wiflo programmes
1964 – WIFLO Season Brochure
Back to 1964 and a real rarity – the season brochure from the Festival of Light Opera. There’s 156 pages of pictures, shows and even adverts from old shops to look at (sometimes the adverts […]
Month: October 2017
Waterford Panto Society (1985-)
WTA 035 – 2002 – Frankenstein – Waterford Panto Society
So I searched long and hard for a halloween themed update today, and I forgot – of course , the most unlikely source of all – the Panto! Yes in 2002 for some explicable reason […]
Spotlight Videos
1998 – Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat Megamix 1998 – Premier Productions
Video day, and it’s a departure from the normal Tops videos (plenty of those to come in the future!). 20 years ago this week Premier Productions had ‘Joseph’ on stage – to this day still […]
Musical
2017 – Assassins Image Gallery
This weeks jump into the recent past is Dat’s De Y’s April production of ‘Assassins’ – Sondheim’s masterpiece which ran in Garter Lane for a week long run. Photos are courtesy of the brilliant Colin […]
Tops Various Docs
1975 Tops Adjudicators Report – The Foundry
I like adding in bits of memorabilia now and again. This time it’s back to 1975 and the adjudicators report from Jack Cruise on The Foundry show. He also gives the breakdown of points for […]
Musical
Videos – ‘Grease’ 1991 Clips Video
Had to share this other quick montage of Grease clips from the 1991 Stage Fright production. As well as all the youthful faces and of course Bryan Flynn you’ll also see Noelie O’Neill – another […]
Musical
2004 – Annie – Really Youthful Theatre Group
In 2004 the ‘Really Youthful Theatre Group’ produced their final production before transitioning into ‘Flaggy Lane Juniors’ – the ever popular ‘Annie’ in the Theatre Royal. Added to the Really Youth ful archive here. 2004 […]
Posts With Video
Interview and Music with Des Manahan
I’m delighted to share this today and a special thanks to Ollie Breslin from Waterford Youth Arts for access to this video. It’s a video interview that WYA did with Des for a social history […]
Tops Videos
1993 – A Taste Of Tops RTE Programme
Delighted to get a copy of this 1993 feature programme that RTE ran coming up to the national final. Its an hour long feature with familiar faces including a song from Liam Butler and an […]
Tops Videos
1989 – Tramore Tops – The Lullaby of Broadway
This is a clip from the 1989 Tramore Tops production – the ‘Lullaby of Broadway’ scene featuring some Tramore legends.
Some Posts From The Archives
2017 – Rigor Mortis – Urbs Intacta Manet
Something recent for today – Pat Daly’s ‘Urbs Intacta Manet’ – renamed to ‘Rigor Mortis’ that made a very successful return to the Theatre Royal last month. Although no programme as such existed, thanks to […]
Edmund Rice CMS Videos
1992 – Annie Get Your Gun Rehearsal Footage
I didn’t have to think twice about sharing when this footage came into my hands. It is of course from the 1992 production of Annie Get Your Gun by the Edmund Rice society. There are […]
Musical
1998 – Tramore Musical Society – The Pirates of Penzance
Back to the original Tramore Musical Society and a production of ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ from 1998. Directed by Brendan Payne and staged by Brendan and Gary Power. Here is an old show programme from […]
Tops Videos
1986 – Nokia Tops of the Town Finale
I’m doing my weekly Tops video on a Monday this week as I missed last Thursday somehow! This is the finale to the 1986 Nokia tops of the Town produced by Denny Corcoran. Featuring ‘Big […]
Some Posts From The Archives
2004 – The Way We Were – The Variety Club of Waterford
In 2004 Variety made a return to the Waterford Stage in the guise of the Variety Club of Waterford spearheaded by Michael Grant and Padraig O’Griofa. This was the first ‘variety show’ in years and […]
De La Salle MS Photos
2011 – De La Salle Musical Society – Mack and Mabel Photos
2011 saw the final show from De La Salle Musical Society – the much loved Jerry Herman classic ‘Mack and Mabel’. Full of glorious melodies and exciting dance routines – but alas it wasn’t enough […]
Musical
Tramore Combined Schools – Fiddler On The Roof – 1994
Back 23 years ago Tramore Schools made their debut in the Theatre Royal with Fiddler On The Roof under the direction of Pat McEvoy. It was the first of a trio of shows from the […]
Some Posts From The Archives
Peter Pan – Theatre Royal Productions – 2005
In 2005 the then artistic director of the Theatre Royal- Michael Hunt – produced a version of the J.M. Barrie classic ‘Peter Pan’ for the post – Christmas / New Year audience. At the time […]
Musical
Videos – Backstage At The Little Shop Of Horrors – 1993
Back in 1993 produced ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’ under the direction of Denny Corcoran. It was a huge success with many of the cast and crew going on to become a who’s who of Waterford […]
Some Posts From The Archives
2008 – Hound – Hound Productions
Back in 2008 in The Forum John Grubb and Hound Productions gave us the multi-media spectacular that was ‘Hound’ using music, sound and imagery to deliver an (at the time) spectacular show to the Waterford […]