EVENT ALERT : BEHIND THE SHOULDERPADS UK TOUR .. THEATRE ROYAL BRIGHTON

 

See Joan live in Brighton at Theatre Royal on Saturday October 21st

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EVENT ALERT: BEHIND THE SHOULDERPADS UK TOUR .. PAVILION BATH .. THURSDAY OCTOBER 12TH 2023 ..

 

See Joan live at Pavilion Bath on Thursday October 12th...

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EVENT ALERT: BEHIND THE SHOULDERPADS UK TOUR .. THE ALBAN ARENA .. ST ALBAN'S .. MONDAY OCTOBER 9TH 2023 ..

 

See Joan live at The Alban Arena St Alban's on Monday October 9th!

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EVENT ALERT : BEHIND THE SHOULDERPADS UK TOUR ... THE HAWTH CRAWLEY .. FRIDAY OCTOBER 6TH 2023 ..

 

See Joan Live in Crawley at The Hawth on Friday October 6th.

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EVENT ALERT : BEHIND THE SHOULDERPADS LIVE! .. TYNE THEATRE ... NEWCASTLE .. SUNDAY OCTOBER 1ST 2023 ...

 

See Joan live in Newcastle on Sunday October 1st and take a look Behind The Shoulderpads!           Book your tickets here!

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EVENT ALERT! : BEHIND THE SHOULDERPADS UK TOUR ... OCTOBER 2023 ..

 

With the release of her much-anticipated memoir Behind the Shoulder Pads, global superstar Dame Joan Collins is embarking on a new tour for 2023.

With her husband, Percy Gibson by her side, they will field your questions, giving audiences the opportunity to have an intimate chat with the world famous actress.

Featuring seldom told tales, enchanting anecdotes, and rare and fascinating footage from her seven decades in show business, the evening will be full of the usual wit, candour, and of course glamour that we have come to expect from this British born Hollywood legend.

As an award-winning actress, author, producer, humanitarian and entrepreneur, Joan Collins' career places her in the unrivalled ranks of an international icon. This is a show not to be missed.

Dame Joan Collins
Behind the Shoulder Pads
UK Tour 2023

TICKETS ON SALE TUESDAY 2ND MAY AT 10AM!

Sunday October 1st Newcastle Tyne Theatre

Monday October 2nd York Grand Opera House

Tuesday October 3rd Peterborough The Cresset

Friday October 6th Crawley The Hawth

Sunday October 8th Kingston Rose Theatre

Monday October 9th St Albans The Alban Arena

Thursday October 12th  Bath The Pavillion

Sunday October 15th London Leicester Sq Theatre

Monday October 16th New Brighton Floral Pavillion

Tuesday October 17th  Buxton  Opera House

Saturday October 21st  Brighton  Theatre Royal

Tuesday October 24th Cheltenham Town Hall

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PRESS UPDATE : HELLO! MAGAZINE .. ISSUE DATED MAY 1ST 2023 ..

 

Dame Joan Collins, Linda Gray and Donna Mills share positive message for women on first photoshoot together..

By Rosalind Powell CONTRIBUTING EDITOR LONDON

Despite dominating our TV screens throughout the 1980s, Dame Joan Collins, Linda Gray and Donna Mills – aka Alexis Carrington from Dynasty, Sue Ellen Ewing from Dallas and Abby Cunningham from Knots Landing respectively – have never done a joint photoshoot together until now, for HELLO!'s exclusive chat. While they may have played competitive women in touch with their inner divas on screen, in reality they have always been on friendly terms, meeting up at ceremonies such as the Oscars or Golden Globes as well as each other’s house parties. There was never any rivalry, they insist.

"Not in my case at all," says Joan. "I wasn't concerned about that. "I played a totally different role to the roles they played and there wasn’t time to see their shows – I didn't even see mine!" Linda, adds: "I think the press loved to think that we were always fighting and tearing clothes off each other, which was ridiculous but made good stories. "We were working women and there just happened to be a camera in the room – this is what I told my children and it's true."

Donna was in Knots Landing until 1989, when she gave up showbusiness to raise her daughter Chloe. "The Eighties for me were fabulous," she says. "I had the most success in my career. There were magazine covers and photoshoots and paparazzi and all that kind of fun stuff, which was divine. Then the Nineties was when I decided motherhood was what I wanted to concentrate on, so I did that for about 20 years."

More recently she's enjoyed a career resurgence with roles in film and TV. "If I have a purpose now, it's to inspire women to say: 'Hey, it's not over,'" she says. "You reach 60, 70 or 80 and it's not over – you still have a lot to give and there's a lot you can do." It's a sentiment echoed by Linda. "When people say: 'You're over 40,' or whatever, you can either say: 'You're right, I'm old,' or you can think: 'Who the hell are you to tell us we're finished?'" The ladies hope to get together again by the end of the year for a film project which is still in development. '' Work tends to fade away at our age and in our business'' says Linda.. ''Yet we are still very vital. This is what we do we entertain people.'' It's a sentiment echoed by Donna, ''If I have a purpose now it's to inspire women to say, ''Hey! it's not over. You reach 60, 70 or 80 and it's not over, you still have alot to give and a lot you can do''.

''It was great fun seeing the girls'' says Joan, ''They look amazing''. Linda agrees..''It was like playing dress up with girlfriends, we had such a good time. Joan is used to wearing clothes like that, but I am a Californian girl, I am not a sequinney sort of person.'' Did they squabble over who wore what? ''Are you kidding? Please! . says Joan. ''Of course not, we each have our own style.'' Donna did make a beeline for the pinksequinned trouser suit. ''I fell in love with it, You feel strong when you wear something like that'', she says. ''Although I had to wear the highest shoes to make the pants fit!''

To read the full article, pick up the latest issue of HELLO! on sale now.

EVENT UPDATE : SHOOTING STAR CHILDREN'S HOSPICES DAY .. LONDON .. APRIL 27TH 2023 ..

 

Joan with Karen Sugarman

To celebrate the milestone of been Vice President of Shooting Star Children's Hospices Charity for 20 years, Joan spent the afternoon at two events to support the Children's charity.. She firstly reopened the charities Hampton Hill charity shop which had to close a few weeks ago due to a break in. Joan as always donated a number of her personal items of clothing and accessories to help raise much needed funds.. After cutting the ribbon with the help of the charities executive Vice President Karen Sugarman, Joan then visited the charities headquarters at Shooting Star House in Hampton for a special afternoon to celebrate the milestone anniversary, for tea and cake and to meet some of the families and friends supported by the charity..

Joan at Shooting Star House  

EVENT UPDATE : GOLDENE SONNE GALA .. WUNDERLAND KALKAR GERMANY ... SATURDAY APRIL 22ND 2023 ..

Joan spent an enjoyable evening at The Goldene Sonne Gala where she was presented with a Goldene Sonne Award for Lifetime Achievement in Entertainment in Germany on Saturday evening..

 

PRESS UPDATE : HELLO! MAGAZINE .. ISSUE MAY 1ST 2023 ..

Check out the latest issue of Hello! magazine which features an exclusive photo shoot with Joan and two other legendary ladies of the 80's Knot's Landing's Donna Mills and Dallas star Linda Gray..

Joan with Donna Mills and Linda Gray

EVENT UPDATE : GOLDEN SUN AWARDS 2023 .. KALKAR LOWER RHINE GERMANY .. APRIL 22ND 2022 ..

 Joan is currently in Germany where she earlier attended Sonnen Tv's Golden Sun Awards during which she was presented with The Goldene Sonne Award. Here are a couple of exclusive pictures from the event..

Joan arriving with fashion designer Harald Kloockler

PHOTO FLASHBACK : LITTLEWOODS AND LINGERIE WITH JOAN! .... SPRING / SUMMER 1989 ...

 

Tag from USA Lingerie line..

Over the years Joan has endorsed many products and fashion lines, following a successful line of her own Lingerie collection, top UK fashion mail order catalogue Littlewoods launched a line of nightwear which featured in their 1989 catalogue.. This collage features the cover and some of the pages of fashion with glorious shots of Joan by Gary Bernstein.. 

PHOTO UPDATE : LATE NIGHT LYCETT .... CHANNEL 4 ... APRIL 14TH 2023 ...

Following on from my post about Joan's appearance on the Channel 4 series Late Night Lycett, I received this super photo from my friend Glen Chevannes who attended the recording and chatted with Joan before the show.. 

 

COMING SOON! .. BEHIND THE SHOULDER PADS ... SEVEN DIALS / ORION ... SEPTEMBER 28TH 2023 ..

 

Delighted to announce that Joan's upcoming new book 'Behind The Shoulder Pads - Stories I Only Tell My Friends!' will be published on September 28th in the UK & Ireland in Hardback and on Kindle from Orion's non-fiction arm Seven Dials...

You can pre-order it here from Amazon!

PRE - ORDER 'BEHIND THE SHOULDER PADS' HERE!

PRE-ORDER KINDLE EDITION HERE!

 

TV UPDATE : LATE NIGHT LYCETT .. CHANNEL 4 .. APRIL 14TH 2023 ..

 

Joan made an appearance on comedian Joe Lycett's Channel 4 show last night which was live from Birmingham...

TV ALERT : LATE NIGHT LYCETT .. CHANNEL 4 .. FRIDAY 14TH APRIL .. 10PM ..

 

Joan on Pride special..

Tune into to Channel 4 this Friday 14th April as Joan will be the star guest on comedian Joe Lycett's new show... The show recorded live will air at 10pm..  Joan appeared with Lycett on a special Pride show last July from her St Tropez villa.. This time she will be live from a less sunny Birmingham! 

PHOTO FLASHBACK : PAUL O'GRADY SHOW PANTO .. CHANNEL 4 .. DECEMBER 2007 ..

 

We were all shocked and saddened to hear of the sudden death of Paul O'Grady and recently I compiled some new collages and this one features two rare photos of Joan backstage at Paul's channel 4 tv show. Joan made an appearance in 2007 as part of his annual panto, where she played wicked stepmother with Paul and Jo Brand as ugly sisters, Cilla Black was Fairy Godmother with Biggins also making an appearance.. The collage also features two pages from Joan's original script which I came across in my archives..