Celebrity Interviews

Celebrity Interview – Fairground Attraction

Celebrity Interviews

Celebrity Interview – Pam Ayres

March 27, 2025 VickyP

by Steve Orme “…the loss of control was heartbreaking. I was very naïve. I was signed up to London agents and they put me on stage in great big theatres for which I was ill-equipped.” She’s been described as a “poet for the people” with a wicked sense of humour who deals with subjects not […]

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Celebrity Interview – Michael Maloney

February 27, 2025 VickyP

by Steve Orme …the difference between a theatre Poirot and a TV Poirot is it has to be more active. You don’t have the luxury of a television or film close-up When someone mentions the Agatha Christie character Hercule Poirot, who comes to mind: David Suchet who played the Belgian detective on television for 20 […]

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Celebrity Interview – Paul Chuckle

November 27, 2024 VickyP

by Steve Orme On his first show on his own: “I was a bit nervous. The music was just about to start playing and I looked across the stage. We always used to come on from opposite sides and I could swear I saw Barry standing there putting his thumbs up. I felt great. I […]

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Celebrity Interview – Kiki Dee

October 30, 2024 VickyP

There are few opportunities to see a genuine superstar performing in Derbyshire. One appearing at an intimate venue is even rarer. But Kiki Dee who is coming to Belper this month is no ordinary superstar. Kiki has done virtually everything in the music business. She secured her first recording contract when she was 16, was […]

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Celebrity Interview – Fairground Attraction

September 9, 2024 VickyP

by Steve Orme Thirty-five years after splitting up, the four original members of the group Fairground Attraction are back together – and they reckon they’ve still got their unique sound which propelled them to the top of the charts. The band had a stratospheric rise to fame in the late 1980s. Their first single Perfect […]

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Celebrity Interview – Radio Derby’s Ian Skye

June 25, 2024 VickyP

Few things in this rapidly changing technological world stay the same, especially in broadcasting where bosses are always trying to attract more and sometimes younger listeners. But there’s one constant for those who listen to BBC Radio Derby: the knowledgeable yet jovial voice of Ian Skye who’s been educating, informing and entertaining listeners for the […]

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Celebrity Interview – Ruby Wax

May 1, 2024 VickyP

By Steve Orme You probably know Ruby Wax as a brash, forthright, no-holds-barred American comedian. You might not know she has also acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company, toured the world filming television documentaries – and has on two occasions spent time in a psychiatric clinic. Ruby has documented her latest stay in a mental […]

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Celebrity Interview – Billy Ivory

April 2, 2024 VickyP

Imagine you’re writing a film and you’re asked who you would ideally like to play the two lead roles. That happened to Nottinghamshire-born screenwriter William Ivory on his last project and he had no hesitation: Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson. When approached both actors astonishingly said they wanted parts in The Great Escaper which was […]

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Steve Orme Interviews – Peter Ireson – Venue Director at Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall

February 6, 2024 Alistair Plant

“The East Midlands has been a hotbed of entertainment for decades – and Nottingham can rightly claim to be the region’s capital when it comes to attracting big names.” Although acts and tastes come and go, one asset that has remained constant is Nottingham’s Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall. Well over half a million […]

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Celebrity Interview – Ed Byrne

January 2, 2024 Alistair Plant

By Steve Orme Writers going back as far as Shakespeare have recognised that comedy can be found in tragedy. And that’s what chirpy Irish comedian Ed Byrne is aiming to demonstrate in his latest show. Tragedy Plus Time is about the death of Ed’s brother Paul. And Ed discovered that the show could work when […]