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Catherine Ryan
Katherine Louisa Ryan (born 30 June 1983) is a Canadian comedian, writer, presenter, and actress based in the United Kingdom. She has appeared on many British panel shows, including as a regular team captain on ''8 Out of 10 Cats'' and ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'', ''A League of Their Own (UK game show), A League of Their Own'', ''Mock the Week'', ''Would I Lie to You? (TV series), Would I Lie to You?'', ''QI'', ''Just a Minute, Safeword (game show), Safeword'', and ''Have I Got News for You''. In 2015, she replaced Steve Jones (Welsh presenter), Steve Jones as the presenter of ''Hair (TV series), Hair'' on BBC Two. As an actress, Ryan has appeared on numerous television series in the UK, including the sitcoms ''Campus (TV series), Campus'', ''Episodes (TV series), Episodes'', and her Netflix show ''The Duchess (TV series), The Duchess''. As a stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian, Ryan has appeared on the BBC's ''Live at the Apollo (TV series), Live at the Apollo'', both as a feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelphi Theatre
The Adelphi Theatre is a West End theatre, located on the Strand in the City of Westminster, central London. The present building is the fourth on the site. The theatre has specialised in comedy and musical theatre, and today it is a receiving house for a variety of productions, including many musicals. The theatre was Grade II listed for historical preservation on 1 December 1987. History 19th century It was founded in 1806 as the Sans Pareil ("Without Compare"), by merchant John Scott, and his daughter Jane (1770–1839). Jane was a British theatre manager, performer, and playwright. Together, they gathered a theatrical company and by 1809 the theatre was licensed for musical entertainments, pantomime, and burletta. She wrote more than fifty stage pieces in an array of genres: melodramas, pantomimes, farces, comic operettas, historical dramas, and adaptations, as well as translations. Jane Scott retired to Surrey in 1819, marrying John Davies Middleton (1790–186 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
