of Alan as Jimmy Porter in Look Back in Anger made me recall that he was something of an “angry young man” himself in those days but more so in his intellectual and practical approach to drama and the theatre He was never hesitant to challenge the orthodox and usually believed there was an alternative and better way of thinking or doing things Alan was forthright and forceful in his views but I am sure this quality contributed much to his later success as a director Alan and I made our TV acting debuts together The independent broadcaster for the Bristol region produced a show called Treasure Chest possibly the earliest of the now ubiquitous antiques-based programmes Alan and I played the auction-room porters It was not very demanding stuff and we probably earned nearly as much for one day in the studio as the real person in the real job earned in a week Our paths next crossed a decade later, in the early 70s, by which time Alan was artistic director at the Everyman Liverpool and I was administrative director of Contact theatre in Manchester I had founded Contact with the aim of it being to Manchester what the Everyman was to Liverpool and the Young Vic was to London In the event it evolved in a different direction becoming a resource centre for arts in the youth community It still flourishes in its new incarnation and it could be said that its conception owed something to the fertility of Alan’s work at the Everyman Wirral's independent local news website and working in partnership with Liverpool John Moore’s University a free exhibition showcasing Alan Dossor’s time as Artistic Director runs at the Hope Street theatre from 3 to 8 June Arriving at the Everyman in 1970 at the age of 28 Alan Dossor ushered in what many have called a ‘golden age’ attracting companies of actors who went on to become household names were all given their ‘start’ at the Everyman thanks to ‘Dossor’ as he was affectionately named the exhibition explores the key elements of Dossor’s approach and includes reproductions of photographs and posters from the Everyman’s archive held at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) “Celebrating the 60th year at the Everyman could not pass by without taking a moment to reflect and celebrate Alan’s extraordinary legacy combining new work and reimagined classics and giving actors and writers a chance to experiment and learn their craft is still very much at the heart of our ethos today “We’re grateful to partner with LJMU who hold the Everyman’s archive and are pleased to not just share this exhibition now but also a long-term reminder of this remarkable man with the installation of a plaque on the wall as you go into the theatre His daughter Lucy has chosen a perfect quote from her father: ‘Theatre won’t change the world “We’ll endeavor to honour this as we continue to nurture new talent and tell stories that matter Speaking about the exhibition and the plaque “Dad didn’t want a gravestone [when he died in 2016] so he might not approve of the sign we’ve put up “I believe his drive to create theatre is summed up in the quote we chose People talk about Alan’s time as a ‘golden age’ so the sign is a little place with his name on Feel free to destroy and make something better LJMU Library’s Head of Academic Services said “This exhibition showcases some of the wonderful material in the Everyman’s archive alongside text by LJMU’s Dr Ros Merkin We hope the photographs and posters on display will prompt fond memories for some visitors and inspire others to find out more about the archive It’s been fantastic working with the Everyman and Lucy on this project and we’re looking forward to further collaboration later this year.” A Celebration of Alan Dossor is part of the Everyman’s 60th Birthday Year – Everyone Starts Somewhere – highlighting the importance of regional theatres such as the Everyman in the ecosystem not just for theatre but also the film and tv industry around the world The aim is to raise £60,000 across the next 12 months towards talent development supporting the award-winning Young Everyman Playhouse and bringing new diverse voices to the stages the exhibition runs from Monday 3 to Saturday A further exhibition celebrating 60 years of the Everyman will be held at LJMU’s Aldham Robarts Library between 19 August and 13 December 2024 Email us at news@birkenhead.news SearchEveryman exhibition celebrates seminal artistic directorCatherine JonesJun 1 An exhibition celebrating the work and influence of the late Liverpool Everyman artistic director Alan Dossor is being staged at the theatre this month focusses on the director’s groundbreaking time in charge at the Hope Street venue during the 1970s It has been brought together in collaboration with Liverpool John Moores University which holds the Everyman and Playhouse archive and is part of the Everyman's 60th anniversary celebrations and spent five years shaping its artistic programme during what has become seen as a golden era for the theatre Among the future stars who were part of the Everyman’s rep company during his tenure were Antony Sher Dossor’s first production at the theatre in 1970 was Stephan Fagan’s The Braddocks’ Time a documentary musical about the legendary Liverpool MP Bessie Braddock and set in a boxing ring He also directed groundbreaking productions like Willy Russell’s 1974 musical John Ringo…and Bert which later transferred to the West End (and made a star out of Barbara Dickson) and worked with other important voices like Alan Bleasdale but in the early 1980s his TV directing career took off before he returned to the stage in the late 1990s Above: A poster for Willy Russell's 1974 musical John Top: Artistic director Alan Dossor at the Everyman in the 1970s The exhibition explores the key elements of Dossor’s approach and includes reproductions of photographs and posters from the Everyman’s archive Everyman and Playhouse chief executive Mark Da Vanzo says: “Celebrating the 60th year at the Everyman couldn’t pass by without taking a moment to reflect and celebrate Alan’s extraordinary legacy “We’re grateful to partner with LJMU who hold the Everyman’s archive and are pleased to not just share this exhibition now but also a long-term reminder of this remarkable man with the installation of a plaque on the wall as you go into the theatre “His daughter Lucy has chosen a perfect quote from her father: ‘Theatre won’t change the world A Celebration of Alan Dossor is at the Liverpool Everyman until June 24 Unusually for “golden periods”, it seemed like one at the time, as Dossor’s company, building on the Everyman founding principles of informal classicism and locally applied satirical pungency, forged a link between Joan Littlewood’s influential Theatre Workshop and the new fringe generation – the provincial wing of it at least – more interested in community conversations than metropolitan fashion and niche market approval When Dossor was appointed artistic director, he was the right man in the right place at exactly the right time. His first production, a radical musical about the Liverpool MP Bessie Braddock set the tone and the temper for what followed: musical plays about factory workers and Bert was a West End hit for Russell in 1974 – Enoch Powell Their legacies, and Dossor’s, live on, not least in the careers of the generation of actors they all nurtured, some of whom switched between the venues, certainly in Nottingham and Liverpool Dossor himself was a product of an educational system that surfed on the wave of cultural change at the end of the 1960s Born in Kingston upon Hull in east Yorkshire, son of a clerk in a timber firm, Fred Dossor, and his wife, Ann, Alan won a scholarship to Hymers college completing his A-levels and living with relatives while his immediate family relocated to Nottingham He then spent a year working – and becoming involved in union politics – in the Players’ cigarette factory in Nottingham before taking a degree in drama English and philosophy at Bristol University (1963) followed by a postgraduate acting course at the Bristol Old Vic school a frantic farce of promiscuity in the Pennines with its mouth full of gags While the Everyman closed for a refurbishment in 1974, he took a TV director’s training course at the BBC and then handed over the reins at the theatre to Bond. He continued to work in London theatre as a freelance – he directed Bill Morrison’s scabrous and Glenda Jackson in Andrew Davies’s Rose (1980) in the West End and on Broadway – but his TV career really took off with Bleasdale’s The Muscle Market a 1981 BBC Play for Today starring Postlethwaite and Steadman He and Dinah, whom he had first met at the Nottingham Playhouse and married in 1968 remaining good friends throughout his second marriage whom he had first cast in McGrath’s Soft Or a Girl in 1973 at the Nottingham Playhouse and on a national tour Antony Sher writes: I consider myself fortunate to have begun my career at the Liverpool Everyman So it was pure luck that I landed at the Everyman a very special place because of Alan Dossor While some reps were churning out plays to meet their annual quota Alan believed that since the Everyman was situated in Liverpool He was a fiercely committed man – committed to socialism and to theatre – and could be quite fierce in life as well He certainly taught me to respect my work more I thought of acting as a rather secondary art: interpretive rather than fully creative “Bollocks,” he roared at me one night in the bistro under the theatre “You won’t become a really good actor till you put yourself on the line only bother if you – you – have got something to say.” things would never be quite the same again born 19 September 1941; died 7 August 2016 Cosmos » Sustainability Laser printing on fruit and vegetables avoids the plastic, glue and printing inks used in fruit stickers and the resulting contamination of home and commercial composting a leading Australian packaging supplier says EcoMark labelling uses a laser to etch brand and variety information onto a wide range of fruit and vegetables The label is a similar size and design to a fruit sticker Michael Dossor is the Group General Manager at Australian packaging supplier Result Group Dossor says the technology was originally developed by German company EcoMark as an ink-free option for identifying car parts used in the automotive industry.  Organic growers in Europe then adopted the approach as a point of difference from plastic labels non-contact labelling option has been growing following moves by France and New Zealand to ban plastic fruit stickers Result Group has been investing in their own research and development to equip the laser technology to deal with a wide range of produce and to enable it to add a 2-dimensional product code (a new format which is a square code Dossor says the company’s extensive testing shows the EcoMark technology can now work well on both think and thin skinned fruits and vegetables.  “We haven’t actually come across anything at the moment that has stumped us,” he says The laser removes the outermost layer of skin exposing the contrasting colour underneath “All those products are really easy to work with there are some challenges with discoloration and creating contrast and scannable codes,” he says A different laser with a different wavelength is used for thin-skinned fruits and vegetables The company says the technology can be used on most foods which have a robust skin including everything from apricots and mangos Last week Cosmos reported on the sticky problem produce labels pose for home and commercial composting.  The EcoMark system offers one alternative which dispenses with the plastic waste and glues and solvents and avoids the down-stream contamination in home and commercial composting Dossor says when France banned fruit stickers the move “forced a lot of hands” and as a result there are now about 50 machines now installed across Europe He says the laser label technology has been garnering interest in Australia and New Zealand given efforts to address single-use plastics and Result Group has been working with government agencies the laser printing approach can be used to replace solvents and inks used for printing product information and use-by dates onto packaging “I’d like to think before the end of this calendar year there’ll be machinery out in the field,” Dossor says SCINEMA runs from August 1 to August 31 every year. Register now to be part of the festival and watch the films for free. REGISTER NOW. A retired Anglican priest from Suffolk who sexually abused teenage boys has been jailed. Father John Haley Dossor, known as Haley, pleaded guilty to six counts of indecent assault relating to two boys aged as young as 13. A retired Anglican priest who sexually abused teenage boys has been jailed. Father John Haley Dossor, pleaded guilty to six counts of indecent assault relating to two boys aged as young as 13. Norwich Crown Court also heard that Dossor accepted he had abused a third boy between 15 and 20 times, although he was not charged with these attacks. The offences happened when the 71-year-old, of Kirton, near Felixstowe, Suffolk, was working at St Mary's Church in Hadleigh in the early 1990s. Jailing Dossor for one year and 10 months, Judge Mark Lucraft said: "You sexually abused these teenage boys who were committed to your care for recreation and education. "As a clergyman you were in a position where people looked up to you and respected you. " The judge made a sexual offences prevention order lasting five years and placed Dossor on the sex offenders' register. Dossor, who attended court with his wife of 46 years, was ordained in 1991 after previously working as a sales director at Stephen Walters and Sons silk weavers in Sudbury, the court was told. After his role in Hadleigh, he went on to become priest in charge of St Mary at the Elms between 2001 and 2007, when he retired. + 2 (View All) Jasmine Trueman won a tribunal against KS Restaurants Limited operators of the McDonald's restaurant on Peel Road in Douglas Pictured with her seven-month-old daughter Aria A former McDonald’s manager has been awarded nearly £45,000 by an employment tribunal Jasmine Trueman, 25, from Union Mills was awarded the sum following a unanimous decision by the tribunal that ruled she was ’unfairly dismissed and sexually discriminated against’ Miss Trueman brought forward her case against KS Restaurants Ltd, operator of the McDonald’s franchise in Douglas and its owner Keith Inskip and his deputy Andrew Dossor, the franchise business manager. The tribunal heard that Miss Trueman had joined the business in December 2015, following five years as a shift manager in the Manchester area. She was promoted to second assistant manager in October 2016. She resigned in July 2017 citing constructive dismissal, which included a period when she was pregnant. It criticises the ’laddish culture of salaried management where nights out drinking were followed by time off or lateness the following day in breach of their obligations to the claimant, not least when she was pregnant and in need of support’. The tribunal heard evidence of this from February 7, 2017, when, while pregnant, Miss Trueman had been experiencing stomach cramps since her shift began at 7am that morning. Her support manager, one of the store’s first assistant managers, referred to as ’LM’, was also due to begin his shift at 7am. However, following a hangover from a staff party the night before, he turned up at 12pm, offered no apology and told her he came in late ’because he can’. The tribunal was then concerned to hear that at 2pm that day, Miss Trueman asked to leave early so she could go to the hospital for her stomach cramp. ’LM’ refused permission. It states ’showing disregard for the welfare of his pregnant colleague, he left work himself at 2pm after just two hours, leaving the claimant alone again’. She was later left to work alone on March 31, 2017, when, despite her pregnancy and assurances from the business manager, she was unable to have a break during a 10-hour shift. The tribunal continued: ’The attitude of this management team from the outset of promotion at least, and to an extent even before, and of Mr Inskip was consistent with a pattern of sexist and discriminatory behaviour towards the claimant.’ Also criticised at this stage is Mr Dossor, who was considered by the tribunal to demonstrate poor management. ’He had the authority to ensure that his pregnant employee was looked after, but failed to deliver it’, the tribunal ruled. This was ’an abdication of his responsibility’. The tribunal heard that Miss Trueman was excluded from the first quarter of 2017 bonuses by Mr Dossor, via Facebook messenger. However, he and the other salaried managers would be receiving their bonus. It was ruled, following examination of store records of food safety errors, there was no evidence to suggest Miss Trueman should have been excluded. The records did however reveal that Mr Dossor and ’LM’ and another assistant manager ’PW’ had made errors ’including some of such severity that would have warranted that they would not be entitled to a bonus and were fortunate not to be dismissed for gross misconduct for their record-keeping and behaviour’. In April 2017, the main freezer at McDonald’s was broken and a freezer truck was hired for the storage of frozen products. It was said by Miss Trueman in her evidence that the freezer truck was, to her knowledge, rarely at the correct temperature for storing frozen food. The requirement by McDonald’s daily product safety checklist (DPSC) is for frozen food that is stored at higher than -12c to be discarded. The tribunal reports that during this time, the restaurant remained open for 17 hours. Mr Inskip did not challenge this assertion. It continues: ’Such was the severity of the problems in this period with the freezer situation that food offered to the public should have been discarded.’ Further errors in the DPSC records were highlighted by the tribunal, of which it was said, in the absence of explanation from the assistant manager ’PW’: ’It is hard to escape the conclusion that not only did he protect himself and his bonus by not recording his mistakes, but he did the same for his friends, of whom the claimant was not one. Mr Dossor at this stage said discarding food was of Mr Inskip’s responsibility and he never had a conversation with Mr Inskip in regards to the DPSC mistakes. The tribunal later states Mr Dossor accepted Miss Trueman was a very good shift runner and that he ’warned the claimant to watch her back’ when dealing with ’PW’. In concluding the report, the tribunal says Miss Trueman was ’driven to start her maternity leave prematurely on June 5, 2017, because of the continued mistreatment by Mr Inskip, Mr Dossor and the other managers. It continues her ’mistreatment was explicable but not excusable because of, the close friendship and laddish culture from which the claimant was excluded; the claimant being a woman; then becoming pregnant. ’She was entitled to regard to succession of unpleasant and discriminatory and unfair treatment as down to unacceptable management behaviour.’ Yesterday Miss Trueman told the Examiner: ’I’m sad that it has come to this. However I gave both Mr Dossor and Mr Inskip several opportunities to solve grievances both verbally and in writing. They assumed I would leave without a fuss which is why I believe they continued to ignore me. ’I told them at the beginning of my employment that the bonus system they had in place was not effective or fair and they chose to ignore it. I am still waiting for a an apology from Mr Inskip himself and from McDonald’s as a company.’ In response to the tribunal, McDonald’s UK said: ’We are aware of the employment tribunal in the Isle of Man. We do not comment on individual employees, but take the safety and wellbeing of our people extremely seriously.’ The company did not respond to questions regarding food safety. Comments Tel: 01624 695695[email protected]Follow us Further Links Owned or licensed to Tindle Newspapers Ltd | Independent Family-Owned Newspapers | Copyright & Trade Mark Notice & 2013 - 2025 You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image University of Otago students Rosie Dossor and Cameron Cunningham were interns together at Deloitte over the summer when they got talking about how much time they had on their hands at university Ideas were thrown around and they landed on the idea of establishing an investment club the Otago Student Investment Fund was officially launched at a function at Forsyth Barr The aim of OSIF was to equip students with real-world experience in financial investment analysis It provided an opportunity to develop their understanding of financial markets by collaborating with industry professionals and other students said they discovered similar clubs existed at Auckland Canterbury and Victoria universities but there was nothing at Otago Fellow student Jay Sprott said the focus was on education Members did not invest their own money in the club; the money was sponsored by companies like Forsyth Barr a sector of the month would be released — healthcare was kicking it off for August Members would decide which companies they would like the fund to invest in from within the New Zealand and Australian stock exchanges Results would be collated and the most popular companies would then be voted on Forsyth Barr was providing research resources and a final vote would be held and a decision made whether to invest or not that particular month The intention was to have a portfolio that would continue to grow into the future; any returns would be reinvested in the fund And it was hoped the skills gained from membership of the club would be transferable towards every day life "We’re pushing it as you gain real life experience and learn by doing It doesn’t really matter if we make a mistake ultimately we’re going to learn," she said Mr Sprott said interest had been expressed not just from commerce students but also other departments at the university and they were delighted with the turnout at the launch and the genuine interest shown One of the first challenges was to ensure the club catered "for everyone" There would be some students keen to know the intricate details of investing in the sharemarket and others that just wanted to know the basics --  sally.rae@odt.co.nz AFTER setting up at the west end of Healesville in a new shop on 1 November 1995 the Lions Club of Healesville has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the community Lion’s Den Op-Shop member Bert Bresser said the shop has raised about $1.5 million in its 24 year history the shop will have officially been at 183 Maroondah Highway having previously spent four years in another spot across the road Member Elaine Dossor said the Lions’ Den moved across the street on 16 October She said the shop was the brainchild of Lions member Roy Collins who took on the project and brought members along with him “It’s been wonderful because we target the schools “In turn they bring us in the stock and we give them the proceeds.” and uses the proceeds for donations or for community projects Ms Dossor said building the Healesville Senior Citizens Hall was one of the Lions Club’s projects as was the clock that sits by the intersection at the west-end of the town’s main street She said that 22 volunteers work with Lions members to run the shop Helen Waixel said she volunteered at the shop twice a week it gave me something to do and I help out as much as I can here,” she said “It’s amazing 20 years has gone – it’s just gone.” Ms Dossor said the shop will be holding a celebration on Wednesday 4 November and would be running a raffle for a large quilt Funds raised through the raffle will go to Days for Girls an organisation that provides sanitary hygiene kits to girls and women around the world The raffle will be drawn at 1pm on 4 November visit the Lions’ Den Op-Shop at 183 Maroondah Highway