Lassfest launches

Lassfest got off to a great start with Coronation Street 1977 live at Taurus and the Lass O'Gowrie.

Among the audience for the final shows were Chris Gascoyne (Peter Barlow) and writer John Stevenson, with many TV insiders.

John Draycott, who played Stan Ogden in our Coronation Street 1977 episodes is on Emmerdale tonight, playing Bronte Brian.

Eagle-eyed viewers will have also spotted Russell Dixon was back on ITV this week.

On the small screen he has played Dave Barnes, Councillor Harry Potts and now Audrey's date Henry Wilkins.

He also donned a hair net and overcoat to play Ena Sharples in our live promenade performances of three episodes of Coronation Street 1968 by Jack Rosenthal in January 2012 at the Lass O'Gowrie.

Lassfest now continues with live fringe productions of V For Vendetta, Harvey, Withnail and I, and a brand new play called Suspended In Space from Keith Temple, who has written for Dr Who, EastEnders, Byker Grove and Casualty.

Keith has been a regular at Doctor Who conventions, having written Planet of the Ood in 2008 for David Tennant's Doctor in the TV series, and draws on his own experiences to tell a blackly comic tale of a star, an extra and an excitable fan trapped in a lift at a sci-fi convention.

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Published: 10-Jan-2013: (1700)