David Pendlebury – Into the Woods

David starred as  The Steward in Off-West End Award-winners All Star Productions’ new adaptation of Sondheim’s Into the Woods at the Cockpit Theatre. 

All Star Productions, in partnership with Trilby Productions, took Sondheim’s subversive classic and gave it a modern 21st Century twist featuring 17 larger than life characters drawn directly from modern-day Britain. 

This fantastic musical invites the audience to a journey into the middle of the woods where well-known fairy tales interweave to create a magical world. As with all fairy tales from the Grimm Brothers, Into the Woods imparts a valuable lesson that our actions can affect others and that we must take responsibility for their consequences. 

We are also delighted to announce that Into the Woods was nominated for 5 OffWestEnd awards including Best Female Performance in a Musical, Best Supporting Male in a Musical and best Musical Director. Congrats to everyone involved! 

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Stefanie Powers – 84 Charing Cross Road

Ms Powers has reprised the role of Helene Hanff in the touring production of 84 Charing Cross Road, starting on the 23rd of April at the Darlington Hippodrome before moving to the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre, Malvern Festival Theatre, the Richmond Theatre in London and the Oxford Playhouse before finishing its run at the Cambridge Arts Theatre. 

The play, based on the best-selling book by Helene Hanff, tells the story of the book-collecting New Yorker’s 20-year correspondence with Frank Doel (Clive Francis), the chief book buyer for Marks & Co Antiquarian Booksellers located at the eponymous address in London.

Over their two decades of written communication they would form an incredibly tight bond while discussing everything from the sermons of John Donne, to the coronation of Elizabeth II, to the fine art of making a Yorkshire Pudding. Ms Hanff would even go out of her way to send Doel and the other employees at Marks & Co food parcels to ease the strain of post-World War II rationing well as Birthday and Christmas presents.

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