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2 unusual facts about Green room


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In 1735, actor Charles Macklin got into a quarrel with Thomas Hallam (another actor) over a wig and killed the other actor in the green room by accidentally thrusting his cane through Hallam's eye at Drury Lane.

One story is that London's Blackfriars Theatre (1599) included a room behind the scenes; this room happened to be painted green; here the actors waited to go on stage; and it was called "the green room."


George Bellows

The White House acquired his 1919 painting Three Children in 2007, and it is now displayed in the Green Room.


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Amanda Brotchie

Theatre credits include The Inner Sanctum (director), and Headlock (writer-director), which was nominated for a Green Room Award for Outstanding Achievement in Writing.

Bojana Novakovic

She was a producer and performer for the 2004 Ride On Theatre sell out season of LOVEPLAY at the Downstairs Belvoir Street Theatre, and the 2006 Green Room nominated production of Debris (in which she was also nominated for best actress).

Elizabeth Gunning, 1st Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon

The two sisters did not have any dresses for the gathering until Tom Sheridan, the manager of one of the local theatres, supplied them with two costumes from the green room, those of Lady Macbeth and Juliet.

Green Room Awards

The awards were started in 1982 when Blair Edgar and Steven Tandy formed the Green Room Awards Association.

Heineken Green Room in Singapore

Heineken, an active participant in Singapore's music scene since 2000, started the Heineken Green Room programme in 2002 to bring together people with a passion for unique music and nightlife experiences.

:Themed ‘Deep Down and Deadly’, Heineken Green Room transformed the former Singapore Police Coast Guard Headquarters at Kallang Basin into an underground experience with The Gaslamp Killer and Tayo.

John Henry Whallen

Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Arthur Krock recalled Whallen's dominance of Louisville politics in his memoirs, describing Whallen's Green Room as "the political sewer

Jon Knox

He was concurrently the drummer of the band Adam Again which disbanded after lead singer Gene Eugene died in his sleep at his recording studio, the "fabulous" Green Room on March 20, 2000.

Kettle of fish

Kettle of Fish, a bar near The Gaslight Cafe, famous for serving as a semi-official green room for that venue

Maya Romanoff

Installations include such high-profile projects as Nobu in Hong Kong, Melbourne and Los Angeles (opened September 2007), the Green Room at the Kodak Theater for the 2007 Academy Awards, Tiffany & Co, the new Playboy Club in Los Angeles, Boucheron stores, Phantom of the Opera Theater in Los Angeles, special projects for Walt Disney, the palace of the Crown Prince of Dubai, Harrod’s, American Girl Stores, etc.

Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

It has been announced by RTP that the commentator for the semi-finals and final will be singer and TV host Hélder Reis, while the announcer of the Portuguese votes during the final was supposed to be Sérgio Mateus (actor), who also acted as green room commentator during Festival da Canção.

Surf Ballroom

Backstage, in an area known as "The Green Room," acts that have played in the ballroom, such as Little River Band, Loverboy, The Righteous Brothers, The Temptations, The Beach Boys, Waylon Jennings and Bobby Rydell have signed their names on the whitewashed walls, as well as have had photos of themselves placed on a wall alongside those of early rock-and-roll pioneers.

The Tabernacle, Machynlleth

Ty Llyfnant houses music teaching rooms and an art studio while the Green Room doubles as a Language Laboratory where Lifelong learning classes are held.

Uncle Stonehill's Hat

Special Thanks to The Creator who has called us to be creative, Larry & Nancy Van Arendonk Family, Anna Cardenas at the Green Room, Mike Sares at Scum of the Earth, Suzie Johnson at Compassion International, Linda Kowatch at Muse & Associates, Jason Townsend, Eric Townsend, Chris Meidel, Ben Howard, the many children of all ages who have listened, laughed and encouraged us in the making of these songs and story.

UnPop Montreal

Venues: Green Room, Main Hall, Pharmacie Esperanza, L'Hémisphère Gauche and Les Foufounes Électriques.