Thank you for heading up dear Derek’s death at a time when strangely communication gets difficult. I ran a theatre agency for children .Very small but he auditioned those I submitted on an equal basis with the big ones. He was so clever, would get someone to take the details of the auditionees while he […]
The only time Derek didn’t wear black was on the tennis court. He was fiercely competitive and infuriated me by doing little drop shots just over the net -impossible to get! More to follow. Derek and I some years after we met at the Palace Theatre Watford.
Derek was the only Casting Director to attend my agency launch party more than 11-years ago at Sarasto’s restaurant in Covent Garden, he always did enjoy good food and wine :-). I saw Derek again some weeks later at PJ’s Bar & Grill and he really showed an interest in my agency, applauded my “tenacity” […]