Alison Steadman in the late Mike Stott's "My Mad Grandad" on BBC Radio 4. In Manchester in 1972, shooting his television film "Hard Labour", director Mike Leigh drove over to Liverpool to see Ted Whitehead's play "The Foursome", (Steadman was in the Liverpool Everyman cast). He asked Steadman to be in his film. "During the preparation of the film, Mike and Alison, as they both say, 'got together.'" They married in 1973 and had two sons, Toby (b. February 1978) and Leo (b. August 1981). The couple separated in 1995 and divorced in 2001. Steadman's present partner is Michael Elwyn;the couple live
Oli Steadman Oli Steadman Oliver "Oli" Steadman is a British-South African multi-instrumentalist. Steadman was a founding member of Stornoway. Studying sound engineering while on the road with Stornoway, Steadman developed a reputation as a studio producer and live sound director, while managing & mentoring local musicians including Willie J Healey and Balloon Ascents/NEVERLND. Steadman founded Count Drachma in 2013, with whom he still sometimes performs. Count Drachma were invited to play at festivals from WOMAD to WOOD to Festival N°6, co-headlined London's Southbank Centre with the Mahotella Queens, and filmed a documentary with The Guardian's Education channel. Steadman founded music-tech startup Tigmus