September 23rd, 2019 First PodCast recording day with Amanda Stanley, who has set up her equipment in the Founders Room at Festival Theatre. Doreen is up first and is great! We’ve spent the last couple of weeks planning what we are going to talk about based on the brief we have been given. “Betty isn’tContinue reading “Vaccinated with a Gramaphone Needle”
Tag Archives: Doreen Leighton-Ward
Planning for the Future
September 9th, 2019 Season three begins with us talking about what we would like to achieve, how we would like to spend our time. Our list includes to work more on Festival Theatre’s archive, invite Jackie Dennis back to meet with us, and Jack Gillon from Lost Edinburgh, invite dancer Liz Lumsden to give usContinue reading “Planning for the Future”
Harry Lauder
July 1st, 2019 Harry Lauder performance today in the studio theatre and Betty’s connection was briefly touched upon. Marie says, ‘you never know what your day is going to hold or where you are going to end up when you start in the morning!’ And Doreen talks about how lovely it is for her toContinue reading “Harry Lauder”
Good People
June 24th, 2019 “A lovely workshop with our four Glencairn guests today, so good to see everyone and to get our tap shoes back on. Seated tap is an interesting experience! Got some good rhythms going and for the first time had a go at creating a synchronized rhythmical routine. It worked! And felt great,Continue reading “Good People”
Another Five Star Review!
May 25th, 2019 Our second show, another full house and everyone was with us. The feedback and response from last week were exceptional, which meant we could enjoy this one more. Monday last was Marie’s 96th birthday. It was great to celebrate with her and also to debrief, and take-in how good we felt aboutContinue reading “Another Five Star Review!”
Show Day
May 18th, 2019 What a brilliant success, nerves were running high, but of course, everyone surpassed their expectations of themselves. It never ceases to amaze me how much the women rise to an audience! True professionals and troupers, never shrinking violets. Marie danced as the audience entered, June led everyone in a seated dance andContinue reading “Show Day”
It’s In The Bag
April 8th, 2019 “Filming day and what an occasion, it was great having all four women in the same room at the same time and of course all four loved being ‘on’ for the camera. Our prep paid off and Jude from Hot Button and her crew were excellent at giving the women agency andContinue reading “It’s In The Bag”
Doctors Orders
April 1st, 2019 “A busy hectic day. Gavin, June’s son, brought pies, of course, that he cut with a Stanley knife much to everyone’s enjoyment. Took a fabulous photo of Marie with a pie in one hand and a sandwich in the other. It was great to have June with us after her spell inContinue reading “Doctors Orders”
Preserving History
February 25th, 2019 Lots of chat and sharing today while working on naming, and uncovering information on folks in the archive. Fi Johnstone our production manager joined us to discuss and begin planning our May performance event for the Luminate Festival. Catherine Bromley also came to chat to us about an idea for us toContinue reading “Preserving History”
Dyspraxic Dancing
February 18th, 2019 Another good tap lesson today with Euan and Laura, our brilliant and dedicated ‘pupils’, and I finally mastered the the time step! As a dyspraxic dancer, tap is a massive challenge for me, and of course I haven’t practised. But by breaking the step down into tiny incremental components, I have atContinue reading “Dyspraxic Dancing”
An Audience With... 