Viva Arts & Community Group   

Viva Arts & Community Group
arts and community group
7 Churchgate Street, Soham, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5DS
Tel: 01353 722228   E-Mail:    Website: www.viva-group.org.uk


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 Viva Management

 President

 

 President

Liza Goddard

 

Michael Fenton Stevens

Liza Goddard

 

Michael Fenton Stevens

Liza's international career began in 1967 when she starred in Skippy the Bush Kangaroo. She made her first major impact on the British small screen in 1969 with the award winning Take Three Girls and went on to star in the BBC’s successful Bergerac. She was also a central character in the Emmy Award winning and long running Children’s television series Woof. Liza’s other television credits include The Brothers, Pig in the Middle (three series) and Roll over Beethovern with Nigel Planer (two series). Recently she has presented Liza’s Country for Anglia Television and Collector’s Lot for Channel 4.

Her recent theatre appearances have included Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest. She then went on to play Mrs Erlynne in the UK tour of Lady Windermere’s Fan and has recently completed an Oscar Wilde hat trick by appearing as Mrs Cleveley in Peter Hall’s production of An Ideal Husband.

 

Michael is one of Britain’s most popular actors, a former member of the Hee Bee Gee Bees and the voice behind the Spitting Image number 1 hit in 1986, The Chicken Song, he also starred in KYTV, and its Radio 4 predecessor, Radio Active. He also featured in many TV series including Ian Hislop's sitcom My Dad's the Prime Minister, Coronation Street and Eastenders.

Nowadays, he is best known for his varied guest acting in many British comedies, television commercials and soaps including My Hero, Life Begins, Doctors, Casualty, Mike Bassett, Nighty Night, Footballers Wives, Absolute Power and Judge John Deed. For the last two years Mike has also stared in The Cambridge Arts Theatre Pantomime.


 Vice President

 

 Vice President

Sheila Steafel

 

Vivienne Smart

Sheila Steafel

 

Vivienne Smart

 Viva are pleased to announce that professional actress  and comedienne Sheila Steafel has agreed to be our Vice President. Sheila has been on our screens for many years and is best known for her one woman shows, numerous Radio shows and appearances on classic shows with some of our biggest stars such as ‘Are You Being Served’, ‘The Frankie Howard Show’, ‘The Ghost of Motley Hall’, ‘Blankety Blank’, ‘Grange Hill’ and ‘The Kenny Everitt Show’ Sheila has also starred in many West End productions & Films.

 

Vivienne was founding Chairman of the Viva board and has been heavily involved in all of Viva's activities since the group was founded in 1997. Vivienne is an experienced actress and director herself, as well as being a very successful businesswoman founding The Davis Group Plc. Vivienne is also a published author and qualified teacher.

 Chairman

Anne Tuite

 Vice Chairman

Peter Campbell-McBride

 Clerk

Ann Roberts

 Trustees

Robert Barnes
Mark Duckworth
Dan Schumann

David Tickner
Sarah Dowd
Simon Thompson
Daniel White
Michael Hawes
Jo Fitzpatrick

 Patrons

Air Marshal Sir John and Lady Baird
Sir David Lumsden
Mr James Crowden CVO, KstJ, JP
Mr Todd Miller
Mr James Paice MP
Mr Richard Spendlove MBE

 Advisors

Shirley Blake
Jane Wilson
Linda Homan
 


 


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