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Mrs Henderson Presents (musical)
''Mrs Henderson Presents'' is a musical comedy with music by George Fenton and Simon Chamberlain, with lyrics by Don Black and a book by Terry Johnson. Based on the 2005 film ''Mrs Henderson Presents'', the musical received its world premiere at the Theatre Royal, Bath in 2015 and transferred to the West End's Noel Coward Theatre in February 2016. The film was based on the true story of Laura Henderson and London's Windmill Theatre. Background The musical is based on the 2005 film ''Mrs Henderson Presents''. The film was based on the true story of London's Windmill Theatre and its owner Laura Henderson, who transformed the theatre and produced Revudeville shows featuring static naked tableaux girls, exploiting a loophole in the Lord Chamberlain's Lord Cromer censorship laws. In June 2014, it was first revealed by producer John Reid that an adaption was in the works, with a workshop taking place the same year. On 16 October 2014, the musical was officially confirmed and it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Fenton
George Richard Ian Howe (born 19 October 1949), known professionally as George Fenton, is an English composer. Best known for his work writing film scores and music for television, he has received five Academy Award nominations, several Ivor Novello, BAFTA, Golden Globe, Emmy and BMI Awards, and a Classic BRIT. He is one of 18 songwriters and composers to have been made a Fellow of the Ivors Academy (formally BASCA). He has frequently collaborated with the directors Richard Attenborough, Nora Ephron, Alastair Fothergill, Stephen Frears, Nicholas Hytner, Ken Loach, Andy Tennant, Neil Jordan and Terry Gilliam. Early life and career George Fenton was born in 1949 in Bromley, Kent, one of five siblings. He was educated at Carn Brea School and St Edward's School, Oxford. He began learning the guitar at the age of 8 and at St Edwards studied the organ with Peter Whitehouse. He did not attend music college but continued to study with Pete Whitehouse and subsequently with the ethn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Cromer
Earl of Cromer is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, held by members of the Baring family, of German descent. It was created for Evelyn Baring, 1st Viscount Cromer, long time British Consul-General in Egypt. He had already been created Baron Cromer, of Cromer in the County of Norfolk, in 1892, Viscount Cromer, of Cromer in the County of Norfolk, in 1899, and was made Viscount Errington, of Hexham in the County of Northumberland, and Earl of Cromer, in the County of Norfolk, on 8 August 1901. These titles are also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. A member of the influential Baring banking family, Lord Cromer was the son of Henry Baring, third son of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet. He was succeeded by his son, the second Earl, a diplomat and civil servant. His son, the third Earl, was also a diplomat and served as British Ambassador to the United States between 1971 and 1974. In 2010 the titles are held by the latter's son, the fourth Earl, who succeeded in 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hands
Robert Hands is an Olivier Award-nominated British actor based in London. He trained at the prestigious Bristol Old Vic theatre school. His career has spanned over twenty years during which time he has played leading roles in film, television, and both classical and musical theatre in London’s West End. He played Sir Robin in the original London cast of ''Spamalot''. He is probably best known for his television roles in '' Sharpe's Battle'', ''Doctor Who'' and ''The House of Eliott'', as well as the films ''Charlotte Gray'', ''Anna and the King'', and the Academy Award-nominated (Best Picture) ''Shine''. He is also a member of Edward Hall's world-renowned all-male Shakespeare company Propeller. From 2019 to 2020, Hands was in the UK cast of ''Come From Away''. Acting credits Theatre Television Film See also * List of British actors This list of notable actors from the United Kingdom includes performers in film, radio, stage and television. Born in 18th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Foreman
Jamie Foreman (born 25 May 1958) is an English actor best known for his roles as Duke in ''Layer Cake'' (2004) and Bill Sikes in Roman Polanski's ''Oliver Twist'' (2005). Career Foreman played opposite Ray Winstone and Kathy Burke in Gary Oldman's '' Nil by Mouth'' (1997) and also featured in ''Elizabeth'' (1998), ''Gangster No. 1'' (2000) and '' Sleepy Hollow'' (1999). He appeared in the 2006 ''Doctor Who'' episode "The Idiot's Lantern" and featured as a racist taxi driver in '' The Football Factory'' (2004). In the 2008 film ''Inkheart'' Foreman played Basta. He also appeared in one episode of '' Law and Order: UK'' in 2009. His recent work for BBC Radio includes the title role in ''Wes Bell'', directed by Matthew Broughton, and the six-part series ''Hazelbeach'' by David Stafford and Caroline Stafford. He also played a small role in '' I'll Sleep When I'm Dead''. In 2011, Foreman joined the cast of ''EastEnders'' as Derek Branning, taking over the role from Terence Beesley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EastEnders
''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the programme follows the stories of local residents and their families as they go about their daily lives. Within eight months of the show's original launch, it had reached the number one spot in Broadcasters' Audience Research Board, BARB's television ratings and has consistently remained among the top-rated series in Britain. Four ''EastEnders'' episodes are listed in the all-time top 10 List of most watched television broadcasts in the United Kingdom#Most watched programmes, most-watched programmes in the UK, including the number one spot when over 30 million watched the 1986 Christmas Day episode. ''EastEnders'' has been EastEnders in popular culture, important in the history of British television drama, tackling many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracie Bennett
Tracie Bennett (born 17 June 1961) is an English singer and stage and television actress. She trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in Clapham, London. She played the role of Sharon Gaskell in ''Coronation Street'' from 1982 to 1984, returning to the role in 1999 and again in 2021. Best known for her roles in theatre, both dramatic and musical, Bennett has received two Olivier Awards for Best Supporting Role in a Musical for her performances in the musicals ''She Loves Me'' and ''Hairspray'' with additional nominations for her work in ''High Society'' and ''Follies''. Bennett was also nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for ''Mrs Henderson Presents'' while her performance as Judy Garland in ''End of the Rainbow'' earned her an Olivier nomination for Best Actress in a Play and a Tony Award nomination in the same category when the production transferred to Broadway. Career Bennett's first major television role was in ''Coronation Street ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Hadfield
Mark Hadfield is an English actor. Before starting his professional career, Hadfield trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Career Theatre Hadfield's work in theatre includes: *''Thérèse Raquin'' (for which he received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor) *''Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme'' *''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and ''The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other'' at the National Theatre, London; *''The Canterbury Tales'' *''Jubilee'' *''Twelfth Night'' *''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' *''The Seagull'' *''The Two Gentlemen of Verona'' *''Bartholomew Fair'' *''Talk of the City'' *''The Comedy of Errors'' *''Hamlet'' *''The Plain Dealer'' *''The Plantagenets'' and '' Kissing The Pope'' for the RSC *'' A Night at the Dogs'' at the Soho Theatre, London *'' By Many Wounds'' and ''Cracked'' at Hampstead Theatre, London *''Romeo and Juliet'' at the Lyric Hammersmith, London *''The Twilight of the Golds'' at the Arts Theatre, London *'' Blockheads'' at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivian Van Damm
Vivian Van Damm (28 June 1889 – 14 December 1960) was a prominent British theatre impresario from 1932 until 1960, managing the Windmill Theatre in London's Great Windmill Street. The theatre was famed for its pioneering ''tableaux vivants'' of motionless female nudity, and for its reputation of having 'never closed' during the Blitz. Early life Van Damm, known as "VD", came from a middle-class London family of Dutch Jewish origin. He left school at 14 to work in a garage, was a mechanic for Clement-Talbot in the early days of automobiles, but later abandoned the motor trade to manage West End cinemas. Windmill Theatre In 1931, Laura Henderson opened the tiny, one-tier Windmill Theatre as a playhouse, but it was not profitable, and she soon resorted to showing films. She then hired Van Damm, and they produced ''Revudeville'', a programme of continuous variety, comprising 18 entertainment acts. That was also a commercial failure, so they included nudity to emulate the Folies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Bartholomew
Ian Bartholomew (born 23 August 1954) is a British actor and musician from Portsmouth, England who has worked widely in both theatre and television. In March 2018, Bartholomew joined the cast of ITV soap opera, ''Coronation Street'', as Geoff Metcalfe. He also played Chitterlow in the revival cast of Half A Sixpence alongside Charlie Stemp, who played Arthur Kipps. Career Bartholomew was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and brought up in Gosport. In television Bartholomew's work has ranged from '' The Darling Buds of May'', ''Rumpole of the Bailey'', ''Minder'', and more recently, '' Making Waves'', '' Spooks'' and ''Marcella''. On stage he has been in productions such as '' A Man for All Seasons'' at the Redgrave Theatre in Farnham, ''Mirandolina'' and ''Assassins''. In 2005 he was in the acclaimed production of ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf'' by Edward Albee in the starring role of George at the Liverpool Playhouse and in that same year also at the playhouse he appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Williams (actress)
Emma Williams (born 20 May 1983) is an English actor of stage, screen, TV and radio. She has been nominated four times for an Olivier Award. Early life Emma Louise Williams was born on 20 May 1983 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, to parents Gordon and Joan Williams and attended North Halifax Grammar School. She attended Stage 84 – The Yorkshire School of Performing Arts, Idle, Bradford. She received a languages degree from the Open University in 2012. Career Stage Williams made her professional stage debut in 2002, aged 18, playing leading lady Truly Scrumptious in the original cast of the West End production of ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' at the London Palladium, winning the Arts Correspondent Award for Best Newcomer. Williams was signed to play Maria von Trapp under a 6-month contract. However, the winner of the BBC reality TV show '' How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?'' would still get a 6-month contract and perform 4 of the shows each week. On 22 September 2006, Williams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janie Dee
Janie Dee (born 20 June 1962) is an English actress and singer. She won the Olivier Award for Best Actress, Evening Standard Award and Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Play, and in New York the Obie and Theatre World Award for Best Newcomer, for her performance as Jacie Triplethree in Alan Ayckbourn's '' Comic Potential''. She also won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Musical for her performance as Carrie Pipperidge in Nicholas Hytner's acclaimed production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's ''Carousel'' at the National Theatre. In 2013, Dee won the TMA Theatre Award UK for Best Performance in a Musical for her performance as Dolly Levi in '' Hello Dolly'' at Curve, Leicester. Early life and education Janie Dee was born in Old Windsor, Berkshire. She is the daughter of John Lewis and Ruth Lewis (née Miller) and the eldest of four sisters. She trained at the Arts Educational School in Chiswick, London. On leaving ArtsEd, Dee began her career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Penrose
Scott Penrose (born 1969 in Essex) is an English magician and magic consultant and is the son of magician John Penrose. Penrose is a former President of The Magic Circle having been proposed for the post by Paul Daniels. He is Honorary Vice President of The British Magic Society, the UK's oldest Magic Club. He was awarded the title The Magic Circle Stage Magician of the Year in 2000. He mainly works as a magic consultant and illusion designer. He taught Woody Allen magic for his movie ''Scoop'' and advised on the Houdini movie ''Death Defying Acts'' (starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Guy Pearce). He also built illusions for and appeared in the movie ''Magicians'' and tutored Sir Michael Caine and the young Bill Milner for the movie ''Is Anybody There?''. Other credits include designing, creating and building magic and illusions for UK TV shows such as '' QI'', ''Jonathan Creek'' and '' Hustle''. In the 2015 Christmas Special of ''QI'', Penrose surprised Stephen Fry with members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
