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About Gerry Atkins
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Gerry Atkins was a dancer on the tour of 'Zip goes a Million' in 1954 and 'Can-Can' which he toured around Britain in 1955 and 1956. He was also principal dancer in 'These Foolish Kings' with the crazy gang at the Victoria Palace in 1957 and performed in 'Folies Bergere' at the Winter Garden Theatre, Drury Lane in 1958, and 'Blue Magic' at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Coventry Street with Shirley Bassey amongst others.
Above - A video of the Gerry Atkins Dancers at 'Michael's' in Monte Choro, Algarve in 1990, which was Gerry's last year of performing. (You will need to have the Macromedia Flash Player plug-in installed to be able to view this Video) Gerry has very kindly sent in a lot of his personal Theatre Photographs for inclusion on the site which he took whilst on tour around the provinces and also whilst working in London's West End in the mid to late 1950s. The Photographs are a wonderful period record of some of Britain's best known Theatres at the very end of the Variety era. Where to find Gerry Atkins' Theatre Photographs on this site Charlie Gracie at the London Hippodrome His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen Stoll Theatre, Kingsway, London Theatre Royal Haymarket, London |
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Gerry now lives in Quinta do Caçapo in the Algarve in Portugal where he runs a one hundred year old restored country farmhouse offering bed and breakfast in beautiful surroundings, and is always happy to receive guests who have an interest in the theatre.
Above - Gerry's Farmhouse in Quinta do Caçapo in the Algarve in Portugal - Click to visit his site |
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