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Bracken Moor
{{For, the football ground, Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C. ''Bracken Moor'' is a 2013 play by the British playwright Alexi Kaye Campbell. It is premiering at the Tricycle Theatre in London (in a co-production with Shared Experience Shared Experience is a British theatre company. Its current joint directed by Polly Teale) from 6 June 2013 to 20 July 2013, with its press night on 14 June. Plot Act 1 Harold, a coal magnate in 1930s Yorkshire, discusses the closure of one of his pits with his foreman John Bailey, including the loss of 140 jobs that will result. Bailey tries to outline a plan to save the jobs but Harold rejects this out of hand. He then has an a ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexi Kaye Campbell
Alexi Kaye Campbell (born 1966) is a Greek-British playwright and actor. In 2009, his play '' The Pride'' was given the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre. Personal life Alexi Kaye Campbell was born Alexi Komondouros in Athens, Greece, to a Greek father and British mother. The name Campbell comes from his mother's family. He was brought up in Athens and went to Greek primary school, then Campion School and St Lawrence College, the British International schools in Athens. After graduating from Boston University with a degree in English and American Literature, Kaye Campbell went on to study acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Kaye Campbell has lived with his partner, the director Dominic Cooke since 1997. Acting Before turning to writing Kaye Campbell worked for many years as an actor. His work included seasons at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and with Oxford Stage Company, Chichester Festival The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tricycle Theatre
The Kiln Theatre (formerly the Tricycle Theatre) is a theatre located in Kilburn, in the London Borough of Brent, England. Since 1980, the theatre has presented a wide range of plays reflecting the cultural diversity of the area, as well as new writing, political work and verbatim reconstructions of public inquiries. The theatre has produced original work by playwrights such as Lynn Nottage, Patrick Barlow, Richard Bean, David Edgar, Stephen Jeffreys, Abi Morgan, Simon Stephens, Roy Williams, Lolita Chakrabarti, Moira Buffini, Alexi Kaye Campbell, Florian Zeller and Ayad Akhtar. The current artistic director is Indhu Rubasingham, who succeeded Nicolas Kent in 2012. The theatre's name was changed from the Tricycle to Kiln Theatre in April 2018. History Wakefield Tricycle Company The theatre opened on the Kilburn High Road in 1980 as the permanent home of the Wakefield Tricycle Company, a touring theatre company that was known for producing British premieres, new wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shared Experience
Shared Experience is a British theatre company. Its current joint s are and Polly Teale. is an Associate Director. Productions *'''' (2003) *'' |
Polly Teale
Polly Teale (born December 1962) is a British theatre director and playwright best known for her work with the Shared Experience theatre company, of which she was an artistic director. Career In 2002, Teale directed a production of Helen Edmundson's award-winning play ''The Clearing'' at the Tricycle Theatre. In 2012, she directed Edmundson's ''Mary Shelley'', which was produced by Shared Experience on tour, including at the Tricycle Theatre and the Liverpool Playhouse. Plays * ''Jane Eyre'' (1998) * ''After Mrs Rochester'' (2003) * ''Brontë'' (2011)Teale, Polly. Brontë. London: Nick Hern Books Nick Hern Books is a London-based independent specialist publisher of plays, theatre books and screenplays. The company was founded by the former Methuen drama editor Nicholas Hern in 1988. History Nick Hern Books was founded in June 1988,Sar ..., 2005. References External links Audio slideshow interview with Polly Tealetalking about ''The Glass Menagerie'' oThe Interview Onlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Flynn (actor)
Daniel Flynn (born 1961) is an English actor. Biography Flynn was born in Evesham, Worcestershire, the son of actor Eric Flynn and his wife Fern Warner; the family moved to Bromley, Kent, when he was a baby. He has a brother and sister; his brother is actor Jerome Flynn. He also has a half-brother and sister from his father's second marriage; Johnny Flynn is a musician and actor. Flynn has been acting on television since 1983. From 2006 until 2009, he played the role of Superintendent John Heaton in the long-running ITV1 police drama ''The Bill''. He had previously had brief parts in ''The Bill'' playing a criminal in the episode "The Assassins" on 20 December 1988 and a Mr. Hemming in "Bringing Up Baby" in January 1993. Flynn's other television credits include ''Goodbye Mr Chips'', '' The Detectives'', ''The Peter Principle'', ''Soldier Soldier'', ''Peak Practice'', '' Murder in Mind'', ''William and Mary'', ''Afterlife'', '' Star Trap'', and ''Island at War''. He also s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Gavin
Natalie Gavin (born 1988) is an English actress from Bradford, known for her roles in the BBC dramas ''Prisoners' Wives'' and ''The Syndicate,'' and the ITV drama '' Jericho''. Early life Gavin was born in Bradford. She grew up in the Bradford neighbourhoods of Little Horton and Buttershaw, before moving to the Bradford neighbourhood and town of Denholme as a teenager. Gavin has a mum named Susan, a dad named John and brother named Shaun. John knew Andrea Dunbar as he worked and associated with her father. Gavin and her family lived on the same street that Andrea and her family did, which is named ''Brafferton Arbor'', in Buttershaw. Gavin would later go on to play Andrea in the 2010 film ''The Arbor'', which was filmed on the same street. Education Gavin was educated at Buttershaw High School. She has a degree in drama from the University of Huddersfield in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. She had to put her degree on hold for a few years, after being cast in '' Shameless ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Schlesinger
Helen Schlesinger (born 1967) is a British stage and television actress. She was born in London, and raised near Windsor, Berkshire, UK. In film and on television, she has appeared in ''24 Hour Party People'' (2002), Rose and Maloney (2004),''Sex Traffic'' and ''Dirty War'' (2004), '' Sensitive Skin'' (2005), ''Trial & Retribution'' (2006), '' Merlin'' (2012), '' The Hour'' (2013), and ''Lewis'' (2015). Stage Helen Schlesinger earned a First Degree in English at Wadham College Oxford University. After working on the fringe in London (Finborough, the Old Red Lion), Helen joined Compass Theatre Company and toured for two years, mainly Shakespeare, throughout the country and abroad. She played Juliet, Miranda, Hermione, Hamlet in Hamlet, and Mosca in Ben Jonson's Volpone. Schlesinger began working in repertory theatre. Her roles included Gilda in Design For Living in Harrogate, Miss Julie in Plymouth, the title role in ''The Second Mrs Tanqueray'' at Salisbury Playhouse, and Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Shepherd
Simon Stephen Shepherd (born 20 August 1956) is an English actor best known to TV audiences from many appearances, including as Dr Will Preston in eight series of ITV's ''Peak Practice'' and Doctor Jonathan Barling in ''Casualty''. Shepherd was born in Bristol. He went to school at Clifton College in Bristol and was a contemporary of the director Roger Michell in Brown's House. He subsequently attended Manchester Metropolitan University and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and was a member of the National Youth Theatre. As well as his television appearances, such as playing Patrick Simmons in the 1984 Miss Marple adaptation 'A Murder is Announced', he has had many notable stage and film roles since 1980, including as Lord Ashbrook in the 2011 Bristol Old Vic production of Helen Edmundson's ''Coram Boy''. In popular culture Simon Shepherd was regularly mentioned in the BBC comedy '' Gimme Gimme Gimme'' as Tom's crush and appeared as himself in an episode of each series. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Woodward
Sarah Woodward (born 3 April 1963) is a British actress. She won the Olivier Award for best performance in a supporting role in 1998 for her role in ''Tom & Clem'' by Stephen Churchett., directed by Richard Wilson, and was nominated for a Tony Award in 2000 for her role in the Donmar Warehouse production of Tom Stoppard's ''The Real Thing''. opposite Jennifer Ehle and Stephen Dillane, directed by David Levaux. She is the daughter of actor Edward Woodward and his first wife, actress Venetia Barrett, sister of actor Tim Woodward, actor, voice artist, and screenwriter Peter Woodward, and half-sister to actress Emily Woodward, whose mother is actress Michele Dotrice. She is married to actor Patrick Toomey. They have two daughters and live in London. Career Woodward trained as an actress at RADA, where she won the Bancroft Gold Medal, before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she appeared in Shakespeare's Richard III with Antony Sher, and Henry V with Kenneth Branagh. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Plays
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