1994 – Waterford Crystal Tops Opening
More Tops goodies today – the brilliant opening from the 1994 Waterford Crystal Tops show fronted by Raymond Collins.
More Tops goodies today – the brilliant opening from the 1994 Waterford Crystal Tops show fronted by Raymond Collins.
Here is ‘Take a Chance On Me’ from ‘A Night of Musicals’ by Ignite productions in 2015.
Back to 2006 today and De La Salle’s production of ‘Some Like It Hot’. Fronted by David Condon and Andrew Holden here is ‘Penniless Bums’.
Another classic Tops scene – this time the ‘Big Deal’ dance from the 1987 Tops from the Gaiety Theatre.
Some more Tops memories – this time from 1990 and the Nokia ‘A Scoop for NTV’ show. Here is the ‘Wishing and Hoping’ scene.
Here is a real favourite amongst our stream followers – the ‘Dog and Duck’ band from the Nokia Tops from 1986. A gallery of legends in this one.
Here is the brilliant ‘Pretty Women’ from Bowler Hats 2004 production of ‘Sweeney Todd’. Liam Butler stars as Todd and Paul Kavanagh as Judge Turpin.
From Spotlight Productions 1994 production of ‘Godspell’ here is ‘God Save The People’. Directed by Gary Power, Choreography by Michelle Condon
Here is the Embassy Lament from Chess by Stage Fright MTC, staged in 1996. It was directed by Bryan Flynn.
Here’s one for all the ladies – a bit of Abba and Dancing Queen from ‘A Night Of Musicals’.
This is a piece of gold – and thanks to Mick Roche for sharing it with us all. Here is a recording broadcast on RTE in March 1975 – 45 years ago – of Ted […]
Here is the epic opening number to Fiddler On The Roof from the 2018 production by WMS featuring Ray Collins in the role of Tevye.
Featuring the legendary Gary Power as the Mikado here is the ‘Mikado Song’ from The Hot Mikado by Flaggy Lane Productions.
Here come the Nunny Bunnys again with another of the great songs from Sister Act – a show that rivals them all for the mantle of most uplifting show of recent times. This one is […]
Here is another classic from the 1989 St. Pauls Tops – the 42nd street scene.
Here is the Java Jive quartet from the 1984 Clover Meats Tops show.
The gang at Waterford Youth Arts have sent over the link for tonights livestream and a programme to download and have a browse through to accompany the performance. The link is below, so you can […]
It was with enormous disappointment that Waterford Youth Arts announced that outdoor theatre event STOLEN TIME at Wyse Park wass now cancelled, in light of recently revised public health restrictions. The outdoor theatre spectacle was […]
It was great to hear some more local voices discussing the current state of arts at the moment on the airwaves. This time Andrew Holden – a professional Actor and Director based in Waterford and […]
Here is ‘Goodbye 12, Goodbye 13, Hello Love’ from the Montage section of ‘A Chorus Line’ by Premier Productions, 1998 in ‘The Forum’. The dialogue has been edited out and the song ‘Nothing’ will feature […]
Here are some very young faces in Munchkinland 16 years ago featured in Flaggy Lanes ‘The Wizard Of Oz’.
It was refreshing to hear local voices on the airwaves recently discussing the hand that has been dealt to Arts groups in Waterford and Beyond. In this montage of voices we have all the bases […]
Here is a great version of O Happy Day from Sister Act 2, produced by Ignite Productions in 2016. Aisling Larkin leads the charges on lead vocal.
Time for a bit of comedy today… it’s ‘The Ballroom Of Romance’ from the 1989 St. Pauls Tops show. A lot of St. Pauls on display this week!
Fronted by Hazel Kelly (Tebay) here is the Blood Brothers scene from the 1993 Ray Ban Tops, produced by Michael Grant – also featuring Damien Squell Walshe, Paul Greene and Brenda Giles.
Here is the opening scene from the St. Pauls Tops , 1989 – the Viking Scene.
Here is the finale to the St. Pauls Tops Of The Town 1989 show. It features Brian ‘Mod’ Kennedy on lead vocals.
Here are are old Friends the Bilberry Goats bringing us some culture with the Waterford Symphony Orchestra.
I had a request for some more Panto stuff, so I’m happy to oblige – here is a gallery of production photos from Panto 2017 – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Waterford Panto […]
Here is Skid Row from Ray Bans 1992 show featuring the ‘Voice of Waterford’ himself the late great Billy McCarthy.
Here is the stirring opening from The South Eastern Theatre Groups production of ‘The Beautiful Game’ with plenty of familiar younger and (a little) older faces!
Here is the Irish scene from the 1990 Waterford Crystal Tops fronted by Liam Molumby.
Todays video comes courtesy of the ‘Gentlemen of Japan’ from Flaggy Lanes award winning 2004 production of ‘The Hot Mikado’
Here is a great little video. The Premiere of ‘Pentimenti’ was attended by the Israeli Ambassador and his reactions were caught on camera along with the then Mayor – Brian Swift. Carrie Crowley, Mary Roche […]
Here is the opening to the Ray Ban Tops show from 1993 that made it to the national quarter finals in Wexford.
Here is another one of the classic John Player Tops programmes – this time from the 1981 national Semi Final between Denny Corcorans Waterford Crystal show and Irish Biscuits. Click below to view.
Here is the Nokia version of ‘Les Miserables’ from the John Player Tops competition, 1987.
Here is the finale from the Waterford Crystal Tops 1990 – ‘You Are The Light’ from Metropolis. This version is recorded in Athlone and not the Theatre Royal.
From Jack Cunningham Productions here is ‘All That Jazz’ from Chicago fronted by Jennifer White.
Glenn Murphy giving a show stopping performance of ‘Bring Him Home’ from the South Eastern Theatre Groups 2011 production of ‘Les Miserables’.
Hazel Kelly (Tebay) leads the troops in ‘Turn Back O Man’ from Godspell way back in 1994.
Here is ‘Slap That Bass’ from Premier Productions 2003 version of ‘Crazy For You’. David Condon leads the troops as Bobby Child.
Here is the opening from Gala 121 featuring music from ‘A Chorus Line’. Fronted by Michelle Kennedy.
Here is the moving opening to Stage Fright’s production of Bryan Flynns Pentimenti.
Here is a lovely video from ‘A Night For Billy’ featuring the great Des Manahan and the equally great Vicki Graham performing ‘I Won’t Send Roses’ from Mack & Mabel.
Todays video from ‘The Flying Pigs Ball’ – it is Do Wa Diddy and Officer Krupke featuring a young cast of superstars way back in 1995…
Some classic comedy today from Nokia Tops 1986 – Denny and Paul Corcoran in ‘The Flea’ (with some help from Anne McGrath)
This is from Spotlight Productions version of Godspell, staged in 1994 in the Theatre Royal, Waterford.
This is a special video. It was taken at a tribute night to the great Brother Ben Hanlon. If you look at the group singing there are decades worth of past pupils all joining together […]
Here is the title song from ‘Hamilton’. Extracts of this were staged by Ignite Productions in their ‘Best of Broadway’ show in 2016.
Ahead of our live stream tomorrow (Sunday 5th) night, have a browse of the show programme from ‘Roast’. This show was staged in 2015 and again in 2016 by huge demand in the Theatre Royal […]
Here is the beautiful ballad ‘What I Did For Love’ from A Chorus Line by Premier Productions. This is one of the few shows staged upstairs in the Forum Theatre during it’s short lifespan. Led […]
From their brilliant production of Sweeney Todd here is ‘The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd’ from Bowler Hat.
Here is the show stopping ‘Fall of Saigon’ from ‘Miss Saigon’ staged by the South Eastern Theatre Group in the Theatre Royal in 2013.
Here is the Crooners scene from 2011’s variety show featuring Tobie Hickey, Lynsey Penkert, Trish Orpen, Michelle Quilty and the legendary Billy McCarthy.
Here is the show programme from Red Kettle’s 1993 production of ‘The Pope And The Witch’ by Dario Fo. Click below to have a browse.
Here is Niamh Fennessy giving us the beautiful ‘Far From The Home I Love’ from ‘Fiddler On The Roof’ from WMS.
Here is the beautiful finale to Act 1 of ‘The Sound Of Music’ delivered in style by the wonderful Lynsey Penkert as Reverend Mother.
For today, here is the video of the brilliant ‘Herod’s Song’ from The South Eastern Theatre Groups production of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’.
These old handwritten reports are priceless. Here is the report from the 1979 Waterford Glass Show – handwritten by Michael Twomey. Click below to have a read. 1979 – Tops Handwritten Adjudication Report
From the 2015 inaugural production of ‘Carousel’ by WMS, here is the iconic ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ – for Thursday June 25th 2020 – the year that Liverpool won the League after a 30 year […]
A clip from Theatrebox’s 2018 production of ‘Hairspray’ with Jack McGrath leading the troops.
Here is the show programme from Gary Power’s 2009 production of ‘Bugsy Malone’ which was one of the last shows staged in ‘The Forum’ Waterford. 2009 – Bugsy Malone – Show Programme
Here’s the huge opening from Ignite Productions version of ‘In The Heights’, directed by Vicki Graham and fronted by Brian Tuohy as Usnavi.
Here is the 1991 Season Brochure from the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera. No Waterford entry that particular year, but worth including for completeness. Click below to have a browse.
The opening number to Stage Frights 1993 production of ‘Grease’ staged in the Theatre Royal, directed by Bryan Flynn.
Another classic Tops programme – this time from 1982 and Raytex produced by Patsy Sheridan vs Clover produced by Michael Grant. Click below to browse. 1982 – Tops Local Rounds – Raytex vs Clover
Back in 1997 Stage Fright produced a concert to celebrate 121 years of the Theatre Royals existence and called it ‘Gala 121’. Here is the show programme to take a look… Click below. 1997 – […]
From 1988 this is the show programme from WDS’s production of ‘Taking Steps’. Click below to read more. 1988 – Taking Steps – Show Programme
Here is the show programme for the 1988 production of ‘The Laugh and the Summer Wine’ from WDS. Click below to read on… 1988 – The Laugh And The Summer Wine – Show Programme
Here is the 1989 Show Programme from WDS’s production of ‘The Factory Girls’. Click below to read. 1989 – The Factory Girls – Show Programme
Here is the 1989 show programme for the WDS production of ‘The Wind In The Branches Of The Sassafras” 1989 – The Wind In The Branches Of The Sassafras – Show Programme
Here is the show programme from the 1995 production of WDS’s ‘The Passing Of Morgan Carey’. It is also the souvenir programme for their 60th birthday. Click below to have a read. 1995 – The […]
Here is the show programme from Jim Nolans ‘The Gods Are Angry’, produced in 1998 by Waterford Dramatic Society. 1998 – The Gods Are Angry Miss Kerr – Show Programme
Here is the show programme from the 1996 WDS production of ‘Stags and Hens’. Click below to have a look. 1996 – Stags And Hens – Show Programme
Here is the programme from the Waterford Dramatic Society’s 1990 production of ‘Drama At Inish’. Click below to view. 1990 – Drama At Innis – Show Programme.
The wonderful Des Manahan in the performance that he later told us all was his final performance on stage. Des plays Gus the Theatre Cat in the South Eastern Theatre Groups ‘Cats’. Well worth a […]
Here is the epic opening to Act II of Chess – ‘One Night In Bangkok’ as produced by Stage Fright in 1996. Paul Kavanagh takes the lead as Freddie Trumper.
Another very popular item from our stream last Sunday was this one – a fine scene from Bowler Hat’s Sweeney Todd, a show we don’t get to see enough of. Have a look – with […]
A Jim Nolan play in Waterford is a red letter day. This is the show programme from the 2007 Theatre Royal produced ‘Sky Road’, directed by Ben Barnes. Click below to have a browse. 2007 […]
The hilarious duet ‘Agony’ from Imagine Theatre Group’s version of ‘Into The Woods’, produced in 2008.
From way back in 1983 here is the show programme from De La Salle Musical Society’s production of ‘The Gypsy Baron’ which was directed by the legendary Ray Jeffery. 1983 – The Gypsy Baron – […]
To add to the video of the finale act 1 of Pentimenti today, here is the show programme from Stage Fright’s production in 1998. Click below to have a browse. 1998 – Show Programme – […]
This is the emotional finale act 1 from Bryan Flynn’s epic Pentimenti staged in the Theatre Royal in 1998.
A classic moment from the past with Petey, Leo and Nicky in fine form – from the Raytext 1981 Tops of the Town show.
Here is a photo album with some photos from the Bilberry Goats hilarious production of Tony Corcorans play ”I Do, I Do, So I Do’. Click below to browse. 2018 – Photo Galley – I […]
This from Jack Cunningham’s 2019 production of ‘Chicago’ in Garter Lane, Waterford.
This is the Show Programme from the world premier of Red Kettles production of ‘Kings Of The Kilburn High Road’ by Jimmy Murphy and directed by Jim Nolan. Click below to have a browse.
From the opening of the 1989 Tramore Tops Of The Town Show.
1994 was the year that De La Salle entered with ‘The King And I’ after scooping the AIMS best show award. We had 2 productions of Chess – Playback Productions and eventual winners Carrick On […]
Here is the Nuns comedy and the ‘Don’t Nobody Bring Me No Bad News’ scene from the Tramore Tops – 1993. Featuring Susan Murphy on lead vocals.
From the show that changed the Theatre Scene in Waterford – Greased Lightning. In 1991 Stage Fright burst onto the scene becoming the first Youth society in Waterford and paving the way for many more […]
This from Premier Productions 1998 production of ‘Joseph’ – it’s Benjamins Calypso with an absolute ton of familiar faces in there.
Have a glance at the programme for the 2016 production of the Glass. This is the Dungarvan production – it had minor cast differences from the Waterford production that will be streamed tonight (Sunday June […]
Here are the photo albums from ‘The Glass’ both Dungarvan and Waterford productions. Click below to peruse them. 2016 – Waterford Production 2016 – Dungarvan Production
Another classic ‘Tops’ Programme – this time from 1982 and featuring Raytex vs Clover. 1982 – Tops Of The Town Local – Raytex vs Clover
Here is the brilliant opening to Act 2 of Oklahoma from Waterford Musical Society – ‘The Farmer And The Cowman’.
Here is the ‘Trial’ scene from the 1986 Glass show featuring ‘Sit Down You’re Rocking the Boat’ fronted by Gary Power.
The opening to Premier Productions ‘A Chorusline’, produced in the Forum Waterford in 1998.
This from De La Salle musical Society’s 2007 production of Annie Get Your Gun.
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