20 Years in the Limelight Milton Keynes
LOCALLOCAL HISTORYHISTORY LOCAL HISTORY Backstage at the new theatre Milton Keynes Theatre in 1999 Milton Keynes Theatre, Central Milton Keynes Later, in court, Amy pleaded guilty group as part of its Stage Experience space, and modernism. to common assault and public order shows. Theatre manager Jaide Birch has offences. “I would say that was the been with the venue since it first 20 Years in the Limelight Other big names from across the closest you could come to working opened its doors in October 1999. pond who have starred in panto professionally in the industry,” he “The venue has changed so much include Dirk Benedict, aka Face said of the summer events, “The over the past 20 years but our Milton Keynes Theatre was a dream that took decades to realise, but when it from 1980s smash-hit TV show creative team that worked on the values, work ethic and dedication to The A-Team, and Elvis' former wife, show with us were definitely industry deliver amazing experiences to all came it brought A-list actors and all the glitz of the West End to town... Priscilla Presley. Homegrown talents standard.” of our customers hasn’t changed,” who have taken the reins for the Michael bagged a lead role in one she said. seasonal shows include Gok Wan, of the Stage Experience runs, before “Not one working day is the same s a youngster in Milton that it took a whopping 500,000 man- There have been occasional Brian Conley, Bradley Walsh, Shane going on to study performing arts. and I’ve been thrown into all sorts of Keynes in the 1980s, a hours to build the complex, and more controversies (Jerry Springer The Richie, Gareth Gates, Lenny Henry This July, he returned to the theatre projects and done some crazy things.
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