DON’T PANIC!! SALUTE TO DADS ARMY VARIETY SHOW

Dont Panic, but at 1pm on the saturday 1st april, the home guard will be marching into The Victoria Hall in Sheffield city centre to perform ‘a salute to the 1940’s Dads army Variety show’.

Local duo Gary Birtles and Lorrie Brown produced the show and are regular performers at The Garrison in Hillsborough and Fairways Inn at Birley with their lunchtime tribute shows.

Gary says, “The cast who portray Capt Mainwaring and the troop are uncannily like the real characters and certainly attract attention whenever they do a walkabout together. At the beginning of the show, they march through the audience and get the crowd clapping along before they walk onto the stage.”

In between the sketches featuring the characters, the show also features tributes to some of the great variety acts of WW2, including Lorrie’s tribute to Vera Lynn, Flanagan and Allen, George Formby, Gracie Fields and a special duet performing Whispering Grass from ‘It Aint Half Hot Mum’.

“It is such a funny sketch” says Gary who also appears as Warden Hodges. “We have a great cast who have been working together for a few years now and we have all developed a real chemistry on stage.”

The role of Captain Mainwaring is played by top George Formby tribute Colin Bourdiec.

Gary says, “Colin has really taken to the role and the resemblance is uncanny.”

The rest of the cast is made up of experienced actors and variety acts and features local entertainers from Sheffield including, John Ashmore who plays Private Pike. The show has been touring the UK for the last 7yrs and has also appeared at the City Hall.

Portraying Vera Lynn, the forces sweetheart In the show is Lorrie Brown, who is the sole female in the cast. Lorrie has won several national awards for her tribute including the Sheffield Star’s Inspirational Women Award in 2019. She also makes regular appearances in the Peace Gardens on Armed Forces and Veterans Day.

In 2013 she was honoured for her achievement by the agents association and named UK No.1 Vera Lynn tribute. After Dame Vera heard of Lorrie’s award, she invited Lorrie to meet her at her home and the pair became involved with the Dame Vera Lynn Childrens Charity and to date the shows have raised over £11,000. After the sad passing of Dame Vera, Lorrie and

Gary were invited to the memorial service for her at Westminster Abbey last March The show is at The Victoria Hall on Norfolk St in Sheffield City Centre on Sat April 1st.

Doors open at 1.30 and the show starts at 2pm. Tickets are £25.85 and are available online at www.thelittleboxoffice. com and you can also call 01256 416384, for more information call Gary on 07984 169268 or you can visit www.veralynntribute. eu

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