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Julie Dray
Julie Dray is a French actress. She is best known to international audiences for her roles in the Channel 4 sitcom '' Crashing'' (2016), the HBO and Sky One science fiction series ''Avenue 5'' (2020), and the films ''Breaking the Bank'' (2014) and '' A Bird Flew In'' (2021). Early life At the age of thirteen, Dray won a magazine competition to interview a pop star. Through this experience, she was offered a job as a columnist, and used the money she made from the gig to pay for after school drama classes. Dray trained in acting at the Cours Simon and Cours Florent The Cours Florent is a private French drama school in Paris established in 1967 by François Florent. The school is located on three nearby sites in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France: rue Archereau, rue Mathis, and Avenue Jean-Jaurès; f .... In addition to French, she is fluent in English and Spanish as well as knowing some Hebrew and Norwegian. Filmography Film Television Video games Stage Awards a ...
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Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service in the United Kingdom. At the time, the only other channels were the television licence, licence-funded BBC One and BBC Two, and a single commercial broadcasting network ITV (TV network), ITV. The network's headquarters are based in London and Leeds, with creative hubs in Glasgow and Bristol. It is publicly owned and advertising-funded; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the station is now owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation, a public corporation of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which was established in 1990 and came into operation in 1993. Until 2010, Channel 4 did not broadcast in Wales, but many of its programmes were re-broadcast ...
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Back (TV Series)
''Back'' is a British sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. It was filmed and is set in and around Stroud, Gloucestershire. The Channel 4 series was created by Simon Blackwell, and its first series was broadcast from 6 September – 11 October 2017. A second series of six episodes was announced in November 2017; filming was scheduled to begin in October 2019. On 19 September 2020, Webb announced that the second series' shooting had concluded. Series two began airing on 21 January 2021. The series premiered on Sundance Now in December 2017 before premiering on Sundance TV in the US in September 2018. The second season premiered on 31 March 2021 on sister network IFC in the US a week later after it premiered in full on Sundance Now on March 24. Plot After the death of his father, Laurie, 42-year-old Stephen is set to take over the family business, the John Barleycorn pub, in Stroud, Gloucestershire. His plans are interrupted when Andrew, a former foster child briefly ra ...
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Method Fest Independent Film Festival
The Method Fest Independent Film Festival is an independent film festival A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upon .... The Method Fest is the ''Actor's Film Festival'', a festival of discovery, seeking breakout-acting performances of emerging stars and established actors in story-driven independent films. The 13th The Method Fest Independent Festival was held in Beverly Hills, California, in March 2019. The festival is also dedicated to support the work of those who produce, make and work in independent film and to provide educational opportunities in independent filmmaking. The upcoming 14th The Method Fest Independent Film Festival will be held in Beverly Hills at the Fine Arts Theatre from March 20-26, 2020. 1999 2000 2001 2002 2019 References External li ...
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Young Vic
The Young Vic Theatre is a performing arts venue located on The Cut, near the South Bank, in the London Borough of Lambeth. The Young Vic was established by Frank Dunlop in 1970. Kwame Kwei-Armah has been Artistic Director since February 2018, succeeding David Lan. History In the period after World War II, a Young Vic Company was formed in 1946 by director George Devine as an offshoot of the Old Vic Theatre School for the purpose of performing classic plays for audiences aged nine to fifteen. This was discontinued in 1948 when Devine and the entire faculty resigned from the Old Vic, but in 1969 Frank Dunlop became founder-director of The Young Vic theatre with ''Scapino'', his free adaptation of Molière's ''The Cheats of Scapin'', presented at the new venue as a National Theatre production, opening on 11 September 1970 and starring Jim Dale in the title role with designs by Carl Toms (decor) and Maria Björnson (costumes). Initially part of the National Theatre, the You ...
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Fairview (play)
''Fairview'' is a 2018 comedy play written by Jackie Sibblies Drury. The play was co-commissioned by Berkeley Rep and Soho Repertory Theatre.McNulty, Charles"Review: Playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury daringly deconstructs the theater of black identity in 'Fairview' at Berkeley Rep"''Los Angeles Times'', October 15, 2018 The play follows a middle class African-American family as they prepare for a birthday dinner for their grandmother only to be watched by four White people. Plot Act One The play begins with a Black woman, Beverly, setting up a birthday party for her mother in an upper-middle class house. Her family slowly joins her onstage, including her husband Dayton, her sister Jasmine, and her daughter Keisha. Beverly receives a phone call from her brother, Tyrone, telling her that he cannot come to the birthday party. Beverly becomes so upset with things going awry and family conflict that occurs that she faints. Act Two Act two has the Black actors mimic the same action ...
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Royal Court Theatre
The Royal Court Theatre, at different times known as the Court Theatre, the New Chelsea Theatre, and the Belgravia Theatre, is a non-commercial West End theatre in Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England. In 1956 it was acquired by and remains the home of the English Stage Company, which is known for its contributions to contemporary theatre and won the Europe Prize Theatrical Realities in 1999. History The first theatre The first theatre on Lower George Street, off Sloane Square, was the converted Nonconformist Ranelagh Chapel, opened as a theatre in 1870 under the name The New Chelsea Theatre. Marie Litton became its manager in 1871, hiring Walter Emden to remodel the interior, and it was renamed the Court Theatre. Several of W. S. Gilbert's early plays were staged here, including ''Randall's Thumb'', ''Creatures of Impulse'' (with music by Alberto Randegger), ''Great Expectations'' (adapted from the Dickens novel), and ''On Gu ...
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Elephant Theatre Company
The Elephant Theatre Company was a non-profit theatre company based in Hollywood. The company "built a reputation for championing new American plays" and ceased operation in September 2015. History The Elephant Theatre Company was created in 1995 by David Fofi and Lindsay Allbaugh, with classmates from the California State University, Long Beach Theatre Arts program. They moved into a space at the Angel City Brewery artist complex. The space doubled as both a studio theater and a loft apartment for the original founders. They renovated the space, creating a small theatre and living quarters and gave it the name of "Elephant Off Main". In the summer of 1997, the small 45-seat theater could no longer accommodate the productions needs or the increasing audience attendance. The Company then moved to Hollywood (and dropped the “Off Main”). David Fofi along with founding member Don Cesario continued to produce Elephant productions in various Hollywood venues. During their 1998 ...
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Red Light Winter
''Red Light Winter'' is a two-act play by American playwright Adam Rapp. The Steppenwolf Theatre Company premiered the play on May 30, 2005 at their Merle Reskin Garage Theatre in Chicago. Rapp directed the production, which continued until July 10, 2005. The company took the play to New York to run Off-Broadway at the Barrow Street Theatre, where it opened for previews from January 20, 2006. It then ran there as a regular production from February 9, 2006, to June 25, 2006. In 2012 the play appeared at the Ustinov Studio in Bath, England. Plot In the first act, friends Matt, a writer, and Davis, a book editor, are vacationing in Amsterdam. Matt is lonely and suicidal; he is attempting to hang himself when Davis returns to their shared hotel room with Christina. Christina is a prostitute that Davis has hired as a present for Matt. Christina has sex with Matt, although she is more interested in Davis. In the second act, Matt and Davis have returned home to New York City. Christina g ...
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Théâtre Rive Gauche
The Théâtre Rive Gauche is a theatre in Paris in France located at 6, rue de la Gaîté in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. It is owned by the Edgar Entertainment Society, which also owns the Edgar Café and the Edgar Theatre located at 58 Edgar-Quinet Boulevard in the same borough. The auditorium has 400 seats and hosts contemporary productions. History A former cabaret club later transformed into a cinema, it became the Théâtre Rive Gauche (or Left Bank Theatre) in 1994, replacing the large Edgar Theatre created in 1986 by Alain Mallet. The façade created for its reopening in 1994 is by the French painter Pierre Clayette. The deterioration of the original façade necessitated its reconstruction in 2008. In 2010 50 private theatres in Paris gathered in the Association pour le Soutien du Théâtre Privé (ASTP) and the Syndicat National des Directeurs et Tourneurs du Théâtre Privé (SNDTP), which included the Théâtre Rive Gauche, and decided to launch a new group: ...
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Cyberpunk 2077
''Cyberpunk 2077'' is a 2020 action role-playing video game developed by CD Projekt Red and published by CD Projekt. Set in Night City, an open world set in the ''Cyberpunk'' universe, players assume the role of a customisable mercenary known as V, who can acquire skills in hacking and machinery with options for melee and ranged combat. The main story follows V's struggle as he deals with a mysterious cybernetic implant that threatens to overwrite his body with the personality and memories of a deceased celebrity only perceived by V; the two must work together if there is any hope to separate the two and save V's life. The game's development began following the release of '' The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine'' (2016). The game was developed by a team of around 500 people using the REDengine 4 game engine. CD Projekt launched a new division in Wrocław, Poland, and partnered with Digital Scapes, Nvidia, QLOC, and Jali Research to aid the production. ''Cyberpunk'' c ...
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The Curse (Channel 4 Series)
''The Curse'' is a British comedy crime drama series which is broadcast on Channel 4. Series 1 was broadcast in early 2022. Series 2 began broadcasting on 27 April 2023. Cast *Allan Mustafa as Albert Fantoni *Abraham Popoola as Joe Boy * Steve Stamp as Sidney Wilson * Tom Davis as Big Mick Neville *Hugo Chegwin as Phil 'The Captain' Pocket *Emer Kenny as Natasha "Tash" Fantoni *Natalie Klamar as Candice *Peter Ferdinando as Crazy Clive Cornell *Michael Smiley as Ronnie Gatlin * Geoff Bell as Detective Saunders *Ambreen Razia as Detective Thread *Ramon Tikaram as Billy English Synopsis The Curse is a comedy crime drama series. Series 1 is set in London in the early 1980s, following a gang of hopeless small-time crooks who, through their own stupidity and poor judgement, find themselves embroiled in one of the biggest gold heists in history. The theme alludes to "The Curse of the Brink's-Mat millions", referring to a series of deaths related to the 1983 Brink's-Mat robbery The B ...
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