Some Notable Associations
In 1962, Lynn Redgrave appeared in Ben Travers’ Rookery Nook, and as Portia in The Merchant of Venice, which also featured Steven Berkoff and Dundee-born Brian Cox who has gone on to play many roles in TV productions and Hollywood films. In the mid-1960s, a stable repertory company including Jill Gascoigne, Vivien Heilbron, Charmian May and Stephen Yardley saw short seasons from visiting actors James Bolam and Michael York. Other past associates include the actress Ann Way.
In the 1990s, the then future Doctor Who star David Tennant appeared in several productions starting with a role in The Princess and the Goblin. Other alumni include Joanna Lumley, Geoffrey Hayes (beloved of British TV-viewers as the host of cult children's show Rainbow), and Hannah Gordon.
Richard Todd, of The Dam Busters fame, started his acting career in the Dundee Rep in 1939 and after his military service in WWII returned to Dundee Rep.
In 2008 Dundee Rep Youth Theatre joined forces with the Ensemble to perform Edward Bond's . "It’s difficult to find really good scripts for young people," says Sarah Brigham, Dundee Rep’s associate director. "Usually it’s a pantomime, or a big musical. But what we believe at the Rep is that young people can be put in real contemporary theatre by the very best playwrights, and they can learn by performing that work."
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