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Join Ray Johnson at the Brampton Museum, Newcastle-under-Lyme for a special archive film show to mark the Arthur Berry centenary, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. There will also be a display of one of Arthur's original paintings and a special sale of Arthur Berry prints, books, cds and dvds.

About the show
This is a compilation of screen interviews with Arthur himself, family, fellow artists and actors who personally knew and worked with him at the Victoria Theatre - illustrated with many examples of his work.

Artists Tony Wild, Jim Rushton and Enos Lovatt knew and worked with Arthur. Enos knew him as a boy, then became a student of his. Jim was a student at Burslem School of Art during the War and knew Arthur then – and later taught alongside him at the Burslem Art School from the 1950s. Tony was a great friend and also worked alongside him. Jiri Borski was another student of his. His wife Cynthia talks about Arthur's life and work.

Actors Steven Granville, David Bowen, Sally Hedges and James Masters give personal insight into how Arthur worked with them in rehearsal at the Victoria Theatre to create his exotic and lasting characters – they show and discuss character paintings by Arthur which he created for their roles, and there are insights from the Vic Director Peter Cheeseman. There are filmed sequences of Arthur talking about the Potteries and his own artistic techniques and subjects. He reads some of his poems and talks about his plays at the Vic.

New perspectives on the multiple facets of Arthur Berry - artist, poet, playwright and author - in his own words and those of people who knew and worked with him. A fitting tribute in his Centenary Year