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Bush Davies School Of Theatre Arts
Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts was a dance and performing arts school in the United Kingdom. Founded by the dance teacher Pauline Bush in Nottingham in 1914,"Bush Telegraph", Bush-Davies School, East Grinstead, July 1974 and later with branches in Romford, Essex and London; it was bombed out during the Second World War and then moved to a former boys' school East Grinstead. The Romford branch closed in 1974 and the East Grinstead branch in 1989. After Pauline Bush's death, the school was run by her daughter Noreen and her husband Victor Leopold. Later their son Paul Kimm joined them, and he remained Principal until the school closed. Productions In May 1959, Marjorie Davies produced and directed the musical "What Katy Did" by Jo Masters, which starred students of the Bush Davies School with Pat Goh as Katy. In 1974, Susan Passmore and Raymond Bishop produced the annual July performance 'Time Steps' in celebration of the school's Diamond Jubilee in the Adeline Genee Theatre. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham
Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle and Tobacco industry, tobacco industries. The city is also the county town of Nottinghamshire and the settlement was granted its city charter in 1897, as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Nottingham is a tourist destination; in 2018, the city received the second-highest number of overnight visitors in the Midlands and the highest number in the East Midlands. In 2020, Nottingham had an estimated population of 330,000. The wider conurbation, which includes many of the city's suburbs, has a population of 768,638. It is the largest urban area in the East Midlands and the second-largest in the Midland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laine Theatre Arts
Laine Theatre Arts, sometimes referred to as Laines, is an independent performing arts college, based in the town of Epsom in Surrey, England. The college was founded in 1974 by former professional dancer and dance teacher Betty Laine OBE, and developed from an earlier school, the Frecker-Laine School of Dancing. It provides specialist vocational training in dance and musical theatre. The college prepares students for a professional career in the performing arts. The college is accredited by the Council for Dance Education and Training and it offers Qualifications and Curriculum Authority recognised qualifications validated by the Trinity College London. Key areas of study include singing, acting and dancing. It was rated "Outstanding" by Ofsted in 2016. Overview Laine Theatre Arts provides specialist vocational training at further and higher education level in dance and musical theatre. The college prepares students for a professional career in the performing arts and has a his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama Schools In The United Kingdom
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's ''Poetics'' (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Greek word meaning "deed" or " act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''play'' or ''game'' (translating the Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') was the standard term for dramas until William Shakespeare's time—just as its creator was a ''play-maker'' rather than a ''dramatist'' and the building was a ''play-house'' rather ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorna Yabsley
Lorna Yabsley (born 19 July 1964 in Salcombe) is a British former actress, photographer and author, who pioneered the "reportage" style of wedding photography during the early 1990s. As a teenager she attended Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts in East Grinstead and Elmhurst School for Dance in Camberley, Surrey. She also spent much of this time acting in television dramas and serials. She starred in the '' Tales of the Unexpected'' episode " The Flypaper", which became a cult favorite. She adopted the stage name Lorna Charles in 1980, and starred alongside Brenda Blethyn and Harriet Walter in the Richard Eyre-directed '' Play for Today'' edition ''The Imitation Game''. Her career in photography started at the age of 18, when she began working as an assistant for landscape photographer Charlie Waite. Together they set up the specialist photo library Landscape Only. Bibliography * Yabsley, Lorna – Dream Wedding Photography – publisher David and Charles May 2010 / har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doreen Wells
Doreen Patricia Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry (née Wells; born 25 June 1937) is a British former ballet dancer. Career Born in London, Wells received her early dance training at the Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts, continuing her studies at the Sadler's Wells Ballet School. She is a winner of the Adeline Genée Gold Medal from the Royal Academy of Dance. She made her professional stage debut in pantomime, before ultimately joining the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet. In theatre, she has performed roles in West End musicals, including the leading role of Vera Baranova in ''On Your Toes'' at the Palace Theatre and Maggie Jones in '' 42nd Street'' at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. She has also made television appearances including the 1985 Royal Variety Performance and a BBC Christmas Extravaganza. On 1 December 2009, she made an appearance on ''The Paul O'Grady Show'', performing a dance routine with male backing dancers. She was then interviewed by O'Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polly Walker
Polly Alexandra Walker (born 19 May 1966) is an English actress. She has starred in the films '' Enchanted April'' (1991), ''Patriot Games'' (1992), ''Sliver'' (1993), ''Restoration'' (1995), '' The Gambler'' (1997), and '' Savage Messiah'' (2002). In 2006, she received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her role in the drama series ''Rome'' (2005–2007). She is also known for her roles in BBC One dramas ''Prisoners’ Wives'' (2012–2013), '' Line of Duty'' (2016, 2019) and Netflix Original period drama ''Bridgerton'' (2020). Early life Walker was born in Warrington, Lancashire. She attended Padgate Church of England Primary School in Warrington and Bush Davies School of Ballet and Performing Arts in East Grinstead until joining Ballet Rambert School at 16. She had to abandon dancing after a leg injury at the age of 18. She then decided to become an actress. She attended Drama Centre London before working at the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she played small roles f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Shelton
Simon Shelton (13 January 1966 – 17 January 2018), also known as Simon Barnes, was an English actor. Early life Shelton was born in the Bethnal Green area of London on 13 January 1966. Career Shelton was best known for his children's television work, most notably as Dark Knight on '' Incredible Games'' from 1994 to 1995 and Tinky-Winky on ''Teletubbies'' from 1997 to 2001. Personal life Shelton was married to Emma Robbins. They had three children and lived in Ampthill, Bedfordshire. Shelton's niece is actress Emily Atack. Death Shelton had a history of alcoholism. On 17 January 2018, four days after his 52nd birthday, he was found dead in a well near the Port of Liverpool Building in Liverpool. His cause of death was hypothermia Hypothermia is defined as a body core temperature below in humans. Symptoms depend on the temperature. In mild hypothermia, there is shivering and mental confusion. In moderate hypothermia, shivering stops and confusion increases. In severe h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saffron (singer)
Samantha Marie Sprackling (born 3 June 1968), commonly known as Saffron, is a Nigerian-British singer, songwriter, actress and the lead singer of the electronic / alternative rock band Republica. She also performs solo and appeared in London's ''Starlight Express'' for two years. Early life and career Samantha Sprackling was born in Lagos, Nigeria. Her mother was half-Chinese and half-Portuguese and lived in Hong Kong. When she was 18, Sprackling successfully auditioned for Arlene Philips for a part in the musical ''Starlight Express''. Sprackling began singing with N-Joi (their featured vocalist on their 1990 single, "Anthem"), the Shamen, and Jah Wobble. She appeared in the music video for the Chesney Hawkes 1991 hit, " The One and Only", and as a dancer in the music video for N-Joi's single " Mindflux". Republica Sprackling met Republica keyboard players Tim Dorney and Andy Todd by 1995, and they started writing songs after recruiting a guitarist and drummer. Republica r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Roles
Natalie Joanne Roles (born 8 September 1973 in Enfield, Middlesex) is an English actress best known for her role of DS Debbie McAllister in the ITV drama '' The Bill''. She started her TV career as a dancer in 1988 on the musical film ''It Couldn't Happen Here'', starring Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe of the Pet Shop Boys. In 1993, she made a guest appearance as school secretary Janet Clark in the '' Press Gang'' episode "Head and Heart." In 1995, she appeared in an episode of sitcom '' Men Behaving Badly'' as one of Tony's three girlfriends. Her mother is from Malta. She appeared in an episode of '' Minder'', '' Opportunity Knocks and Bruises'', as Amanda, a nurse and Ray Daley's latest girlfriend. She also appeared in ITV medical drama The Golden Hour in 2005. In 1999 she played a nurse in ''The New Professionals''. In 2022, Roles was interviewed by former '' The Bill'' co-star Suzanne Maddock for a three-part edition of ''The Bill Podcast'', discussing her time on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Partridge (performer)
John Partridge (born 24 July 1971) is an English actor, dancer, singer, panelist and television presenter, who is probably best known for the role of Christian Clarke in the long-running BBC television soap opera '' EastEnders'', having joined the cast in January 2008. He has worked extensively as a singer and dancer in musical theatre, portraying Rum Tum Tugger in the official film production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical '' Cats''. Professional career Partridge initially had trained in ballet at the Royal Ballet Lower School, appearing in the television adaptation of Stan Barstow's novel '' A Kind of Loving'' in 1982. He went on to train in musical theatre at the Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts and Doreen Bird College of Performing Arts. He left college early at the age of 16, to join the cast of the original UK tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical '' Cats''. Partridge joined the touring cast of ''Cats'' in 1988 and was dance captain from 1989 to 1990. He playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona Mollison
Fiona Mollison (born 9 January 1954) is a British television and theatre actress. Her father managed a rubber company in British Malaya, and sent Fiona to England to a boarding school. She attended Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts to learn ballet, but then switched to Central School of Speech and Drama to study acting instead."''Snake In The Grass'' is a Real Spine-Chiller". - Wiltshire County Publications. - January 24, 2003. - Retrieved: 2010-01-18. Early in her career she appeared in 22 episodes of ''Strangers'' as WDC Vanessa Bennett. In the 1987 television mini-series ''A Perfect Spy'', based upon the novel by John Le Carré, Mollison portrayed the incisive wife of a recruitment officer within British intelligence. Mollison appeared in the role of "Annie" in the 1992 BBC adaptation of Joseph Conrad's novel, ''The Secret Agent'' (with David Suchet, Cheryl Campbell and Janet Suzman). Mollison also has appeared on episodes of ''Lytton's Diary'' (as Catherine Lytton), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Kay
Lisa Kay, is an English actress who has also worked in Australia. Early life and education Kay grew up in Levisham on the North York Moors and has three sisters, Samantha, Sara and Caroline. Kay first trained as a dancer with Sandra Burnham and then at the Bush-Davies School. Career UK Kay performed professionally in many professional stage shows before retraining at the Bristol Old Vic as an actress with considerable distinction. Kay made her debut in ITV1's '' Heartbeat'' in 2004 the episode entitled ''Wrecked.'' She played the character of Emma Bryden, a lonely single mother who forms a friendship with PC Phil Bellamy. She then became a cast regular from October 2006 until the series' end in September 2010, playing Nurse Carol Cassidy. She appeared as Eleanor Ross Heaney in the 2001 romantic comedy film ''Bridget Jones's Diary''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
