'Silver Screen with Robert Powell and Liza Goddard’ will be at The Plaza in Stockport on Sunday 9th October 2022

Jul 5, 2022
Iconic PR
Robert Powell: Photograph by Hattie Miles. And Liza Goddard.

As a fitting finale for the 90th Birthday Week of Celebrations for The Plaza in Stockport, join them for an affectionate and nostalgic evening through the first hundred or so years of cinema with Robert Powell and Liza Goddard.

Starting with the Lumiere Brothers in Paris in 1895 and ending with ‘BOND 22’ at Pinewood Studios in 2008, you will meet on our way Charlie Chaplin, Mae West, Mickey Mouse, Humphrey Bogart, Clarke Gable, Groucho Marx and, many others. The journey sweetened with musical interludes from Scott Joplin, George Gershwin through to John Barry’s ‘James Bond’ Theme.

Robert Powell is a leading English stage and screen actor who has enjoyed success and critical acclaim for more than 40 years. He is best known for playing the title role in Franco Zeffirelli's groundbreaking TV mini-series 1977 Jesus of Nazareth. Other key roles have included fictional secret agent Richard Hannay in the 1978 film version of John Buchan's The Thirty Nine Steps and the title role in Ken Russell's Mahler. The breadth of his work is astonishing. 

Actress Liza Goddard is best known for her work in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s when she made appearances in Doctor Who, Woof!, and The Brothers. For many years, she was also the female team leader on long-running quiz/panel show Give Us A Clue, and she appeared as Laurel Manasotti, who had an affair with Jimmy Mulville's character Donald, in the ITV sitcom "That's Love”. She later had a recurring role as Philippa Vale in "Bergerac". Her most recent recurring television role was alongside Dawn French and Catherine Tate in "Wild West". In 2007 she appeared in the "Midsomer Murders" episode "A Picture of Innocence", reuniting her with "Bergerac" star John Nettles.

If you would like to join Robert Powell and Liza Goddard, then you can do so by booking your tickets at: https://stockportplaza.co.uk/whats-on/silver-screen-with-robert-powell-and-liza-goddard/ 

Date: Sunday 9th October 2022

Time: 7:30 pm

Venue: The Plaza, Stockport 

Ticket Prices: £11:00 to £16:50