Gordon Craig Theatre Archive

The Gordon Craig Theatre Archive created by @StevenageMuseum in partnership with @GCTStevenage and Stevenage Arts Guild with support from @heritageFundUK

[Gordon Craig Theatre Archive @GCTarchive]

Panto disaster! Find out what stopped the show in the opening panto season at @GCTStevenage way back in 1975...
https://t.co/U33id8QLbj

[Gordon Craig Theatre Archive @GCTarchive]

Thigh-slapping story here in @thecomet24 newspaper - @GCTStevenage #stevenage at the centre of a panto revival! Fascinating history including @BradleyWalsh, @WarwickADavis & Barbara Windsor.
https://t.co/GBrJduEe5a
Find out more at https://t.co/Z7XmfbTDuI

[Stevenage Museum @StevenageMuseum]

Thanks @thecomet24 for this great article with photos from @GCTarchive: How Stevenage theatre revived panto back in the 1980s https://t.co/MZAPNICm8D
Lots of work by a great team of volunteers still going on to get everything online.

[Stevenage Museum @StevenageMuseum]

Stevenage in 100 Objects - A 2020 addition to Stevenage History: Covid Cobra in Grace Way

[Gordon Craig Theatre Archive @GCTarchive]

What does the name "Hairy Harry" mean to you?!

Harry came out of retirement in November 2019, agreeing to sit very still in a cabinet @StevenageMuseum Museum during the Stories From The Gordon Craig exhibition.

But here's what's really been going on...
https://t.co/wTMAiPdTHS

[Gordon Craig Theatre Archive @GCTarchive]

The "Almost Famous" Jack Mayes was a popular entertainer in #Stevenage. Since @GCTStevenage opened in '75 Jack & sidekick Hairy Harry were regular Saturday morning fixtures. Jack's niece, Barbara and her husband Alan share memories of Jack @StevenageMuseum
https://t.co/Ltk7yln56v

[Gordon Craig Theatre Archive @GCTarchive]

The "Almost Famous" Jack Mayes was a popular entertainer in #Stevenage. Since @GCTStevenage opened in '75 Jack & sidekick Hairy Harry were regular Saturday morning fixtures. Jack's niece, Barbara and her husband Alan share memories of Jack @StevenageMuseum
https://t.co/Ltk7yln56v

[Gordon Craig Theatre Archive @GCTarchive]

What does the name "Hairy Harry" mean to you?!

Harry came out of retirement in November 2019, agreeing to sit very still in a cabinet @StevenageMuseum Museum during the Stories From The Gordon Craig exhibition.

But here's what's really been going on...
https://t.co/wTMAiPdTHS

[Gordon Craig Theatre Archive @GCTarchive]

Digital Volunteering Award @SHAREmuseums Awards 2020: Congratulations to @StevenageMuseum's Stories from the Gordon Craig Volunteer Team! WINNERS!

[Gordon Craig Theatre Archive @GCTarchive]

Digital Volunteering Award @SHAREmuseums Awards 2020: Congratulations to @StevenageMuseum's Stories from the Gordon Craig Volunteer Team! WINNERS!

[Gordon Craig Theatre Archive @GCTarchive]

Our wonderful team of volunteer archivists @StevenageMuseum has been nominated for a @SHAREmuseums Volunteer Award 2020! Ceremony online 11am Thursday 4th June. Tomorrow! Follow the link to join in: https://t.co/eDF6AgDQEM

[Gordon Craig Theatre Archive @GCTarchive]

@StevenageMuseum And what's more, our wonderful team of volunteer archivists @StevenageMuseum have been nominated for @SHAREmuseums Volunteer Award 2020! Ceremony online 11am Thursday 4th June. Tomorrow! https://t.co/p7gPbetbmA

[Museum Development South East @MusDevSE]

🌟🌟🌟LESS THAN 24 HOURS until our first ever virtual #VolunteerAwards2020 🌟🌟🌟Join us from 11am tomorrow on our YouTube channel https://t.co/EL2sxOOl0O to find out who were the winners 🏆😊👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 We can't wait! #NationalVolunteersWeek

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Here's a photo of our Stories from the Gordon Craig volunteers working hard to catalogue the Gordon Craig Theatre archive! So far they've uploaded 4884 events and 392 archive records - phew! Find out more and see what they've been up: https://t.co/4CkR8OXPMA #TrueGrit #Volunteers

[Gordon Craig Theatre Archive @GCTarchive]

45 colourful years @GCTStevenage. Last in a series of poster collages made by @ModernSuffrage collaborating with local people living with early onset dementia, responding to @GCTarchive in @hyoc2020. We hope to see you back at the GCT soon. Info at: https://t.co/Kov3Y8Urns

[Gordon Craig Theatre Archive @GCTarchive]

@TheGolfingTiler @GCTStevenage Hello there. This is the account for the Gordon Craig Theatre Archive, not the Gordon Craig Theatre itself. I'm sure that @GCTStevenage will get back to you soon.

[Gordon Craig Theatre Archive @GCTarchive]

Defying gravity @GCTStevenage: A flying carriage with a fairy godmother, fairy lights, a leaping dancer and ET! A poster collage made by @ModernSuffrage with local people living with early onset dementia, responding to @GCTarchive in @hyoc2020 info at: https://t.co/Kov3Y8Urns

[Gordon Craig Theatre Archive @GCTarchive]

Flamenco and intrigue @GCTStevenage in 1988's hot summer. A poster collage made by @ModernSuffrage collaborating with local people living with early onset dementia, responding to @GCTarchive in @hyoc2020 funded by @HeritageFundUK more info at: https://t.co/Kov3Y8Urns

[Gordon Craig Theatre Archive @GCTarchive]

Back to the '90s at @GCTStevenage with a Dr. and Dame, panto and music galore. Artwork made by @ModernSuffrage collaborating with local people living with early onset dementia, responding to @GCTarchive in @hyoc2020 funded by @HeritageFundUK more info at: https://t.co/Kov3Y8Urns

[Gordon Craig Theatre Archive @GCTarchive]

Circus, drama, poetry and panto all filling the auditorium @GCTStevenage since '75! Artwork made by @ModernSuffrage collaborating with local people living with early onset dementia, responding to @GCTarchive in @hyoc2020 funded by @HeritageFundUK more at: https://t.co/Kov3Y8Urns