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Grumpy Old Women Live
''Grumpy Old Women Live'' is a stage show based on the BBC television series ''Grumpy Old Women''. History Inception The idea of a live show of ''Grumpy Old Women'', which had already been successful on the television, came about in Spring 2005 to producer Judith Holder and Grumpy contributor Jenny Eclair, and co-written by the two. Then cast the show, and rehearsals began for a mini-tour in the Autumn of 2005. The original production was directed by Chris George, and mini-tour of seven dates set off in November 2005 and was a success. National and international tours In the Spring of 2006 the original cast, Jenny Eclair, Dillie Keane and Linda Robson set off on a 40 date sell out national tour. Following this, they went straight into a four-week West End run at the Lyric Theatre, London, Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Ave. For the Autumn tour two brand new members were recruited, Rhona Cameron and Annette Badland. Together with Jenny Éclair they ventured o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Holder
Northern Upstart Ltd is a UK independent media production company based in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. It was founded in 2009 by Judith Holder and Mark Murray. Holder started her career at London Weekend Television producing Clive James and Dame Edna, but has worked for over 30 years in production at both the BBC and ITV Network, ITV. Murray has spent many years in production at BBC and ITV making shows such as ''After They Were Famous'', ''The 100 Greatest...'' and Grumpy Old Women. Northern Upstart produced programmes include ''Let the Stories Begin'' (Sky Atlantic HD / Sky1), ''Mark Knopfler:A Life in Songs'' (BBC4) and ''Are You Having a Laugh? TV and Disability'' (BBC2). Northern Upstart won a Royal Television Society Award along with Markthreemedia at The North East & The Border Centre's Awards 2010 in the Best Drama or Entertainment category for ''Are You Having a Laugh? TV and Disability''. References {{reflist External linksOfficial website Mass media com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David McPhail
David Alexander McPhail (11 April 1945 – 14 May 2021) was a New Zealand comedic actor and writer whose television career spanned four decades. McPhail first won fame on sketch comedy show ''A Week of It'', partly thanks to his impressions of New Zealand prime minister Robert Muldoon. He went on to appear in multiple series of sketch show ''McPhail and Gadsby'', and hit comedy ''Letter to Blanchy''. All three shows featured his longtime friend Jon Gadsby. Early life and family McPhail was born in Christchurch on 11 April 1945, the son of Alexander Edward McPhail and his second wife, Ivy Freda Halford. His father was described as a "devout atheist" of Scottish descent who was a businessman and chairman of New Zealand Rugby. His half-siblings included Neil McPhail and Clement McPhail, both of whom represented Canterbury at rugby. Neil McPhail was also coach of the New Zealand national rugby union team, the All Blacks, from 1961 to 1965. David McPhail was educated at Cathedra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Robbins
Kate Elizabeth Robbins (born 21 August 1958) is an English actress, singer and songwriter. She came to prominence in the early 1980s when she scored a top ten single on the UK Official Charts with "More Than in Love", while she was appearing in the television soap opera ''Crossroads''. She went on to become a prolific voice actress, most notably for nine years with the satirical show ''Spitting Image''. Early life Robbins is the older sister of fellow actress Amy Robbins, sculptor Jane Robbins, and '' The Sheilas'' singer Emma Robbins. Her older brother is radio broadcaster and actor Ted Robbins. Through her sister Emma she was the sister-in-law of Simon Shelton and through her sister Amy she is the sister-in-law of actor Robert Daws. Her father was Mike Robbins, who grew up in Hightown, Wrexham, the son of Ted, who served as the secretary of the Football Association of Wales for more than 35 years. She attended Wirral Grammar School for Girls in Bebington, Cheshire. Robbins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lizzie Roper
Lizzie Roper (born 1967) is a British actress. Career Trained at the Guildford School of Acting after gaining a degree in drama from Aberystwyth University. Lizzie fell into Comedy whilst performing with Lenny Beige at The Regency Rooms as Sadie Beige -The Kosher chicken Giblet Queen of Whitechapel, Naomi Beige and Rita Poonarni-a brash Spanish singer with a penchant for Shirley Bassey numbers. In the late 1990s Roper also Performed stand Up and regularly hosted her own club, 'Loonatics at the Asylum' on Rathbone Place W1 as well as regular appearances on the Edinburgh Fringe. Her first major TV role was in The Worst Week of My Life playing Trish in 2004. In the same year, Roper appeared alongside Christian Slater in the West End production of '' One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest''. In 2005 Roper was performing at the Edinburgh Festival With Alan Davies and Bill Bailey in The Odd Couple. In 2006, Roper devised and appeared in her second solo show, ''Peccadillo Circus'' at the Edi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grumpy Old Women Live Final Performance
Grumpy means unhappy, dissatisfied or irritable. It may refer to: *Grumpy, one of the Seven Dwarfs in some adaptations of the fairy tale ''Snow White'' * ''Grumpy'' (1923 film), a silent drama * ''Grumpy'' (1930 film), a remake of the 1923 film *Grumpy, a nickname of the drag racer Bill Jenkins * Grumpy Cat, (2012-2019), American Internet celebrity cat *Grumpy, a dinosaur character from the 1974 television series '' Land of the Lost'' *Grumpy Bear, a character from the cartoon the '' Care Bears'' *Mr. Grumpy The following is a list of ''Mr. Men'', from the children's book series by Roger Hargreaves, also adapted into the children's television programme '' The Mr. Men Show''. Books one (''Mr. Tickle'') to forty-three (''Mr. Cheerful'') were wr ..., title character of a novel in the Mr. Men children's book series See also * Grump (other) * {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novello Theatre
The Novello Theatre is a West End theatre on Aldwych, in the City of Westminster. It was known as the Strand Theatre between 1913 and 2005. History The theatre was built as one of a pair with the Aldwych Theatre on either side of The Waldorf Hilton, London, both being designed by W. G. R. Sprague. The theatre was opened by The Shubert Organization as the Waldorf Theatre on 22 May 1905, and was renamed the Strand Theatre, in 1909. It was again renamed as the Whitney Theatre in 1911, before again becoming the Strand Theatre in 1913. In 2005, the theatre was renamed by its owners (Delfont Mackintosh Theatres) the Novello Theatre in honour of Ivor Novello, who lived in a flat above the theatre from 1913 to 1951. The black comedy ''Arsenic and Old Lace (play), Arsenic and Old Lace'' had a run of 1337 performances here in the 1940s, and ''Sailor Beware! (play), Sailor Beware!'' ran for 1231 performances from 1955. Stephen Sondheim's musical ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendi Peters
Wendi Louise Peters (born 29 February 1968) is an English actress. Peters began her acting career in theatre, with appearances in various productions including ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' (1991), ''Guys and Dolls'' (1991), ''Into the Woods'' (1992), '' Bedroom Farce'' (1996) and ''Noises Off'' (1997). Then from 2003 to 2007, she portrayed Cilla Battersby-Brown in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. After leaving ''Coronation Street'' to pursue other opportunities, she competed in and reached the final of ''Celebrity MasterChef'', before returning to the stage to appear in various touring productions and West End theatre roles. She reprised her role of Cilla in 2014 for a brief stint and then appeared in the CBBC series ''Hetty Feather'' from 2015 to 2017. From February 2023, Peters will begin appearing as Nina Bulsara in the BBC daytime soap opera ''Doctors''. Life and career 1987–2010: Career beginnings and ''Coronation Street'' As a child, Peters attended dance school a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susie Blake
Susie Blake (born 19 April 1950) is an English television, radio and stage actress. She is best known for her portrayal of the snobbish TV announcer in '' Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV'' and Bev Unwin in ''Coronation Street'', which she played between 2003 and 2006, before a brief return in 2015. She has also played Hillary Nicholson in ''Mrs. Brown's Boys'' since 2011. Personal life Blake was born in Highgate, London to David and Molly Blake. Her mother was an illustrator and children's television presenter. She is the granddaughter of actress Annette Mills, and a great-niece of actor Sir John Mills. Actresses Hayley and Juliet Mills are Blake's first cousins once-removed. Blake trained at the Arts Educational School and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Acting Blake regularly appeared in Victoria Wood's television programmes and has extensive radio credits. She appeared in the first episode of the sitcom ''One Foot in the Grave'' in which her character was res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond Theatre
The present Richmond Theatre, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, is a British Victorian era, Victorian theatre located on Little Green, adjacent to Richmond Green. It opened on 18 September 1899 with a performance of ''As You Like It''. One of the finest surviving examples of the work of theatre architect Frank Matcham, the building, in red brick with buff terracotta, is listed building, listed Grade II* by Historic England. John Earl, writing in 1982, described it as "[o]f outstanding importance as the most completely preserved Matcham theatre in Greater London and one of his most satisfying interiors." History The theatre, originally known as the ''Theatre Royal and Opera House'', is structured into the familiar stalls, dress and upper circles, with four boxes at dress level. The auditorium is a mixture of gilt detailing and red plush fabrics, covering seats and front of circles. Its interior and exterior has been used as a movie set in many films (e.g. ''Evita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinky Agnew
Pinky Agnew, MNZM (born 1955 in Port Chalmers) is an actor, author, social commentator, and wedding celebrant based in Wellington in New Zealand . She has been a full-time performer and entertainer since 1990. In 2004 she appeared in the New Year's Honours list, becoming a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for her services to entertainment. Agnew has been a wedding celebrant since 1996 and has been part of several hundred weddings. As well as weddings, she officiates at civil unions, naming ceremonies, and funerals. Agnew appears frequently on radio in New Zealand and has featured in television shows impersonating Jenny Shipley, who served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1997 to 1999. Plays * Hens' Teeth Women's Comedy Company (1994–2002) * The Power Breakfast (1994–1998) * An Evening with Elvis-Anne * Pinky Pops In * The Truth about Love (2003) - a musical comedy * The Candidates (2005) - a political comedy * Party Girls (2011) - an election year comed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraldine Brophy
Geraldine Brophy (born 1961) is a New Zealand television, film and stage actress, theatre director and playwright. Biography Brophy was born in Birmingham, England to Irish parents. She and her family emigrated to New Zealand in 1972, when she was 12 years old. She attended Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt, Sacred Heart College in Lower Hutt. She left school when she was 16 years old, and received her first professional acting role in 1983, at the Centrepoint Theatre in Palmerston North. The following year she joined the Fortune Theatre, Dunedin, Fortune Theatre company in Dunedin, and for ten years she was a core member of the Court Theatre (New Zealand), Court Theatre company in Christchurch. She has also appeared for Downstage Theatre and Circa Theatre in Wellington and Auckland Theatre Company. In 2002, Brophy played the title role in the New Zealand Actors' Company production of Shakespeare's ''King Lear'', Leah. Brophy's first film appearance was in Fiona Samuel's film '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
