Over on usenet (rec.arts.sf.fandom) I read that Return to Forbidden Planet
is being staged again. I don't recognize the names so I guess this is the
uk? Hope it isn't too far off topic but we do have the Anderson connection.
Here are some pieces of the message:
> Alison Hopkins wrote:
> >Whilst catching a train from Stevenage to Huddersfield today (!) I
>>happened to notice that Stevenage Leisure Centre has a big ad for "Return"
being
> > staged from the 23rd to the 29th of this month. No more detail than
that,
> > but I thought it might be of interest.
> Its actually running from 23rd to the 27th, and it should be a very
> interesting production. Its a sort of pro/am production, direction,
> production, and most of the leading actors are from the professional
> theater, and the bulk of the cast are from the local drama college.
> The productions have quite a good reputation locally, and its one of
> two musicals the theater produces in the summer. The news announcer
> part has already been filmed with Patrick Moore, and the filmed
> special effects are coming from a small effects house set up by one
> of Gerry Anderson's effects people, (too many effects here), and will
> be, I'm assured, real exploding models just like the old days.
> Steve Cooper
I'm going to Main Mission 2000 September 1 - 3!
http://www.cybrary1999.com/con2000/