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Hackney Empire New Act Of The Year
The NATYS: New Acts of The Year Showcase, previously known as The Hackney Empire New Act of the Year, is an annual industry showcase that promotes new waves of emerging Comedy and Variety acts. It ran at the Hackney Empire Theatre from 1988 until 2010. Since then it has toured round London theatres and performance spaces, playing the Barbican Theatre, Stratford Circus, Bloomsbury Theatre, Leicester Square Theatre and The Bernie Grant Arts Centre. History Roland and Claire Muldoon, of underground theatre group CAST, pioneered "new variety", auditioning many of the acts that became the new wave of comedy and performance in the UK. The process evolved into the New Act of the Year Show produced by Claire and compered by Roland from 1982. In 1986 they took over the Hackney Empire and ran the NATY from 1987, with Linda Smith winning that year's award. It is currently produced by New Variety Lives, Which is managed by Roland and Claire Muldoon, alongside Frank Sweeney and Tony Goodric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahul Kohli
Rahul Kohli (born 13 November 1985) is an English actor. He is best known for his television roles as Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti in '' iZombie'' (2015–19), Owen Sharma in ''The Haunting of Bly Manor'' (2020), and Sheriff Hassan in ''Midnight Mass'' (2021). Early life Kohli was born in London on 13 November 1985, the son of Indian Hindu immigrant parents. His mother was raised in Thailand, while his father spent his early years in Kenya. Two of his grandparents were born in the future Pakistani part of British India. Career Kohli was cast in a lead role in the television series '' iZombie'' (2015–19) as Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti. He appeared in all 71 episodes of the show. Other notable credits include the 2018 film '' Happy Anniversary'', the TV series ''Supergirl'' (2017–19), and the animated series ''Harley Quinn'' (2019–20). Kohli starred as Owen Sharma in ''The Haunting of Bly Manor'', a Netflix horror drama series by Mike Flanagan released in October 2020. He went on to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsay Sharman
Lindsay Sharman is a British writer, comedian and actress. Career Sharman began her comedy career in 2009. After reaching the finals of the 2010 Funny Women awards, she took two shows to the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe - Giants Of Comedy and A Time Traveller's Guide to Surviving Childhood as part of PBH's Free Fringe. At Edinburgh 2012, she performed in George Ryegold's God-In-A-Bag at the Underbelly Bristo Square. She performs in character as Madame Magenta and as The Poet, and took her first solo show Madame Magenta: Libros Mystica to Edinburgh in 2014. Since then, she has co-written four Edinburgh Festival Fringe productions with her husband and collaborator Laurence Owen: Cinemusical (2015), Cinemusical High (2016), The Time Machine (2017), which subsequently toured the UK, and Jekyll vs Hyde (2019). In 2020, Lindsay co-founded Long Cat Media, a podcast production company specialising in audio fiction. Her first podcast series, Mockery Manor, was nominated for Best Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fern Brady
Fern Marie Brady (born 26 May 1986) is a Scottish comedian, podcaster, and writer. Before becoming a stand-up comedian Brady worked as a journalist. She achieved fame as a stand-up comedian by entering stand-up competitions such as at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. As a result of her success as a stand-up she was invited on to comedy panel shows such as ''8 Out of 10 Cats''. In 2020 she became a podcaster when she co-created a podcast entitled ''Wheel of Misfortune''. Brady was diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum in 2021, as an adult. She has been active within the field of autism education since learning of her diagnosis. She has written how she has been dealing with the diagnosis in her 2023 memoir ''Strong Female Character''. Early life Brady was born in Bathgate, West Lothian, where she grew up. She went to school at St. Kentigern's Academy, Blackburn in West Lothian. She is of Irish descent, has family roots in County Donegal, and grew up within the Catholic Churc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Moore (comedian)
Glenn Moore (born 20 January 1989) is a British stand-up comedian and presenter. Career Moore was a finalist in the 2011 ''Chortle'' Student Comedian of the Year Award whilst studying English Literature at the University of Sheffield. After graduating, he worked as a newsreader on a number of radio stations, whilst performing stand-up. Since September 2017 he has appeared as a panellist on the BBC2 panel show ''Mock the Week''. In October 2017 he joined the Absolute Radio breakfast show as a newsreader and "sidekick". He appeared on ''Mock the Week'' again in June 2018 and May 2019, and was later nominated for the most prestigious comedy prize in the UK, the Edinburgh Comedy Award, for his show ''Glenn Glenn Glenn, How Do You Like It, How Do You Like It''. He has since made regular appearances on the programme. In January 2019, Moore appeared in ITVs ''The Stand Up Sketch Show''. and ITV’s ''Out There''. As of 19 November 2020, Moore has started streaming games on Twitch Twi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alasdair Beckett-King
Alasdair Beckett-King is an English stand-up comedian, video game writer, and actor from Durham. He won the 2017 Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year. Early life Beckett-King is half-Scottish. He attended York St John University and graduated in 2012. He holds an undergraduate degree in Politics and an MA in Journalism. Career Beckett-King was listed among the finalists of ''So You Think You're Funny'' in 2013. He was also among the finalists of NATYS: New Acts of the Year Show in 2014.Steve Bennett (27 January 2014"NATYS 2014 Final" ''Chortle'' Beckett-King won the 2017 ''Leicester Mercury'' Comedian of the Year. Beckett-King has appeared on ''The Comedian's Comedian with Stuart Goldsmith'' and '' Unforeseen Incidents''. He co-hosts the ''Loremen'' podcast with James Shakeshaft. Beckett-King created the adventure games '' Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy!'', released in 2007, and ''Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet'', released in 2016. He also wrote the script for the advent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chortle
Chortle is a British comedy website launched in 2000 by Steve Bennett. The site is a major source of comedy news in the UK. It also reviews comedy shows nationwide, including extensively at the annual Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and presents the Chortle Awards to honour the best stand-up comics working in the UK. In recent years, the site has also branched out into events promotion. History Prior to starting Chortle, Bennett, who graduated from Oxford University, had been working as a local newspaper editor for the Informer group of free newspapers in Surrey and West London. He started the site after the newspaper group expressed a lack of interest in running a website. After considering his areas of interest, he decided to start a comedy site, since IMDb and ''Empire'' already covered the market for film, and there were numerous music websites available. The site received some early support from investors during the dot com boom which led to Bennett working from offices in Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jest
''The Jester's Supper'' (Italian:''La cena delle beffe'') is a historical play by the Italian writer Sem Benelli, which was first staged in 1909. In 1919 the play was put on in New York City, under the name ''The Jest'', at Broadway's Plymouth Theatre. It portrays a violent and cruel rivalry in the Florence of Lorenzo the Magnificent. Adaptations Opera The play was the basis for an opera ''La cena delle beffe'' composed by Umberto Giordano with a libretto written by Benelli himself. It premiered at La Scala on 20 December 1924. Film In 1942 the play was adapted as a film, ''The Jester's Supper'', directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Amedeo Nazzari and Osvaldo Valenti.Gundle p.192 It was made at Cinecittà in Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption .... The film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer Jones (comedian)
Spencer Jones is an English actor, comedian and writer. He has performed regularly at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and in 2017 and 2019 was nominated for the main prize in the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. He was co-creator and co-star of the BAFTA-nominated CBBC comedy ''Big Babies'', and has a regular role in the sitcom ''Upstart Crow''. Career Jones co-created with Jon Riche and co-starred in ''Big Babies'' for CBBC in 2010. The series was nominated for the BAFTA award for best children's comedy that year. In 2011 he appeared in the play ''Wedding Band'' at the Edinburgh Fringe. Subsequently, he has performed in solo shows. He first performed his own show at the Fringe in Bob Slayer's Bookshop in 2014, performing as his character, The Herbert. In 2015 he came joint second (with Jenny Collier) in the New Act of the Year final. He won the Comedian's Choice award (also known as The Barry Award) for both "best show" and "best performer" the same year for his Edinburgh show, ''The H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Stranney
Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions * Michael (bishop elect), English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect * Michael (Khoroshy) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada * Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael" * Michael (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born February 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born March 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer Rulers =Byzantine emperors= *Michael I Rangabe (d. 844), married the daughter of Emperor Nikephoros I *Mich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Pugh
Josh Pugh (born 20 August 1989) is an English stand-up comedian and actor. Early life Pugh was born in Nuneaton in 1989 and grew up in Atherstone, Warwickshire. Career Pugh began performing in 2014. He won new act competitions in both Birmingham Comedy Festival and Nottingham comedy festival in 2015, the Midland new act of the year in both 2014 and 2015, and the English Comedian of the Year in 2016. He has appeared on ''Mock the Week'', ''Hypothetical'', ''Rosie Jones's Disability Comedy Extravaganza'', ''Question Team'' and ''Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable''. As an actor, he appeared on ''Sneakerhead''. Pugh has written for several shows, including ''8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown'', ''Never Mind The Buzzcocks'', '' Newsjack'', and ''The Now Show''. He hosts a podcast, ''Josh And Phil's Knowledge Club'', with Phil Pagett. Personal life Pugh is partially sighted and has played for England's Partially Sighted football team since 2012. He lives in Coventry with his wife; the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
