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APRIL
2007 NEWS: ...............................................
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Sat
28th April, 2007: More Toyah
onstage @ Bognor |
Some great
pictures of Toyah, onstage in
Bognor last Saturday (21st
April).
These
pictures will be available in
larger versions in the Gallery
soon.
[
Thanks to Per-Arne for the
pics ]
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Sat
28th April, 2007: Toyah to guest
at 'MusicMania Live' |
Toyah will guest
at the 'MusicMania Live'
convention at thecentre:mk in
Milton Keynes. The event takes
place on Saturday 28th and Sunday
29th July 2007.
[
Please click on the screenshot
for further information ]
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Sat
28th April, 2007: More Toyah
offstage @ Butlins |
Toyah, pictured
with Per-Arne Baakind, last
Saturday at Butlins.
[
Thanks to Per-Arne for the pic
]
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Sat
28th April, 2007: Toyah on TV |
Michael Gambon:
Maigret & Me : ITV3 - Mon 7th
May : 2.55pm
Michael Gambon:
Maigret & Me : ITV3 Plus 1 -
Mon 7th May : 3.55pm
Favourite Leading Lady.
Many famous actresses including
Sorcha Cusack, Toyah Willcox,
Jill Freud and Brenda Blethyn
appeared in the Maigret series.
This episode features Minnie
Driver as a nightclub dancer whom
Michael remembers with great
affection. The scene in which she
dances for the clientele of a
Paris nightclub drew an admiring
crowd! Michael
Gambon: Maigret & Me : ITV3 -
Mon 7th May : 10.10pm
Michael Gambon:
Maigret & Me : ITV3 Plus 1 -
Mon 7th May : 11.10pm
Most Dramatic Episode.
Michael Gambon loved the
splendour of the location for
Hotel Majestic. The kitchens of
the hotel were a background for
many of the most dramatic scenes,
and he relished the bustle and
excitement of life below stairs.
He also recalls the pleasure of
working with John Kavanagh and
Toyah Willcox, who played a
temperamental prostitute.
[
See below for further Toyah on
TV information ]
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Sat
28th April, 2007: Dave Lee's
Happy Holidays 2007 |
Toyah guested at Dave
Lee's Happy Holidays show last
Sunday (22nd April) at the
Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury.
This is an annual event held to
raise money for children's
charities. Toyah
appeared towards the end of the
show and performed three songs:
'Are You Gonna Go My Way', 'Echo
Beach' and 'My Generation'.
[
Thanks to Katy McAleese for
the info ]
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Wed
25th April, 2007: Toyah @ Bognor |
Toyah, onstage
and off, in Bognor on Saturday
21st April 2007.
Please
click to zoom picture one.
[
Thanks to Sven Inge Winkler
Solberg, with Toyah above, for
the pics ]
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Wed
25th April, 2007: Toyah @ Bognor |
Toyah, with Paul
Cable and Paul Lomas, last
weekend in Bognor.
[
Thanks to Paul Cable, above
left, for the pictures ]
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Wed
25th April, 2007: Toyah on TV |
Brum : Monday 30th
April - BBC2 : 9.15am
Brum and the Airport
Adventure. The adventures of a
little car who lives in a motor
museum, narrated by Toyah
Willcox. When precious gems are
stolen from a famous celebrity at
the airport, Brum is soon on the
trail of the two thieves. The
Most Fertile Man In Ireland : Sky
Movies Comedy - Mon 7th May :
12.45am
The Most Fertile Man
In Ireland : Sky Movies Comedy -
Mon 7th May : 10.05pm
Twenty-four year old
virgin, Eamonn Manley, lives with
his mother in Belfast and is
painfully shy with the ladies.
Things change for Eamonn when
Mary Malloy decides to make the
first move and soon Mary realises
that she is pregnant even though
she was using birth control. The
doctor discovers that Eamonn has
an unusually high sperm count...
His mother has the idea that he
can help the local ladies who
have had problems conceiving a
baby... Director: Dudi Appleton.
Starring: Kris Marshall, Kathy
Kiera Clarke, Bronagh Gallagher,
James Nesbitt, Kenneth Cranham,
Toyah Willcox and Olivia
Nash.
Tales
of The Unexpected : ITV3 - Monday
7th May : 6.25am
Tales of The
Unexpected : ITV3 Plus 1 - Monday
7th May : 7.25am
Tales of The
Unexpected : ITV3 - Monday 7th
May : 2.30pm
Tales of The
Unexpected : ITV3 Plus 1 - Monday
7th May : 3.30pm
Blue Marigold. Series 5,
Episode 1. At the height of her
fame, Myra, a fashion model, is
suddenly out of favour with her
agencies and deserted by her
boyfriend. Years later she sees
an opportunity to win him back.
Starring: John Houseman, Sharon
Duce, and Toyah Willcox.
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Sat
21st April, 2007: Toyah @ 'The
Club' 2007 - Club website ad |
The ad/promo
flyer for Toyah's forthcoming
appearance at 'The Club'
The
Club, 14 Hillcrest Street,
Hanley, Stoke on Trent,
Staffordshire, ST1 2AA.
Tel: 01782 201829
[
Please click on the ad to
visit 'The Club' website ]
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Sat
21st April, 2007: 'Through The
Keyhole' - Screen caps |
A selection of
screen captures from Toyah's
Appearance on Thursday's (19th
April) Through the Keyhole
on BBC2. Houses looked at were
Andy Abrahams, Jacqueline Bisset
& Bill Pertwee.
Toyah
also guested on another edition
of Through The Keyhole
last week. She has now made three
appearances this series.
[
Thanks to Andi Westhorpe for
the caps & info ]
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Sat
21st April, 2007: Live in Bognor
- Set-list |
Toyah played at Bognor
last night, coming onstage at
11.15pm, the set-list was as
follows: Are You
Gonna Go My Way
Echo Beach
Hangin' On The Telephone
Obsolete
Thunder In The Mountains
Word Up
Little Tears Of Love
She Sells Sanctuary
It's A Mystery
Jungles Of Jupiter
Sweet Child 'O' Mine
I Want To Be Free
My Generation
Toyah
plays the same venue again today,
at 2pm
[
Huge thanks to Paul Lomas for
the info ]
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Sat
21st April, 2007: 'The Scotsman'
- Anton simply loves dancing |
Coincidentally tying in
with Toyah's latest appearance on
Through The Keyhole, Anton
Du Beke is interviewed in
yesterday's 'The Scotsman'. As he
says, he guested with Toyah on an
edition of the show recently: ...But
nothing has yet come close to the
thrill he enjoyed as a panellist
on Through The Keyhole.
"I
got to sit next to Toyah
Willcox!" he exclaims.
"I spent many hours with
Toyah when I was younger - in my
imagination. When I saw her I
wanted to give her a big kiss but
had to settle for a small kiss.
And as for Sir David Frost, what
a legend."
Click
on the link below ro ead the full
article.
[
Source: www.thescotsman.com -
Friday 20th April 2007 ]
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Sat
21st April, 2007: 'Memorabilia
2007' - More Toyah pictures |
More great
pictures of Toyah at 'Memorabilia
2007' at the Birmingham NEC:
Please
click on the above pictures to
view a larger version of picture
one.
[
Thanks to Martyn Hampton,
pictured above with his son,
Jordan ]
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Sat
21st April, 2007: 'The Corn is
Green' - Further DVD info |
Katherine
Hepburn recreates the role
originally played by Bette Davis
- of schoolteacher Lilly Moffat.
She is horrified by the
conditions - and the children's
lack of knowledge. When she tries
to set up shop and strart giving
basic classes, the locals object.
A woman of moxy, she pushes
ahead, setting up her own school
in her home. Over the course of
the film, one special student
shines - progressing from
classroom bully to studious
pupil.
Hepburn gives a bravura
performance as the devoted
teacher in this remake of the
1945 film based on Emlyn
Williams's famed autobiographical
stage play. When her protégé
learns that he's fathered an
illegitimate child, Miss Moffat's
careful plans - and the boy's
future - are thrown into
jeopardy.
THE
CORN IS GREEN, filmed on location
in Wales, was Hepburns
second television project with
Cukor, following LOVE AMONG THE
RUINS, and the ninth film on
which the two Hollywood legends
worked together. The spark
between director and
actress--which breathed magic
into such Hollywood classics as
ADAMS RIB, THE PHILADELPHIA
STORY, and LITTLE WOMEN - is
still alive in THE CORN IS GREEN,
contributing to a grandeur and
emotional depth not commonly
found in made-for-television
movies.
Runtime:
93 mins
Original Product Release
Date: 29/05/2007
Original Aspect Ratio -
1.78
Widescreen [16:9
Transfer]
Sound Quality: English:
Mono 1.0 -
Subtitles: Brazilian
Portuguese, English, Francais
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Sat
21st April, 2007: Katharine
Hepburn 100th Anniversary
Collection |
Six
films from screen icon Katharine
Hepburn are featured on this
collection:
The Corn Is Green
Dragon Seed
Morning Glory
Sylvia Scarlett
Undercurrent
Without Love
Welsh-born
writer Emlyn Williams' 1938 play
The Corn is Green originally
starred Ethel Barrymore as L.C.
Moffat, the strong-willed
schoolteacher under whose
guidance the illiterate Welsh
teenager Morgan Evans
matriculates as an honor student.
Bette Davis played Moffat in the
1945 film version; this second
filmization, made for television
on location in North Wales, stars
Katharine Hepburn. Morgan Evans
is portrayed by newcomer Ian
Saynor; the rest of the cast is
populated by such old reliables
as Bill Fraser and Anna Massey.
Directed by George Cukor (his
ninth collaboration with
Katharine Hepburn), The Corn is
Green premiered on January 29,
1979.
This
set contains DVDs which may be
available seperately:
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Sat
21st April, 2007: Toyah Gig Guide
for 2007 |
Saturday 21st April -
Bognor Regis - Full band
Saturday 19th May -
Blackpool Gay Pride - North Pier
Theatre - Live PA
Saturday 9th June -
Stoke-On-Trent - The Club - *new*
Saturday 30th June -
Harewood House, Leeds - Here
& Now show - *new*
Sunday 15th July -
Henley Festival - Here & Now
show
Saturday 21st July -
Alnwick Castle,
Northumberland - Here &
Now show
Saturday 28th July -
Audley End, Cambridgeshire - Here
& Now show
Sunday 29th July -
Tatton Park, Cheshire - Here
& Now show
Saturday 18th August -
Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire -
Full band
Saturday 25th August -
Battle Abbey, Hastings - Here
& Now show
Friday 5th October -
Lincoln, Gainsborough - Headline
concert |
Sat
21st April, 2007: New 'Here and
Now' Tour date |
We are pleased to
announce another Here and Now
date: Here and Now: Harewood
House, Leeds on Saturday 30th
June. The line-up includes: ABC
Belinda Carlisle
Go West
Paul Young
Midge Ure
Limahl
Toyah
Tickets:
Adult 32.50
Child: 20.00 (ages 5 -
15)
Under 5: Free Entry
On
the gate:
Adult: 40.00
Child: 25.00 (ages 5 -
15)
Box
Office: 01603 660 444
www.imlconcerts.co.uk
[
Source: Here & Now promo
mailout - April 2007 ]
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Sat
21st April, 2007: Toyah newsy
bits & pieces! |
Urgh! A Music
War was recently reshown on
VH1 Classic in the US. Six
peformances from the original
movie, from 1980, were omitted
from the airing but Toyah's
'Danced' was included in the
broadcast.
Toyah was namechecked in a couple
of recent articles: She was
mentioned in 'The Sun' on 12th
April, in an interview with
Michael McKell, read Doctors
star's crash comeback here.
As well as the 'North West
Evening Mail', on 18th April, in
an article about Brum: Kids
cry as Brum breaks down on way to
show. Read it here.
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Wed
18th April, 2007: Toyah @ 'The
Club' 2007 |
Toyah will be
appearing at The Club in
Stoke-On-Trent in June. This will
be her first PA at the
Staffordshire venue since June
2004.
Toyah
has played at The Club numerous
times over the past ten years or
so, first appearing in August
1996 at their Grand Opening
Party!
Stay
tuned for further details soon!
Please click on the pics above to
visit 'The Club' website.
[
News Source: John/Tintin @
Dreamscape's Forum - 17th April
2007 ]
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Wed
18th April, 2007: 'The Corn Is
Green' on DVD |
The Corn Is Green
will soon be available on Region
1 DVD. Toyah played Bessie Watty
in this 1978 remake of a Bette
Davis 1940's classic, alongside
Katharine Hepburn, and directed
by George Cukor. More info on
this soon. [ Thanks
to Paul Lomas - Visit Paul's MySpace
page ]
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Tue
17th April, 2007: 'Faith &
Music' - Repeat on ITV1 next week |
Toyah's excellent
Faith & Music
documentary, originally broadcast
in September 2006, will be
re-aired next Sunday night/Monday
morning here in the UK.
Again
the 55 minute special will
broadcast across the ITV1
network. Please click on the pics
above to visit Dreamscape's Faith
& Music page.
Faith
& Music : ITV1 - Monday 23rd
April : 00.30am
Toyah Willcox looks back
at her diverse and prolific
career, discussing teenage
rebellion and the punk scene, and
performing an exclusive acoustic
set, including Neon Womb, It's a
Mystery and Little Tears of Love.
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Sun
15th April, 2007: Official Toyah
@ 'MySpace' |
Toyah now has an
Official MySpace presence:
You
can listen to great Toyah tracks,
view pictures, read Toyah's
latest Webletter/Diary entry, and
request to be added as a frend.
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Sun
15th April, 2007: 'Express &
Star' - Short Toyah interview |
Leap on
over to the 'Express & Star'
website to view a short video
from the 'Memorabilia 2007'
convention at the Birmingham NEC. This
includes a brief interview with
Toyah:
"I'm
here, it's a signing weekend for
collectors, who like to collect
autographs of people in film and
television, and people that have
even done walk-on's, I think, get
to sign autographs here, it's
very varied!
I
grew up, well I was born,
conceived even, in Kings Heath in
Birmingham. And I love Birmingham
now. I didn't when I was a child
but now I Just think it's the
bee's knees, I think it's
fantastic. I love Brigley Place,
I love the whole new regeneration
of the Bullring area, it's really
exciting.
Please
click the above screenshot to
view the clip.
[
Source: www.morningandstar.co.uk
-
April 2007 ]
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Sun
15th April, 2007: Official update |
The
Official Toyah website has been
updated with Toyah's
Webletter/Diary entry for April
2007. It's a
quite poignant missive from Toyah
and I'm sure will resonate with
anyone who has experienced losing
a loved one.
Toyah
also keeps us up-to-date with her
latest news and happenings, so
take the leap over to the
Ofificial site, or visit the new
Official MySpace (see above), to
read it all for yourself!
[
News Source:
www.toyahwillcox.com -
14th April 2007 ]
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Sun
15th April, 2007: More 'Blue
Marigold' |
Tales of The
Unexpected : ITV3 - Monday 23rd
April : 6.25am
Tales of The
Unexpected : ITV3 Plus 1 - Monday
23rd April : 7.25am
Tales of The
Unexpected : ITV3 - Monday 23rd
April : 2.35pm
Tales of The
Unexpected : ITV3 Plus 1 - Monday
23rd April : 3.35pm
Blue Marigold. Series 5,
Episode 1. At the height of her
fame, Myra, a fashion model, is
suddenly out of favour with her
agencies and deserted by her
boyfriend. Years later she sees
an opportunity to win him back.
Starring: John Houseman, Sharon
Duce, and Toyah Willcox. |
Mon
9th April, 2007: Dreamscape
Gallery - Updated |
The first batch
of new photos have been added to
the Gallery. There are additions
to 1980 and Toyah+, and a new
1984 page has been added. Click
below to visit.
[
Thanks to Dan Greensmith ]
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Mon
9th April, 2007: Toyah on TV -
Tales of the Unexpected |
Toyah's
unforgettable Tales Of The
Unexpected episode, 'Blue
Marigold', is being shown again
on ITV3 later this month.
Tales
of The Unexpected : ITV3 - Monday
23rd April : 6.25am
Tales of The
Unexpected : ITV3 Plus 1 - Monday
23rd April : 7.25am
Blue Marigold. Series 5,
Episode 1. At the height of her
fame, Myra, a fashion model, is
suddenly out of favour with her
agencies and deserted by her
boyfriend. Years later she sees
an opportunity to win him back.
Starring: John Houseman, Sharon
Duce, and Toyah Willcox.
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Sun
8th April, 2007: Toyah on TV |
The Story Of Light
Entertainment : BBC4 - Easter
Sunday : 11.05pm
Part 5, Pop and Easy
Listening. Stephen Fry presents a
potted history of popular music
programmes on TV, exploring why
such shows are making a comeback,
thanks to the success of The X
Factor and Pop Idol. Toyah
comments on a number of topics,
including: Punk:, MTV, and Sheena
Easton.
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Sun
8th April, 2007: Toyah newsy bits
& pieces! |
I'm hoping to update the Gallery
very soon with some more rare and
interesting Toyah pics (including
this very rare one @ Mayhem in
1980 - Thanks to Dan Greensmith).
There will also be additions to
the Toyah+ Gallery page too.
Another online article, on the
forthcoming Summer concerts,
namechecking Toyah. Head to the Berwick
Today website
to read their Alnwick Castle
venue for 80's spectacular
article.
Toyah is also mentioned in the Bournemouth
Daily Echo Teletubbies
10th Birthday piece, Tubby Or
Not Tubby?
A Happy Easter to all of
Dreamscape's visitors. Last month
was one of the busiest in the
site's history. During March 2007
we had a total of 7,793 page
loads (of this main page), 5,216
of which were unique visitors.
Many of those were direct hits
but we also had links from some
quite weird and wonderful places.
The most popular section of
Dreamscape, apart from the News
page, is of course the Gallery.
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Tue
3rd April, 2007: 25 years of The
Changeling |
We're on our
way to mysterious worlds.... Soon!
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Tue
3rd April, 2007: Tatton Park
Picnic Concert - Website |
Check out the
great looking 'Tatton Park
Concert' website:
[
Source: www.tattonparkconcerts.com -
April 2007 ]
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Tue
3rd April, 2007: Tatton Park
Picnic Concert - Press |
Various newspaper
and online promotional articles
and ads for the Tatton Park
Picnic Concert taking place on
Sunday 29th July in Cheshire.
[
Thanks to Paul Lomas - Click
above to read the article ]
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Tue
3rd April, 2007: 'Memorabilia
2007' - Toyah & Hazel |
Toyah with Hazel
O'connor at the NEC on Sunday 1st
April 2007.
Toyah
was in full battle mode by the
Sunday,.as she was then placed
directly next to her pal Hazel O
'Connor whom I know wanted to
quiz her on a certain little
surgery Toyah had done some time
ago. They made a good team. Hazel
seems to have a chair allergy,
she was out in front most of the
day... entertaining...
chatting... signing, etc.
Toyah
was one of the last to leave as
she had a crowd even as she was
packing up... something about
being photographed with the
Delorean from Back to the
Future. But all in all she
was very good fun, very gracious,
very giving of her time and
hopefully she enjoyed it.
It
woud be great to seee many more
fans at the next one :) Thanx
Toyah for a great Weekend :)
[
Thanks to Damon King for the
pics and convention report ]
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Tue
3rd April, 2007: 'Memorabilia
2007' - Toyah solo |
Two great
pictures of Toyah, on Saturday
and Sunday, from the
'Memorabilia' convention at the
NEC in Birmingham. Click on each
pic to zoom. Thanks to Damon King
for the pics and this report:
Toyah
was welcomed back at the NEC this
weekend and in much demand..Her
desk was always surrounded by
fans, onlookers and other
delights that you get at
conventions!
Toyah
was in full flow most of the
weekend... chatting, signing,
listening in many cases. Many
fans came along and said hi. I
think the youngest I saw was a 2
year old girl in the 'Warrior
Rock' tour t-shirt from '82
(which went down to her ankles
but she did look cute in it)..
And
there was a vast collection of
things people were bringing to
get signed. I saw tour
programmes, t-shirts, an original
Tempest poster, CD's, books, and
drawings (thanx to Lindsay).
[
Thanks to Damon King for the
pics and convention report -
Click to zoom]
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Tue
3rd April, 2007: 'Memorabilia
2007' - Toyah & fans |
Toyah, with fans,
on Sunday at the 'Memorabilia'
convention at the NEC.
[
Thanks to Damon King (pic 1)
for all pics, except pic 2 -
Thanks to Andrew York ]
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