Gang Shows Around The World
Since the first Gang Show in London, productions have been organised in many countries around the world including the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. Whilst they are all individual in their character, they all share the general ethos of Reader's original concept and have some common elements, often including a finale performance of Reader's Gang Show 'anthem', Crest of a Wave.
In 1958 Ralph Reader was invited to Chicago to produce and direct the first Gang Show ever held in America. He returned to Chicago the next year to guide Chicago’s second Gang Show. British-born Ralph Reeder actually first came to Chicago in 1920 as a teenager and began his stage career there. Some Gang Shows and other shows are held in the United States, but they are not common.
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