[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As part of the Staffordshire Film Archive Season at The Stoke Film Theatre a fascinating evenings worth of historic documentary footage has been collated for a unique screening as part of the 30 year anniversary of the New Victoria Theatre in Newcastle Under Lyme.
During the special screening you can follow the story of the plans of the fund-raising and building of the New Vic through many filmed archive events and interviews collected right through to the opening in August 1986, including lots about Peter Cheeseman, the driving force behind the vision for the New Vic.
Almost 90% of the construction costs were paid for by residents of north Staffordshire and local businesses.
“In every way the New Vic has been built by local people,” wrote Cheeseman.
You will be able to see the current Stoneyfields site being cleared of trees, the cutting of the first sod and performances on the site – as well as the physical construction of the new theatre. When the New Vic opened in 1986, critics hailed the theatre as a triumph.
The Financial Times declared the new venue “a 20th Century version of Shakespeare’s Globe”.
Peter Cheeseman, Sir Ben Kingsley, Robert Powell, Alan Ayckbourn, Sheila Hancock and many more actors and people involved have been captured in the documentary film charting the great ‘push’ to achieve the new theatre – including Arthur Berry reciting his Ode to the New Vic. You can also see and hear the wonderful opening speech on opening night by Staffordshire born film/TV and stage actor Freddie Jones.
The screening is totally FREE and takes place at Stoke-on-Trent Film Theatre on Wednesday Oct 5th starting at 7:45pm
Please note that seats cannot be reserved – so arrive early to avoid disappointment.
For more details of the Screen Wednesday programme please visit the STOKE FILM THEATRE website. Or for info on the Staffordshire Film Archive you can visit their fascinating website www.filmarchive.org.uk
Ages and Stages
As a ‘Brucey Bonus‘ , featured below is another full video showcasing footage filmed by cameraman Bryn Passant for the New Victoria Theatre in Stoke On Trent for the Ages and Stages bringing in day from 2012.
The video features individuals accounts of peoples relationship with the theatre, much discussion in centred around Peter Cheeseman and his contribution to the local theatre and community and his wider influence on the arts itself.
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MORE ABOUT THE STAFFORDSHIRE FILM ARCHIVE
The archive was founded and developed by Ray Johnson MBE and is housed at the Media Archive for Central England (MACE) www.macearchive.org.
Alongside thousands of original archive films are many hours of complementary material generated by Ray to inform and enhance the films; interviews, relevant audio/visual materials and complete documentary video productions – several broadcast on television here and abroad.
Staffordshire Film Archive supplies archive for many television programmes, free screenings each Wednesday at Stoke Film Theatre and around 100 DVDs and CDs available from this website.
Ray continues to produce archive-based documentaries and compilations on various themes.
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MORE ABOUT STOKE FILM THEATRE
Established in 1974, the 213 seat fully accessible Film Theatre programmes a wide range of independent, foreign and more mainstream releases. The emphasis is on films which have either not been shown or have received a very limited release at the local multiplex cinemas.
The Film Theatre is a public cinema. Situated on Staffordshire University’s College Road campus, the Film Theatre is independent of the University and operated almost entirely by volunteers.
Films from the main programme are shown at 7.45pm on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. In addition, a variety of local interest and amateur productions are regularly shown on Wednesday evenings which are free of charge.
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