Helen Brooks

A Creative Learning and Oral History project about Theatre Royal Brighton in the 1950s and 60s, focusing on the people who worked there and attended as audience. We know about the stars on stage, this project is about Brighton people ‘sharing the limelight’ and telling their stories about their theatre!

A group of local volunteers have been trained in Oral History methods and are currently interviewing various people around the City with stories to tell about the Theatre. So far they have collected interviews from past audience members, technicians and actor Tony Adams (Crossroads) all talking fondly about their memories of the theatre at that time.

A celebration of the life and Broadway legacy of Marin Mazzie took place at the Gershwin Theatre yesterday, October 25th, for friends, family and the theatre community. There were performances and testimonials from loved ones, including her husband, Jason Danieley, to pay tribute to the three-time Tony Award nominee who passed away on September 13th after a three-year tenacious struggle with ovarian cancer.