{"id":411,"date":"2018-01-29T17:55:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T17:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingstories.infamousarts.co.uk\/?page_id=411"},"modified":"2018-01-29T19:41:16","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T19:41:16","slug":"ian-soady-banner-tribute","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/catchingstories.infamousarts.co.uk\/?page_id=411","title":{"rendered":"Ian Soady"},"content":{"rendered":"

Personal Account <\/strong><\/p>\n

by Ian Soady, former member of Banner Theatre\u2019s Main Group<\/strong><\/p>\n

14 April 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

I first came across Banner in around 1973-74 when I saw a production of The Collier Laddie at St Peter\u2019s College in Saltley. I was also performing, I think, with a loose assembly of people including Dave and Miriam Dale. I was very impressed with the production and wrote a short review for Saltley Gas.<\/p>\n

When I was at Saltley Action Centre, I booked a number of travelling theatre productions (7:84 etc) to play at Norton Hall and I suspect Banner was among them.<\/p>\n

I think I first actually got involved around 1977 for the Race Show. For some reason I ended up taking over lighting from John Fryer. I remember actually doing a theatre lighting course at Aston Arts Lab. From lighting, I carried on doing both that and sound effects \/ music including some concertina parts in weird keys which always terrified me\u2026.<\/p>\n

Then I was involved with the building trade show although I don\u2019t remember actually doing any music etc. I do remember sewing puppets, I think at your house\u2026 At around this time the nature of Banner changed with the arrival of Frances [Rifkin] as a full time director and I became less involved in the productions as I felt its fundamental nature was changing in a way I was less comfortable with.<\/p>\n

I did start doing some work with Bernard [O\u2019Donnell], arranging gigs and tours. I went to London and arranged a tour there but I have no recollection of which show it was. This would probably be 1980-81. I also remember doing some interviews for the British Leyland show round about this time.<\/p>\n

Following that I essentially lost touch although still going to shows. This was partly because by then I had a \u201cproper\u201d job so had less time to devote to it. I suspect Dave Dale became involved as he and I had continued to do one-off gigs in pubs etc, and he became interested in Banner and probably contributed a lot in terms of moving away from very traditional musical genres and introducing more electric instruments.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s about it \u2013 I hope you can manage to dredge up more from the deep recesses of my memory!<\/p>\n


\nNote:<\/strong> Ian Soady was interviewed for Catching Stories on 17 April 2017. The interview transcript is available on this website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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