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A Last Belch for the Great Auk – from Alpha to Omega
Steve Hay 27 March 2009

It’s taken something close to seven years to get A Last Belch for the Great Auk onto the stage, so understandably, I’m looking forward to 6.45pm next Wednesday and curtain up at the Old Fire Station.

David Halliwell, who wrote the play, was a friend of mine. We met in Charlbury in 1996. We were introduced in a convoluted way by local jazz musician (and now childrens author) Alan Fraser, and Harry Potter director David Yates. Long story short, David Yates had directed me at drama school and when I moved to Charlbury, (where he was living) he happened to be doing a ceilidh and needed an authentic Scot to do some readings. There aren’t too many authentic Scots in a village like Charlbury, so I got the gig. That’s when I met Alan Fraser, who asked me to do some stand up at his cabaret nights, The Outhouse, and also said that David Halliwell was looking for a Scot (another lucky break) to appear in his production The House. I got the House gig too (I was the only one in Charlbury with a kilt), and subsequently played the same role (Private Billy Meechan) in a London production (retitled In That Summer of Sweet 16) directed by Jane Clark of I’m a Camera at the Old Red Lion in 1997.
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Peter Schaffer’s AMADEUS

at the North Wall Arts Centre.

 Julia Gasper 25 March 2009
 

There can be few roles in modern theatre that are longer, tougher or more demanding than that of Salieri in Peter Schaffer’s now classic play. A self-confessed murderer, eaten away by envy and bitterness, wrestling with the philosophical conundrum of where inspiration comes from and why it chooses some and by-passes other, he has to talk through many lengthy scenes and act as a narrator as well as a participant. In this production by the Green Bear Company, Prasanna Puwanarajah holds the audience’s attention unfailingly, and communicates the complexity of Salieri’s angst.

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Scottfrasier opens new Mayfair Office – in London

• We demonstrated just how seriously we take the responsibility of marketing properties – for sale and to let – in and around the city by establishing connections with a network of like minded agencies with an office in London’s West End.
  “We are delighted to have representation in the West End,” says David Blythman managing director of sales  “We see this as a positive move in developing even stronger links within the national and international property market.
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