![]() Oh yeah, by the way, do you want a part?” Paddy O’Hagan, current owner of 14 Chamberlain Street, Wells, who, as well as being a former actor, is also an energetic member of the community, having founded Wells Food Festival and who is now the chair of Wells Art Contemporary At the end I got up and said “Well, good luck with it” and said, “Cheers. Then we chatted about B movies and discovered we had a shared interest in ‘Creature Features’ – It Came from Planet X, films like that. ![]() ![]() “He sat down at the piano,” he remembers, I got my saxophone out and the whole place was playing rockabilly. After growing up in a schoolhouse in Suffolk in the late 1940s (his father became a headmaster after the war and they lived on school grounds), Paddy joined an experimental theatre company called Pip Simmons which led him to both a performance with the black political group, the Black Panthers and later, an audition with actor, writer and musician Richard O’Brien, who wrote Rocky Horror. “I started acting after college,” explains Paddy over the phone in Wells, Somerset, as Coronavirus prevents a face-to-face meeting. ![]() The other photo is that of Tim Curry, who played Dr Frank-N-Furter. Paddy played the dual role of Eddie and Dr Everett Scott, the wheelchair-bound scientist (parts later played in the film of the show by rock singer Meatloaf). A humorous tribute to sci-fi and B-movies, it premiered upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre in London, 1973. They were both taken on the stage of the original Rocky Horror Show musical. “If you could buy them, you would.” He has a wry sense of humour, slightly off-beat, which is no surprise when you discover the reason for the pull-up pictures is that he’s in one of them. “The legs are great, aren’t they?” laughs Paddy O’Hagan, who, along with his wife Judith, owns the six bedroomed house in central Wells that this hall belongs to. The hallway at 14 Chamberlain Street, Wells – complete with photos from the original Rocky Horror Show – which the owner starred in. And along from that is a further sizeable black and white photo, with another man wearing stockings and a fedora, kicking one leg forward in defiance and sitting in a wheelchair. Yet look closer and you’ll spot something incongruous.Īmong the ornate, gilt-framed paintings of European seascapes and stately-home portraits, hangs a large black and white photo of a man in sheer stockings and suspenders and leather jacket holding a mic, arm thrust jubilantly-high in the air. This is a statement entrance, designed to impress all those who enter with its stately sense of calm and subtle authority. Besides, I'm sure most of us could endlessly engage in a variety of costume/props/song discussion anyway.ĭiscussions are what we came here for, encourage it! Try not to downvote just because you disagree on best version/costume/cast etc.- Lifestyle A fascinating house in Wells that takes centre stage in more ways than one Posted: 08th Mar 2021 Find out why this grand house in Wells takes centre stage in the city – and meet owner, Paddy O’Hagan – chair of Wells Art Contemporary and original Rocky Horror Picture Show cast memberĪ grand staircase sweeps down from the first floor, into a large, light reception hallway, illuminated by an oculus – a large glass box on the roof -and dressed with antique occasional tables, ceramic chinoiserie lampstands topped with pagoda lampshades, an aged Persian rug and a large, glass fronted bookcase. As our community grows, new people join who might have missed out the first time around. All are welcome here, so please be kind.ĭon't be afraid to resubmit discussion threads or images. Actors, shadowcasts, clubs, fans and freaks are all welcome! Discuss upcoming shows, RHPS-related news, costume ideas, themes or just ask questions. A subreddit to talk about The Rocky Horror Picture Show and The Rocky Horror Show (stage version).
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