Fringe Report Awards Book – 2016

All the 248 Fringe Report Awards have been compiled into a book, and presented to the British Library for 1 January 2016.

This follows the presentation of Fringe Report 2002-2003 in book form to the British Library in 2015.

The book of of Fringe Report 2004 is currently being prepared.

The awards covered the years 2002-2012.  The complete list:

(c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2009

Abi Titmuss – Best West End Debut (2007), Adam Morley – Best Director – Theatre & Film (2012), Adam Spreadbury-Maher – Best Artistic Director (2010), Adrian Jones & Amanda Moss – Best Arts Organisers (2009), Adult Child / Dead Child – Best Drama (2010), Áine King – Best Auteur – Adapter, Director, Designer (2011), Aleksandra – Best Film – Feature (2008), Alex Dower – Best Director (2004), Alexander Kirk – Best Performance in a Short Film (2010), Alexander Parsonage – Best Artistic Director (Finger In The Pie) (2012), Alia Alzougbi – Best Performer – Storyteller & Dancer (2011), Alison Trower – Best Events Organiser (2004), Alison Wright – Best PR – Arts (2012), Ander – Best Feature Film (2010), Andrea zur Strassen – Best Salon Mistress (2008),

(c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2009

Andrew McKay – Best Internal Drama – for The Measure of a Milkman (2003), Andrew Neilson – Best Venue PR (2006), Andy McQuade – Best Director – Theatre (2012), Andy Zaltzman – Best Stand-Up (2004), Angela Clerkin & Amanda Daniels – Best Actor – Social Drama (2005), Anita Klein – Best Artist (2007), Ann-Kristin Reyels – Best Director – Film (2008), Any Amount of Books – Best Bookshop (2010), Awaydays – Best Feature (2009), B3 Media – Best Encouragers of Talent (2010), Battersea Barge – Best Venue (2011), Becky Talbot – Best Presenter – Radio (2012), Ben Willbond – Best Actor – Sketch Comedy (2005),

(c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2010

Bo Wilson – Best Reporter (2007), Brandon Toropov – Best Drama Writer (2003), Brett Vincent – Best Promoter (2008), Brian Attwood – Editor – Outstanding Achievement Award (2008), Brooke – Best Fringe Canine (2004), Bruce Dessau – Best Journalist (2004), Cap-a-Pie – Best Venue (2007), Casting Call Pro – Best Website (2006), Catherine Brogan – Best Poet (2012), Chickenshed – Best Theatre Company (2011), Chloe Fontaine – Best Performance (2009), Chortle – Best Comedy Publication (2004), Chris Lincé – Best Creative (2006), Christopher Ager – Outstanding Achievement Award (2011),

Laura Pradelska (centre) – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2010

Christopher Richardson – Theatre Person of The Year – Outstanding Achievement Award (2004), Claire Cooke – Best Broadcaster (2007), Coast String Fiddlers – Best Band (2006), Cock and Bull – Best Play From a Novel (2003), Cor Blimey Arts – Best Artist Cooperative (2011), CyraNOSE – Best Play – School Drama (2006), Cyrila Pereira – Best Party Organiser (2006), Dan Pursey – Best PR – Fringe (2007), Declan Hill, Kev F Sutherland, Simon Wright – Best Encouragers of Talent (2008), Derek Malcolm – Writer – Film – Outstanding Achievement Award (2008), Diana Thomas – Best Director (2011), Direktøren for det hele (The Boss Of It All) – Best Feature Film (2007),

(c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2010

Ealing Live! – Best Live Comedy Show (2004), Ed Bartlam & Charlie Wood – Best Venue Director (2007), Eileen O’Reilly – Best Promoter Liaison (2005), Elina Akhmetova – Best Performer – Choreographer & Dancer (2011), eliza wyatt – Best Playwright (2006), Elizabeth Bower – Best Actor – TV Drama & Comedy (2006), Ellie McDonald & Fraser Smith – Best Venue PR (2007), Elliot Grove – Outstanding Achievement Award – Film (2012), Emma Taylor – Theatre Person of The Year – Outstanding Achievement Award (2003), Enter The Preacher – Best Comedy Film (2009), Everyone Loves Me! – Best Musical (2003), Falling Angel, Rising Ape – Best Dance (2003), Fire Down Under – Best Farce (2003),

(c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2010

Flavia Fraser-Cannon – Best Creative – Producer, Photographer, Publicist (2012), Frances Barber – Best Actor – Psychological Drama (2005), Francesca Fanizzi – Best Fringe Pub Manager (2004), Gag – Best Comedy Drama (2003), Gemma Arrowsmith – Best Artiste (2007), Genevieve Swallow – Best Actor (2004), Geoffrey Wansell – Writer – Journalism – Outstanding Achievement Award (2008), Graham Fellows – Best Character Comedy (2009), Greg Tallent – Best Festival Director – Fringe (2011), Gulliver – Best Political Fantasy (2003), Gus Robertson – Best Musical Impresario (2009), Guy Adams – Best Journalist (2006), Guy Chapman – Outstanding Achievement Award – PR (2012),

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Hannah Oldman – Best Agent (2008), Helen Devine – Best Artistic Director (2007), Hils Jago – Best Producer – Comedy (2006), Holly Payton & Nick Stockman – Best Festival Manager (2007), Holly Penfield – Best Singer (2007), Hotel World – Best Play (2008), Howard & Mimi – Best Play (2009), Howard Read – Best Multimedia Comedy (2005), Hurlingham Books – Best Bookshop (2011), I Am Bob – Best Film – Short (2008), I Miss Communism – Best Touring Show (2007), Ink_d – Best Gallery (2010), Isabelle Georges – Best Singer (2006), It’s Alright For Some – Best Comedy Company (2004), Jackie Clune – Best Cabaret – for Boy Crazy (2003), Jackie Skarvellis – Best Fringe Auteur (2009), Jake Spicer – Best Artist (2009),

Catherine Balavage (R) – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2010

James Betts – Best Photographer (2005), James Harris – Best Comedy Writer (2003), James Hyland – Best Performer – Solo Show (2012), James Wren, Felicity Wren, Louie Bayliss – Best Venue Managers (2005), Janey Godley – Best Performer (2008), Jasmine Cullingford – Best Venue Manager (2009), Joanna Neary – Best Actor – Theatrical Comedy (2005), Joe Bateman – Best Festival Director – Film (2011), John Antrobus – Outstanding Achievement Award – Writer (2010), John Fleming – Best Awards Founder (2010), Johnnie Oddball – Film Person of The Year – Outstanding Achievement Award (2003), Jonathan Hansler – Best Actor (2011), Joshua Neicho – Best Editor (2010), Justin Butcher – Best Political Dramatist (2004), Justin Edwards – Best Actor – Comedy (2006), Kate Bannister & Karl Swinyard – Best Venue Directors (2011),

Andy McQuade (second from R) – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2010

Kate Burnett – Best Curator (2009), Kate Copstick – Best Reviewer (2009), Kate Corkery – Best Storyteller (2009), Katharine Pottinger – Best Director (2003), Katie Plews, Jessica Plews, Racky Plews, John Plews – Best Theatrical Team (2011), Kevin Sampson – Outstanding Achievement Award – Literature & Film (2012), Kevin Wilson – Best PR – West End (2007), Kiki Kendrick – Best Creative – Actor and Writer (2012), Kim Wiesener – Best Press Officer (2009), Laura Pitt-Pulford – Best Performer – Musical (2012), Laura Pradleska – Best Actor (2010), Laurence Dorman – Best Designer (2004), Lewis Schaffer – Best Publicity Stunt (2010), Lighten Up – Best Short Film (2007), Liz Sutherland – Best Actor (2008), London Irish Theatre – Best Company (2010),

Joshua Neicho – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2009

Louis Brownhill – Best Theatre Administrator (2004), Lucy Porter – Best Stand-Up (2005), Lynne Parker – Best Producer (2005), Malcolm Hay – Writer – Comedy – Outstanding Achievement Award (2008), Marc Blakewill – Best Comedy Writer (2003), Marcus Markou – Best Creative (2011), Mariele Runacre Temple – Best Radio Drama Producer (2009), Mark Abis – Best Songwriter (2007), Mark Borkowski – Theatre of Publicity – Outstanding Achievement Award (2006), Martin Reynolds – Best Press Officer (2004), Martin Walker – Best Editor (2007), Martin Witts – Director and Programmer – Theatre – Outstanding Achievement Award (2008), Matt Beer – Best Venue Publicist (2009), Max Stafford-Clark – Theatre Person of the Year- Outstanding Achievement Award (2005), Melissa Leigh – Best Producer – Drama (2006),

Elin Morgan (L) Alexandra Smith (C) Madelaine Bennett (R) – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2010

Michael Kingsbury – Outstanding Achievement Award – Artistic Director (2010), Michael Sarne – Mid-Career Award, Film, Theatre, Music – Outstanding Achievement Award (2005), Michelle Abbey & Kim Morgan – Best Audience Developer (2008), Mike Miller – Best Director – Theatre (2005), Modernista – Best Film (2004), Molly Malene Stensgaard – Best Film Editor (2007), Mrs Lemon’s Lodger – Best Play (2004), MyAnna Buring – Best Actor – Political Drama (2006), Neil McPherson – Best Artistic Director (2009), Neil Mullarkey – Best Satire – for Don’t Be Needy, Be Succeedy (2003), New Steine Hotel, Gulliver’s Hotel, Valentina Gomez, Lisa Marsh, Victoria Wainwright – Artist and Gallery Award (2008),

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Nic Watson – Best Technical Director (2004), Nica Burns – Comedy – Outstanding Achievement Award (2008), Nick Mohammed – Best Comedy Show (2006), Nicola Haydn & Eden Rivers – Best Theatre Manager (2007), Offwestend – Best Website (2007), Paul Gudgin – Theatre Person Of The Year – Outstanding Achievement Award (2007), Paul L Martin – Best Producer – Cabaret (2012), Paul Levy – Best Publisher (2012), Paul Provenza – Best Director – Film (2006), Paul Sullivan – Best Public Relations (2004), Penny Horner – Outstanding Achievement Award (2011), Penny Sims – Best Venue PR (2005), Pepe Pryke – Best Operations Manager (2010), Performers Without Borders – Best Encouragers of Talent (2012), Pete Smith – Best Musical Director (2004), Pete Wyer – Best Composer (2011), Peter Buckley Hill – Best Fringe Regenerator (2008), Philip Ilson & Kate Taylor – Best Festival Director (2008), Prospero Communications – Best PR (2010), Richard Bucknall Management – Best Management (2010), Richard Costello – Best Actor (2003), Ricky Dukes – Best Artistic Director (Lazarus Theatre Company) (2012), Rococo 55 – Best Film (2003), Rohan Acharya – Comedy Person of The Year – Outstanding Achievement Award (2003), Rokeby – Best Gallery (2006), Rosemary Branch Theatre – Best Theatre (2010), Rosie Wilby – Best Sex Comedy (2010), Royal Vauxhall Tavern – Best Venue (2010), Royston Vasey – Comedy – Outstanding Achievement Award (2006),

Gill McMullan – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2010

Sam Kogan – Lifetime Achievement Award (2007), SandMan – Best Play (2005), Sándor Csányi – Best Actor – Film (2005), Sarah Tipple – Best Director – Theatre (2006), Sarah-Louise Young – Best Actress (2003), Sasha Regan – Best Venue Director (2012), School For Wives – Best Production (2010), Scott Capurro – Best Host (2011), Shane Danielsen – Film Person of The Year – Outstanding Achievement Award (2004), Sheridan Humphreys – Best PR (2011), Sibyl Madrigal – Best Music Curator (2012), Simon Bolton & Paul Sayers – Best Shakespeare Producers (2012), Simon Lambert – Best Technical Manager (2010), Singularidades de uma Rapariga Loura – Best One-Hour Film (2010), Sir Arnold Wesker – Lifetime Achievement Award (2007), Slepe Lásky – Best Romantic Documentary (2009), SPID Theatre Company – Best Outreach Theatre Company (2010), Starcrossed – Best Short Film (2012), Steve Delaney – Best Actor – Character Comedy (2005), Steve Forster – Best PR – Theatre (2012), Steve Furst – Best Actor – Drama Comedy (2006), Steve Henwood & Wendy Matthews – Best Festival Directors (2012),

Magda Rodriguez – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2010

Steven Gove – Best Festival Director (2009), Stuart Price – Best Creative – Director & Writer (2012), Sue Scott Davison – Best Actor – Historical Drama (2005), Suspense London Puppetry Festival – Best Festival (2010), Tally Koren – Best Singer/Songwriter (2011), Tally Parr – Best Producer (2004), Tango Spell – Best Dance (2004), Ten In A Bed Theatre – Best Encouragers of Talent (2009), Terry Newman – Best Drama Writer (2004), The Bearded Ladies – Best Sketch Comedy (2005), The Bird – Best Musical (2009), The Blue Room – Best Meeting Place (2008), The Bubonic Play – Best Farce (2006), The Cockpit Theatre – Best Fringe Gateway – for Theatre In The Pound (2003), The Legendary Polowski Murders – Best Cop Spoof (2003),

Gillian Best Powell – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2010

The Magnets – Best Band (2011), The Moustache Brothers – Best Political Comedy (2009), The Muse – Best Creative Venue (2006), The Pleasance – Best Venue Launch (2008), The Sunshine Play – Best Play – Relationship Drama (2006), The Terrible Infants – Best Entertainment (2008), The Trap – Best Comedy Group (2004) , The Wau-Wau Sisters – Best Cabaret (2005), Theatre Delicatessen – Best Company (2011), Then Again – Best Comedy Drama (2005), This is Ull – Best Publication (2009), Tin Can Podcast – Best Audio (2011), Tom Meeten and Steve Oram – Best Comedy Team (2008), Tone Clusters – Best Play – Psychological Drama (2006), Toni Arthur-Hay – Best Director – Comedy (2005), Toni Servillo – Best Actor (2009),

Topping & Butch – Best Cabaret (2004), Tracy Keeling – Best Playwright (2011), Tricycle Theatre – Best Venue Production (2008), Tufty Gordon – Best Entertainer (2007), UK Screen – Best Film Publication (2005), Van Badham – Best Playwright (2005), Veronica Lee – Best Journalist (2005), Victor Sobchak – Outstanding Achievement Award (2011), Vocal Motions Elastic Theatre – Best Theatre Company (2012), Will Cantopher – Best Journalist (2003), Yard Gal – Best Production (2009)

 

Lara Pradelska, Brian Attwood
photo – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2012

People who came to the awards over the years include: Jose a Estudillo, Michelle Abbey, Sophie Abbott, Mark Abis, Gloria Abramoff, Rohan Acharya, Kathleen Ackermann, Lesley Ackland, Tom Adair, Guy Adams, John Addis, Michael Adegoke, Celestine Agbo, Christopher Ager, Emily Agnew, Mukul Ahmed, Waleed Akhtar, Rick Alancroft, Fiona Albrow, Anthony Alderson, Sophie Alderson, Tomasz Aleksander, Chandelle Allen, John-Jackson Almond, Martín Castón Alonso, Alia Alzougbi, Imanuel Orwi Ameh, Komal Amin, Ellen Andersen, Samantha Andersen, Terence Anderson, Noelia Salido Andrés, Peter Andrews, Danny Antrobus, John Antrobus, Karlos Antrobus, Josephine Arden, Shaban Arifi, Annie Armandias, Jo Armitage, Helen Arney, Alfred A Aroius, Tom Arr-Jones, Gemma Arrowsmith,

Dr Elliot Grove
photo – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2012

Pamela Arrowsmith, Carolina Artegiani, Husam Asi, Tom Atkins, Brian Attwood, Michael Aucott, Angela Austin, James Aylett, James Aylett, Josh Azouz, Miriam Babooram, Kamara Bacchus, Dr Sorin Baciu, Ossian Bacon, Yoon Bae, Kiney Bailes, Denise Bailey, Violaine Bailleul, Erica Baker, James Baker, Monseratt Balagiler, Montserrat Balaguer, Catherine Balavage, Kevin Baldwin, Martin Ball, Suzanne Ballantyne, Zara Ballantyne-Grove, Chandana Banerjee, Lili Barcroft, Gemma Barrett, Zena Barrie, Ed Bartlam, Matthew Bartlett, Leonora Barton, Katy Bartrop, Joe Bateman, Louie Bayliss, Mat Baynton, Victoria Bays, Peter Bazely, David Beck, Daniel Bee, Boo Beer, Matt Beer, Tom Beeston, Tika Bel, Mahalia Belo, Peter Benedict, Eleanor Bennet, Jacqui Bennett, Madelaine Bennett, Steve Beresford, Emma Berge, Liam Bergin, Phillip Bergson, Josefine Bergstrom, Michael Berliner, Paola Berta, Caterina Bertone, Molly Bertrand, Gillian Best Powell, Deborah Bestwick, Jacob Beswick, James Betts, Simon Beyer, Dr Raoul Bianchi, Annie Biddlecombe, Mark Bilton, Ben Blaber, Penny Black, Rossella Black, Steven Blacker, Neil Blair, Marc Blakewill, Phoebe Blatton, Oscar Blend, Paul Blinkhorn, Katalin Bogyay, Justine Boles, Simon Bolton,

Ray Cole, Hurlingham Books
photo – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2011

Tim Boorman, Rachael D Booth, Marc Boothe, Franck Bordese, Arnold Borgerth, Kate Borkowski, Mark Borkowski, Roberto Bortolotti, Simon Boughey, Maggie Bourgein, Katie Bowe, Elizabeth Bower, Jack Bowman, Andrew Boxer, Fari Bradley, John Bradley, Kalianne Bradley, Ed Bradshaw, Hannah Brain, Mrs Breathnach, Padraig Breathnach, Russell C Brennan, Joseph Brennan, Nick Brice, Carmen Brieva, Peter Briffa, Dmitry Brodskiy, Lorraine Brogan, Rae Brogan, Daon Broni, Anna Brook, Eleanor Brooks-Shorland, Adrian Brown, Alice Brown, Anna Brown, Corrine Brown, Frazer Brown, Jonathan Brown, Lucy Brown, Mark Brown, Monica Brown, Pebbles Brown, Lucy Browne, Louis Brownhil, Louis Brownhill, Zoe Brownsword,

(L to R) Emma Taylor, Marcus Markou, Nicola Haydn, Martin Witts
photo – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2011

Di Bruce, Robin Buckland, Alexander Buckley, Peter Buckley Hill, Richard Bucknall, Angela Bull, Teresa Bullen, Maxine Bulloch, Peter Bulloch, Adrian Bunting, Abigail Burdess, Holly Burford, MyAnna Buring, Eleanor Burke, Matthew Burton, Derek Butcher, Matt Butcher, Steven Butler, Tess Butler, David Byrne, Julian Caddy, Laura Cairns, Sharon Calcutt, Paolo Caletti, Paulette Caletti, Daniela Caliandro, David Calvitto, Charlotte Cameron, Glyn Cannon, Will Cantopher, Graham Cantwell, Christopher Cardale, Jenny Carpenter, Sarah Carpenter, Robert Carretta, Max Carter, Sophie Cartman, Hayley Cartwright, Cyd Casados, Lisa Castle, Dominic Cavendish, Rupert Cavendish, Diana Cezar, Gary Challoner, Neelam Challoner, Fatou Cham, Dee Chaplin, Em Chaplin, Guy Chapman, Kitty Chapman, Julien Chappelle, Claire Chard, Antony Cheere, Sam Child, Barbara Basia Chomicka, Sarah Choppen, Malina Chorley, Scott Christie, Erin Christy, Chloe Chubb, Malwina Chudzinska,

(L to R) Alia Alzougbi, Nicola Haydn
photo – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2011

Catia Ciarico, Franscesca Cipponie, Andrew Clark, Barry Clark, Dave Clark, Jeremy Clark, Renata Clark, Tim Clark, Toby Clarke, Anthony Cleary, Fiona Clelland, Angela Clerkin, Naomi Climer, Josh Cohen, Norma Cohen, Anna Colangelo, Stephanie Coll, Beverley Collins, Michael Collins, Roger Collins, Kate Collinson, Tim Colman, Becci Colwell, Catherine Comerford, Bob Connolly, Leon Conrad, Holly Cook, Liz Coomb, Tim Coomb, Jess Cooper, Naomi Cooper-Davis, Mark Cooper-Jones, Kate Copstick, Robert Copstick, Laura Corbett, Kate Corkery, Cavin Cornwall, Sara Correia, Alan Costello, Jenny Costello, Richard Costello, David Cottis, Davina Cox, Sarah Coyle, Skye Crawford, Paddy Crawley, Stuart Croft, Michael Cubey, Jasmine Cullingford, Martin Cullingford, Luke Cumiskey, Susan Cummings, Emma Cunningham, Neil Cunningham, Anne Curtis, Lucy Cuthbertson, Michele D’Acosta, Karin Dahlbacka, Simon Dale, Aaron Daniels, Amanda Daniels, Lee Danks, Alexis Darker, Cecilia Darker, Julian Darker, Eva Dauer, Mansel David, Lewis Davidson, Andy Davie, Trevor Davies, Debi Davis, Laura Davis, Joan Davison, Richard Daws, Rachel Dawson, Francesca De Bono,

Tally Koren
photo – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2011

Hugh de la Bédoyère, Liza de la hey, Richard DeDomenici, Hannah Dee, Tom Deering, Steve Delaney, Rebekah Delgado, Hutch Demouilpied, Jessica Dennis, Marc Derquennes, Amerjit Deu, Helen Devine, Sean Devine, Nolia Devlin, Nolia Devlin, Tony Dewis, Jazz Dhiman, Alessio Di Capua, Stefanie Di Rubbo, Christopher Diacopoulos, Jason Dickie, Jonny Dickie, Fintan Dineen, Kate Dineen, Peter Dineen, Stephen Dinsdale, Norma Dixit, Angela Dixon, Hermann Djoumessi, Patrick Doherty, Fenneke Dohmen, Vicky Dolan, Georgie Donnelly, Tim Donnelly, Matt Donovan, Pauline Donovan, Heather Doole, Alice Dooley, Trish Dooley, George Dorman, Laurence Dorman, Sarah Dorsett, Emma Douglas, Alex Dower, Andy Down, Aurore Down, Debra Downes, Andrew Doyle, James Doyle, Margaret Dragun, Richard Dragun, Richard Dragun, Jeremy Drakes, Ian Drakes-Smith,

(L to R) Greg Tallent, Martin Witts, Laura Harling
photo – (c) 2011

Teresa Drew, Malcolm Druett, Paul Drury, Bill Dubes, Michael Dubes, Penelope Dudley, Sean Duffy, Harvey Dukes, Ricky Dukes, Jonathan Dunham, Jonathan Dunham, John Dunne, Jethro Dykes, Matthew Eberhardt, Barry Eccles, Catherine Eccles, Jess Edelstein, Tom Edie, Katie Edmiston, Georgie Edwards, Simon Edwards, Noelle Egan, Rachel Egan, Hannah Eidinow, Hannah Eidinow, Adam Elliot, David Elliot, Christie-leigh Emby, Victoria Emslie, Laura Engell Holm, Paris Etessami, Clive Evans, Pippa Evans, James Everett, Sally Eyl, Seanna Fallon, Cristiana Fanizzi, Fabio Fanizzi, Francesca Fanizzi, Laura Fanizzi, Laura Fares,

Fringe Report Awards 2011
photo – (c) 2011

Michelle Farr, Erica Fee, Graham Fellows, Jodie Fenn, Mandy Fenton, Max Ferreira, Tim Fewtrell, Tim Fewtrell, Susan Finlay, Aoife Finnegan, Richard Fitzmaurice, James Flanders, John Fleming, Michelle Flower, Daryl Folkard, Aaron Fontaine, Chloe Fontaine, Desi Fontaine, Jonny Forbes, Germano Forclaz, Madeleine Ford, Stephen Forster, Steve Forster, Andrew Forsyth, Tony Forsyth, Frederic Fournier, Donella Fox, James Fox, Diana Franco, Laura Frascona, Flavia Fraser-Cannon, Lydia Fraser-Ward, David Frederick, Joe Fredericks, Davina Freedman, Karly Friend, Gilda Frost, Neil Frost, Michael Stephen Fuchs, Paul Fuller,

(L to R) Mike Shephard, Martin Witts, Veronica Humphris, members of Ten In A Bed Theatre Company
photo – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2011

Sharon Gal, Andrew Gale, Adam Gallagher, Eileen Gallagher, Ruben Galvis, Alex Gammie, Dan Gammon, Francisca García, Oihana Garde, Ray Gardner, Elizabeth Helen Garland, Adrian Garratt, Sean Garvey, Tamara Gausi, Janice Gellett, Tahsin Gemikonakli, Gemskii, Herve Geny, Berri George, Isabelle Georges, Sam German, Eric Geynes, Jo Gibson, Ceri Gifford, Leigh-Anne Gilbert, Paula Gilbert, Phil Gilbert, Jodie Gilberthorp, Nic Gilder, Sally Gilfillan, Chris Gilling, Sandra Giorgetti, Tom Gisby, Charles Glanville, Neigeme Glasgow-Maeda, Jamie Glassman, Jenny Glithero,

Mariele Runacre Temple
photo – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2009

Anna Glynn, Nathan Godkin, Janey Godley, Martin Gogarty, Gemma Goggin, Caroline Gold, Alison Goldie, Valentina Gomez, Anna Goodman, Leon Gordon, Tufty Gordon, Emily Gough, Lucy Grainger, Aiste Gramantaite, Emily Green, Beth Greenacre, Edward Greenacre, Keith Greenhalgh, Clive Greenwood, Janette Griffiths, Elliot Grove, Victoria Grove, Kate Guinness, Jack Gunn, Enver Gursev, Matthew Haigh, Adam Hall, Jennifer Hall, Nicolas Hall, Paul Hallam, Sylvia Hallett, Marios Hamboulides, Christopher Hammond, Peter Hammond, Stephanie Hampton, Steve Handley, Julian Hanford, Jonathan Hansler, Nadine Hanwell, Mike Harbord, Clare Hardee, Louisa Harding-Edgar, K Hare, Laura Anne Harling, Alexandra Harman, Sarah Harries, Gavin Harrington-Odedra, Bruce Harris, James Harris, Liz Harris, Matt Harris, Miranda Harrison, Robert Hartley Wainwright, Lizzie Harvell, Lois Harvey, Ismail Hasan, Amy-Joyce Hastings, Natalie Haverstock, Nicola Haydn, Dalh Haynes, Micheline Heal, Kieran Healey, Chrissy Hecke, Geoff Hense, Steve Henwood, Rena Hering, Judi Herman, Ollie Hester, Michael Hickson, Ian Higham,

(L to R) Christopher Richardson, Katie Plews, Zena Barrie, Michelle Flower, John Plews
photo – (c) Bo Wilson 2009

Declan Hill, Emma Hill, Keith Hill, Matt Hill, Steve Hill, Nicole Himel, Roamund Hine, Helen Hodge, Anthony Hodgeson, James Hogan, Robin Holden, Robin Holder, Matt Holt, Moshi Honen, Duncan Hopper, Drew Horley, Emma Horne, Zena Howard, Lynn Howes, Tracy Howl, Ellen Hughes, Mary Hughes, Nathan Hughes-Berry, Greg Hull, Sheridan Humphreys, Veronica Humphris, Larissa Hunter, Michael Hunter, Gareth Huntley, Becky Hurst, Mohammed Hussain, Sharmin Hussain, Emma Hutchins, Angela Hyde-Courtney, James Hyland, Jacquelyn Hynes, Anna Marie Idle, Philip Ilson, Other Impressive, Maggie Inchley, Claire Inglis, Julianne Ishler, Andrew Ivanov, Ibinabo Jack, James Jackson, Rachel Jackson, Tom Jackson, Hannah Jacobs,

Sir Arnold and Lady Dusty Wesker, The Arts Theatre
photo – (c) Bo Wilson 2008

Hils Jago, Giulia James, Paula James, Paulette James, Richena James, Keith Jamson, Susan Jamson, Aga Janiszewska, Ida Jansson, Tamsin Jarvis, Susanna Jeffery, Marie Johnston, Victoria Johnston, Ffion Jolly, Adrian Jones, Catherine Jones, Roz Jones, Vladimir Jordanov, Mark Joseph, Una Jovicic, Michael Joyce, Sam Joyce, Hayden Judd, Samuel Julyan, Sophia Kakembo, Marusiya Kalinina, Tara Kane, Brian Kaplan, Jeffry Kaplow, Alexander Karotsch, Gido Karow, John Kay Steel, Fraser Kee Scott, Tracy Keeling, Sharon Keenan, Rupert Keenlyside, Oli Kelham, Anneliese Kellner-Joyce, Matt Ian Kelly, Cliff Kelly, Suzanne Kendall, Kiki Kendrick, Dylan Kennedy, James Kenward, Craig Kerrigan, Steve Keyworth, Nika Khitrova, Vita Khitrova, Ken Kim, Áine King, Charlotte King, Ryan King, Tshari King, Michael Kingsbury, Tom Kirk, Sara Kirkwood, Andrea Kiss, Anita Klein, Naomi Klemens, Steph Knight, Christian Knowles, Regina Kohl, Anat Koren, Simon Koren, Tally Koren, Lidia Kowalewic, Lidia Kowalewicz, Laura Catherine Kressly,

Cilla Wykes (L) This Is Ull – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2009

Matthew Kuznik, Neal Ladd, Alison Lamb, Simon Lambert, Steve Lambert, Julian Lamoral-Roberts, Linda Landers, Shelley Lang, Tauni Lanier, Oliver Lansley, Chris Lawrence, Claire Lawrence, Philip Lawrence, Phil Lawson, Cristina Lázaro, Alistair Leach, Caroline Lederer, Nathan Lee, Pam Lee, Veronica Lee, Melissa Leigh, Jane Lesley, Glenn Lester, Paul Levy, Adam Lewin, Barbara Lewis, Daniel Lewis, Ebi Lewis, Imogen Lewis, Jemma Lewis, Nicole Lewis, Peter Lewis, Laura Lexx, Melly Liburd, Derek Lidington, Chris Lincé, Mark Lindow, Peter Liney, Claire Ling, Paul Litchfield, Angelique Llewelyn, Giovanna Lo Conte, Julie Loison, Kwong Loke, Alex Lombardo, Alex Lombardo, Andy Long,

Gus Robertson – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2009

Michael Longhurst, Paul Lopez, María López, Kate Loustau, Alan Low, Erica Lowe, elley Lowney, Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux, Ben Lucas, Nick Lucas, Andrew Lukas, Fiona Lukas, Simone Lyons, Waylon Ma, Aaron MacClumpha, James Macdonald, Marian Macdonald, Pat Macdonald, Hamish Macdougal, Miles MacInnes, Krystel Macken, Aston Maddix, George Maddocks, Sibyl Madrigal, Rachel Magahey, Jiri Majstr, Derek Malcolm, Sarah Malcolm, Jessica Malik, Nadia Malik, Emma Malin, Jonathan Man, Delphine Manley, Chris Manning-Perry, Brigid Mansfield, Dan March, Kat Marchant, Jakub Marek, Ana Margineanu, Chris Markham, Marcus Markou, Victoria Markou, Jane Marney, María Marro, Lucie Marshall, Rhian Marston-Jones, Paul L Martin, EJ Martin, Liam Martin, Stuart Martin, Tamara Martin, Thomas Martin, Lisa Martland, Rachel Maryan, Sofie Mason, Gabriela Massaci, Sara Maté, Linda Mathis, Thomas Matthews, Wendy Matthews, Dave Mauchline, Nicole Maus, John Mawson, Katrina Mayhew Taibe, Liz Maynard, Ross Mc Givern, Neil McCartney, Ken McClymont, Pandora McCormick, Fiona McCurdy, Brede McDermott,

(L to R) Michael Topping & Andrew Simmons (Topping and Butch) – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2009

Charlotte McDougall, Shiona McDougall, Terry McEneaney, Tim Mcfarland, Fiona McGahren, David McGillivray, Lucy McGuinness, Corrie McGuire, Phoebe Mcintosh, Fiona McKinnon, Phyllis McMahon, Gillian McMullan, Jen McNair, Steve McNeil, Andy McQuade, Robert McWhir, Alison Mead, Jess Meese, Tom Meeten, Michael Mellor, Joana Mendes, Lisa Mendes, Lizzie Menzies, Hannah Mercer, Amy Merrill, Dan Mersh, Oriane Messina, Vittoria Micalizzi, Peter Michaels, David Michel, Lucy Middleweek, Caroline Miller, Mike Miller, Nadine Mills, Al Milne, Hannah Miner, Val Miner, Brian Mitchell, Nick Mohammed, Toni Molina, Lone Britt Molloy, Mark Molloy, Cecile Monteyne, Paul Mooney, Daniel Moore, Leonora Moore,

(L to R) Philip Lawrence, Caroline Gold, Natalie Haverstock (Howard & Mimi) – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2009

Claudia Morcroft, Elin Morgan, Kim Morgan, Adam Morley, Nina Morley, Carla Morris, Darren Morris, Frank Morris, Matt Morris, Ruth Morris, Vicky Morris, Jeni Morrison, Julie Morrison, Hayward Morse, Andrew Morton, Joseph Morton, Amanda Moss, Niall Mulcahy, Andrew Mullan, Neil Mullarkey, Esther Muñoz, Gareth Murphy, Kiva Murphy, Paul Myers, Olivia N’Krumah, Adjiima Na Patalung, Arti Naithani, Hilde Nakkash, Sab Nakkash, Victoria Naumova, Gloria Navarro del Rio, Leyla Nazli, Ben Neale, Joanna Neary, Joanna Neicho, Joshua Neicho, Oliver Nelken, Alex Nemeth, Peggy Nemeth, Erika Netschova, Claudia Nettleford, Charles Neville, Lee Neville, Anthony Newman, Karoline Newman, Terry Newman, Sally Newton, Steve Newton, Emmerson Nicholls, Dmitry Nikitin,

Yard Gals (company) – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2009

Holly Noble, Owen Nolan, Kingsley N Ntah, Preston Nyman, Tom O’Brien, Stef O’Driscoll, Helen Oakleigh, Ben Ockrent, Sharon Odams, Johnnie Oddball, Jaap Oepkes, Hannah Oldman, Dom Oliver, Valerie Oliver, Elspeth Oram, Steve Oram, Louise Orchard, Francisco Orjales, Andrew Ormerod, Richard Osborne, Simon Osborne, David Osmond, Joe Owen, Laurence Owen, David Padbury, Chris Paddon, Tanja Pagnuco, David Palmer, Carol Panday, John Park, Lynne Parker, Tally Parr, Alexander Parsonage, Sara Pascoe, Sean Patterson, Tara Paulsson, Holly Payton, Christopher Peake, David Pearce, Funmi Pearce, Stefan Peca, Holly Penfield, Jonathon Perchal, Diane Perlman,

Abi Titmuss – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2009

Mariane Perria, Russ Peterken, Paulina Peters, Anthony Philips, Dr John Phillips, Soledad Picallo de Muro, Chantal Pierre-Packer, Jez Pike, Arnaud Pitois, Kit Plaschkes, John Plews, Katie Plews, Racky Plews, Scarlett Plouviez Comnas, Sarita Plowman, Fleur Poad, Gordon Poad, Agnes Poitevin-Navarre, Jessica Poole, Richard Poole, Jess Pooski, Joanna Pope, Vanessa Pope, Yoana Popova, Lucy Porter, Katharine Pottinger, Gareth Potts, George Potts, Laura Pradelska, Bary Pradelski, Harry Pradelski, Andrew Prendergast, Matt Prendergast, David Price, Hannah Price, Stuart Price, Alana Pryce, Pepe Pryke, Simon Pugh, Dan Pursey, Daniel Pursey, Robert Putt, Charmaine Puttnam, Jerome Quiles, Vanessa Quiney, Nicky Raby, Patrizia Raeli, Sam Raffal, Lucy Rafton, Natalie Ralston, Gina Ramirez, Lee Randall, Michael Randolfi, Julia Rank, Lee Ranns, Irving Rappaport, Meena Rayann, Damian Rayne, Lady Rayne, Howard Read, Lucy Read, Jack Rebaldi, Kathryn Redwood, Sasha Regan, Sean Regan, Sonja Rein, Bob Reitemeier, Pamela Reitemeier, Angelica Reiter, Lisa Renak, Jo Rendell, Penelope Reynolds,

Awaydays – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2009

Dmitrijs Rezanovics, Cindy Rhyme, Sheila Rhyme, Christopher Richardson, Eric Rickett, Vic Ridley, Gordon Ridout, Johanna Rigg, Ian Ritchie, Andrew Rivera, Eden Rivers, Flavio Rizzetto, Sebastian Roach, Anthony Roberts, Wendy Roberts, Ellie Robertson, Gus Robertson, Linda Robertson, Luanna Robertson, Nick Robinson, Philip Robinson, Adam Robinson-Witts, Chris Rochester, Joel Rockman, Lynne Anne Rodgers, Steven Rodgers, Magda Rodriguez, Miriam Rodriguez Resino, Louise Rogers, Montse Roig, Montserrat Roig de Puig, Luca Romagnoli, Jesse Romain, Nina Romain, Neil Roscoe, Matthew Rose, Karen Rosie, Joseph Ross-Williams, Anne Rowe, Sam Rowe, Lucie Roxburgh, Manuela Ruggiero, Mariele Runacre Temple, Morgan Runacre Temple, Fay Rusling, Amy Russell, Claire Russell, Helen Russell-Clark, Magdalena Rutkowska Hunt,

Jake Spicer – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2009

Steve Ryan, Melissa Rynn, John Sadlier, Emmy Sainsbury, Clare Sairi, Kevin Sampson, Nnenna Samson, Osanna Samuel, Frank Sanazi, Kate Sandison, Rob Sandy, Eilís Sanfey, Sorana Santos, Anne Sarne, Michael Sarne, Mike Sarne, Rachel Sartin, Dylan Satow, Anya Saugman, Kate Saunders, John Savournin, Tom Sawyer, Paul Sayers, Ros Scanlon, Frank Scantori, Jacek Ludwig Scarso, Gabi Scavuzzo, Samantha Schefele, Dr Anne-Marie Schleich, Carl Schofield, Julius Schofield, Adele Scott, Sue Scott Davison, Jeremy Scott Piper, Gail Scott-Spicer, James Seager, John Sears, Francesca Secchi, Moses Serruya, Rajita Shah, Lynette Shanbury, Adeela Sharif, Mahesh Sharma, Lindsay Sharman, Chris Shaw, James Shaw, Pete Shaw, Carly Sheen, Mike Shephard, David Shepherd, Margaret Shillingford, Vicky Shillingford, Martin Shippen, Paul Shulton, Genevieve Sibayan, Will Sidgwick, Marta Sierra, Gareth Sills, Nicolas Simeha, Andrew Simmons, Charlotte Simmons, Penny Sims, Cheryl Sinclair, Sinderella, Chloe Sirene, Jennifer Skapeti, Jackie Skarvellis, Veronique Skelsey, Gary Skelton, Adam Skilton, Ben Skinner, Joanna Skinner, Christopher Slater, Tom Slatter, Shermaine Slocombe,

Jasmine Cullingford – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2009

Alex Smith, Alexandra Smith, Dene Smith, Derek Smith, Emma Smith, Fraser Smith, Kathrine Smith, Martin Smith, Mike Smith, Pete Smith, Ritchie Smith, Robin Smith, Sasha Smith, Mark Snell, Vivienne Soan, Marco Soares, Elena Sobchak, Illya Sobchak, Victor Sobchak, Laura Solon, Nicole Souchal, Ray Spangler Downing, Judith Spencer, Jake Spicer, Adam Spreadbury-Maher, Michael Spring, Vanessa Spring, Julie Sproule, Edita Stankeviciute, Oli Stephens, James M Stevenson, Emma Stickland, Richard Stirling, Nick Stockman, Will Stokes, Leigh Stops, Paul Stowe, Victoria Strachan, Sandy Strallen, Adriana Stranger, Monika Studena, Alex Sufit, Alexandra Sufit, Matt Sullivan, Paul Sullivan, Peter Sullivan, Neil Summerville, Kev F Sutherland, James Sutherland, Liz Sutherland, David Swain, Gen Swallow, Genevieve Swallow,

Enter The Preacher (company) / Director Paulette James (aka Paulette Caletti) in yellow third from R) – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2009

Nigel Swift, Cleo Sylvestre, Becky Talbot, Becky Talbot, Matthew Talbot, Greg Tallent, Alfie Talman, Lamin Tamba, Ben Target, Philippa Tatham, Suzanne Marie Taylor, Emma Taylor, Kate Taylor, Matthew Taylor, Robert Taylor, Ryan Taylor, Kate Temliakov, Maksim Temliakov, Oleg Temliakov, Rita Temliakov, John Terry, Martin Terry, Sue Terry, Amy Tez, Eric The Comedian, Cockpit Theatre), Christopher Thomas, Damien Thomas, Diana Thomas, James Thomas, Lee Thomas, Shaeran Thomas, Anna Thompson, Fiona Thompson, Helena Thompson, Katrina Thompson,

Kate Copstick – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2009

Clare Thomson, Jeff Thomson, Jonathan Thomson, Serena Thomson, Wendy Thomson, Matthew Thorneton-Field, Nic Thornton, Malcolm Thorp, Emily Francis Thorpe, Turkan Tijen, John Timlin, Paula Timmons, Chris Timms, Hannah Timms, Sarah Tipple, Abi Titmuss, Lovisa Tobieson, Dr Ben Todd, Igor Tojcic, Alex Tolweth, Michael Topping, Rebecca Tortora, Ana Tovey, Ellen Tovey, Leah Townely, Neil Townsend, Jeremy Trafford, Jamie Treacher, Fran Trewin, John Trice, Thom Trigger, Alison Trower, Ric Truman, David Tse Ka-Shing, Thomas Tuft, Matt Tully, Gareth Tunley, James Turnbull, Claire Turner, Ellie Turner, Jamie Turner, Linda Turton, Heather Tweed, Mary Tynan, Saad Ufchhur, Melissa Usmar, Elizabeth Uter, Briony Vallis, Samantha Vanderslott, Katy Vans, Lennie Varvarides, Vasken Vasken, David Vickerstaff, Jessie Viladlad, Olivia Vinall, Brett Vincent, Dan Vinci, Alex Von Saxe, Keith Von Tersch, Charles Wahab, Rob Wainwright, Victoria Wainwright, Amy Waitt, Alexandra Waldram, Alex Walker, Katie Walker, Martin Walker, Dr Bruce Wall, Susan Wallin, James Walsh, Fliss Walton, Geoffrey Wansell, Emily Ward, Verana Ward, Alexandra Ward-Davis, Andrea Ware, Katie Warren, Michael Warwick, Ed Waters, Frank Watson, Gavin Watson, Nic Watson, Roland Watson, John Watts, Chris Weaver, Lady Dusty Wesker, Sir Arnold Wesker, Sarah Wesson, Mary West, Jo Westhead, Gregory Whelan,

Jackie Skarvellis – (c) Stefan Lubomirski de Vaux 2009

PB Whistle, Emily White, Sarah Whitehouse, David Whiting, David Whitney, Monsay Whitney, Ryan Wichert, Rosie Wilby, Ben Willbond, Ben Williams, Tom Williams, Saskia Willis, Bo Wilson, Glen Wilson, Kevin Wilson, Anne Windsor, Kitty Winter, Nick Witton, Martin Witts, Alex Wood, Charlie Wood, Lorraine Wood, Paul Woodmansey, Helen Worsley, Kate Worth, Felicity Wren, James Wren, Alison Wright, Cilla Wright, Emily Wright, Simon Wright, eliza wyatt, Dave Wybrow, Pete Wyer, Sam Wyer, Cilla Wykes, Belinda Wylie, Sharon Wymark, Karolina Wysocka, James Yardley, Lesley Yeomans, Sarah Louise Young, Siva Zagel, Mia Zara, Andrei Zayats, Jamie Zubairi, Andrea zur Strassen, Bernhard zur Strassen, Annie Zwemmer.

 

 

Philippa Tatham (1981-2015)

Philippa Tatham, actress and writer, died on 14 February 2015 aged 33.  Philippa had a great circle of friends through her work in theatre and performance and was a longstanding and very popular writer for Fringe Report.  At Philippa’s funeral at St Peter’s Church in Winchester on Friday 6 March, her mother Liz Slinn gave this eulogy to her daughter, which is reproduced here with her permission.

‘A welcome to you from Mike and me and our family,wherever you have come from we are grateful that you are here at this Mass with us as we say farewell to my daughter, Philippa.

Lest I forget, you are all of you welcome to come into the Pastoral Centre for Philippa’s wake. That Irish side of her loved a wake and she would expect you there.

I want to talk about three surprises. Philippa’s birth and life, why we are here in this place and then her sad and untimely death. Some of the time I will plagiarise something one of you has said in your many messages and tributes. Can I offer a blanket apology but you have said it so much better than I can.

Philippa was born at St Peters Hospital, Chertsey in the evening of 15th September 1981.I was working there at the time and one of my colleagues went to visit her in the nursery and came in and told me I’d had a little rosebud. My mother worked in the local post office  and,coincidentally, wore a rose in her buttonhole and sang ‘Hello Dolly ‘all day.

She was a surprise in my life but my warm family embraced, loved and absorbed her as we do each other and all new comers.  Philippa loved belonging to a large, noisy family which became more and more complicated as time went on and she would take pleasure in bamboozling people when describing it. We loved her dearly and cared for her. For me, she gave my life purpose, meaning and love; she was my constant companion as a child.

She made her stage debut when she was just three. We were at the pantomime in Aldershot and, when DLT invited children to the stage she was last on, when he already had enough children up there, but she stared at him with Philippa defiance, The crowd were on her side, he capitulated,she was stage-struck.

When she was three and a half we moved from the North of Hampshire here to Winchester. She went to Nursery with the Sisters and then three schools all within a short radius of this place. She shone, academically, loved to read and write and of course take to the stage when she could. Her gift of ‘wordsmithing’ became apparent at an early age.

We joined the Chesil Theatre when we moved here. I can’t act but it is a wonderful community as Little Theatres so often are, so we joined for friendship, which has lasted thirty years. I had a small part  in The House of Barnarda Alba when she was six and she was allowed to play my quiet daughter. Of course, she knew everyone’s lines very quickly and I would feel her prodding me from beneath my skirts when I forgot one of my two lines and she would tell me off afterwards.

She performed at the Chesil for many years in many productions and I thank the members there for all the opportunities she was given and for the touching tributes and memories you have given me over the last three weeks.

She suffered, during her teenage years, but asked for help. She fought her illness with  typical stubbornness and determination, we helped her in that fight and I’m glad we did because of what she did next.

After achieving outstanding A level and GCSE results she went to Stratford to do a Year out Acting Course and was encouraged to apply to Oxbridge but determined to follow her dream she went to Bristol to study Drama where she emerged with a First, of course. Her determination to study and succeed took its toll again and so she came home rested and worked for a while and then went off to her great and wonderful London adventure.

Before we go to London I want to thank two people who were so important in her life. Mum, you told me a few years ago that a friend of yours asked how she might care for her daughter and baby in similar circumstances. You walked around your beloved Cathedral for a while and went back and said ‘Just be the best grandparents you can’. Well, you have been and still are the best grandparents there could be. You fed her imagination and creativity, encouraged her intelligence and went beyond the call of duty, never faltering, to the end. The letters and cards you sent her every week through the  years have emerged from every handbag, book and pocket we have sorted through. She knew your love and devotion and carried it with her every day. By God’s grace you are still here with us and I ask you to walk with me a little longer.

Well, many of you here know what she did in London better than I do. She was bold and courageous and joined the Streetwise project living on sixty pounds a week and an oyster card. Being Philippa she created a huge network of friends-you- over those years, acting and writing, socialising, loving, creating, laughing, being silent, despairing and hoping to make the break, getting up and moving on, working to be independent,  running from her room in Tufnell Park every morning, rushing off to work with scarves and hats awry. Just Google her name or look at the Tower Theatre website to see what she did, it was more than even I knew.

This time I want to thank all of you in London and here at home who were her friends. You became her family and many of you had deep and very loving friendships with her. Some of you just liked and admired her without knowing her so well, but she is described as ‘charismatic, witty, disciplined,creative,lighting up the room…..the adjectives ascribed to her, the anecdotes and stories astound and move us. She made a huge impact with a lot of people and we, in turn, are deeply grateful to all of you who touched her and challenged the doubts which pestered her and told her she was a failure. As someone said, she was hard on herself and that was her greatest tragedy. Someone else said she saw life as a mountain to climb when she should have been standing at the top of it looking at her successes and we should have been buying her books in Waterstones. She didn’t realise it but she achieved her ambitions to write and act, she had done so much, even if she didn’t make a living out of it. Achieving potential was important to Philippa and she wanted us all to do what made us happy and fulfilled.

So, a word with her siblings. Siobhan, David, Caitlin, Lucrezia. She loved you very much; saw your individual gifts and talents shining out of you and wanted you to do what you knew would bring you joy and fulfilment. So, go out and do your best, carry her with you in your hearts and listen to her voice!

Again, while I remember there is a table with many of her vast collection of books out there. She has read them all, an intelligent, discerning and varied reader. Please go home with one or two, you who knew her. Carry it around with you and so remember Philippa. And the hats…please take a hat.

We can all now see, with the help of social media, the  success she was and it says it all about her London career and life, it speaks for itself, so I move onto the next surprise. Why are we here in this Church? Philippa, Church?!

Well, she was raised here. She received her First Holy Communion here, she stood on a chair over there, one Good Friday, when she was seven and moved everyone with her reading of Jesus’ last hours. She would happily come back and join us here for family celebrations and events and was always comfortable in this place.

Most importantly, her natural tendency to walk on the boundary with the underdog, the outcast, was formed and developed here. She was fed on the Word and heard every week about the Gospel message of love, acceptance and action.

Did any of you, walking down the streets with her in London, late at night find you were talking to yourself because she was talking and giving to the homeless? How many of you, frightened of being despised or shunned found Philippa drawing you from the boundary to the centre? How many of you sad and grieving, happy and rejoicing found her at your side? We shall hear about the Good Samaritan in a minute and I know some of you have been slung across the back of her donkey and taken to safety while she shouted at the bandits. Nothing shocked her, nothing surprised her. She was intelligent and perceptive, intuitive and empathetic and entirely tolerant of who we were. Look at us here, a diverse and varied group of people, she gathered us around her and made us all feel important.

In the last week of her life she picked up her ninety year old neighbour from a collapse on the bathroom floor, continued to encourage a colleague to reach her potential and comforted a friend whose mother is seriously ill.

Now, she wasn’t a Saint, none of us are. Sometimes she went into into dark places and she would go off our radar for a while. That was painful for us. She could be cross and indignant when she felt an injustice or wrong had been done and we would run for cover. There was nothing docile about Philippa but we loved her anyway.

She was born in St Peters Hospital and it is right that we say goodbye to her here in St Peters Church. We need the certainty and comfort we will find here. So please,Join in, sing, listen to the words and  The Word. She used to make us sing that Magnificat over and over on our journeys to a place called Taize in France, where it was written. Whatever you believe or don’t believe, be moved and touched.

So, the surprise of her death. Many of you know, she had been suffering from a very painful skin condition for some months. She had several diagnosis, occasional comfort and relief from treatments.  Just a few weeks ago, after she had a small biopsy, I spent a peaceful afternoon with her in her room at Tufnell Park. I took a picnic and we laughed, talked and ate for several hours.  She was very peaceful. She had been room bound but far from having cabin fever, she had been writing, resting and had received many visitors. She said that if she could just earn enough from writing and dog walking….her beloved dogs, any would do….she would be content there. I was grateful for that afternoon with her.

Anyway, the pain came back and she had to go off sick from work, cancel arrangements, She hated letting people down. She had to pull out of a play, can you imagine that? It all became too much. The finely balanced scales tipped and now,we are here.

She was at peace with all of us, we had a wonderful Christmas with her and she had seen us several times since. She wrote that she loved us all but needed to be free. She knew how much she was loved and that if she had cried for help any of you or us would have been there in a heartbeat but now she is free with her wonderful creativity in….the great creation somewhere.

I know and some of you know, like I do, that she is at peace at least. Thanks to those of you who have shared your dreams and feelings with me since she died. Light shines in her dark places and she is where she belongs.

There is a fourth surprise and its to do with the hope we find here,but it is not my place to preach. You will hear of that later from her Godfather, Father David, but it is that certainty we celebrate.

Before I finish I want to thank many of you from the bottom of my heart for all for all you have done with such sustaining love, prayer, food… and for my amazing family and friends who have paced my every step for the last three weeks. But that would take a long time and we have a Mass to get on with. Mike will say more about thankyous at the wake, so I have to thank Mike now.

I’m not usually given to talking to statues but I did happen to have have a chat with St Joseph about the challenges of being a stepfather on the day I now know, Philippa died.  I asked him to say a prayer for Mike. Little  did I know what I was praying for and Mike, thankyou, for walking with me for the last three weeks and dealing with stuff even dear old St Joseph might have found tough. You heard, just last week, from a friend, how much Philippa valued you and I won’t embarrass you by repeating it, but she knew she left me in safe hands.

Time to move on. So, my beautiful, lovely Philly. Intelligent, intuitive, creative, charismatic, wilful, witty, determined, devoted… I’ll finish here, because, as someone said, there are no words left to say, she took them all with her.

Thank you.’

Liz Slinn 6 March 2015

[photo Stefan Lubomirski De Vaux, 3 September 2012]

Fringe Report 2002-3 now at the British Library

The first volume of Fringe Report in book form covering 2002 and 2003 has been presented to the British Library.  This post on the British Library’s blog has the details http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/sound-and-vision/2015/01/documenting-the-fringe.html

We’re now preparing the next book, which covers all the Fringe Report Awards 2003-2012.

 

Fringe Report and the British Library 2014

Thank you for all the enquiries about Fringe Report.  Fringe Report is being donated to the British Library so that it will be available free of charge in book form.  The donation consists of all of Fringe Report between 2002 and 2012, including hundreds of photographs, film and audio of awards events.  Physically the donation of written content is books, with a volume for each year and a separate volume for all the awards.  Photographs, film and audio will be in the form of media files.   The decision to transfer all the contents of the main website, which is now offline, and this one into books was taken for several reasons, mainly that we felt books were more permanent and easier to use, given the huge amount of content.  We hope to present the first volume – covering the year 2002 – to the British Library by the end of 2014 and will keep you updated on this page and Twitter.  Thank you for your continuing interest in and support for Fringe Report.

John Park, editor

August 2014

 

The Final Post

Fringe Report is no more. Thanks to everyone who visited, commented, or was mentioned here.

This site will remain online, but will no longer be added to. Please feel free to browse the history.

End of Fringe Report Drinks

As you may know, Fringe Report closes for ever on its 10th anniversary, which is Thursday 12 July 2012.

We’re inviting all our friends and colleagues to drinks at 19:30 at Henry’s in Covent Garden, details below. If you can be in London that night, we’ll look forward to seeing you there.

WHEN
Thursday 12 July 2012 at 19:30.
WHERE
Henry’s Café Bar
5-6 Henrietta Street,
WC2E 8PS

A Secular Mystery Play in Brunswick Square

Saturday 14 July, 2.00 – 6.00pm. Brunswick Square, London WC1N

An echo of Bloomsbury’’s radical and creative heritage, the Bloomsbury Mystery Play will be a living tableaux of costume, pageantry and song conceived by artists J&K / Janne Schäfer and Kristine Agergaard with Neal Brown and Hilary Koob-Sassen taking place on and around a sculptural platform created by Danish artist FOS.

This event is organised by Camden Arts Centre in the spirit of Bruce Lacey’s ritual performance works of the 1980s and to accompany his exhibition.

A secular mystery, in Brunswick Square

As a theatrical form, mystery plays were traditionally used to embellish biblical stories but the Bloomsbury Mystery Play will narrate a more secular journey through ideologies of contemporary living; the rituals of daily life, our interactions with others and the possibilities for arranging the world around us. This is an eccentric celebration of the peculiar and the visionary: a platform for voices crying out how things might be.

No ticket required.

More information is available at: http://www.camdenartscentre.org/whats-on/view/eve-bl-14

Edinburgh Preview: Les Dennis in Jigsy

Upstairs at the Gatehouse: 28/29 July only

Remember Ken Dodd? Tommy Cooper? Mick Miller? Jigsy does.

Over the last thirty years he’s worked with them all – and he’ll tell you the stories to prove it. From the laughs down the pub to the horror stories of when it goes wrong on stage, Jigsy was there – permanent pint in hand.

With sweat, smoke and failure clinging to his faded dinner jacket, he now works the dying Liverpool club circuit.This is Jigsy’s story: reliving the glamour and grit of his younger days, he now broods on the success he might have had. But despite it all he keeps on getting back up on stage.The audiences might be dwindling, but Jigsy always has a gag that sends them home laughing.

Tony Staveacre’s blisteringly funny new play stars Les Dennis.

www.jigsylive.co.uk.

Saturday 28th at 8.00pm. Sunday 29th July at 4.00pm. Tickets £14 (concs £10)

 

Three hours of Gin. This Saturday. Bloomsbury.

Celebrate Richard Barnett’s book The Dedalus Book of Gin on this guided walk into the darker side of Enlightenment London.

Eighteenth-century London was awash with cheap, fiery gin. William Hogarth and Henry Fielding railed against it; politicians legislated against it; doctors blamed it for destroying the nation. But what was the truth behind the epidemic of depravity? Celebrate Richard Barnett’s book The Dedalus Book of Gin on this guided walk into the darker side of Enlightenment London. This tour of the historical gin hotspots of Soho and Covent Garden, ends with a book-signing and a glass of gin at Treadwell’s Bookshop. Tickets include a copy of The Dedalus Book of Gin and a complimentary glass of gin. The event is supported by Hendrick’s.

30 June 2012 at 2:45 pm

Duration: 3 hours

Treadwell’s Books
33 Store Street
Bloomsbury
London
WC1E 7BS
0207 240 8906
www.treadwells-london.com/

Edinburgh Barge

Magical Comedy Tour?

Reginald D. Hunter, Cardinal Burns and Jenny Eclair are among comedians who will travel from London to Edinburgh by canal – performing gigs along the way.The boat sets off from London today and will make stop-offs in Cookham, Henley-on-Thames, Oxford, Stone, Manchester, Glasgow and Falkirk before arriving in Edinburgh for the Fringe.

Also taking part are Sam Simmons, Jarred Christmas, Idiots of Ants, Andre Vincent, Tim FitzHigham and Justin Moorhouse.

Details of gigs will be announced online, and progress will be tracked via videos, podcasts and blogs.

Read more: www.chortle.co.uk