Alan Plater in Newcastle upon Tyne - 1995

from Doggin' around, pages 167-168:

That's the wonderful thing about music: it can be described but not explained.  To recycle the tiresome old advertising slogan, it reaches the parts other art forms can't reach. We had another telling example in 1995, at the Theatre Royal in Newcastle, in a play called Shooting the Legend. Max Roberts directed, Tim Healy starred and this time we had an array of songs including a stand-out performance by Tim of 'Mustang Sally'; a Tamla Motown medley featuring Libby Davison (later of The Bill) Charlie Hardwicke (later of Emmerdale); Denise Welch (later of …   more >>

cite as

Alan Plater, Doggin' around (:London, 2006), p. 167-168. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1459946794668 accessed: 21 December, 2024

location of experience: Newcastle upon Tyne

Listeners

Alan Plater
Broadcaster, Teacher, Writer
1935-2010

Listening to

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Mustang Sally performed by Tim Healey
Tamla Motown performed by Libby Davison, Denise Welch

Experience Information

Date/Time 1995
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by Jo Reardon on Wed, 06 Apr 2016 13:46:35 +0100
Approved on Wed, 27 Apr 2016 16:02:41 +0100