Alan Durband pounds by means of innovative seven-year tax-free covenants for the conversion of the building. It was a popular theatre specialising in local Liverpool settings & political subjects which gave opportunities to new playwrights – most famous of whom is probably Willy Russell (to whom Durband lent his Welsh cottage to write 'Educating Rita') and to actors such as: Bill Nighy, Pete Postlethwaite, Jonathan Pryce & Julie Walters who joined the Theatre company around 1975. To mark this era, Willy Russell unveiled a plaque in memory of Alan Durband at the theatre in 1998 in the company of actor Pete Postlethwaite
Educating the East End Educating the East End Educating the East End is the third series of the British documentary television programme "Educating" broadcast on Channel 4. The eight-episode first series was first broadcast from 4 September 2014. Its format is based on the BAFTA Award-winning 2011 series "Educating Essex" and the National Television Award-winning 2013 series, "Educating Yorkshire". It follows the everyday lives of the staff and students of Frederick Bremer School in East London which is a comprehensive secondary school. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> "Educating the East End" was commissioned by Channel 4 after the success of "Educating Yorkshire" in 2013 and "Educating Essex" in