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Jumpy (play)
''Jumpy'' is a play by April De Angelis Productions ''Jumpy'' had its premiere at the Royal Court Theatre on 19 October 2011, following previews from 13 October. It played a limited run to 19 November 2011. Directed by Nina Raine, the cast included Tamsin Greig, Doon Mackichan, Seline Hizli, Richard Lintern, James Musgrave, Bel Powley, Ewan Stewart, Sarah Woodward and Michael Marcus. The production transferred to the Duke of York's Theatre The Duke of York's Theatre is a West End theatre in St Martin's Lane, in the City of Westminster, London. It was built for Frank Wyatt and his wife, Violet Melnotte, who retained ownership of the theatre until her death in 1935. Designed by th ... with an opening night on 28 August 2012, following previews from 16 August. The production ran until 4 November 2012. Awards and nominations References {{Reflist 2011 plays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April De Angelis
April De Angelis (born April 1960) is an English dramatist of part Sicilian descent. She is a graduate of Sussex University who trained at East 15 Acting School. De Angelis began her career in the 1980s as an actress with the Monstrous Regiment theatre company. In 1987, her play ''Breathless'' was a prize winner at the 1987 Second Wave Young Women's Writing Festival. Her plays often feature historical figures. ''Playhouse Creatures'' and ''A Laughing Matter'' are set in the London theatrical milieu of the 17th and 18th centuries respectively. ''Wanderlust'' examines Victorian colonialism and ''Ironmistress'' is a verse play exploring Lady Charlotte Guest's factory ownership. As a librettist, De Angelis contributed to the opera ''The Silent Twins'' (2007), composed by Errollyn Wallen, which is based on the case of June and Jennifer Gibbons.April de Angeli"'Have I the strength to kill her?'" ''The Guardian'', 28 June 2007 De Angelis tends to write to commission and several o ... [...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] |
Tamsin Greig
Tamsin Margaret Mary Greig (; born 12 July 1966) is an English actress, narrator and comedian. She played Fran Katzenjammer in the Channel 4 sitcom ''Black Books'', Dr Caroline Todd in the Channel 4 sitcom ''Green Wing'', Beverly Lincoln in British-American sitcom ''Episodes'' and Jackie Goodman in the Channel 4 sitcom ''Friday Night Dinner''. Other roles include Alice Chenery in BBC One's comedy-drama series ''Love Soup'', Debbie Aldridge in BBC Radio 4's soap opera ''The Archers'', Miss Bates in the 2009 BBC version of Jane Austen's '' Emma'', and Beth Hardiment in the 2010 film version of ''Tamara Drewe''. In 2020, Greig starred as Anne Trenchard in Julian Fellowes' ITV series ''Belgravia''. Greig is also an acclaimed stage actress; she won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in 2007 for ''Much Ado About Nothing'', and was nominated again in 2011 and 2015 for her roles in ''The Little Dog Laughed'' and ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown''. Early life Greig w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doon Mackichan
Sarah Doon Mackichan (; born August 1962) is a British actress, comedian and writer. She co-created, wrote and performed in the double Emmy award winning ''Smack the Pony''. She frequently collaborates with Armando Iannucci and Steve Coogan, having played multiple characters in ''The Day Today'', ''Brass Eye'' and Alan Partridge, and has also appeared in ''Toast of London'' and '' Two Doors Down''. Mackichan was nominated for Best Female Comedy Performance at the 2014 British Academy Television Awards for her performance in ''Plebs'' and won critical praise for her performance alongside John Malkovich in ''Bitter Wheat'' in 2019. Early life The daughter of Kenneth Mackichan and Barbara Bower, who had been married in Chelsea in 1960, Mackichan was born in Westminster in August 1962. She was brought up in Wentworth, Surrey, until the age of twelve, when she and her family moved to Upper Largo, Fife. She studied drama at Manchester University. Career Mackichan made her televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seline Hizli
Selin Saime Hizli (also credited as Seline Hizli) (born 1989) is an English actress from Flamstead, Hertfordshire, best known for her starring role in the second and third series of the BBC One drama '' Land Girls''. Early life and education Hizli was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire and raised in Flamstead in Hertfordshire. Her mother, Liz Hizli, is a community fundraiser. As a child Hizli attended Roundwood Park School in Harpenden followed by the BRIT School in Croydon. After a four-stage application process, she was one of only 34 young actors to be accepted for a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2007 to do a three-year acting degree. She graduated in July 2010. Career After graduating from the Royal Academy, Hizli won the part of Connie Carter in the second series of the BBC One wartime drama '' Land Girls''. To prepare for the role, she researched the work of the Women's Land Army. She returned to the series for its third run of episodes in 2011. In September 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lintern
Richard Charles Lintern (born 8 October 1962) is an English stage, voice and screen actor. Early life Lintern was born in Taunton, Somerset. He studied English Literature at Durham University. He subsequently won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Career Lintern has an extensive stage career, spending most professional time in the West End and the Royal National Theatre. He has appeared across the UK, including roles at the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Court Theatre ''The Merchant of Venice'' at the West Yorkshire Playhouse and ''Hamlet'' at the Bristol Old Vic. As well as many TV shows, including ''Lead Balloon'', ''Screenplay'', ''The Beggar Bride'', ''Covington Cross'', '' Midsomer Murders "Picture of Innocence"'', ''Cadfael'', ''Lewis'', ''She's Out'', '' Demob'', '' The Storyteller'', ''Victoria Wood'', ''The Line of Beauty'', ''Forever Green'', '' The Good Guys'', ''The Bill'', ''Casualty'', ''Plotlands'', '' Heartbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bel Powley
Isobel Dorothy Powley (born 7 March 1992) is an English actress. Powley was born and raised in London, where she was educated at Holland Park School. She began acting as a teenager on television, starring on the CBBC action television series '' M.I. High'' (2007–2008), the period miniseries ''Little Dorrit'' (2008), the crime series ''Murderland'' (2009), and the ITV sitcom '' Benidorm'' (2014). Powley gained critical praise for her portrayal of Princess Margaret in ''A Royal Night Out'' (2015), for which she was nominated for a British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer, and a sexually confused teenager in the coming-of-age film ''The Diary of a Teenage Girl'', for which she won the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Actress and the Trophee Chopard at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. She has since starred in the films ''Mary Shelley'' (2017), ''White Boy Rick'' (2018), ''Ashes in the Snow'' (2018), and ''The'' ''King of Staten Island'' (2020) and on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewan Stewart
Andrew Ewan Stewart (born 26 August 1957) is a Scottish film, television and stage actor. Early life Stewart was born in Glasgow, and is the son of the late Scottish entertainer Andy Stewart. His mother Sheila lives in Arbroath, Scotland. Stewart was educated at Edinburgh's Clifton Hall School and Merchiston Castle School from 1966–1974. He left Scotland to move to London in 1975 and started working in theatres as well as studying drama. Career Stewart's first television appearance was in an advertisement for Scottish "Bluebell" matches. His first major TV appearance was in 1979 in the TV remake of ''All Quiet on the Western Front'', with Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine. In 1989, Stewart played Dr Robbie Meadows on the sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses''. Stewart played First Officer Murdoch in ''Titanic'' (1997). In 2005, Stewart was one of many European actors considered for the vacant role of James Bond. In 2008, Stewart starred in the film '' Ecstasy'' based on ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Woodward
Sarah Woodward (born 3 April 1963) is a British actress. She won the Olivier Award for best performance in a supporting role in 1998 for her role in ''Tom & Clem'' by Stephen Churchett., directed by Richard Wilson, and was nominated for a Tony Award in 2000 for her role in the Donmar Warehouse production of Tom Stoppard's ''The Real Thing''. opposite Jennifer Ehle and Stephen Dillane, directed by David Levaux. She is the daughter of actor Edward Woodward and his first wife, actress Venetia Barrett, sister of actor Tim Woodward, actor, voice artist, and screenwriter Peter Woodward, and half-sister to actress Emily Woodward, whose mother is actress Michele Dotrice. She is married to actor Patrick Toomey. They have two daughters and live in London. Career Woodward trained as an actress at RADA, where she won the Bancroft Gold Medal, before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she appeared in Shakespeare's Richard III with Antony Sher, and Henry V with Kenneth Branagh. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Marcus (actor)
Michael Marcus Morgan, better known as Michael Marcus, is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Henry Tudor in the TV series '' The White Queen'' (2013). He also had supporting roles in ''The Physician'' (2013) and '' The Theory of Everything'' (2014). Career In 2011 Marcus appeared in two episodes of the third season of ''Misfits'' as Peter, an avid comic book reader with the power of Future Illustration. He later appeared in the ten-part BBC One historical drama '' The White Queen'', the 2013 adaptation of Philippa Gregory's novels in ''The Cousins' War'' series. Marcus played the role of Henry Tudor, the Lancastrian claimant to the throne who later started the line of Tudor monarchs. In early April 2014 it was announced that Marcus would play the lead role of Valentine in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of ''The Two Gentlemen of Verona ''The Two Gentlemen of Verona'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been writt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Of York's Theatre
The Duke of York's Theatre is a West End theatre in St Martin's Lane, in the City of Westminster, London. It was built for Frank Wyatt and his wife, Violet Melnotte, who retained ownership of the theatre until her death in 1935. Designed by the architect Walter Emden, it opened on 10 September 1892 as the Trafalgar Square Theatre, and was renamed to Trafalgar Theatre in 1894. The following year, it became the Duke of York's to honour the future King George V. The theatre's opening show was comic opera ''The Wedding Eve'' by Frédéric Toulmouche. One of the earliest musical comedies, ''Go-Bang'', was a success at the theatre in 1894. In 1900, Jerome K. Jerome's ''Miss Hobbs'' was staged as well as David Belasco's ''Madame Butterfly'', which was seen by Puccini, who later turned it into the famous opera. This was also the theatre where J. M. Barrie's ''Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up'' debuted on 27 December 1904. Many famous British actors have appeared here, includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
