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STAR SIGNS
who will, and who will not!

This page was suggested by reader Georgia, a keen autograph collector. Her suggestion was that the monkey record which of our West End performers will, and will not sign autographs by post or at the stage door.

The bigger the star, the less likely (for their own safety and crowd security) they will be able to appear to sign autographs. Sometimes the actor emerges, or the stage door keeper will take your programme in to be signed and returned or mailed back. 

You can though, just be told no. Please accept this and go. Remember, the area around the stage door is busy, and asking you to wait some distance from it and outside is not being difficult, just practical, as the whole team have to leave through this exit. Accept it and try to keep out of the way as you wait.

Have a working pen (felt / fibre tip is best for writing on glossy paper), paper and be polite. Actors are entitled to courtesy - if they are having a busy or bad day in their life you are the last thing they need. On stage you get a performance you are paying for. Off stage is their personal time, your intrusion is into this and is on their terms, not yours.

Do also remember: Stage door areas are often in dark alleyways. If you have to wait after the evening show, the streets around will often empty of people...consider your personal safety at all times, please!!

If other readers would like to tell the monkey whether they had a reply or not, do feel free to Contact Us at the usual address - PLEASE HEAD YOUR MESSAGE "Star Signs". 

THOSE WHO HAPPILY DID:
AT THE STAGE DOOR

A
Gillian Anderson (signature, chat and photo)
Hank Azaria (signed, photos, chat)
MiG Ayesa (signed, photos, chat)
Delroy Atkinson (signed, photos, chat)
Roger Allam
Jo Ampil
Julie Atherton
Bennett Andres
Stephane Anelli (signed)
Sabrina Alouche (signed, photos, chat)
Rowan Atkinson (signed, photos)
 

B
Michael Ball - also posed for photo
Keith Burns (Blood Brothers) - also posed for photo
Samantha Bond 
Mark Bazeley
David Bardsley 
Steve Balsamo
Matthew Bourne (signature and photo and a bit of a chat)
Simon Russell Beale
Kenneth Branagh (signed, photos)
Peter Bishop
Wendy Mae Brown (signed, photos, chat)
Emily Buck (signed, chat)
Helen Baxendale (signed, photos, chat)
Frances Barber (one reader recorded a not nice encounter and refusal; another, in October 2004 reports the opposite - happy to sign / photo / chat with the best of them. Everyone's entitled to an off day, was the reported feeling- the monkey echoes that!).
George Baker
John Barrowman (signed, chat)
Jim Broadbent
Brenda Blethyn
Rachel Barrell (signed, photo)
Paul Broughton
Sophie Bould (signed, photos, chat)
Danny Bayne
Simon Bowman (Signed, Chat, Photo)
Daniel Boys (Signed, Chat, Photo)
Susie Blake (Signed, Photo)
Gina Beck (signed)
Edward Baruwa (signed)
Simon Bailey (signed, photo)
Jon Boydon (autograph, photo, chat)
Rob Brydon (signed, chat, photo)
Amy Booth Steel (signed, chat, photo)
 

C
Caprice - also posed for photo
Anna Chancellor
Richard Calkin
Krysten Cummings (signed, photo)
Clive Carter (signed, photos, chat)
Louise Clayton (signed, chat) 
Chris Copeland (signed, photos, chat)
Richard Coyle (signed, photos, chat)
Lynda Carter
Mackenzie Crook  (signed, photos, chat)
Joe Caffrey 
Niamh Cusack (signed, photos, chat)
Sinead Cusack
Liz Crowther
Gavin Creel (signed, chat)
Tim Curry (signed, chat)
Dean Chisnall (signed, photo, chat)
Simon Callow (signed, chat)

D
Ken Dodd
Dame Judi Dench - allows photo
Barbara Dickson (signature and photo and a bit of a chat)
Darren Day
Patrick Duffy
Joe Dixon
Carol Decker
Minnie Driver (signed, photos)
Louise Davidson (signed, chat)
Andrew Derbyshire (signed, photos, chat)
Anita Dobson
Charles Dance
Barbara Dickson
Sally Dexter
Alexis Denisof  (signed, chat)
Siobhan Dillon (signed, photos, chat lots)
Tim Driesen (signed, photos, chat)


E
Jenny Eclair
Peter Egan (signed, chat)
Lee Evans (signed, chat)
Jack Ellis (signed, chat)
Serena Evans
Kerry Ellis (signed, photo)
Craige Els (signed, photo, chat)
Mark Evans (signed, photos, chat)
Kathryn Evans (signed)


 

F
Pam Ferris
Paul Freeman
James Fleet
Michael French
Ralph Fiennes (signed)
Maria Friedman (signed, photos, chat)
Dawn French (signed, chat) 
Jerome Flynn
Sheila Ferguson
Clare Foster
Connie Fisher (signed, photos, chat)
Christopher Fry (signed, photos)
Taofique Folarin (signed, photos)


G
Adam Garcia
Stephen Gately (signed, photos and chat) 
Melanie Gutteridge. 
Pippa Gebette (signed, chat)
Carys Gray (signed, photos, chat)
Michael Gambon
Mark Goldthorp (signed, photos, chat)
Mark Goldthorp (signed)
Ashleigh Gray (signed, photos, chat)
Jeff Goldblum (signed, photo)
Mel Giedroyc  (signed, photos, chat - very nice!)
Gareth Gates (signed, photos)
Simon Gorton (signed, photos)
Tom Gillies (signed, photos)
Ben Goddard (signed)
Alex Gaumond (signed, photo, quite a bit of chat)
 

H
Mark Hutchinson (Blood Brothers) - also posed for photo.
Jerry Hall - (signed, chat)
Ruthie Henshall (signature and photo and a bit of a chat)
Judd Hirsch
Ruthie Henshall (signed, photos, chat, and motherly advice!)
David Haig (signed, chat)
Amanda Holden
Nigel Havers (signed, chat)
Yildiz Hussien (signed, photos, chat)
Tim Healy 
Jill Halfpenny (signed, photo, little chat)
John Hurt
Alyson Hannigan (signed, photos, chat)
Patricia Hodge (signed, photos, chat)
Conleth Hill (signed, chat)
Martin Harvey (signed, photo)
Nicholas Hoult (signed, photos, chat)
Sheila Hancock (signed, photo)
 

I
Dougal Irvine (signed, photos, chat)
Jeremy Irons

J
Alex Jennings
Sue Johnston 
Jenna Lee James (signed, photos, chat)
Jodie Jacobs (signed, photos, chat)
Jaye Jacobs (signed, photos, chat)
Derek Jacobi
Suranne Jones (signed, chat)
Geraldine James
Sue Jenkins
Lesley Joseph
Isaac James
Ben James-Ellis (signed, photo, chat)
Joshua Jackson (signed)
Rachel Jerram (signed, photos, chat)
Ciara Janson (signed, photos)
Chris Jarman (signed, chat, photo)

 

K
Barnaby Kay
Dillie Keane
Sam Kane (signed, chat, photo)
Bill Kenwright
Paul Keating
Debbie Kurup (signed, photo)
Tom Kanavan 
Claire King
Ramin Karimloo (signed, photo, chat)
Alexia Khadime (photo)
Caroline Keiff (signed, photo, chat)
Laura Michelle Kelly (signed, photo, chat) One reader met her several times, finding her 'lovely' at all.
Ian Kelsey (signed, photos, chat)

L
Lee Latchford Evans - also posed for photo
Bonnie Langford
Roger Lloyd-Pack (signed, chat)
Belinda Lang
Melanie La Barrie 
Jon Lee (signed, photo)
Nathan Lane (signed, chat) One reader recorded, though, that he refused in November 2004 at Drury Lane Theatre Royal.
Ryan Longbottom 
James Lomas
Ashley Lloyd
Rob Lowe (signed, chat)
Joanna Lumley
Tom Linecar
Simon Lipkin
Chris Lennon (signed, photo, chat)
Rebecca Lock (signed, photo)
Jeremy Legat (signed, photos, chat)
Maria Lawson (signed, photos)

M
Roger Moore
George Maguire
Julia McKenzie
Joe Morton 
Martine McCutcheon
Arthur Miller
Natasha McElhone (signed, apologised very kindly for being unable to allow photos)
Andy Mace
Liam Mower
Ruth Madoc (signed, photo, chat)
Jane Mcdonald
Ian McKellen (signed, photo, chat)
Matthew Modine (signed, photo)
Aoife Mulholland (signed, photo, chat)
Susan McFadden
Lee Martin
Kris Marshall (signed, photo)
Sarah Miles (signed)
Candy Ma (signed, photos)
Mazz Murray (signed, photos)
Patina Miller (signed, photo, chat)
Danny Mac (signed, chat)


N
Trevor Nunn 
Paul Nicholas

O
Richard O'Brien
Donny Osmond (signed, photos, chat)
John Owen Jones (signed, photo)
Maria Omakinwa (signed, photos, chat)
Hilary O’Neil (signed, chat, photo)


P
Marti Pellow - also posed for photo
Clarke Peters (signature and photo)
Jonathan Pryce
Jerome Pradon (signature, chat and photo)
Michael Praed (signed a poster and chat)
Patsy Palmer
Matthew Perry (signed, photos)
Ian McKellen (signed, photos, chat)
Bill Patterson
Stephen Palfreman (signed, chat)
Luke Perry (signed, photo)
Stephanie Putson
Davina Perera (signed, photos, chat)
Margeret Preece - (signed, photos, chat)
Dianne Pilkington (signed, photos)
Nigel Planer (signed, photos, chat - rarely seen at the stage door, though, according to a reader)
Joanna Page (signed, chat)
Tom Parsons (signed, photos, chat)
Alan Pearson (signed, chat)

Q
Philip Quast (multiple signatures, multiple pictures at his 
insistence, and a bit of a chat)

R
Alan Rickman - also posed for photo
Jo Riding (twice, with photo the first time)
Ben Richards (signature and photo)
Kelly Reilly (signed, photos, chat)
Anton Rogers
Louise Russell (signed, chat) 
Mykal Rand (signed, photo)
Sophia Ragavelas (signed, photos, chat)
Shane Ritchie
Jon Robyns
Alex Rathgber (signed, photo, chat)
Leanne Rowe (signed)


S
Dame Maggie Smith - also posed for photo
Josette Simon 
Adrian Schiller
Dawn Spence (signature and photo)
Caroline Sheen (signature and photo)
Tracy Shaw
Antony Sher
Imogen Stubbs
Suggs (signed, photos, chat)
Patrick Stuart 
Rolf Saxon
Marvin Spencer (signed, photos, chat)
Paul Spicer 
Jenny Seagrove (signed, photo)
Simon Shepherd (signed, photo)
Christian Slater (signed, photos, chat)
Maximillian Schnell (signed, photo)
Kevin Spacey (signed, photo)
Patrick Stewart (signed)
Paul Spicer (signed, chat)

T
Sandi Toksvig
Sally Ann Triplett
Richard Taylor Woods (signature and photo)
Richard Thomas
Stephen Tompkinson (signed, photos and chat) 
Emma Jay Thomas (signed, chat)
Oliver Thornton
Gwen Taylor (signed, photo, chat)
Angela Thorne (signed, but hurried)
Kathleen Turner (signed)
Oliver Tompsett (signed, photo)
Liam Tamne (signed, photos, chat)
Rachel Tucker (signed, chat, photo)
Jacqueline Tate (signed, photo)

U
George Ure (signed, photos, chat)

V
Amanda Valentine
Denise Van Outen 
Tony Vincent

W
Gary Wilmot
Dennis Waterman
Zoë Wanamaker (signature only allowed)
Emma Williams
Dave Willetts (signed, photos and chat)
Lucy Williamson (signed, photo, chat)
Matthew White (signed, photos, chat)
Liza Walker
Harriet Walters (signed, photo)
Julia Watson (signed, photo, chat)
Cast of 'Wicked' (signed, photo) according to several readers, a very nice bunch!
Robert Webb (signed, chat)


Z
Leigh Zimmerman (signed a poster and chat)
Yanle Zhong (signed, photo)

 

BY MAIL
A
Alan Alda - signed programme
Gillian Anderson,
Roger Allam
Julie Atherton (did take four months, but very nice reply when it arrived!) another reader got a quicker reply, though.

B
Keith Burns (Blood Brothers) - signed pic.
Sean Bean - signed leaflet, one reader got sent a photo back with personal signature.
Michael Ball - will personalise autographed photo too, if requested.
Samantha Bond

C
Richard Coyle (sent photo back with personal signature!)
Glenn Close (also a personal letter stressing how sorry she
was that she had to drop out of the performance that the reader saw).
Catherine McCormack (signed a programme left at the Stage Door).

D
Joanna David (letter and photo)
Dame Judi Dench (photo and letter)

E
Kerry Ellis (signed, takes about a week according to one reader)

F
Colin Firth (photo)
 

G
Ian Glen
Lesley Garrett (programme posted to theatre signed and returned by post in just 23 days!)

H
Mark Hutchinson (Blood Brothers) - signed pic.
Ruthie Henshall - signed pic
Hugo Harold-Harrison (did take four months, but very nice reply when it arrived!)
Phillip Seymore Hoffman (from the Donmar via 'Phil's Fans' in
California)
Patricia Hodge
Jeffrey Holland (photo and letter)
Jill Halfpenny - Signed photo (around 4 months, quite a long time because she is a very busy woman! :) )

M
Martine McCutcheon - signed pic
Alison Moyet - signed pic
Ewan McGregor

P
Complete cast of 'Privates on Parade' at the Donmar
Su Pollard (letter and photo)
Jerome Pradon (for anyone who applied via his website by a certain date - he even paid postage worldwide!)
Dianne Pilkington (letter and signed photo) took around a month

R
Alan Rickman - signed pic
Anne Reid (photo and letter)

S
Antony Sher - signed card
Alison Steadman (photo, letter, birthday cards)
'Sunset Boulevard' Cast (signed)

T
Oliver Tompsett (signed photo) around 2 to 3 weeks

V
Tony Vincent (including handwritten birthday card to one reader!)

W
Julia Watson (signed photos and a birthday card)
Benjamin Whitrow ( letter (on the back of his Pride & Prejudice script!) and
photo)
Julie Walters (photo)
Victoria Wood (photo, letter - and in person she will sign programmes!)
Dave Willetts (signed)


 

THOSE WHO MOSTLY WILL
AT THE STAGE DOOR
Sean Bean (was not able to do so occasionally at the Albery due to security problems - large numbers waiting - according to several readers).
David Essex
Sharon Gless
Julian Glover
Ewan McGregor (was stopped signing due to security problems - large number of crowd waiting)

BY MAIL
David Essex
Kevin Spacey

 

THOSE WHO, SO FAR, DID NOT!
AT THE STAGE DOOR
Alan Alda (According to Michael J. Fox in his autobiography, Alda much prefers to have a good chat instead!)
Ned Beatty
Brendan Fraser (security, apparently)
Gemma Jones 
Anthony Costa (only two people at the stage door, no reason given, a reader reports)

 

BY MAIL
Anita Louise Combe - No reply after about 2 months.
Brendan Fraser - No reply after a year+
Joanna Riding - No reply after a year+
Ray Winstone (for 'Night Heron') - still waiting
 

According to one reader, the backlash against "Ebay Autograph Hunters" has begun, with one actor, David Warner reportedly saying he no longer signs because of eBay. The monkey would be interested to hear of other performers who have felt forced to take a stand on this issue...

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