The team
The organisers
The compere
Marcus Collingbourne and John Hopcroft are the driving force behind Keeping It Live! Marcus was the event organiser of The Stage's Showcall Showcase for 15 years and John was involved in these and other productions for even longer! Both have a wealth of entertainment knowledge and bring that experience to Keeping It Live !
Steve Walls was a natural choice to compere Keeping It Live! as this busy entertainer is one of the country's leading young comperes, having compered many showcases including all the Keeping it Live! showcases to date.
The band
I am delighted to announce that Keeping It Live! will once again live up to its name and feature live backing for all the acts under the direction of Musical Director Micky Watson with the excellent musicianship of Paul Smith, Jerry Sallis and Andy Power. The boys are keen to back as many of the acts as possible so don’t hesitate to contact me should you wish to be put in touch with the MD to give your showcase set that extra something special.
The crew
We are pleased that our crew are all top professionals in the business. Looking after that all important sound production are Lee Beards and Russ Fulton and our Stage Manager is the big fella, Pete Lovekin ably assisted by ASM Jane Underwood. Ian Robson is our lighting designer for the Coventry show while seasoned professionals from Stageworks look after our Blackpool shows. Moonstone Video will be at Keeping it Live! offering high quality, multi-camera DVD recording of the acts on stage and Trevor Buffery and Lynne Hart of Spot On Photography will be on hand for the duration of the showcases taking live show shots and ‘studio’ shots for any act performing on the show. Registration will be handled by Martin Fannon of Mainline Computers, authors of the leading entertainment agency software, Star Turn International.
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