Joan Collins dazzled the audience at Buxton Opera House on Sunday 24 February 2019 as part of her touring show Joan Collins, Unscripted.

We spent a wonderful evening in the company of the iconic Hollywood legend in conversation with her husband Percy Gibson, taking questions from the audience.

Joan looked stunning in a pink sequinned dress and jacket with matching skyscraper heels and from the outset the audience in Buxton gave her a huge welcome.  This lady oozes glamour and sex appeal, is still drop-dead gorgeous and it was very hard to believe that Joan was 85 years old at the time!  A screen backdrop showed the audience her private home movies which were delightful along with clips from her many professional roles.

Joan entertained the audience with her recollections of various stars she has worked with; to the delight of the audience, Joan described her role (as villain Alexis) in the cult 80s TV series Dynasty as great fun playing opposite Linda Evans – who played Krystle Carrington.

On the rival show DALLAS she mentioned her friend Larry ‘JR’ Hagman who she said was a very funny guy.  More stars she talked about working with were Paul Newman, Roger Moore, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor and Bette Davis who she described as very difficult! Joan recalled the time she had huge fun making the Cinzano adverts for tv with Leonard Rossiter whom she spoke fondly of.

Joan trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she has written that she began at the age of 16. Her talent has shone through in her many film, theatre and television appearances.

Receiving a standing ovation at the end of the evening, this was a night to remember in our beautiful theatre, the audience loved her and so did we.

The 2019 tour was also advertised for York and Newcastle after Buxton.

Buxton Opera House, Water Street, Buxton, SK17 6XN

T: 01298 72190