair Lady, as Eliza Dolittle)
Patrick
Robinson (actor,
about to appear in Dangerous Corner)
Anton
Rogers (actor,
about to appear in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as Grandpa)
Tamara Rojo (Ballet Dancer, currently appearing at the ROH)
Jean
Scott (actress,
cast member from the original
Sam
Shepard (actor,
currently appearing in Art)
Steve
John Shepard
(actor, about to appear in Dangerous Corner)
Sheila Sim (actress)
Judy Taymour (director, directed The Lion King)
Bryn Terfel (Opera Singer, currently appearing at ROH)
Bjorn Ulvaeus (Songwriter, wrote score for Mamma Mia)
Jenny
Walton (actress,
cast member from the original
Dennis
Waterman (appearing
in My Fair Lady as Alfred P Doolittle)
Claire
Whitfield (Stage
Manager, currently working on Mamma Mia)
June
Whitfield (actress)
Emma
Williams (actress,
about to appear in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as Truly Scrumptious)
Nick
Winston (actor,
currently appearing in Kiss Me Kate, understudying Bill Calhoun/Lucentio)
David Yazibck (Composer-Lyricist, wrote songs for the stage version of The Full
Monty)
Appearances By ...
Also Include:
Dave Amos (masterclass
student)
Nicola
Amos (masterclass student)
The Cast of An
Inspector Calls
Clive
Anderson (TV
presenter, hosting the Lawrence Olivier Awards)
Tom
Campbell (masterclass student)
The Cast of Cats
The Cast Of
The Cast Of Chitty
Chitty Bang Bang
(original stage production cast)
The Cast of Dangerous
Corner
JJ Donney (auditionee for Disney’s Beauty And The
Beast)
Deborah Durtcher (as a member of The Phantom Of Opera cast, playing the young
singer)
Peter
Forbes (as a member
of the Mamma Mia cast, playing Harry
Bright)
David Fox (auditionee
for Disney’s Beauty And The Beast)
The Cast of The
Full Monty
Tony Holbro (amdram performer)
Raza
Jaffrey (as a
member of the Mamma Mia cast, playing
Sky)
The Cast of Kiss
Me Kate (original Victoria Palace Theatre revival cast)
The Cast of Lady
Windermere’s Fan
Josie
Lawrence (actress)
Vanessa
Leigh Hicks (as a
member of the
The Les
Miserables Masterclass
The Cast of The
Lion King
The Cast of Mamma
Mia (Mamma Mia London
Production Cast 3)
Bob Martin
(show fan, Cats)
Neil McCaul (as a member of the
The Cast of The
Mousetrap
The Cast of My
One And Only
The Cast of My
Fair Lady
Barry
O’Connell (auditionee for Disney’s Beauty And The Beast)
Jenny
Parry (show fan, Starlight
Express)
The Cast of The
Phantom Of The Opera
The Cast of The
Reduced Shakespeare Company
Joely
Rohan Tickell (as a member of the Mamma Mia cast, playing Bill Austin)
Amanda
Salmon (as a member
of the Mamma Mia cast, playing Sophie
Sheridan)
Simon
Slater (as a member
of the Mamma Mia cast, playing Sam
Carmichael)
Rosemary
Squires (theatre
producer)
The Cast of Starlight
Express
The
Starlight Express Fan Club
Christopher
Till (as a member
of the Mamma Mia cast, in the
ensemble)
Julie Wallford (show fan, Blood Brothers)
Leigh
Zimmerman (as a
member of the
Production Team
Producers - Kate
Shires and S. J. Clarkson
Executive
Producer - John Comerford
For a Review/Summary
of A Week In The
West End, please click here.
Louise Plowright, Louise
Gold and Lesely Nicol,
along with the rest of Mamma Mia
Judy Craymer, Catherine Johnson,
Phyllida Lloyd, and, Bjorn Ulvaeus also spoke on camera in ABBA – The Mamma Mia! Story, as did Cameron Mackintosh.
Claire Sweeney and Louise Gold
went on to appear together at Dress
Circle Grand Reopening.
Claire Sweeney’s recording credits
include Defiant Dames.
Brent Barrett had previously appeared
in A Time To
Start Living.
Janie Dee, and, Richard O’Brien had probably previously
appeared in Comedy Tonight, which was
co-directed by Trevor Nunn.
Janie Dee, Joanna Riding, and possibly Peter
Forbes went on to appear in the Regents
Park 70th Anniversary Gala.
Rob Edwards had previously appeared
in the
Tim Flavin had probably
previously appeared in Broadway To Brighton, his recording credits include On The Town.
Tim Flavin and Jonathan
Pryce can be heard on Encore
The Very Best From The Musicals, and, The History Of The Musical.
Sir Andrew Lloyd-Webber also wrote the score
for Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (see: Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Touring Production)
& Joseph
and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (York
Production)).
Martin Lowe was also Musical Director
for Mamma Mia .
Martin Lowe was also Musical Director
for Hot ‘n’ Spicey 2,
and he wrote the music for the BBC Radio play Into
Exile.
Anton Rogers appeared in Will Aid, for which Trevor Nunn wrote material.
Jonathan Pryce’s recording credits
include Cabaret, Centre
Stage Showtime!, and, The
Great Musicals - Wonderful Tales.
Anton Rogers, Dennis Waterman,
and, Neil McCaul had previously appeared on The Royal Variety Performance
(1982).
Anton Rogers’s television credits
include Julia And Company.
Neil McCaul had previously
appeared in films The Pirates of
Penzance, and, Billy
The Kid And The Green Baize Vampire. He has
previously appeared on stage in Angry Housewives,
Red Hot & Blue, and, 110 In The Shade.
Josie Lawrence’s previous television
credits, on BBC2,
include Rachel And The Roarettes. She has gone on to appear in stage in the
gala Happily Ever After.
Janie Dee,
and, Joanna Riding may have previously appeared in Dear Ralph, which was produced by Cameron Mackintosh.
S J Clarkson went on to work on Doctors.
Patrick Robinson and Simon Slater’s
previous TV credits include Casualty.
Brian Blessed’s previous TV credits include BlackAdder, and, Roland Rat The Series.
Laugh???
I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee, Rita Rudner, A Kick Up The Archive, and, Alexei Sayle’s
Merry-Go-Round were also broadcast on BBC
2, as was the first terrestrial broadcast of The Alan Clark Diaries, and, the national
premier of City Lights.
Nick
Winston had previously choreographed the Side By
Side By Sondheim 25th Anniversary Gala.
Janie Dee, and, Cameron Mackintosh went on to appear
in Side By Side By Sondheim 30th Anniversary
Gala.
Janie Dee went on to
appear in A Love Letter To
Dan.
Although featured here as a member of the cast of Mamma Mia , Louise
Gold has of course appeared in other productions of several of the shows
whose current West End productions are featured here, namely: a regional
production of My Fair Lady, a regional
production of Blood Brothers, a one night
concert version of Chicago (actually Chicago & Company), The 1997 Regents
Park production of Kiss Me Kate, and
the West End production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Musical Director Paul Christ, Director Richard
Eyre, and Producer Cameron
Mackintosh have gone on to work on the West End production of Mary
Poppins, which also saw Louise Gold return to The Prince Edward Theatre, once again
on a cast change.
Critics Comments
Links about A Week
In The
British Theatre Guide news item about the
programme: http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/news/N100202.htm#week
Amdram.co.uk’s item about the
Maresfield Millennium Players’s
appearance on A Week In The West End: http://www.amdram.co.uk/groupfocus/spotlight2.htm
Royal Opera House’s VYAP Archive, mentions Alfred Boe’s appearance on A Week In The
West End: http://info.royaloperahouse.org/VYAP/Index.cfm?ccs=292&cs=576
Phantom Of The Opera, Movie, Website’s
mention of Phantom and the new Olivier award: http://www.phantommovie.com/olivier.htm
Odette Perdrisat, swing
dancer’s resume (actually on the Mamma Mia site) mention’s her
appearance as a
Claire Sweeney’s Fansites mentions her
presenting A Week In The West End: http://claire-sweeney.tripod.com/news.html and http://www.claire-sweeney.co.uk/articles/arti_dm2.html
Claire Sweeney’s Official website, Television
credits: http://www.clairesweeney.com/television.html
ABBA News, item for 20 January 2002, mentions that
Mamma Mia was shortlisted for A Week In The West End’s Olivier Award: http://www.abbamail.com/news/latest_jan2002.htm
ABBA News, item for 18 February 2002, summarises
the Mamma Mia segment on the Tuesday episode of A Week In The
West End (and manages not to refer to the three performers interviewed by name,
merely as “The three current Donna and The Dynamos): http://www.abbamail.com/news/latest_feb2002_parttwo.htm
Abermarle News item
announcing the series A Week In The West End: http://www.albemarle-london.com/news-february02.html
John Owen-Jones’s fanite: http://www.johnowenjones.com/mainframe.htm includes a
summary of the A Day In The Life Of An Actor item on
Monday’s episode of the programme: http://www.johnowenjones.com/west_end.htm
The Michael Ball Corner: http://www.michaelballcorner.com/home.htm and pictures
of Michael Ball from the programme: http://www.michaelballcorner.com/michaelWIWE.htm
Reading Evening Post’s review of the programme
(shame it only seems to have covered the last three episodes of the week): http://www.getreading.co.uk/story.asp?intid=2891
The Guardian Diary Section’s item about the
programme (though about Tuesday’s episode seems to focus on one of Alistair’s
advice items): http://www.guardian.co.uk/diary/story/0,3604,649856,00.html
BBC Programme
Catalogue entry: http://open.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/series/A+WEEK+IN+THE+WEST+END : entries for
individual episodes: http://open.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/programme/LFEY448L, http://open.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/programme/LFEY449F, http://open.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/programme/LFEY450A, http://open.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/programme/LFEY451T, and, http://open.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/programme/LFEY452N
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