That's Not Me
Amber Films 1978
In the late 1970s Live Theatre actor Tim Healey, later finding fame with Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and a number of other screen and stage roles, decided to try his luck as a stand up comedian playing the tough rounds of the North East’s workingmen’s clubs. This film follows his progress through rehearsal periods at home, up to his first performances including an appearance at the ‘comic’s graveyard’, The Neon Club, Jarrow, where he is inevitably paid off.
The film is structured around two interviews, one in his home, where he talks about his influences, his relationships with audiences, whilst demonstrating his rehearsal techniques. The second interview takes place in the then newly-opened Side Cinema where, viewing his own performances, including the ill-fated appearance at The Neon Club, he comes to the realisation, ‘That’s not me!’
AMBER FILMS
Made with financial assistance from Northern Arts.
Location
Neon Club, Jarrow
Shotton Comrades Club
Residence of Tim Healy
Side Cinema, Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne
Credits
Photography & Editing: Peter Roberts
Sound: Roger Schindler & Graham Denman
Graphics: Jon King
Director: Murray Martin
Financial Assistance: Northern Arts
Cast
As themselves:
Tim Healy
Murray Martin
Audiences & officials at the Neon Club, Jarrow and Shotton Comrades Club
Keywords
Jarrow, Live Theatre, newcastle, North East, Tyne, Tim Healy, Stand-up Comedy, Workingmen's Club, Northern Clubs, Shotton, Actor
Associated Work
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