Andrew Gagg

Andrew was born in Warsop, Nottinghamshire on 21^st December 1940.
His early education was attributable largely to his father, who was also his Head Teacher. His subsequent Grammar School education was at the King’s School, Peterborough.
He obtained a Degree in Art & Design at the Brighton College of Art and Crafts.
While working at the Wigan School of Art, he became involved with amateur theatre (and with June, his first wife) at the Wigan Little Theatre, designing several successful productions.
Worked for Duncan C Weldon for a season around 1968 as an ASM at the Pavilion Theatre, Lytham St Annes. (It was the year that Duncan married Helen Shapiro.)
Design Assistant (together with June) at Crewe Theatre in weekly rep. 1968 -9. Ted Craig the Artistic Director and Gavin Mitchell as Head of Design.
Head of Design at Crewe 1969–70. Now doing fortnightly Rep.
Next came an all-too-brief spell at the opening of Leeds Playhouse as Design Assistant to the late, great Brian Currah.
Assisted Kenneth Turner on a couple of Panto productions, and designed a number of Repertory shows for The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham. 1970 -1972
In 1972 he was Guest Designer at the Connaught, Worthing for a couple of shows. ‘The Ghost Train’ a great success, while ‘The Hollow’ was fraught with technical problems!
Head of Design at the Castle Theatre Farnham from 1973 to 1974, during which time he created many sets for their fortnightly repertory, while later assisting in the preparations for the opening of the Redgrave including his designs for the opening show.
‘Romeo & Juliet’ opened the Redgrave in May 1974, to somewhat mixed reviews from some of the Nationals, although the set seemed to please.
In a major change of direction, in 1976 Andrew started as an Assistant Designer for the BBC at Pebble Mill, working on period dramas such as ‘Poldark’, ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ ‘The Phoenix and the Carpet’ (the earlier production of this title), ‘The Old Curiosity Shop’, ‘East Lynne’ and ‘David Copperfield’. As a Production Designer he created sets for the catwalk show ‘Clothes Show Live’ for a number of years, as well as seemingly endless versions of the set for Noel Edmonds ‘Telly Addicts’ over quite a period of time.
Retiring from the BBC in 1996 after a semi-respectable twenty years there, he took up residence in Worcester with his wife Christine where they now live ‘in comfortable obscurity’. (Why break the habit of a lifetime?).
His main interests now are Food, Photography, Travel (when possible) and the creation of Audio-Visual sequences.
ANG, June 2022

Past productions

Designer, Romeo and Juliet, Farnham Repertory Company 29^th May – 29^th June 1974, Redgrave Theatre, Farnham.
Designer, Free As Air, Farnham Repertory Company 7^th – 30^th March 1974, Castle Theatre, Farnham.
Designer, A Flea in Her Ear, Farnham Repertory Company 13^th February – 2^nd March 1974, Castle Theatre, Farnham.
Designer, Dear Liar, Farnham Repertory Company 4^th December 1973 – 9^th February 1974, Castle Theatre, Farnham.
Designer, 1066 and All That, Farnham Repertory Company 13^th December 1973 – 2^nd February 1974, Castle Theatre, Farnham.
Designer, Badjelly the Witch, Farnham Repertory Company 24^th December 1973 – 16^th January 1974, Castle Theatre, Farnham.
Designer, Twelfth Night, Farnham Repertory Company 13^th November – 1^st December 1973, Castle Theatre, Farnham.
Designer, Game for Two or More Players, Farnham Repertory Company 23^rd October – 10^th November 1973, Castle Theatre, Farnham.
Designer, The Beaux’ Stratagem, Farnham Repertory Company 2^nd – 20^th October 1973, Castle Theatre, Farnham.
Designer, Journey’s End, Farnham Repertory Company 11^th – 29^th September 1973, Castle Theatre, Farnham.
Designer, The Ghost Train, Farnham Repertory Company 21^st August – 8^th September 1973, Castle Theatre, Farnham.
Designer, Mary, Mary, Farnham Repertory Company 7^th – 18^th August 1973, Castle Theatre, Farnham.
Designer, Three Months Gone, Farnham Repertory Company 24^th July – 4^th August 1973, Castle Theatre, Farnham.
Designer, Four-in-Hand, Farnham Repertory Company 10^th – 21^st July 1973, Castle Theatre, Farnham.
Designer, Alpha Beta, Farnham Repertory Company 26^th June – 7^th July 1973, Castle Theatre, Farnham.
Designer, There’s a Girl in My Soup, Farnham Repertory Company 28^th May – 23^rd June 1973, Castle Theatre, Farnham.
Designer, The Winslow Boy, Farnham Repertory Company 8^th – 26^th May 1973, Castle Theatre, Farnham.
Designer, The Browning Version, Farnham Repertory Company 17^th April – 5^th May 1973, Castle Theatre, Farnham.
Designer, Harlequinade, Farnham Repertory Company 17^th April – 5^th May 1973, Castle Theatre, Farnham.
Setting and Bird Costume by, The Tingalary Bird, Farnham Repertory Company 10^th April – 2^nd May 1973, Castle Theatre, Farnham.
Designer, Henry V, Farnham Repertory Company 13^th March – 14^th April 1973, Castle Theatre, Farnham.
Designer, Of Cabbages and Kings, Farnham Repertory Company 27^th March – 14^th April 1973, Castle Theatre, Farnham.
Designer, The Secretary Bird, Farnham Repertory Company 20^th February – 10^th March 1973, Castle Theatre, Farnham.
Designer, Foursome Reel, Farnham Repertory Company 6^th – 17^th February 1973, Castle Theatre, Farnham.
Designer, The Hollow, Worthing Connaught Theatre started 6^th July 1972, Cannaught Theatre.
Designer, Sailor, Beware!, Alexandra Theatre (Birmingham) Ltd started May 1972, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham (now The Alexandra).
Designer, The Ghost Train, Worthing Repertory Company started 25^th April 1972, Connaught Theatre, Worthing.
Designer, Barefoot in the Park, Alexandra Theatre (Birmingham) Ltd started 1972, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham (now The Alexandra).
Designer, Who Killed Santa Claus?, Alexandra Theatre (Birmingham) Ltd started 1972, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham (now The Alexandra).
Designer, Doctor at Sea, Alexandra Theatre (Birmingham) Ltd started 28^th September 1971, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham (now The Alexandra).
Designer, Duet for Two Hands, Alexandra Theatre (Birmingham) Ltd 21^st June – 3^rd July 1971, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham (now The Alexandra).
Costume Designer, Toad of Toad Hall, Crewe Theatre Trust Ltd 16^th – 27^th December 1970, Lyceum Theatre, Crewe.
Designer, The Daughter-in-Law, Crewe Theatre Trust Ltd 19^th – 23^rd November 1970, Lyceum Theatre, Crewe.
'Court Dress' Costumes, Henry IV, Leeds Theatre Trust 24^th August – 10^th October 1970, Nottingham Playhouse, Leeds Playhouse, and other locations.
Designer, Spider’s Web, Alexandra Theatre (Birmingham) Ltd started 18^th May 1970, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham (now The Alexandra).
Scenery painted by, Spring and Port Wine, Alexandra Repertory Company 4^th – 16^th May 1970, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham (now The Alexandra).
Designer, Present Laughter, Crewe Theatre Trust Ltd 17^th – 28^th March 1970, Lyceum Theatre, Crewe.
Designer, The Wheel of Fortune, Crewe Theatre Trust Ltd started 3^rd March 1970, Lyceum Theatre, Crewe.
Designer (Set & Costume), Lysistrata, Crewe Theatre Trust Ltd 10^th – 21^st February 1970, Lyceum Theatre, Crewe.
Designer, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Crewe Theatre Trust Ltd 27^th January – 7^th February 1970, Lyceum Theatre, Crewe.
Designer, Doctor in the House, Crewe Theatre Trust Ltd 30^th December 1969 – January 1970, Lyceum Theatre, Crewe.
Designer, Love from a Stranger, Alexandra Theatre (Birmingham) Ltd started 1970, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham (now The Alexandra).
Designer, Victorian Music Hall, Crewe Theatre Trust Ltd 2^nd – 13^th December 1969, Lyceum Theatre, Crewe.
Designer, Let’s Get a Divorce, Crewe Theatre Trust Ltd 18^th – 29^th November 1969, Lyceum Theatre, Crewe.
Designer, Hamlet, Crewe Theatre Trust Ltd 6^th – 15^th November 1969, Lyceum Theatre, Crewe.
Designer, A Man for All Seasons, Crewe Theatre Trust Ltd 30^th September – 11^th October 1969, Lyceum Theatre, Crewe.
Designer, Oh! What a Lovely War, Crewe Theatre Trust Ltd 15^th – 27^th August 1969, Lyceum Theatre, Crewe.
Designer, The Railway Borough, Crewe Theatre Trust Ltd 25^th February – 1^st March 1969, Lyceum Theatre, Crewe.
Designer, Black Comedy, Crewe Theatre Trust Ltd 11^th – 22^nd February 1969, Lyceum Theatre, Crewe.
Designer, All in Good Time, Crewe Theatre Trust Ltd 22^nd – 26^th October 1968, Lyceum Theatre, Crewe.

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Andrew N Gagg by Dick Sabey