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 APRIL 2009 NEWS:
.Sunday Sun - Punk Icon Toyah Comes To Tyneside Festival
.Wednesday 29th April, 2009.....................................................Press Clips
Music legend and fashion icon Toyah Willcox will rock the North as part of a fantastic summer festival.

The singer, best known for hits such as It’s A Mystery and I Want To Be Free, will headline the South Tyneside Summer Festival’s first open air concert in South Shields on Sunday July 5.

She will be joined by T’Pau front-woman Carol Decker and Fame Academy runner-up Sinead Quinn.

They will be followed onto the famous Bents Park stage by The Soundpower Orchestra and X Factor star Andy Abrahams, who represented Great Britain at last year’s Eurovision Song Contest, before the open air season closes on Sunday August 2 with a live performance from legendary ABBA tribute act Bjorn Again.

Live music will also be on offer throughout June and July at the Amphitheatre on Sea Road.

Highlights at the amphitheatre include a special appearance by The Original Boomtown Rats, featuring Gary Roberts and Simon Crowe, plus a unique performance by the Bangla Awaz Singing Group on July 16.

.Toyah Newsy Bits & Pieces!
.Wednesday 29th April, 2009..........................................................Various
As always, Toyah has been namechecked in a variety of articles in the last few weeks: RoundTownNews mentioned her in their In The Pink For Gay Pride article late last week. There's another Pride-related namecheck by Places2Stay. Toyah was also mantioned during an Express & Star interview with Paul Young earlier in April.

In an article on Alan Cumming in
The Scotsman, from mid-April, Toyah gets a mention as one of the pop stars he interviewed when he worked for short-lived magazine 'Tops' in the early 80s. And there are also two mentions in further reports about Quadrophenia: The Musical, by AllmediaScotland and PR Fire.

Finally, for now, Toyah is mentioned by Sian Lloyd during an interview she gave to the
Daily Mail on 25th April.
.Queens Of British Pop - Toyah In Top 10!
.Saturday 25th April, 2009.................................................................Music
Great news!! Toyah has placed at number seven in the BBC Queens of British Pop poll.

The two-part documentary, that aired last month (and repeated on BBC4 tonight), chose to not dedicate any air time atall to Toyah's contribution to music.

But her ever faithful fans have ensured she has been recognised, and included along with some other legendary female singers.

1. Kate Bush
2. Annie Lennox
3. Kim Wilde
4. Kylie Minogue
5. Dusty Springfield
6. Leona Lewis
7. Toyah
8. Geri Halliwell
9. Siouxsie Sioux
10. Kirsty MacColl

It's fitting for this to happen during Toyah's 30th year as a recording artist. Well done everyone! Well done Toyah!!

.You Tube - Toyah Gets Made Up (in 1981)!!
.Saturday 25th April, 2009 • Thanks to Chris/Joe........................Television
A rare retro video clip of Toyah, from 1981 television, being made-up by make-up artist Barbara Daley.

.You Tube - Toyah Talks About The Power Of 3
.Friday 24th April, 2009 • Thanks to Stephen.......................................Film
Toyah talks about how and why she got involved with the film The Power Of 3 in a new video clip recently added to You Tube. Toyah plays one of the lead characters, Michelle, in the film that is shooting through April.

.Rare Toyah Pictures From 1979/1997
.Thursday 23rd April, 2009.............................................................Pictures
Some rare photos of Toyah have recently appeared online.

The first couple are from February 1979 and see Toyah pictured "relaxing in her studio at Battersea" - These appear to have been taken at Toyah's legendary warehouse, Mayhem, a little while after the filming of Quadrophenia.

The other photographs are from 1997, taken at Toyah's Chiswick home for something called "Body Image". I'm unsure if this was a TV show or press article.

Unfortunately I don't have these any larger than the pictures I've added, but great photographs from two interesting Toyah eras all the same!

.Toyah attends Pictures Premier
.Thursday 23rd April, 2009...................................................................Film
Earlier today Toyah attended the premier of short film Pictures, starring Andrea Corr and Neil Pearson, at Cineworld, Shaftesbury Avenue, London.

Pictures is a short HD drama starring Andrea Corr and Neil Pearson based around Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII) written and directed by Philip Blake and Produced by Alexander Magill.
.BBC iPlayer- The Personality Test
.Thursday 23rd April, 2009..........................................................Television
There's just a few hours left to listen to Toyah hosting The Personality Test, the radio quiz that's all about her!!

The 30 minute radio show, originally broadcast on BBC Radio Four in 2007, is available at BBC iPlayer until 11.30pm tonight.

Toyah Willcox chairs the comedy quiz in which all the questions are about the guest host. Panellists are Sue Perkins, Caroline Quinlan, Robin Ince and Will Smith.
.Toyah on TV - TV Diary Round Up
.Thursday 23rd April, 2009..........................................................Television
• Most Fertile Man In Ireland : Sky Movies Comedy - Fri 24th April : 3.30am
• Quadrophenia : Sky Movies Indie - Saturday 25th April : 10.00pm
• Shoestring : Alibi - Monday 27th April : 7.00am
• Shoestring : Alibi - Monday 27th April : 2.00pm
• Most Fertile Man In Ireland : Sky Movies Comedy - Wed 29th April : 6.20am
• Quadrophenia : Sky Movies Indie - Thursday 30th April : 1.40am
• Quadrophenia : Sky Movies Indie - Tuesday 12th May : 00.05am
• Psychic Therapy : Biography Channel - Date & Time tbc
• Secret Diary Of A Call Girl : ITV2 - Date & Time tbc
.Daily Mail: Ashes To Ashes... Where Were You In 1982?
.Tuesday 21st April, 2009...........................................................Press Clips
As Ashes To Ashes drags us back to a world of stonewashed jeans and mullets... Where were YOU in 1982?

We may cringe at our wardrobes from 1982, a year in which lace gloves, legwarmers, and stonewashed denim featured heavily, but Eighties fashion is back in vogue.

With a new series of Ashes To Ashes back on television, we go back to the Eighties to find out who were those heroes of yesteryear and what they remember about those multicoloured days.

TOYAH WILLCOX

Fashion icon of the time was Toyah Willcox, 50, named Best British Singer at the Rock and Pop Awards (now the Brits). She says:

Back In 1982, I was recognised everywhere I went - I had the big, pink hair, and I dressed the part in black PVC boots and little dresses. My nightmare would have been to have been seen without full make-up.

Post-punk was moving into New Wave and New Romanticism, you lived the dream and wore the uniform every day, that was part of the movement. My schedule was exhausting.

When we shot the award-winning Brave New World video, in which I wore black contact lenses (wearing different coloured contact lenses was very 'in' in 1982) I was up at 2am in make-up, then posing on a freezing beach in Hastings at 4am.

I was then driven into London where I was shot riding a horse at Battersea power station until four in the afternoon. Then we filmed through the night at Wandsworth studio - and I had a concert the next day.

For me, 1982 was a year that empowered women. I loved the fashion - at last British women ditched all those boring Laura Ashley prints.

Huge shoulder pads were in, thanks to Joan Collins in Dynasty, and London was the hippest place to be, thanks to designers such as Vivienne Westwood and Katharine Hamnett.

Perhaps my most spectacular stage outfit was the one I wore to sing Thunder In The Mountains on Top Of The Pops.

I had 2ft-high hair in the shape of a sunflower, thigh-length black PVC boots and a black suede cavewoman dress. For one shoot, when I had almost vertical pink hair, it took me 12 hours to get ready. In that year, you felt you could wear anything, the sky was the limit.

Make-up was also outrageous - I went through a period of wearing cubist designs on my face. Boys and girls dressed alike - men looked like peacocks in their make-up and over-sized shirts.

In terms of politics, Margaret Thatcher typified the 'can-do' role of women, though I didn't agree with her policies. It was an important year for women, as we were starting to be taken seriously in our own right.

.Queens Of British Pop - Vote for Toyah - Last Day
.Monday 20th April, 2009..................................................Music/Television
Voting closes tomorrow in the BBC Queens Of British Pop poll. There's still time to lend your support to Toyah. Results will be announced on 24th April.

Also, just a quick reminder that the second series of Ashes To Ashes begins tonight:

Ashes To Ashes : Monday 20th April - BBC1 : 9.00pm
Police drama. When a man is found dead in a Soho strip club, it looks like a sex game has gone wrong. So when the deceased is discovered to be a police officer, Gene and Alex are ordered to keep the case under wraps. But when the pathologist uncovers signs that the officer was murdered, the team must venture into dangerous territory, and Alex finds herself kidnapped by a man whose words threaten her whole perspective on this world. Is it possible that someone has found her in the future? Director: Catherine Morshead. Starring: Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews, Marshall Lancaster, Montserrat Lombard, and Roger Allam.

.The Power Of Three - More Updates @ Facebook
.Monday 20th April, 2009.....................................................................Film
The Power Of Three Facebook has been updated with a number of news items over the last few days. Please visit here. If you have a Facebook account you can show your support for the film by adding yourself as a friend!
.We Are The Humans - Pre-order at Remember The Eighties
.Wednesday 15th April, 2009 • Thanks to Sean..................Music/Releases
'We Are The Humans', the debut album by The Humans (Toyah, Bill Rieflin & Chris Wong), is now available for pre-order at Remember The Eighties.

A strictly limited Estonian edition of the album has been produced which is available to pre-order exclusively at RTE with dispatch on Friday 1st May.

.Picture Business - Melissa Mailer-Yates Interview
.Wednesday 15th April, 2009.....................................................Press Clips
Toyah is pictured, along with Carol Decker and Melissa Mailer-Yates, in the March/April issue of 'Picture Business' magazine, in the second part of an interview with the artist. One of Melissa's excellent paintings of Toyah is also included in the feature.

.Tewkesbury Admag - Festival Appeal Not A Mystery
.Wednesday 15th April, 2009.....................................................Press Clips
Singer and actress Toyah Willcox has lent her support to Evesham Arts Festival.

The festival, a week-long celebration of music, drama and arts, is set to take over the town in July. It has already got the support of comedian Alistair McGowan, who hails from the town, as patron.

Toyah, who lives in Pershore, has written to the festival committee to encourage them to pull out all the stops.

In the letter to festival co-founder Eric Jones she wrote: “In 2008, Evesham launched its open-air season. It was a resounding success.

“I recommend every family, young and old, to visit this year’s open-air events, to experience not only fine arts but also the friendliness of this historic town.

“As an actress, I love outdoor performances and it is an exciting prospect to know that there will be a whole week of events in Evesham this July. It will be the perfect way to celebrate the summer.”

The festival will run from Sunday, July 12, to Saturday, July 18, and features everything from a free concert of Motown music in the town square to a poetry reading and cabaret night.

A touring company will stage Shakespeare’s Cymbeline there will be family-friendly productions of Treasure Island and You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown.

To take part in the festival, call Mr Jones on 01386 48788 or 07973 802285. For further information, visit eveshamarts.net.
.Dreamscape News Archive - February 2009
.Wednesday 15th April, 2009......................................................Site News
Well that's another month consigned to history... Dreamscape's Toyah news for February 2009 has now been archived!

.Toyah on TV - Shoestring
.Wednesday 15th April, 2009......................................................Television
Shoestring : Alibi - Monday 27th April : 7.00am
Shoestring : Alibi - Monday 27th April : 2.00pm

Find the Lady. Our favourite crumpled private eye investigates the reported murder of a seaside beauty queen. More vintage crime cracking with Trevor Eve. Starring: Trevor Eve, Michael Medwin, Doran Godwin, Christopher Biggins, Toyah Willcox, and Gary Holton.

.Official Toyah - The Humans Feature + Easter News @ MySpace
.Monday 13th April, 2009................................................................Internet
There is now a feature on The Humans at The Official Toyah website, and Toyah's Official MySpace was updated yesterday with bumper Easter News. Lots of interesting tidbits, including news on a forthcoming Toyah documentary (whether this is the aforementioned Psychic Therapy or another docu I'm not sure) on The Biography Channel, aka bio, and also that Toyah will appear in Series Two of Ashes to Ashes, albeit in poster form. Check out the Easter News update here, and click on the image below to see The Humans feature.

.Happy Easter!
.Easter Sunday, 2009.............................................................Happy Easter
Happy Easter to all Dreamscape visitors, and, of course, to Toyah who is in Ireland this weekend for two 'Here and Now' concerts. I thought I'd re-link to this interview 'Reminiscin' did with Toyah in November 2006. Random, but good!!

.We Are The Humans - Album Details Announced
.Sunday 12th April, 2009....................................................................Music
We are pleased to announce details of the long awaited album release by the band project The Humans - Toyah, Bill Rieflin & Chris Wong. The album, "We Are The Humans" is launched on 1 May in a very special concert in Tartu, Estonia which celebrates the anniversary of Estonia's independence. The concert will see The Humans perform a live set of their material to an audience which includes the President of Estonia and the Minister for Justice. Musician Robert Fripp will support the band with a solo live set and also perform as a special guest in the live set by The Humans.

Recorded in Seattle, USA and produced by Bill Rieflin, the 10-song album was mixed by Don Gunn & Rieflin in Seattle, USA and mastered by Simon Heyworth (Tubular Bells, Brian Eno) in Devon, UK.

A strictly limited Estonian edition of the album will be available in Estonia and online exclusively through RememberTheEighties.com from May 2009. Details of a worldwide digital release through iTunes will be announced soon.

Confirmed album track list:

The Humans
We Are The Humans
Cat no: HUMCD01E (Limited Edition)

1. We Are The Humans.
2. Is It Wrong
3. Twisted Soul
4. Telekinesis
5. Quicksilver
6. Labyrinth
7. Icarus
8. Noise In Your Head
9. This Belongs To You
10. Demigod

As well as announcing the above details about 'We Are The Humans', The Humans MySpace also has a competition with prizes of the album and an exclusive poster.

The Official Toyah MySpace and www.toyahwillcox.com have also been updated with news on The Humans long-awaited album.

.Bargain Hunt Famous Finds - More Screen Captures
.Saturday 11th April, 2009..........................................................Television
As promised last week, more screen captures from Bargain Hunt Famous Finds. Please click on them for larger versions.

.TV/Radio Diary Round Up
.Saturday 11th April, 2009..........................................................Television
• Top 50 Showbiz Comebacks : Sky3 - Sunday 12th April : 8.00pm
• Quadrophenia : Sky Movies Indie - Tuesday 14th April : 10.00pm
• Proud Parents : S4C - Thursday 16th April : 9.00am
• Top 50 Showbiz Comebacks : Sky3 - Thursday 16th April : 10.00pm
• The Personality Test : BBC Radio 4 - Thursday 16th April : 11.00pm
• Quadrophenia : Sky Movies Indie - Tuesday 21st April : 00.00am
• Most Fertile Man In Ireland : Sky Movies Comedy - Fri 24th April : 3.30am
• Quadrophenia : Sky Movies Indie - Saturday 25th April : 10.00pm
• Shoestring : Alibi - Monday 27th April : 7.00am
• Shoestring : Alibi - Monday 27th April : 2.00pm
• Psychic Therapy : Biography Channel - Date & Time tbc
• Secret Diary Of A Call Girl : ITV2 - Date & Time tbc
.The Power Of Three - More Updates & New Photos @ Facebook
.Thursday 9th April, 2009.....................................................................Film
More updates and new photos at The Power of Three Facebook, including this fantastic shot of Robin Craig, Toyah and Brümilda van Rensburg.

.Toyah @ Star107.9 FM
.Thursday 9th April, 2009...................................................................Radio
Thanks to Minna, of the Toyah Willcox Interview Archive, online radio station Star107.9 FM have been playing some classic Toyah songs from the 80's.

Minna sent them 'I Want To Be Free', 'Thunder In The Mountains', 'Brave New World', 'Voodoo Doll' and, the song they have already aired... 'Rebel Run'.
.Ashes to Ashes... is back!
.Thursday 9th April, 2009............................................................Television
Ashes to Ashes, the brilliant tv series set in the 80's, is back on BBC1 from Monday 20th April. Series Two is set in 1982. Click here to watch the trailer.

.The Power Of Three - Stills Shoot/Facebook Updates
.Tuesday 7th April, 2009......................................................................Film
The cast of The Power Of Three, in costume, having publicity photos taken at the weekend. These are from the film's Facebook page. In the last couple of days it has been updated with "behind the scenes" photos and a short clip of the first day's filming.

The Facebook entry reads: We were all excited to see our Power of 3 in full costume and makeup for the publicity shots this morning. Here are a couple of sneaky shots taken by the photographer's assistant while her boss wasn't looking.

.Here and Now - Another Gig Date For Toyah
.Tuesday 7th April, 2009..............................................................Live/Gigs
Dear Here And Now fans,

We are pleased to announce to all Here and Now fans that Here And Now is coming to Whitehaven.

The details are as follows:

Copelands Athletic Stadium, Whitehaven, Cumbria:
SATURDAY 15TH AUGUST 2009

Rick Astley
Belinda Carlisle
Midge Ure
Paul Young
Curiosity Killed The Cat
Toyah

Tickets available from: Ticketmaster (0870 534 4444), and at www.thefestival.org.uk

.Toyah Gig Guide 2009
.Tuesday 7th April, 2009..............................................................Live/Gigs
• Saturday 11th April: INEC Arena, Co Kerry - Here & Now
• Sunday 12th April: Royal Castlebar, Co Mayo - Here & Now
• Friday 1st May: The Humans Album Launch - Tartufest, Estonia
• Friday 8th May: Maspalomas Pride - Main Stage Live PA
• Sunday 10th May: Maspalomas Pride - Sparkles Showbar Live PA
• Saturday 16th May: Blackpool Pride - Live PA
• Saturday 27th June: SAS Band - Great Windsor Park Festival tbc
• Sunday 5th July: Bents Park Festival - South Shields
• Saturday 1st August: Big Hair Affair - Ryedale Arena, North Yorkshire
• Saturday 15th August: Copelands Stadium, Whitehaven - Here & Now
• Saturday 22nd August: 80s Rewind Festival, Henley
.Queens Of British Pop - Vote for Toyah
.Monday 6th April, 2009 • Thanks to PJ............................Music/Television
After Toyah was, predictably, left out of last week's Queens of British Pop on BBC1, part two of which airs on Wednesday, there is now an online poll linked to the programme at www.bbc.co.uk where you can vote for her as your favourite.

With so many influential female figures in British pop music, it was a difficult task to feature all of them in our documentary. In fact, we only had time for 12, however we've endeavoured to showcase more here on the Queens of British Pop website with classic clips from our archive.

Now we'd like to find out who your favourite Queen of British Pop is.

Please click here to go vote for Toyah.

There is also a clip of Toyah performing 'I Want To Be Free' on Cheggers Plays Pop from 1981 to view.

Queens Of British Pop : BBC1 - Wednesday 8th April : 10.45pm
A celebration of six queens of British pop music, and a look at their impact between 1980 and 2009. This programme profiles Annie Lennox, Alison Moyet, Kylie Minogue, Geri Halliwell, Amy Winehouse and Leona Lewis. These female stars take us from post-punk to The X Factor, with a slice of girl power along the way. Narrated by Lisa Tarbuck, with contributors including Annie Lennox, Dawn French, Dave Stewart, Alison Moyet, Pete Waterman, Alexandra Burke, Leona Lewis, Lily Allen and Adele.

.The Humans - Icarus
.Monday 6th April, 2009.....................................................................Music
The full version of 'We Are The Humans' (2009 Full Song) has just been added to The Humans MySpace. A clip of another new song, 'Icarus', has also been added.

The clip of 'Icarus' is also at The
Official Toyah MySpace, along with other clips from The Humans and songs from Toyah's last two albums 'Velvet Lined Shell' and 'In The Court Of The Crimson Queen'.

Toyah also talks about The Humans in her April blog.

.Official Toyah - March Blog
.Monday 6th April, 2009..................................................................Internet
Toyah's April blog has been added to www.toyahwillcox.com and also The Official Toyah MySpace. Read up on The Humans forthcoming album, Power Of Three and Toyah's thoughts on the current state of the world and her hopes for the future.

.The Shields Gazette - Mystery over as festival stars unveiled
.Monday 6th April, 2009.............................................................Press Clips
The names of the top musicians coming to this year's Summer Festival have been unveiled.

Thousands of people are expected to turn up to Bents Park in Sea Road, South Shields, to see a whole host of acts for free every week.

Starting the Sunday concerts on July 5 is 1980s punk rocker Toyah Willcox, who sang the 1981 hit It's A Mystery, with an action-packed set that's sure to get the audience rising from their deckchairs.

Strutting her stuff on July 12 will be singer Carol Decker, of the 1980s band T'Pau, who had hits with the likes of China In Your Hand.

On July 19, it's time to be transported back to the swinging sixties as tribute act These Beatles take to the stage.

More details will be announced in your Gazette over the next few weeks.
.The Truth About Eternal Youth - Screen Captures
.Friday 3rd April, 2009................................................................Television
Screen caps from Toyah's appearance on last night's The Truth About Eternal Youth. Coleen Nolan visited Toyah at her Pershore home in the programme that aired on ITV1. Please click on the caps for larger versions.

The Truth About Eternal Youth is now available to watch at the ITV Player for the next month.

.The Power Of Three - On Facebook
.Friday 3rd April, 2009 • Thanks to Paul..............................................Film
The Power Of Three is now on Facebook. This looks like it will detail behind-the-scenes production of the film. Already there are photographs from pre-production meetings, and videos of the wardrobe mistress and costumes.

The Facebook intro reads: The Power of Three, a low budget feature film begins filming on location in Belsize Park, London on April 4. Due for release this Autumn we invite you to share our film making journey.

Click on the pre-production photographs above to visit The Power Of Three Facebook.

.Bargain Hunt Famous Finds - Screen Captures
.Thursday 2nd April, 2009...........................................................Television
A few screen captures from Toyah and John's winning appearance on yesterday's Bargain Hunt Famous Finds on BBC2. More captures soon.

This programme is now available to watch at the BBC iPlayer for the next seven days.

.Whitehaven News - Stars Are Lining Up For Town's Biggest Concert
.Thursday 2nd April, 2009..........................................................Press Clips
Not just one but SIX massive stars are coming to Whitehaven for a mammoth pop concert.

The incredible line-up will feature Eighties legends Belinda Carlisle, Midge Ure, Paul Young and Rick Astley as well as Toyah and Curiosity Killed the Cat.

It will take place at Whitehaven’s sports stadium, Hensingham, on August 15 and tickets are now on sale.

The hugely successful Here And Now shows have sold out big arenas such as Wembley and the likes of Ascot. They bring the best of the stars of the Eighties together for a night of pure, feel-good nostalgia.

It is a massive coup for organisers, Whitehaven Festival Company, who wanted to build on last year’s successful Status Quo gig. Promoter Gerard Richardson said: “It is going to be absolutely incredible, a complete and utter party night.

“We looked at a number of different acts and different styles such as classical or rock and in the process of talking to agents we heard about Here and Now,” he said. “They are selling out stadiums all over the place and we could not resist it. They had one spare date and said they would come up to Whitehaven.”

The main six acts will perform separately between around 7.30pm and 10.30pm, and there may also be some support bands.

Read the full report here.

.Toyah on TV/Radio - TV/Radio Diary Round Up
.Thursday 2nd April, 2009...........................................................Television
• The Truth About Eternal Youth : ITV1 - Thursday 2nd April : 9.00pm
• The Lee Mack Show : BBC Radio 7 - Thursday 2nd April : 11.30pm
• The Lee Mack Show : BBC Radio 7 - Friday 3rd April : 4.30am
• FM : ITV2 - Friday 3rd April : 10.30pm
• FM : ITV2 Plus 1 - Friday 3rd April : 11.30pm
• Brum : CBeebies - Saturday 4th April : 8.50am
• Brum : CBeebies - Saturday 4th April : 2.50pm
• Quadrophenia : Sky Movies Indie - Monday 6th April : 00.05am
• Cash In The Celebrity Attic : Watch - Monday 6th April : 6.30am
• Cash In The Celebrity Attic : Watch Plus 1 - Monday 6th April : 7.30am
• Cash In The Celebrity Attic : Watch - Monday 6th April : 10.00am
• Cash In The Celebrity Attic : Watch Plus 1 - Monday 6th April : 11.00am

• Quadrophenia : Sky Movies Indie - Wednesday 8th April : 11.45pm

.Toyah on TV - Today & Tomorrow
.Wednesday 1st April, 2009........................................................Television
A reminder that Toyah is on two TV shows in the UK over the next couple of days. This afternoon she guests on BBC2 game show Bargain Hunt Famous Finds, and tomorrow night she will be appearing in The Truth About Eternal Youth on ITV1.

Both of these programmes should be available to watch online, after they air, on the BBC iPlayer and the ITV Player.

Bargain Hunt Famous Finds : BBC2 - Wednesday 1st April : 5.15pm
Toyah Willcox v Kiki Dee. Rock chicks Toyah Willcox and Kiki Dee have shared the same bill in the past, but never for bargain hunting. The two women, both queens of the music business for over a quarter of a century, try to prove who has the best talent at spotting bargains. They both search an antique centre in Farnham, Surrey for treasures which will then be sold at an auction in Chiswick.

The Truth About Eternal Youth : ITV1 - Thursday 2nd April : 9.00pm
Teen pop star turned middle-aged TV presenter Coleen Nolan takes a look at the options available to help people look younger. Coleen has chosen to grow old gracefully, and has never used fillers, Botox, surgery, lasers or peels, but now she investigates the way she might look in the future if she takes the 'improvement' path. She meets other women who have had treatment, including her celebrity friends, and a 50-year-old who looks 30. By the end of her journey, will Coleen be tempted?

.eNewsWire - 3 Women film makers doing it for themselves
.Wednesday 1st April, 2009.......................................................Press Clips
What do you do when you turn 50 and find that no one is making feature films for you anymore? Yvonne Deutschman, Ann Cameron and Thereza Snyman decided they’d make a film for themselves. Filming on their low budget feature, The Power of 3, begins in April and will be premiered in London in the Autumn.

Back in 2004 Canadian Ann Cameron, British Director Yvonne Deutschman and South African entrepreneur Thereza Snyman discussed the fact that no-one was making movies for older female audiences

“We realised that no one was making movies for people like us so the inevitable question was - what are we going to do about it?”

They turned an original idea into a script, while Yvonne started canvassing support amongst her contacts in the UK. “It was really exciting to talk to people about our concept” says Yvonne. “Women immediately related to the story, became excited about our idea and started asking how they could be involved.“

Thereza Snyman was tasked with putting the business side of things together.

“No-one in the traditional film-funding market was going to fund a project like this – everybody was going to tell us why it couldn’t be done, so we decided to do it our way,” said Thereza.

And “their way” – is a very simple concept. They’ve gathered a dynamic group of film professionals and given them a share of the proceeds according to the contribution they make. Sharing equity in the film has appealed to like-minded Baby Boomer spirits, attracting well-known actors and film professionals alike. “Everyone involved takes ownership of the project, because they are the project” states Thereza. - “The enthusiasm and commitment is amazing”

One of Britain’s biggest household names Toyah Willcox is starring in the film along with Brumilda van Rensburg, a multi award winning actress from Johannesburg and Robin Craig, an award winning Canadian actress.

The supporting cast is just as impressive. Shirley Anne Field - (My Beautiful Laundrette, Hear my Song); Margaret Nolan - (Goldfinger); Kara Wilson- (Jane Eyre); Ellen Collier- (The Office) and with Hilton McCrae and Richard Bremmer appearing as the “male interest” – all share the “can do buzz” that this film is creating.

The Power of 3 is a light-hearted feel-good comedy that follows the adventures of 3 friends who pool their strengths when the going gets tough. “The story is all about our shared experiences,” says Ann, “we’ve all been there, and we all look at life in the same way“

Yvonne Deutschman concludes, “The Power of 3 follows in the wake of Calendar Girls and Mama Mia. If we’d been doing this two years ago we wouldn’t have had as much interest, but now the over 50’s is rapidly becoming a proven film going audience.“

For more information visit www.powerofthreefilm.com
 

 


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