Steven Pacey bio

Last updated: April 4, 1999

[promo photo of Steven]

Steven Pacey is an actor, perhaps best known for playing Tarrant in the British science fiction series BLAKE'S SEVEN. But he's done much more than that....

From the Horizon site: Steven is currently touring with Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party, along with Prunella Scales, Timothy West, Nigel Terry, and Barry Jackson. Tour dates are:

8/13 March - Richmond Theatre, Richmond, Surrey - BO 0181 940 0088
15/27 March - Birmingham Rep, Birmingham - BO 0121 236 4455
30 March/03 April - Theatre Royal, Newcastle on Tyne, BO 0191 232 2061
6/10 April - The Alhambra, Bradford, BO 01274 75200
12/17 April - Theatre Royal, Bath - BO 01225 448844
West End run: It opens at the Piccadilly Theatre, London W1 with previews from 20 April, press night 26 April and then runs to either 31 July or possibly 14 August. Box Office: 0171 369 1734. The Piccadilly is located on Denman Street; tube is Piccadilly Circus.

The play: Macabre celebrations in a seaside boarding house. Stanley (Steven Pacey) lodges in the seaside boarding house owned by Meg & Petey Boles. One day his peaceful, if mundane, existence is threatened by the arrival of mysterious strangers Goldberg & McCann.

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There's going to be another Blake's 7 radio play, and Steven will be in it! It will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Saturday, April 10, 1999 - moved up from the previous May broadcast date!

A SECOND B7 RADIO PLAY - "The Syndeton Experiment": The second of the BBC's Blake's Seven Radio plays runs for 60 minutes and is again produced at BBC Pebble Mill by Brian Lighthill, and written by Barry Letts. The cast are: Paul Darrow (Avon), Michael Keating (Vila), Jacqueline Pearce (Servalan), Steven Pacey (Tarrant), Peter Tuddenham (Orac/Slave), Paula Wilcox (Soolin) and Angela Bruce (Dayna.) Guest stars are Judy Cornwell and Peter Jeffrey. This time the play is being recorded in Surroundsound.
"Avon is really fed up with being on the run! For years now, he and the crew have only been keeping just ahead of the Federation... If only he could get at the results of the brilliant Dr Rossum's Syndeton Experiment - Dr Rossum was working on 'mind manipulation' just before his spectacular disappearance... If Avon and the crew could get those results, he would at last be able to take on the Federation. Brain-power versus gun-power. And Avon would win! But Servalan wants the results of the experiment too - and she has a few new tricks up her sleeve..."
Brian says it's a particularly good script for Paul and Steven. (Tarrant gets 'taken over.') It looks like BBC Worldwide will be releasing this story on CD (rather than cassette) but not until after the broadcast, we should have details of this very soon. It also looks hopeful that there will be another BBC Internet phone in - we'll give you the date when we hear. (It will probably be with Paul Darrow and Jacqueline Pearce - but that's not confirmed.)

Copies of the BBC Blake's 7 radio play, "The Sevenfold Crown," are now available for purchase. Copies of "The Syndeton Experiment" will be available April 5. Check out the Horizon website for details. (They are selling the CDs at a discount!)

Biographical Information:

Steven Pacey was born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, on Wednesday, June 5, 1957, and grew up in Brighton. He is 6' - 2-1/2" tall, with blue eyes and curly brown hair. He started acting at the tender age of age 11, following in the footsteps of his brother, actor Peter Pacey, who is nine years older than Steven. Steven is married to the former Joan Marine, whom he met on the BLAKE'S 7 set. (She was a "continuity girl.") They have two daughters, identical twins named Jessica and Laura, born on June 1, 1988.

Steven may be contacted at this address:

Steven Pacey
c/o Ken McReddie Ltd.
91 Regent St.
London W1
U.K.

Credits:

A comprehensive listing of Steven's television, movie, and stage appearances. Many photos! Click here.Last updated December 6, 1998.

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Links:

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