Brian Fretwell

SLTC/SLT Member 1977 - Present

He is currently the Bar Manager of the SLTC Members' Club, ex-editor of the Theatre magazine "Backstage", Archivist and LTG representative.

Voices on:

• The Passing Out Parade (1989) (Bell Theatre)

Productions as Sound Recording/Operator

• Time and Time Again,(1978), (Main Stage)
• The Bacchae, (1978), (Main Stage) (operator only)
• The Ghost Train, (1978), (Main Stage)
• Plaza Suite, (1978), (Main Stage) (recording only)
• The Wizard of Oz, (1979), (Main Stage)
• Gimme Shelter, 1979, Main Stage (recording only)
• The Siege of Circa Castle and The Freedom Fighter (1979) (Prompt Corner)
• A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1979) (Main Stage) (recording only)
• Fanny's First Play, (1979), (Prompt Corner)
• Five in Hand, (1979), (Prompt Corner)
• The Price, 1979, Main Stage
• 3rd Year Acting Class workshop, (1979), (Prompt Corner)
• An Inspector Calls, (1979), (Main Stage)
• Sing Brel, (1979), (Prompt Corner)
• The Price, (1979), (Main Stage)
• The House of Bernarda Alba, (1979), (Prompt Corner)
• 625 Horizontal Hold (1979) (Prompt Corner) with George Battrick
• Writers' Circle Workshop, (1979), (Prompt Corner)
• House Arrest (1979) (Prompt Corner)
• Butley, 1979, Main Stage
• Breath of Spring, 1979, Main Stage
• Pippin, 1980, Main Stage (Live sound reinforcement design and operation)
• The Philanthropist, 1980, Main Stage
• Move Over Mrs Markham, (1980), (Main Stage)
• The Dumb Waiter, 1980, Prompt Corner
• Ball Boys, 1980, Prompt Corner
• The Queen and the Rebels (1980) (Main Stage)
• The Day After the Fair (1980) (Main Stage)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1980, Main Stage (assistant to sound engineer)
• Sing Brel, 1980, Main Stage
• Nice'N'Neat, 1980, Prompt Corner
• Platform 6, 1980, Prompt Corner
• Tom Jones (1980) (Main Stage)
• The Collector (1980) (Main Stage)
• The Typists (1981) (Main Stage)
• I Do! I Do! (1981) (Prompt Corner)
• Red Peppers (1981) (Main Stage)
• Dusa, Fish, Stas & Vi (1981) (Prompt Corner)
• A Voyage Round My Father (1981) (Bell Theatre) (Recording only)
• The Bed Before Yesterday, 1981, Main Stage
• The Offshore Island (1981) (Bell Theatre)
• The Playboy of the Western World, 1981, Bell Theatre
• Gullible's Troubles (1982) (Bell Theatre)
• A Doll's House (1982) (Bell Theatre)
• The Bespoke Overcoat, 1982, Bell Theatre
• Seaside Postcard (1982) (Bell Theatre)
• Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1982) (Bell Theatre) (Operating only)
• Slag (1982) (Bell Theatre) (Recording only)
• Pinoccio (1983) (Bell Theatre) (Recording only)
• Mutatis Mutandis & Post Mortem (1983) (Bell Theatre)
• Henry IV, 1983, Bell Theatre
• Writers' Circle Double Bill The Spinach Eaters & All Things Nice (1983) (Prompt Corner)
• Moby Dick (1983) (Bell Theatre) (As part of technical team, which involved working on set and lighting as well)
• Double Bill of The Stronger & Dock Brief (1983) (Prompt Corner) (Recording only)
• Green Julia (1983) (Bell Theatre)
• The Dresser, 1983, Bell Theatre (Recording only)
• Finian's Rainbow, 1984, Bell Theatre
• Sugar and Spice, (1984), (Prompt Corner)
• Skirmishes, 1984, Bell Theatre (Recording only)
• Hay Fever (1984) (Bell Theatre) (Recording only)
• The Owl and the Pussycat (1984) (Bell Theatre) (Recording only)
• The Prisoner Of Second Avenue, 1984, Bell Theatre (Recording only)
• Old Times, 1984, Prompt Corner (Recording only)
• Godspell, 1984, Bell Theatre (Live sound design & Operation + rehearsal track recording & playback)
• 'Arf 'n' 'Arf (1984) (Bell Theatre) (Recording only)
• Accidental Death of an Anarchist, (1984), (Bell Theatre) (Recording only)
• Da (1985) (Bell Theatre) (Recording only)
• Pygmalion (1985) (Bell Theatre)
• Kaleidoscope '85 (1985) (Bell Theatre)
• Just Another 'Arf (1985) (Bell Theatre)
• The Deep Blue Sea (1985) (Bell Theatre) (Recording only)
• Educating Rita (1986) (Bell Theatre)
• Stevie (1986) (Prompt Corner) with Jan Sherwood
• Coriolanus (1986) (Bell Theatre) (Operating only)
• Rhyme and Treason and Gosforth's Fete (1986) (Prompt Corner)
• Anatol (1986) (Bell Theatre) (Recording only)
• Passion Play (1987) (Bell Theatre)
• 84 Charing Cross Road (1988) (Bell Theatre)
• Come Back To The Five And Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1988) (Bell Theatre) (recording only)
• The Real Thing (1988) (Bell Theatre)
• The Passing Out Parade (1989) (Bell Theatre) (Recording only)
• Double Bill Hello and Goodbye & At the Changing of the Year (1989) (Prompt Corner) (Recording Only)
• The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery (1989) (Bell Theatre) (Recording Only)
• The Maintenance Man (1990) (Bell Theatre) (Recording Only)
• Trumpets and Raspberries (1990) (Bell Theatre) (Recording Only)
• Not With a Bang (1991) (Bell Theatre)
• The Duchess of Malfi (1991) (Prompt Corner) (Recording Only)
• Ladies In Retirement (1992) (Bell Theatre) (Recording Only)
• The Anniversary (1992) (Bell Theatre) (Recording Only)
• The Lady From The Sea (1992) (Bell Theatre)
• Whale Music (1992) (Prompt Corner) (Recording Only)
• The One-Sided Wall (1992) (Prompt Corner)
• The Lady's not for Burning (1992) (Bell Theatre) (Recording only with John Hartnett)
• Veronica's Room (1993) (Bell Theatre) (Recording Only)
• Filumena (1993) (Bell Theatre) (Recording Only)
• Our Town (1993) (Bell Theatre) (Recording Only)
• Chimera (1993) Prompt Corner
• Salonika (1993) (Prompt Corner)
• Shakespeare Country (1993) (Bell Theatre) (Operator Only)
• Bury The Dead, 1993, Bell Theatre
• Steel Magnolias (1994) (Bell Theatre)
• Pass the Butler (1994) (Bell Theatre) (Recording Only)
• My Mother Said I Never Should (1994) (Bell Theatre)
• Christie in Love (1994) (Prompt Corner)
• On Golden Pond (1994) (Bell Theatre)
• Prin (1994) (Bell Theatre) (Recording only)
• The Eyes Have It/I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (1994) (Prompt Corner)
• Just a Song at Twilight and Blue Remembered Hills (1994) (Prompt Corner) (Recording only)
• Breaking The Code (1994) (Bell Theatre)
• Sunburnt Ears The Full Story (1994) (Prompt Corner)
• Talking Heads (1994) (Prompt Corner)
• Jack and the Beanstalk (1994) (Bell Theatre)
• One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1995) (Bell Theatre) (Recording only)
• An Evening With Gary Lineker, 1995, Bell Theatre (Recording only)
• Nasty Neighbours (1995) (Bell Theatre) (Recording Only)
• Uncle Vanya (1995) (Bell Theatre)
• Sunburnt Ears (New Version) (1995) (Prompt Corner) (Recording Only)
• Bad Day at Black Frog Creek (1996) (Bell Theatre} (Recording Only)
• The Visit (1996) (Bell Theatre)
• Cabaret (1996) (Bell Theatre) (Recording Only)
• Portrait of a Woman (1996) (Bell Theatre) (Recording Only)
• Dancing at Lughnasa (1996) (Bell Theatre)
• Daisy Pulls It Off (1997) (Bell Theatre) (Recording Only)
• Round and Round the Garden (1997) (Prompt Corner) (Recording Only)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (1997) (Bell Theatre)
• The Killing Of Sister George (1997) (Bell Theatre)
• Shadowlands, 1998, Bell Theatre
• The Nerd (1998) (Bell Theatre) (Recording only)
• Belles (1998) (Bell Theatre) (Recording only)
• Faith Healer (1998) (Bell Theatre)
• Blithe Spirit (1999) (Bell Theatre)
• Five Tellers Dancing In the Rain (1999) (Prompt Corner) (Recording only)
• Chapter Two (1999) (Bell Theatre)
• Hard Times (2000) (Bell Theatre)
• Kindertransport, 2001, Bell Theatre (Operating Only)
• New Directors' Showcase What Brutes Men Are & Daddy's Gone A'Huntin 2001 Bell Theatre (Recording Only)
• Twelfth Night, 2001, Bell Theatre (Recording Only)
• Other People's Money (2001) (Bell Theatre)
• Privates on Parade (2002) (Bell Theatre) (Operator and assistance on recording)
• Lettice and Lovage (2002) (Bell Theatre)
• Playhouse Creatures (2005) (Prompt Corner)
• Two Plays - Friel Meets Chekov (2005) (Prompt Corner)
• Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman (2006) (Bell Theatre)
• Anna In The Tropics (2007) (Bell Theatre)
• The Parting Glass (2008) (Prompt Corner)
• Dinner (2008) (Prompt Corner)
• Skellig (2010) (Prompt Corner)

Productions as Lighting Design/Operator

• The Dresser, 1983, Bell Theatre Operator only
• Finian's Rainbow, 1984 Bell Theatre Operator, last night only
• Hay Fever (1984) (Bell Theatre) Design only
• The Owl and the Pussycat (1984) (Bell Theatre)
• Animal Farm, 1984, Prompt Corner
• Equus, 1984, Bell Theatre Realisation and operator only
• Accidental Death of an Anarchist, 1984, Bell Theatre
• Cowardy Custard, (1984), (Bell Theatre) Rope-Light operator
• Treats (1985) (Bell Theatre) Design
• Dames At Sea (1985) (Bell Theatre)
• A Christmas Carol (1985) (Bell Theatre)
• Fings ain't Wot They Used t'Be (1986) (Bell Theatre)
• Charley's Aunt (1986) (Bell Theatre)
• Masterpieces (1987) (Prompt Corner) Design only.
• What The Butler Saw (1987) (Bell Theatre) Design & Rig only
• The Rape of the Belt (1988) (Bell Theatre) Design only.
• The Turn Of The Screw (1990) (Bell Theatre) Design Only
• Ladies In Retirement (1992) (Bell Theatre)
• Betrayal (1993) (Bell Theatre) with Gareth Barker and operation.
• The Boy Friend (1993) (Bell Theatre) Operator, one night only
• Salonika (1993) (Prompt Corner)
• Confusions (1994) (Prompt Corner)
• Breaking The Code, 1994, Bell Theatre
• Same Time Next Year (1995) (Bell Theatre) Design & Rig Only.
• Praise Be To Gordon (1998) (Bell Theatre)
• Groping For Words (1998) (Prompt Corner) Design & Rig Only.
• Home and Beauty (1999) (Bell Theatre) Design only.
• Sweet Sorrow (1999) (Bell Theatre) Design & Rig only.
• Visiting Hour, (1999), (Bell Theatre)
• Marking Time (1999) (Bell Theatre) Design & Rig only
• The Disorderly Women (2000) (Prompt Corner) Design only
• Up 'n' Under (2000) (Bell Theatre) Design & Rig only
• Deckchairs (2000) (Bell Theatre) Design & Rig only
• 'A Christmas Parcel' comprising: Pride at Southanger Park, Cinderella and The (12) Daze of Xmas 2000 (Bell Theatre) Design & Rig only
• Murder At The Howard Johnson's (2001) (Prompt Corner) Design & Rig Only.
• Dealer's Choice 2001 (Bell Theatre) Design & Rig Only.
• New Directors' Showcase What Brutes Men Are & Daddy's Gone A'Huntin 2001 Bell Theatre Design & Rig only
• Latin, 2001, Prompt Corner, Design & Rig only
• The Memory of Water, (2001), (Bell Theatre) Design & Rig only
• Stars in the Morning Sky (2001) (Prompt Corner) with Will Howard
• Two Gentlemen of Verona (2002) (Prompt Corner) Rigging help only
• Dinner (2008) (Prompt Corner), Operator and help rigging.
• Nunsense (2015) (Bell Theatre), Design only.

Productions as Rigging Assistant

• Rogers a Man on the Great White Way (1978) (Prompt Corner)
• Around the World in Eighty Days (2016) (Main Hall, Stanley Halls)

Productions as Stage Manager

• Finian's Rainbow, 1984 Bell Theatre, except last night as had to operate operate lights.

Productions as Assistant Stage Manager

• The Wild Duck (1985) (Bell Theatre)

Set Construction on:

• Pinocchio (1983) (Bell Theatre)
• Bette and Joan (2016) (Upper Hall, Stanley Halls)
• The Father (2019) (Old Fire Station)
• Jumpers for Goalposts (2020) (Old Fire Station)
• Holes (2020) (Old Fire Station)
• True West (2023) (Old Fire Station)
• Mayfly (2024) (Old Fire Station)

Productions as Assistant Set Builder

• The Merchant of Venice, 1982, Bell Theatre
• An Italian Straw Hat (1982) (Bell Theatre)
• Finian's Rainbow, 1984, Bell Theatre
• Hay Fever (1984) (Bell Theatre)
• Robin Hood - The Truth Behind the Green Tights, (1985), (Bell Theatre)

Productions as Set Painter

• Teechers (1992) (Bell Theatre)

Productions as Film/Slide Projectionist

• The Last Day Of November (1983) (Bell Theatre)
• The Last Day Of November, (1984) (Bell Theatre)
• The One-Sided Wall (1992) (Prompt Corner)
• The Parting Glass (2008) (Prompt Corner)

Technical Assistance on:

• The Children's Hour (1981) (Prompt Corner)

Interests

Real Ale, Home brewing and Winemaking, CAMRA (the campagne for Real Ale), Photography.

External Links

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