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somewhere in the distance : archived Toyah news for the
month of Sep 2005
| September
27, 2005: 'An Audience With Toyah
Willcox' - Show pic |
| Toyah onstage at
the Lochgelly Centre, Fife on
Sunday 25th September 2005.
Huge
thanks to Giddy Gavin for these
pictures.
|
| September
27, 2005: 'An Audience With Toyah
Willcox' - Aftershow pic |
| Toyah, post-show,
chatting, and signing, with fans
and audience members.
Huge
thanks to Giddy Gavin for these
pictures.
|
| September
27, 2005: 'An Audience With Toyah
Willcox' - Review + Set-List |
| Toyah's An Audience
With Toyah Willcox had its
first outing at the Lochgelly
Centre in Fife on Sunday evening,
with a small but very
enthusiastic and supportive
gathering in attendance. An
Audience With Toyah Willcox
is exceptional, inspiring,
funny,and full of the usual
energy & magic that Toyah
brings to the stage.
That
stage, on Sunday night, was set
with a comfy armchair to the left
and a rack of old stage clothes
to the right. Throughout there
were projections of photos (many
of which rarely seen previously,
including on-location shots of
the making of the 'Brave New
World' video and shots taken for
the new DVD cover!) and videos
were also shown.
Toyah
recounted stories relating to the
images, covering many of the
topics familiar to readers of her
2000 autobiography 'Living Out
Loud', but also told several
stories that were new to most
ears. She interspersed these with
a total of eight songs, sung live
to a newly-recorded backing
track.
An
Audience With Toyah, Lochgelly
Centre, Fife: Sunday 25th
September 2005 - Set-List:
Good
Morning Universe
Thunder in the Mountians
Be Proud Be Loud (Be
Heard)
Because the Night
Its A Mystery
Sweet Child of Mine
River Deep Mountain High
I Want To Be Free
The
reception was very warm and
enthusiastic to say the least,
and althought the crowd was not
huge it was certainly vocal and
the vibe in the room was amazing.
Toyah was genuinely touched and
surprised by the reception,
explaining that it was the first
time she had done this type of
"show". Indeed, she
over-ran by over 20 minutes for
part one. After a 15 minute
interval Toyah returned to the
stage for a very interesting
"Question & Answer"
session, covering a wide variety
of topics which she responded to
admirably and fully.
There
was then a signing session.
Books, CDs, autographed cards,
flyers etc were available for
purchase & at least 90% of
the crowd surged to the front to
lap it up. Toyah spent quality
time with everyone, posing for
photographs and was very natural
and friendly with all.
All
in all it was a really
entertaining, special evening.
Huge
thanks to Giddy Gavin for the
great review. Thanks also to Alec
Kelly & Geoff Owenson.
Don't
forget that An Audience With
Toyah Willcox is scheduled to
visit Finchley Arts Depot,
Barnet, London (Sunday 16th
October) and Stamford Arts
Centre, Lincolnshire (Sunday 6th
November). Certainly not to be
missed if atall possible!
|
| September
25, 2005: A Few Words
With...Toyah Willcox - Part 1 +
Review |
Part one
of an interesting new interview
with Toyah is now online to read
at the 'Prog Sheet' website. The
website also has a brief review
of 'The Safari Records Singles
Collection - Part One' CD:
Toyah
- The Safari Records Singles
Collection Part 1: 1979-81
(Cherry Red Records)
Toyah Ann Willcox has
certainly had a varied musical
career - from punk to pop to prog
to dance/trance and many points
between. The 19 song disc opens
with the very experimental
"Victims Of The Riddle"
featuring Toyah's rubber band
vocals over some fairly bizarre
synth work. It sets the stage for
Toyah's career - music that's
fascinating but far from
comfortable. Odd, creepy, moving,
funny, but almost never soothing.
"IEYA" is a short
horror movie of sound. "Fear
the beast!" she sings.
Indeed. "War Boys"
kicks major colon with a driving
bass/drum riff. So does
"Tribal Look." For 2
short years, you can see the
growth track to track in terms of
writing & vocals. Raw
enthusiasm gains polish &
focus quickly.
If
Safari was known for 1 thing, it
was the crappiness of their
pressings. This Cherry Red CD
brings a new life and depth to
the material. I never knew
"The Helium Song" could
sound this fine! The booklet has
repros of all the singles
sleeves, a discography, and well
researched notes with vital input
from Toyah herself. Can't wait
for part 2!
Please
click on the image to read the
first part of this interview.
|
| September
25, 2005: Toyah newsy bits &
pieces! |
Here are a couple more Toyah
pictures from the 'Jeans For
Genes' event that Toyah attended
earlier this month. More
pictures can be viewed by zooming
over to:
www.carolinephotos.com/events/050908_jeans
Plus another from last Sunday's Avenue
Of Stars, in which Toyah was
an audience guest.
Toyah was pictured in this week's
'OK!' magazine. The pic is taken
from the aformentioned 'Jeans For
Genes' fashion event.
Here's an extract from Friday's
'The Times' - Opinion, by Jane
Shilling:
Imagine
gaining a new face that was once
someone else's
...
Meanwhile the papers are full of
narratives by women of a certain
age (of whom Toyah Willcox was
recently one of the most
eloquent) explaining how their
facial surgery has restored to
them the real selves
that their saggy jowls and
crows-feet had been cruelly
eroding as though
ones character, like
ones looks, began
inexorably to deteriorate after
the age of 30.
Still,
if Toyah and Fay Weldon and Anne
Robinson and the rest of them
feel a restored sense of identity
after their face-lifts, imagine
the effects of this donor
surgery. Despite its Hollywood
chiller overtones, the donor
face is actually a
layer of epidermis, fat and
nerves, to be draped over the
patients own bone structure
and musculature.
If
the surgery works, presumably
there will come a day when the
recipients look in the glass to
see reflected something like the
face they had before the
interruption of disfigurement. At
which point theyll be able
to resume worrying, like the rest
of us, about the widening gap
that age creates between the
person we look like, and the
person we feel we are.
[Source:
Times Online - Friday 23rd
September 2005]
|
| September
25, 2005: Toyah on TV *update* |
What Women Really
Want : UKTV Style - Thursday 29th
September : 1.30am
Money. It's grumpy old
men with heels on! Er no, it's
feisty high-profile women of all
ages giving forth on everything
from sex and singledom to plastic
surgery and pregnancy. Today's
hot topic is money - find out
what Toyah Willcox, Jenny Eclair,
Nadia Almada and other celebs
have to say about loot. Narrated
by Ulrika Jonsson. The
Most Fertile Man In Ireland : Sky
Movies 7 - Friday 30th September
: 00.20am
The Most Fertile Man
In Ireland : Sky Movies 9 -
Monday 3rd October : 03.15am
Twenty-four year old
virgin, Eamonn Manley, lives with
his mother in Belfast and is
painfully shy with the ladies.
Things change for Eamonn when
Mary Malloy decides to make the
first move and soon Mary realises
that she is pregnant even though
she was using birth control. The
doctor discovers that Eamonn has
an unusually high sperm count...
His mother has the idea that he
can help the local ladies who
have had problems conceiving a
baby... Director: Dudi Appleton.
Starring: Kris Marshall, Kathy
Kiera Clarke, Bronagh Gallagher,
James Nesbitt, Kenneth Cranham,
Toyah Willcox and Olivia
Nash.
What
Women Really Want : UKTV Style -
Wednesday 5th October : 00.00am
What Women Really
Want : UKTV Style Plus 1 -
Wednesday 5th October : 01.00am
What Women Really
Want : UKTV Style - Friday 7th
October : 00.00
What Women Really
Want : UKTV Style Plus 1 - Friday
7th October : 01.00am
|
| September
20, 2005: 'Birmingham Express
& Star' - Punk star Toyah
wows crowd |
Toyah
made the cover of the 'Birmingham
Express & Star' on Saturday
(17th September), following her
gig at The Robin 2 the previous
night last week. The newspaper
also included a picture feature
and interview with Toyah inside. Punk
star Toyah wows crowd
Legend's
soft spot for area
Brummie-born punk
princess Toyah Willcox thrilled
fans at Wolverhampton's Robin 2
club with a storming set last
night.
Toyah
blended some of her greatest
hits, including It's A Mystery,
with some of her favourite rock
anthems to the delight of a
packed out crowd.
And
80s legend Toyah, 47, revealed
she has a real soft spot for
Black Country audiences.
Speaking
before the gig Toyah, who hasd
played the city three times,
praised local rock fans, saying
they were some of the best she'd
played in front of in her 30
years of touring. She said:
"You get really great crowds
here. Wolverhampton has really
passionate fans who get involved
and are great to play to."
Last
night's concert was filmed for a
new DVD which will be in the
shops for Christmas. It means
people attending the concert will
be able to buy a permanent
momento of the night, together
with behind the scenes footage
and interviews.
Toyah
returns to thrill her loyal fans
in city
Crowd
is in raptures as princess of
punk sings
Punk princess Toyah
returned to her roots last night
with a gig in Wolverhampton, Mark
Douglas spoke to her
Brummie
punk star Toyah stromed into
Wolverhampton last night and
revealed why the West Midlands
holds a special place in her
heart.
Toyah
played a riotous set at Bilston's
Robin 2 club as part of her
sell-out UK tour, and said she
loved the passionate crowds she
draws in this area.
Passionate
Speaking before the
packed out gig Toyah, who has
played the city three times,
said: "You get really great
crowds here. Wolverhampton has
really passionate fans who get
involved and are great to play
to. I played this venue six or
eight years ago and I always
remember it being a good gig
because the audience can really
get involved with you."
Backed
up by a six-piece band, including
a brass section, Toyah belted out
a selection of hits from three
decades to fans last night.
Toyah
played the Civic Centre last
year, and said it was great to
return to the West Midlands. The
flaxen-haired rock star said:
"I love heraing the accent.
Wherever you go in the world you
can always tell when there is a
Brummie around and I absolutely
love it."
Filming
Toyah spent all of
yesterday filming a new live DVD
at Robin 2, with interviews, live
footage and behind-the-scenes
extras all being filmed by a
camera crew.
The
Robin 2 gig was a bit of a shift
of gear for Toyah, who has been
selling out huge 20,000 venues as
part of the 80s nostalgia Here
And Now tour.
She
said: "I think I like bigger
venues because there is no
feeling like going out in front
of 20,000 people and performing.
"But
this place looks fantastic and
they have done a great job of
refurbishing it."
This
year has been a busy time for
Toyah as she has re-released all
of her back catalogue of punk
classics. And she is still busy
as a TV presenter and actress,
which has seen her star on
everything from popular travel
show Holiday to Songs Of Praise.
Huge
thanks to David Gilchrist for
both articles.
|
| September
20, 2005: The Robin / Pipers
keepsakes! |
| A couple of
keepsakes from Toyah's memorable
gigs from last week. The ticket
for the concert at The Robin 2
(Friday 16th September 2005),
Wolverhampton, and a little promo
card for the "warm up"
appearance at Pipers Night Club
(Wednesday 14th September 2005),
Folkestone.
Thanks
to Merx, Alec Kelly & David
Gilchrist.
|
| September
19, 2005: 'Avenue Of The Stars -
50 Years of ITV' - Toyah in
audience |
| Toyah, and John
(aka Ruby), in the audience of
last night's "star
studded" Avenue Of The
Stars.
Thanks
to Gary Hamilton for the screen
captures.
|
| September
19, 2005: 'Avenue Of The Stars -
50 Years of ITV' - Toyah &
John arriving |
Toyah
and John arriving for last
night's Avenue Of The Stars,
the three-hour extravaganza
celebrating 50 Years Of ITV. Stars
past and present immortalised in
the British equivalent of the
Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
The
Avenue of The Stars will be a
permanent walkway in London's
Covent Garden, which organisers
hope will become a major tourist
attraction. The opening of the
celebrity strip was marked by a
three hour live ITV1 show, which
included performances from many
of the 100 celebrities who have a
place on the walkway.
The
first 100 stars have been chosen
for their impact in the world of
entertainment in the last 50
years. They include household
names from the world of film,
comedy, music and TV.
The
stars - some being awarded
posthumously - must have been
born in the UK or Commonwealth
for their names to be emblazoned
on the walkway in a silver
star.
In
addition to having their names
set permanently in the walkway,
celebrities are each being
presented with replica stars.
Among those to be posthumously
honoured are comedian Les Dawson
and actor John Thaw.
Thanks
to Andi Westhorpe for the
picture.
|
| September
19, 2005: 'An Audience With
Toyah' - UK press ad |
From
yesterday's 'News of The World'
newspaper...
An advert for Toyah's
very first 'An Audience With...'
appearance, at The Lochgelly
Centre in Fife, next Sunday
evening.
"A
chance to meet Toyah and hear her
inspirational, funny and
unorthodox life story - including
the revelations about her recent
facelift, now the subject of her
major bestselling book "The
Diary Of A Facelift". Also
includes live singing.
Tickets
£10.00. Performance commences
8.00pm
HOW
TO BOOK: In Person: Tickets
are available from the centre Box
Office within Lochgelly Centre:
Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 9am -
9.30pm :: Sat/Sun 9am - 4.30pm.
By Phone: Tickets reserved for
48hrs by phone or purchased using
a credit or debit card. By Post:
Cheques should be made payable to
Fife Council and must accompany
order. Special Discounts:
Discounts of 10% are available to
parties of 10 or more. By Email:
info@tlc-fife.com.
The
Lochgelly Centre,
Centrebank Street,
Lochgelly,
Fife KY5 9RD
Tel: 01592 418141
|
| September
19, 2005: Toyah @ The Robin 2,
Wolverhampton - Pic / Set-List |
| Toyah, live at
The Robin 2 in Wolverhampton on
Friday 16th September 2005.
The
Robin 2, Wolverhampton: Friday
16th September 2005 -
Set-List:
Echo
Beach
Obsolete
Race Through Space
Neon Womb
Little Tears Of Love
Thunder In The Mountains
Jungles Of Jupiter
Our Movie
It's A Mystery
Danced
I Explode
Sweet Child Of Mine
She Sells Sanctuary
Ieya
Encore
Till Victory
I Want To Be Free
Encore
II
Neon Womb
Please
visit the Dreamscape Forum for
lots more info, chat, gossip and
pictures from this gig.
Huge thanks to
Richard Smith for the picture.
|
| September
19, 2005: Toyah @ Pipers
Nightclub, Folkestone - Poster |
| Pipers Nightclub
promo poster for Toyah's
"warm-up" appearance at
the venue on Wednesday 14th
September 2005.
Huge
thanks to Merx for the poster :o)
|
| September
19, 2005: Toyah @ Pipers
Nightclub, Folkestone - Pic /
Set-List |
| Toyah, live at
Pipers Nightclub in Folkestone,
Kent on Wednesday 14th September
2005.
Pipers
Nightclub, Folkestone: Wednesday
14th September 2005 -
Set-List:
Echo
Beach
Obsolete
Race Through Space
Neon Womb
Little Tears Of Love
Thunder In The Mountains
Jungles Of Jupiter
Our Movie
It's A Mystery
Danced
I Explode
Sweet Child Of Mine
She Sells Sanctuary
Ieya
Encore
Till Victory
I Want To Be Free
Please
visit the Dreamscape Forum for
lots more info, opinons, chat,
and gossip from this gig.
Huge thanks to Chris
Limb for the use of the picture [
please visit www.toyah.org ] and
to Merx for the set-list.
|
| September
19, 2005: 'NOTW' - Bad Hair Day! |
Toyah
was pictured in yesterday's 'News
Of The World' SUNDAY magazine, in
a feature titled "Bad Hair
Days".
Along with a host of
other celebs, including Dermot
O'Leary, Michelle Collins, Martin
Clunes, Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen
(who appears on the book's cover
with huge hair), and Ricky
Gervais, Toyah had her hair all
messed up, and gave us a very
grungy look, for the article,
which is taken from a new
ChildLine book.
"It's
A Mystery Toyah still has any
hair left after all the bad dos
and dye-jobs she had in the
Eighties"
Bad
Hair Day by Nicky Johnston and
Gavan Naden in association with
ChildLine, Robson Books, is
available at News Of The World
Books for £4.74 9RRP £4.99). To
order a copy call 0870 167 8787.
|
| September
19, 2005: 'Snow White' 05 -
Another new pic |
Another
great new Snow White 2005
piccie of Toyah, as the Wicked
Queen! Taken from an article
about the panto at
www.milton-keynes.com: Excitement
is building as we have now got
the news that Milton Keynes
theatre are staging Snow White.
Diane and I met the cast and
within minutes the chemistry
between them was obvious with a
warm comradeship. They are all
very striking and although we had
brief conversations with most of
them, our star, was our local
hero Big George.
The
interviews took place in the
Theatre and we were moved on for
a photo shoot at the Snowdome,
xscape. Steve Wilson, the Events
coordinator arranges for us to
photograph the stars in the
middle of the snow. We also chit
chatted with the stars once more
and I found out a beauty secret
from Toyah, her complexion has
been beautifully enhanced by
surgery in Paris and she looks
amazing. This years Pantomime is
going to be a real winner, and if
you have not booked as yet, don't
leave it too late.
|
| September
19, 2005: 'Snow White' 05 - More
panto bits! |
More
articles about Toyah's
forthcoming pantomime... BBC
Beds Herts & Bucks: Big
George's Panto Diary
Follow Bucks Breakfast's
Big George through his first
panto experience. This week -
it's the press launch for Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs at the
Milton Keynes Theatre.
Hi
diddly dee, an actor's life for
me!Well, not really, but this
Christmas I will be appearing on
stage at the Milton Keynes
Theatre in Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs.
Tickets
are selling fast (33 per cent up
on last year) so dont say
you didnt have the chance
to come and throw rotten
tomatoes!
It
stars Suzanne Shaw as Snow White,
Toyah Willcox as the Wicked
Queen, Richard OBrien as
her Henchman and Warwick Davis as
Prof, the lead Dwarf. And what am
I? The romantic lead? 3rd Tree on
the left? Ill let you know
when rehearsals begin in
November. Although after Toby
[Friedner's] success in Aladdin
two years ago, whatever I play,
itll be a tough act to
follow!
[
Source:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties
- 7th September 2005]
Serious
About News: Snow White Line-Up
Announced
The final line up for
this years panto at the MK
Theatre has been announced - Oh
yes it has.
The
production of Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs will feature former
Hear'Say singer Suzanne Shaw in
the lead role.Promising to get
Milton Keynes audiences dancing
the Time Warp in the aisles, will
be Richard O'Brien as the Wicked
Queen's henchman.
Polishing
up her poisoned apple in
preparation, Toyah Willcox will
be returning to one of her
favourite pantomime roles as the
Wicked Queen. Of course steering
Snow White away from danger in
the forest will be the seven
loveable dwarfs including film
star, Warwick Davies. Will
handsome Prince Charming, Duncan
Breeze, make it in time to rescue
Snow White from the Wicked Queen?
With
glittering costumes, fantastic
new sets and side-splitting
comedy, this is the perfect
winter warmer for Christmas 2005
through to New Year celebrations
of 2006. Tickets are already on
sale so book yours now on 0870
060 6652!
[
Source:
www.seriousaboutnews.co.uk -
September 2005]
|
| September
19, 2005: Toyah newsy bits &
pieces! |
Toyah was namechecked on
Saturday's edition of The
X Factor on ITV1. A
gothy/wacky looking woman was
auditioning ( with the theme tune
to The Adams Family
accompanying her entrance!) and
both Sharon Osbourne and Louis
Walsh mentioned that she SOUNDED
like Toyah (ie. she had a lisp).
Also on Saturday night, on
Channel 4, a retro Toyah clip
from The Roland Rat Show,
from 1985 ("My name's Toyah,
not Soya!"), was shown on Zippy
And George's Puppet Legends.
Yep! That's a screen cap from the
original airing of the show over
there <<<
Toyah was pictured in last week's
'OK!' magazine. I think this was
from the 'Jeans For Genes'
Fashion Event. Not sure as I
haven't saw it!!
Please don't forget to vote for
Dreamscape in the 'BT Digital
Music Awards 2005'. You can
access the voting page via the
banner at the top of this page -
Thanks!
|
| September
19, 2005: Toyah on TV |
What Women Really
Want : UKTV Style - Thursday 22nd
September : 1.30am
Sex. Fast-paced series
presented by Ulrika Jonsson, with
an array of female celebrities
discussing what they really want
out of life in the noughties.
Christine Hamilton, Toyah
Willcox, Vanessa Feltz and others
talk candidly about sex. Find out
which celeb finds one-night
stands easier than commitment,
who lies to her men about sex,
and who was called 'undresser' at
school - naughty! What
Women Really Want : UKTV Style -
Thursday 29th September : 1.30am
Money. It's grumpy old
men with heels on! Er no, it's
feisty high-profile women of all
ages giving forth on everything
from sex and singledom to plastic
surgery and pregnancy. Today's
hot topic is money - find out
what Toyah Willcox, Jenny Eclair,
Nadia Almada and other celebs
have to say about loot. Narrated
by Ulrika Jonsson.
The
Most Fertile Man In Ireland : Sky
Movies 7 - Friday 30th September
: 00.20am
The Most Fertile Man
In Ireland : Sky Movies 9 -
Monday 3rd October : 03.15am
Twenty-four year old
virgin, Eamonn Manley, lives with
his mother in Belfast and is
painfully shy with the ladies.
Things change for Eamonn when
Mary Malloy decides to make the
first move and soon Mary realises
that she is pregnant even though
she was using birth control. The
doctor discovers that Eamonn has
an unusually high sperm count...
His mother has the idea that he
can help the local ladies who
have had problems conceiving a
baby... Director: Dudi Appleton.
Starring: Kris Marshall, Kathy
Kiera Clarke, Bronagh Gallagher,
James Nesbitt, Kenneth Cranham,
Toyah Willcox and Olivia
Nash.
|
| September
14, 2005: Somewhere In The
Distance! - Adam & Toyah |
Somewhere
In The Distance... The
HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER, and rarely
glimpsed reissue cover for 'Nine
To Five', the single Toyah, Adam
Ant, and various others released
in 1978 under the guise of The
Maneaters.
The
song, of course, originated from
Derek Jarman's 1977
"punk" "epic"
Jubilee, in which Toyah
played 'Mad', and Adam 'Kid'.
This
version, released, I think,
sometime in 1982, tried to
exploit Toyah and Adam's
respective amazing 1981 successes
by emblazoning the sleeve with
their names and up-to-date
images.
|
| September
14, 2005: 'Snow White' 05 - Promo
image |
The,
just released, promo leaflet for
Toyah's 2005 panto, Snow White
& The Seven Dwarfs,
featuring great images of all the
leading cast members. The
panto, at the Milton Keynes
Theatre, runs from Friday 9th
December 2005 to Sunday 22nd
January 2006, and as well as
being a classic story with a huge
budget, (over a million pounds)
they have also obtained the
rights to use all the Disney
songs. So it will be really
unmissable!
Starring
Richard O'Brien (Rocky Horror
& Crystal Maze), Suzanne Shaw
(Hear'Say), Toyah Willcox,
Warrick Davies (Harry Potter) and
Duncan Breeze (A Night at the
Musicals).
This
dazzling all-new pantomime is set
to transform Milton Keynes as
this magical fairytale melts your
heart when the beautiful Snow
White meets her Prince Charming.
With glittering costumes,
fantastic sets,
sidesplitting comedy and
lots lots more this is the
perfect winter warmer for
Christmas 2005 through to the New
Years celebrations of
2006.
Box
Office: 0870 060 6652
Please
click on the image to visit the
Milton Keynes Theatre website for
further info, dates and times.
|
| September
14, 2005: 'Snow White' 05 - Toyah
Interview |
Toyah
was interviewed in Milton Keynes
last week, on all things panto! Milton
Keynes Panto Interviews
Toyah Willcox
Perhaps
Christmas is the last thing on
our minds right now. Milton
Keynes is too busy watching the
Ashes, panic-buying stationary
for the start of their children's
term, or melting in a rather
overdue heat wave. However, the
first stages of this years
pantomime - Snow White - are
already heavily underway, and, in
a baking hot side-room of the
theatre, this year's cast are
sitting in a neat row, facing the
local press. Among them are
singer/actress Toyah Willcox and
local radio presenter "Big
George", my interviewees for
the day.
First
off, I ask Toyah, a key figure in
the late seventies music scene,
whether she feels there are any
intrinsic links between pantomime
and punk rock. She seems slightly
startled by the question -
"I
think the main similarity is
that, like with punk, I'm doing
something I'm really proud
of".
And
indeed this isn't her first
pantomime. Throughout her long
career she has performed in over
ten different pantomimes,
including two previous
productions of Snow White.
"The
worst thing is learning the dance
routines, I try to do as much
learning beforehand, and never go
into a job worrying about the
punishing schedule, I think
"this will be the best thing
I'll ever do".
I
reminded Toyah that back in 1977
she had worked with Richard
O'Brien (another leading star in
this years panto) for a movie
-
"Oh
my God yeah! We also shot a
children's series together in
1994".
Having
also worked with Warwick I ask
her if this makes things easier -
"It makes it nicer because
there are close bonds there. I've
never been in a panto where
people didn't get
along."
Although
she won't be writing any of the
music this year, she will be
doing a lot of singing she tells
me, "I like to do songs that
are culturally well known. I
might do a Rolling Stones
song."
We
move to talk about her favourite
part of the play. In her capacity
as Wicked Witch, she tells me she
is most looking forward to the
poison apple scene, "The
kids go mad for that bit!
Apparently I have a very good old
woman's voice."
Finally
I ask her why she chose Milton
Keynes "I had invitations to
do productions in theatres all
over the country, but I chose
Milton Keynes because it's a good
theatre, and I know its going to
be a good production". I
think that says it all
really.
|
| September
14, 2005: 'Snow White' 05 -
Cast/Press call |
| Toyah at the
press call for her 2005 panto, Snow
White & The Seven Dwarfs,
in Milton Keynes last week, along
with Richard O'Brien, Suzanne
Shaw and cast..
NB:
Richard O'Brien mentioned Toyah
in a recent interview:
Have
you worked with any of the cast
before?
"Yeah, I worked
with Toyah when Derek Jarman did
a movie called Jubilee in
1977"
More
recently they worked in a
childrens TV production of The
Ink Thief. But up to this point
Toyah is the only one he has
worked with.
|
| September
14, 2005: Toyah on TV *update* |
Minder : Paramount 2
- Friday 16th September - 6.00pm
Minder : Paramount 2
- Saturday 17th September -
12.00pm
All Mod Cons: Guest
starring Toyah Willcox. Arthur is
trying to sell Terry's
flat.
Brum : CBeebies -
Saturday 17th September : 7.20am
Brum : CBeebies -
Saturday 17th September : 10.20am
The adventures of a
little car who lives in a motor
museum, narrated by Toyah
Willcox. When precious gems are
stolen from a famous celebrity at
the airport, Brum is soon on the
trail of the two thieves.
What
Women Really Want : UKTV Style -
Monday 19th September : 7.00am
What Women Really
Want : UKTV Style Plus 1 - Monday
19th September : 8.00am
What Women Really
Want : UKTV Style - Monday 19th
September : 9.30am
What Women Really
Want : UKTV Style Plus 1 - Monday
19th September : 10.30am
What Women Really
Want : UKTV Style - Tuesday 20th
September : 1.30am
Girlfriends. Get up
close and personal with the
female psyche in this pacy new
series featuring feisty celebrity
opinions and gripping true-life
stories. In this episode, Jenny
Eclair, Toyah Willcox, Jodie
Marsh and Sarah Cawood discuss
why their girlfriends are so
important to them. Discover which
celeb hates her own company, and
who admits that even her best
mates bitch about her behind her
back. Miaow! Narrated by Ulrika
Jonsson.
What
Women Really Want : UKTV Style -
Wednesday 21st September : 7.00am
What Women Really
Want : UKTV Style Plus 1 - Monday
19th September : 8.00am
What Women Really
Want : UKTV Style - Monday 19th
September : 9.30am
Sex. Fast-paced series
presented by Ulrika Jonsson, with
an array of female celebrities
discussing what they really want
out of life in the noughties.
Christine Hamilton, Toyah
Willcox, Vanessa Feltz and others
talk candidly about sex. Find out
which celeb finds one-night
stands easier than commitment,
who lies to her men about sex,
and who was called 'undresser' at
school - naughty!
|
| September
9, 2005: Toyah at yesterday's
'Jeans For Genes' fashion show |
Toyah,
pictured, at yesterday's 'Genes
for Jeans' 10th Birthday
High Street to Haute
Couture Denim Fashion Show
at the InterContinental Hotel,
Hyde Park, London. Toyah,
looking stunning, hosted a table
at the event, with all proceeds
from ticket sales going straight
to Jeans for Genes.
For
further info on this event please
visit: www.jeansforgenes.com
|
| September
9, 2005: Space Girl! |
Toyah's
Official website revealed this
new picture, earlier this week,
of her minxness.... taken from an
exciting sounding new photo
session. The
shoot was an all-day affair that
took place at Toyah's country
home.
Toyah
says: "It all started very
sensibly, a very classic look,
well kind of 1960s si-fi, which
after 35 years has become a
classic look. My make up, which I
decided to do myself took five
hours, I have panda eyes, Kabuki
pink cheek bones and enough
rhinestones stuck to my chest to
make Ivana Trump jealous..."
Check
out Toyah's September webletter
for all the details.
[News
Source: www.toyahwillcox.com ]
|
| September
9, 2005: 'Sunday All Over The
World' ... in 2006! |
Further
exciting Toyah reissue news... The 1991
album 'Kneeling At The Shrine' by
Sunday All Over The World, a band
consisting of Toyah (vocals),
Robert Fripp (Guitar), Trey Gunn
(Stick/Vocals), and Paul Beavis
(Drums/Percussion), will be
re-released next year with
additional bonus live material.
'Kneeling
At The Shrine' contains,
possibly, one of Toyah's finest
ever compositions. That being the
splendid epic 'Freedom'. This CD
is worth owning for that song
alone, imo.
In
Toyah's latest webletter, very
recently added to
www.toyahwillcox.com, she says of
one of these additional tracks:
"Sunday
All Over The World's Kneeling At
The Shrine, is going to be
re-released next year with
additional live tracks from a
show we did in Milan in 1989
which is one of the best vocal
performances I have ever done in
the whole of my thirty years on
stage."
Head
on over to www.toyahwillcox.com
for more...
|
| September
9, 2005: 'Mayhem' this November! |
It has
now been confirmed that Toyah's
final, albeit without her
blessing, Safari Records album
'Mayhem', issued in 1985, will be
released on CD on 14th November,
on the Cherry Red Records label. 'Mayhem'
was originally released in 1985
by Safari Records, after Toyah
had left the label to sign to
CBS/Portrait, and is made up of
demos, early versions of songs
that were later released with
different titles/arrangements,
unreleased versions, and the
track Toyah recorded for ITV's Pop
Goes Christmas, 'I Believe In
Father Christmas'.
'Mayhem'
was sub-titled: 'A special
collectors edition album of rare
and archive recordings'. The
cassette version included three
extra songs. These will ,ore than
likely be included on the new CD
version.
Further
"bonus tracks" will
also be included on this
long-awaited CD release.
|
| September
9, 2005: Toyah newsy bits &
pieces! |
| There is the
possibilty that 'Desire', 'Take
(the Leap!)' and 'Toyah! Toyah!
Toyah! (live)' could all be
reissued sometime in the
forseeable future. [Source:
www.toyahwillcox.com - e-news
September update]
Volume 2 of Toyah's 'The Safari
Records Singles Collections' has
been favourably mentioned in this
week's 'Music Week' magazine.
'Music Week' is THE weekly guide
to Europe's most influential
music market for more than 40
years. So there!! ;o)
A date in Toyah's Butlins gig
appearances for 2006 has been
slightly altered. See below for
the update to this, or check out
the live page on
www.toyahwillcox.com.
Help get Toyah played on BBC
Radio 1 again!! The station is
currently running quizzes for
fans to compete against each
other, answering questions on
their favourite artists. Maybe
some Toyah fantatic could propose
Toyah? [Thanks to Angie, aka
BirdInFlight @ the Dreamscape
Forum ]
|
| September
9, 2005: Toyah live 2005/6 update
/ An Audience with Toyah |
Toyah - Live
2005
Monday 28th March :
Blackpool - Flamingo's (PA)
Saturday 9th April :
Dublin - The George (PA)
Saturday 21st April :
Morecambe - Wasted Festival
(Spoken Word)
Saturday 21st April :
Morecambe - Wasted Festival (full
band)
Saturday 2nd July :
Hastings - Beer Festival (full
band)
Friday 12th August :
Ayrshire - NTS Live On The Lawn
(H&N band)
Sunday 21st August :
South Shields - Cookson Festival
(H&N band)
Wednesday 14th September
: Folkestone - Pipers Nightclub
(full band)
Friday 16th September :
Wolverhampton - The Robin (full
band)
Sunday 25th September :
Lochgelly Centre - Fife (An
Audience with Toyah)
Saturday 15th October :
Skegness - Butlins (full band)
Sunday 16th October :
Finchley Arts Depot - Barnet,
London (An Audience with Toyah)
Sunday 6th November :
Stamford Arts Centre -
Lincolnshire (An Audience with
Toyah)
Saturday 19th November :
Bognor - Butlins (full
band)
Saturday 3rd December :
Minehead - Butlins (PA) Toyah
- Live 2006
Friday 24th February :
Skegness - Butlins (full band)
*REVISED*
Saturday 25th February :
Bognor - Butlins (full band)
Friday 17th March :
Minehead - Butlins (full band)
Saturday 18th March :
Skegness - Butlins (full band)
A
number of the above dates are
subject to change.
Check out
Dreamscape's LIVE section for
dedicated pages on Toyah's past
2005 gigs.
|
| September
4, 2005: Toyah on 'The Jonathan
Ross Show' |
Toyah,
as mentioned before, guested on
yesterday's The Jonathan Ross
Show on BBC Radio 2, hosted
by Mark Lamarr and Jo Brand. As well
as spinning 'Thunder In The
Mountains' and 'I Want To Be
Free', Mark and Jo chatted to
Toyah about her new forthcoming
(still to be filmed, obviously)
live DVD, her chart career
(including 'Victims Of The
Riddle' being number one on the
UK indie chart for a year), being
a punk in Birmingham circa 1973,
looking different,
toe-amputation, writing her
autobiography (and re-writing it
too), cleaning, Never Mind The
Buzzcocks, and Toyah even
recalled bumping into Mark a
couple of years ago on Chiswick
High Street!
For
the next week this can be
relistened to (go direct by
clicking on the picture) at the
BBC Radio 2 website. You'll need
Realplayer to do so. If you're
only interested in Toyah
fast-forward 40 minutes into the
show.
|
| September
4, 2005: Live @ Ayr & South
Shields |
Newly
added to Dreamscape... another
two dedicated gig pages in the
LIVE section. These
are for Toyah's appearances at
'Live On The Lawn', Ayrshire, and
the 'Cookson' Festival in South
Shields, both from August.
Take
a peek by clicking on the piccie
of Toyah from Cookson. Well worth
a look as some of katy's pictures
of Toyah are superb.
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4, 2005: Vote in the 'BT Digital
Music Awards 2005' |
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