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In
1995 for the 50th Anniversary of peace Keith Myers was
commissioned to create and direct “Smiling Through on the Home
Front” the first of his Retro’ Revues for which the company is
now famous. This was followed by “Two for the 1/9s” a
celebration of 100 years of Cinema, then
“Playing the Halls”, about variety performers in
1940’s. “Millennium Memories”. “You’ve Never Had It So
Good” remembering VE Day to the Common Market and in the
Queen’s Golden Jubilee year “England Swings” a celebration
of the years from Festival of Britain to the Silver Jubilee.
The
next production was “The Best of Times and The Worst of
Times", Austerity to Yuppies tracing the social and
economic changes from the rationing of 1950 to
“loadsamoney” in 1980s. This was followed by "Radio
Days & TV Times" remembering ITMA to Dynasty. In
2004/05 they revived Two for the 1/9ds and 2006/07 toured
the hugely successful “All the World’s A Stage”, a
celebration of British Theatre from Medieval Mummers to 21st
Century Rock Tributes. The new show “Cool Britannia” is
available from November 2007 to May 2008. It consists of their usual hilarious mix of popular music,
dance, stand up comedy and sketches.
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