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The Compass Club ~ Gallery Three  1984 - 1995

The Compass Club

Although plays had been directed by different people since the birth of the Club in 1954, Bill Grierson had been the predominant driving force.  Following his untimely death in 1984 it had seemed that he was irreplaceable.

In his last production (John Mortimer’s autobiographical Voyage Round My Father) Bill had played one of the lead roles as the aging and temperamental father, which proved to be a poignant final performance.

Club members felt it was essential that the group should survive as a tribute to all that Bill had achieved, and so it was that Allison Tudhope stepped into the role of director for the first time, when the Club presented Alan Ayckbourn’s Joking Apart.

Over the decades other directors, such as Andrew Milroy, Barry McGuire, David Crouch, Douglas Raith, Ken O’Hara Dave Johnston, Mike Mortimer, and Kenneth Thom directed too, but Allison was responsible for over 20 plays from 1985.

This gallery presents images from some of the plays performed in the years after Bill's death.

The Network is indebted to Douglas Raith and Carolyn O'Hara for provision of the material in this gallery.

The players in She Stoops to Conquer include Jon Clutterham, David Crouch, John McLeod, Eilidh Nicolson, Ken O'Hara, Douglas Raith and David Vincent.

The players in Ring Round the Moon include Barbara Crouch, David Crouch, Roseanne Driscol, Anni Eskdale, Isabel Fitch, Graham Girdwood, Lorna Kerr, Douglas Raith, David Smith and Alison Tudhope.

Updated March 3, 2012      ©2011 Ayrshire Arts Network and individual photographers.