STEVE BARCLAY’S fascinating talk NOTHING LIKE A DAME looks back at some of the greatest pantomime dames ever, including ARTHUR ASKEY, DAN LENO, BILLY DAINTY, TERRY SCOTT, CYRIL FLETCHER, REG DIXON, and the special styles of more recent pantomime dames such as LES DAWSON, DANNY LA RUE, and JOHN INMAN. Pantomime is an English tradition, and some say our children’s initiation into enjoying live theatre and long may it remain so. STEVE BARCLAY an accomplished pantomime dame demonstrates ‘Before Your Very Eyes’ the skills of a traditional panto dame by inviting us to sample first-hand the smell of the grease paint and even some of those song sheets we have grown to know and love. There is always time for questions and answers at the end of this talk
Views: 685 | Enquiries: 7Steve a proud member of the show business fraternity the Grand Order of Water Rats and the most famous entertainers Masonic lodge Chelsea 3098. Steve has enjoyed playing theatres nationwide with many of the top stars of show business including Danny La Rue OBE, Sir Norman Wisdom Rick Wakeman CBE - and many others, too many to list.. He has enjoyed playing the Swansea Grand, Bristol Hippodrome, Leeds City Varieties, and even the World-famous London Palladium. Steve has cruised the world entertaining passengers on the ocean wave. Delighting the cabaret audiences with his brand of stand-up comedy, zany impressions, and music, plus some mean ukulele playing! Steve played his first pantomime dame at the Derngate Theatre. Since then, Steve has never stopped playing dame, and has enjoyed playing the Theatre Royal Hanley and HFC Truro where Steve’s Dame stopped the show! Steve played Dame Widow Twankey at the Garrick Theatre Lichfield to tremendous success with Jimmy Cricket as Wishee Washy. More recently Steve played various Dames for seven consecutive seasons at Lincoln's Theatre Royal with comedy legends Cannon and Ball. Steve is a member of the world famous Chelsea Masonic Entertainers Lodge. In 2021 Steve wrote his biography UNKNOWN TO MILLIONS with a foreword by Rick Wakeman CBE and an afterword by Freddie (Mr Parrot Face) Davies.
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