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''Consent'' is a 2017 play by Nina Raine. Its premiere production was at the National Theatre from 4 April to 17 May 2017. This run received positive reviews. In his 5 star review for ''The Independent'', Paul Taylor stated "One of Nina Raine's most enjoyable and intelligent plays yet. Unreservedly recommended." In his 4 star review for ''The Telegraph'', Dominic Cavendish described the play as a "tense, entertaining modern-day tragi-comedy... Is it worth seeing this ambitious would-be play for today? My much mulled verdict: yes, absolutely." The 2017 production was revived for a West End transfer in May 2018 with the same director ( Roger Michell) but a largely new cast and ran at the Harold Pinter Theatre The Harold Pinter Theatre, known as the Comedy Theatre until 2011, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Raine
Nina Raine is an English theatre director and playwright, the only daughter of Craig Raine and Ann Pasternak Slater, and a grand niece of the Russian novelist Boris Pasternak. She graduated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1998 with a First in English Literature. Life and career She won the Channel Four/Jerwood Space Young Regional Theatre Director bursary in 2000 to train as a director at the Royal Court Theatre where she assisted on a number of plays including '' My Zinc Bed'', ''Mouth to Mouth'', '' Presence'' and ''Fucking Games''. She has directed plays in several other theatres since then, including ''Unprotected'' at the Liverpool Everyman and the Edinburgh Festival in 2006, for which she won the TMA Best Director Award, and ''Shades'' by Alia Bano as part of the Royal Court Theatre's Young Writers' Festival in 2009, as well as ''Jumpy'' by April De Angelis at the Royal Court and in the West End. ''Rabbit'', Raine's first work as a dramatist, premiered at the Old Red Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Chaplin
Ben Chaplin (born Benedict John Greenwood; 31 July 1969)''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.''; at ancestry.com is a British actor. He is best known for his roles in films, including '' The Truth About Cats & Dogs'', '' Washington Square'', '' The Thin Red Line'', '' Birthday Girl'', ''Murder by Numbers'', ''Stage Beauty'', ''The New World'', '' The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep'', ''Dorian Gray'', ''Cinderella'', '' Snowden'', '' The Legend of Tarzan'', and '' The Dig''. His TV roles include '' Game On'', '' Mad Dogs'' and ''The Nevers''. Early life Chaplin was born on 31 July 1969 in Windsor, in the county of Berkshire, England, the son of Cynthia (née Chaplin), a teacher, and Peter Greenwood CBE, a civil engineer. He has one sister, Rachel, and one brother, Justin. Chaplin became interested in acting as a teenager, after acting in a theatrical production in his school years at the Princess Margaret Royal Free School. At the age of seventeen, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudie Blakley
Claudie Blakley (born 4 January 1974) is an English actress. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. In 1998, she won the Ian Charleson Award for her performance in ''The Seagull'' at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. She is best known for her role as Emma Timmins in the BBC drama series ''Lark Rise to Candleford''. Other notable roles include Mabel Nesbitt in Robert Altman's Oscar-winning ''Gosford Park'' and Charlotte Lucas in Joe Wright's 2005 version of ''Pride and Prejudice''. Retrieved 7 May 2013 In the autumn of 2007, she was seen in the BBC serial '' Cranford'' as Martha. In 2010, Blakl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Maxwell Martin
Anna Maxwell Martin (born Anna Charlotte Martin; 27 May 1977),Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1984–2006 listed birth name as ''Anna Charlotte Martin''; Registration year 1977; Registration District Beverley, Yorkshire sometimes credited as Anna Maxwell-Martin, is a British actress. She won two British Academy Television Awards, for her portrayals of Esther Summerson in the BBC adaptation of ''Bleak House'' (2005) and N in the Channel 4 adaptation of '' Poppy Shakespeare'' (2008). She is also known for her roles as DCS Patricia Carmichael in BBC One crime drama '' Line of Duty'' (2019–present) and Kelly Major in ''Code 404'' (2020–present). Since 2016, Maxwell Martin has starred in the BBC comedy ''Motherland'', for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Female Comedy Performance. Her theatre work includes the role of Lyra Belacqua in the production of ''His Dark Materials'' (2003–2004) at the National Theatre. Early life and educatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam James (actor)
Adam James (born 9 September 1972) is an English actor. Early life James was born in London on 9 September 1972. James's godfather was Jon Pertwee. He trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he was a contemporary of Dominic West and Daniel Evans and graduated in 1996. In September 2015, he married actress and psychotherapist Victoria Shalet. Their first child was born in September 2016, and he has a daughter from a previous relationship, Daisy. Career His credits include '' Band of Brothers'', ''The Mother of Tears'', '' Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire'', ''Bonekickers'', '' Henry VIII: The Mind of a Tyrant'' and a long running storyline in ''Casualty'', as well as an episode of ITV2 drama ''Secret Diary of a Call Girl''. He appeared in '' Extras'', as the new agent of Ricky Gervais's character. He has also appeared in '' Ashes to Ashes'' as Edward Markham in the first episode. In 2009, James appeared in the ''Doctor Who'' episode "Planet of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clare Foster
Clare Foster (born 24 July 1980) is a British actress, known for portraying the role of PC Millie Brown in the ITV series ''The Bill''. Foster appeared in the 2011 London revival production of '' Crazy for You'', which played at the Novello Theatre, in the 2016-2017 revival production of Tom Stoppard's ''Travesties'' first at the Menier Chocolate Factory and later at the Apollo Theatre and in the 2018 West End revival of ''Consent Consent occurs when one person voluntarily agrees to the proposal or desires of another. It is a term of common speech, with specific definitions as used in such fields as the law, medicine, research, and sexual relationships. Consent as und ...''. In 2022 Foster starred in BBC Radio 4's musical adaptation of '' Rossum's Universal Robots.'' Theatre Stage career Filmography References External links * Clare Fosterat Broadway World ''Crazy for You'' Official Site Living people British actresses 1981 births {{UK-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisy Haggard
Celia Daisy Morna Haggard (born 1978) is a British actress and writer. She is known for her roles in the BBC sitcoms ''Uncle'' and ''Episodes''. Haggard stars in BBC Three’s comedy-drama, '' Back to Life'', which she also created and co-wrote with Laura Solon. Since 2020, she has appeared alongside Martin Freeman as Ally in the FX series ''Breeders'', a role for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance. Career In 1996, Haggard made her acting debut in an episode of ITV crime drama, ''The Ruth Rendell Mysteries''. The episode was directed by her father, and during the auditions, the producer stated that he wanted to audition Daisy, despite opposition from her father who did not want his daughter to take up the life of an actor. Haggard later graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She appeared in the BBC Three sketch show ''Man Stroke Woman'', and in the Channel 4 sitcom ''Green Wing'' as Emmy. She al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Craney
Heather Craney (born 1971) is an English actress, known for portraying Joyce Drake in ''Vera Drake'', Alison Weaver in '' Life of Riley'' and Emily Holroyd in ''Torchwood''. Background Craney was born in Stapleford, Cambridgeshire. Her family lived in Darlington for two years during the 1980s, where Craney attended Hummersknott School. She attended Stapleford Community Primary School, Sawston Village College and Long Road Sixth Form College in Cambridgeshire, and went on to study English and drama at Liverpool Hope University, graduating in 1992.Profile – Heather Craney ''Mandy Actors''; retrieved 12 August 2009. She trained in Acting and Musical Theatre at the |
Stephen Campbell Moore
Stephen Campbell Moore (born Stephen Moore Thorpe, 30 November 1979) is a British actor. He is best known for his roles in Alan Bennett's play ''The History Boys'' and the film based on it. Since 2019, he has starred in the sci-fi television series'' War of the Worlds''. Career Stephen Campbell Moore was born in London as Stephen Moore Thorpe. He was educated at Berkhamsted School in Hertfordshire (appearing locally in the Pendley Open Air Shakespeare Festival) and trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, alongside Orlando Bloom, where he was awarded the gold medal in his final year. He made his screen debut in Stephen Fry's ''Bright Young Things''. He is primarily a screen actor. On stage he has performed with the RSC and the Royal National Theatre. Campbell Moore created the role of Irwin in the original West End stage production of Alan Bennett's play ''The History Boys'', and also played the character in the Broadway, Sydney, Wellington and Hong Kong production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Ingleby
Lee David Ingleby (born 28 January 1976) is an English film, television and stage actor. He is best known for his roles as Detective Sergeant/Detective Inspector John Bacchus in the BBC drama ''Inspector George Gently'', as Stan Shunpike in ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' and the role of Paul Hughes, the father of an autistic child, Joe, in a BBC drama, ''The A Word''. Early life Ingleby was born in Burnley, Lancashire, son of Gordon Ingleby and Susan M Hoggarth, and lived in nearby Brierfield during the early part of his life, attending Edge End High School, as did fellow actor John Simm. Both were taught by the same drama teacher Brian Wellock who encouraged them into the professional theatre. He then studied at Accrington and Rossendale College before progressing to the drama school LAMDA in London. Career Ingleby's first major role was as the young lead in the 2000 BBC miniseries ''Nature Boy'' alongside Paul McGann. He played Smike in a 2001 television f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London, commonly known as the National Theatre (NT), is one of the United Kingdom's three most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House. Internationally, it is known as the National Theatre of Great Britain. Founded by Laurence Olivier in 1963, many well-known actors have performed at the National Theatre. Until 1976, the company was based at The Old Vic theatre in Waterloo. The current building is located next to the Thames in the South Bank area of central London. In addition to performances at the National Theatre building, the National Theatre tours productions at theatres across the United Kingdom. The theatre has transferred numerous productions to Broadway and toured some as far as China, Australia and New Zealand. However, touring productions to European cities was suspended in February 2021 over concerns about uncertainty over work permits, additional costs and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pip Carter
Pip Carter is an English actor. Career He attended Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School in Rochester, Kent. Before starting his professional career, Carter trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) where he appeared in productions of '' The Cosmonaut's Last Message...'', '' Platonov'', ''In the Jungle of Cities'', ''The Good Soldier'' and ''Assassins''. Theatre Carter's work in theatre includes: ''Present Laughter'' and ''The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other'' at the National Theatre, London. He also appeared in Howard Brenton's new play, '' Never So Good'' at the National Theatre, London., David Hare's new play ''Gethsemane'', also at the National Theatre, for which he was nominated as Best Supporting Actor in a Play in the Whatsonstage Theatregoers Choice Awards and in ''The White Guard'' at the National Theatre, London and ''Joseph K'' at the Gate Theatre, London. He appeared in Nina Raine's '' Tiger Country'' at the Hampstead Theatre in early 2011 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
