HALF-WAY up a street in Little Germany stands a theatre that changed the lives of several Bradford youngsters. It was where a teenage Duncan Preston decided to become an actor, rather than work for his dad’s Eccleshill haulage business. It was where 11-year-old Mary Tamm joined Saturday drama classes, later leaving Bradford for RADA. She went on to win the hearts of Doctor Who fans as Romana, assistant to Tom Baker. Other young actors on the Playhouse stage included Bernard Hepton, acclaimed actor and theatre director and star of Secret Army and Smiley’s People; Peter Firth, Emmy-winning star of TV’s Spooks and Victoria; Billie Whitelaw, whose films included The Omen and The Krays; ‘Allo ‘Allo star Gorden Kaye; director and producer Tony Richardson, whose films include A Taste of Honey and Oscar-winning Tom Jones; Edward Petherbridge, who worked with Laurence Olivier and the RSC; George Layton, star of Doctor in the House; and former Coronation Street and dinnerladi