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Girl Done Good Ashcroft Playhouse | 2019 Girl Done Good Ashcroft Playhouse | 2019 Commissioned by BH Live, this portrait of Dame Peggy Ashcroft is made up of 6,000 photos and celebrates the opening of Ashcroft Playhouse, Fairfield Halls, Croydon. Girl Done Good Ashcroft Playhouse | 2019 Commissioned by BH Live and Alasdair Brown Events, this portrait of Dame Peggy Ashcroft by Formerly known as the Ashcroft Theatre, the renamed Ashcroft Playhouse remains the the People’s Picture was created to celebrate the principal venue in Croydon for classical drama, opening of Ashcroft Playhouse. It is comprised of ranging from Shakespeare to Agatha Christie. more than 6,000 photos, including photos submitted Celebrating one of Croydon’s greatest theatrical by residents of Croydon and images kindly loaned by residents, Dame Peggy Ashcroft, the venue has The Fairfield Collection. become renowned for its intimate stage and setting. For its opening in 1962 John Betjeman As the building is locally listed, the Ashcroft Theatre wrote a prologue, which was humorously presented by Dame Peggy herself. lettering on the outside of the venue has been retained to mark its rich history. 1 6,000 627 57 MOSAIC TOTAL IMAGES PARTICIPANTS YEARS OF THEATRE As a kid I loved Xmas pantos at the Ashcroft. Later, I worked in Fairfield’s publicity dept. I sold plastic rats on the souvenir stall during the Dick Whittington panto & helped audition real donkeys for Joseph’s Technicolor Dreamcoat - Jacqui This is Maud. She is three-and-a-half is a years old. She is a drama queen on the look out for great role models like Peggy Ashcroft. - Albertina I’m an ex dancer and appeared in West Side Story at the Ashcroft Theatre in 1988. I loved working at the theatre and still continue to perform as an actress when I can. - Chrissy www.thepeoplespicture.com [email protected] UK Tel: +44 20 8638 8686 USA Tel: +1 347 871 0956 @thepeoplespicture @thepeoplespicture @peoplespicture.
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