On March 8th 2012 there was a fundraising gala for Soho Theatre, at the Vinyl Factory. Attended by 200 guests it was hosted by Jimmy Carr (and Jimmy, Tim Minchin and Jack Whitehall were the entertainment).
Guests were bidding for prizes which included a walk on part in Les Miserables and a dinner date with AA Gill and Jeremy Clarkson. The funds raised were to support the theatre in its work in education and playwriting programmes.
Unfortunately, the only images available are of some of the guests, nothing on any of the performers. Websites such as Whats One Stage (here) mention more pictures but have deleted them at some point.
As a citation for Jimmy’s role as host – a 2nd gala in 2016 (see here) mentioned him hosting the 1st one and expanded a little more, on the theatre’s work.
Otherwise, there is not a lot of information remaining (in our vanishing internet).
Attendees included:
- Jeremy Clarkson
- Sir Tim Rice
- Dougray Scott
- Geri Halliwell
- Jack Whitehall
- Shappi Khorsandi
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