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National Theatre Connections
Connections (also referred to as New Connections and formerly Shell Connections and BT Connections) is the Royal National Theatre in London's annual youth theatre festival. It was founded in 1995 and sponsored by Royal Dutch Shell until 2007 when the Bank of America took over the sponsorship. The plays are also published by the National Theatre each year. Scheme The National Theatre annually commissions ten plays from established playwrights which are performed by youth theatre groups across the UK. Groups are invited to perform at Connections Festivals held at a professional theatre in their area. A random performance group from each play is then performed at the end of the Festival at the National Theatre. Professional productions Several of the specially commissioned Connection plays have been professionally produced at the National Theatre. In 1999 '' Sparkleshark'' was performed. In 2006 three were produced; ''Burn'' by Deborah Gearing, ''Chatroom'' by Enda Walsh and ''Citizen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London, commonly known as the National Theatre (NT), is one of the United Kingdom's three most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House. Internationally, it is known as the National Theatre of Great Britain. Founded by Laurence Olivier in 1963, many well-known actors have performed at the National Theatre. Until 1976, the company was based at The Old Vic theatre in Waterloo. The current building is located next to the Thames in the South Bank area of central London. In addition to performances at the National Theatre building, the National Theatre tours productions at theatres across the United Kingdom. The theatre has transferred numerous productions to Broadway and toured some as far as China, Australia and New Zealand. However, touring productions to European cities was suspended in February 2021 over concerns about uncertainty over work permits, additional costs and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Missen
Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the '' Antonii'', a ''gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles. Anthony is an English name that is in use in many countries. It has been among the top 100 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and has been among the top 100 male baby names between 1998 and 2018 in many countries including Canada, Australia, England, Ireland and Scotland. Equivalents include ''Antonio'' in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Maltese; ''Αντώνιος'' in Greek; ''António'' or ''Antônio'' in Portuguese; ''Antoni'' in Catalan, Polish, and Slovene; '' Anton'' in Dutch, Galician, German, Icelandic, Romanian, Russian, and Scandinavian languages; ''Antoine'' in French; '' Antal'' in Hungarian; and ''Antun'' or ''Ante'' in Croatian. The usual abbreviated f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Thompson (playwright)
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Barney Norris
Barney Norris, (born 1987) is a British writer. Early life Norris was born in Chichester in West Sussex, later moving to Wiltshire where he attended Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury. He read English at Keble College, Oxford, and creative writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. Career After leaving university, he set up the touring Up in Arms Theatre Company with the director Alice Hamilton, and worked in the theatre as assistant to Thelma Holt, Michael Frayn, Peter Gill and Max Stafford-Clark, before becoming a full-time writer. He is an associate artist at the Watermill Theatre, teaches creative writing at the University of Oxford and writes regularly in the national press, including book reviews for ''The Guardian''. Writing Norris's early plays were produced by his company Up in Arms, usually on tour and often in partnership with other theatres. Following the success of his first full-length play ''Visitors'', he began to write for other companies, and has sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Mitchell
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Phoebe Eclair-Powell
Phoebe Eclair-Powell (born 1990) is a British playwright from South-East London. Her plays include ''WINK'' (Theatre503) and ''One Under'' (Pleasance Below). As an actress, she appeared in Peckham: The Soap Opera at the Royal Court. Her play Fury was a finalist for the Verity Bargate Award at Soho Theatre In the summer of 2016, Eclair Powell had three new shows running: Fury, at Soho Theatre, Torch at Underbelly and Epic Love and Pop Songs at Pleasance, both at the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2019, Eclair Powell won the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting for her play Shed: Exploded View. Eclair-Powell's mother is comedian Jenny Eclair Jenny Eclair (born Jenny Clare Hargreaves; 16 March 1960) is an English comedian, novelist, and actress, best known for her roles in ''Grumpy Old Women'' between 2004 and 2007 and in '' Loose Women'' in 2011 and 2012. Early life Eclair was born .... Plays *"TORCH" *"Epic Love and Pop Songs" *"Fury" *''WINK'' *''One Under'' *'' Mrs Spine'' *''Bangin' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona Doyle (playwright)
Fiona Doyle (born 4 October 1991) is an Irish swimmer. She represented Ireland in the 2016 Rio Olympics swimming in the 100M and 200M Breaststroke. In 2013, she competed in the 100m event at the World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona where she finished eleventh overall. She won a silver medal in the 100 m breaststroke at the 2013 Summer Universiade. In recognition of her achievements she was awarded Swim Alberta Female International Swimmer of the Year 2012/2013, University of Calgary female Athlete of the Year 2013 and SwimIreland High Performance Athlete of the Year 2013, 2014 and 2015. Early life Fiona attended primary school at St. Nessan's National School in Mungret, Co. Limerick, she then moved to the Crescent College Comprehensive in Dooradoyle, Co. Limerick for her second level education. When she moved to Dublin in 2009 she attended the Institute of Education for her final year. Fiona and her twin sister Eimear learned to swim in Saint Paul’s Swimming Club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In-Sook Chappell
In-sook, also spelled In-suk, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 29 hanja with the reading " in" and 13 hanja with the reading " sook" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. In-sook was the eighth-most popular name for newborn South Korean girls in 1950. People with this name include: *Tak In-suk (born 1949), North Korean speed skater *Lee In-sook (born 1950), South Korean volleyball player *Ahn In-sook (born 1952), South Korean actress *Insook Bhushan (Korean name Na Insook, born 1952), South Korean-born American table tennis player * Hwang In-suk (born 1958), South Korean poet *Insook Choi (born 1962), South Korean-born American composer *Kim Insuk (born 1963), South Korean writer *Kwon In-suk (born 1964), South Korean labour organiser * Guk In-suk (born 1965), South Korean rower See also *List of Korean given names This is a list of Kore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Bush (playwright)
Chris Bush (born 3 July 1986) is a British playwright and artistic director. Overview Bush was born in Sheffield, England. She studied at the University of York and currently resides in London. She is best known for her 2007 work ''TONY! The Blair Musical'', which enjoyed sell-out runs and critical acclaim at the York Theatre Royal and Edinburgh Fringe before transferring to the Pleasance Islington as winner of the inaugural Sunday Times NSDF Award for a successful off West-End run. Its sequel, ''Tony of Arabia'', debuted at the Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh in 2008, running in rep with the original show. In 2012 Bush made her full-length debut as a writer/performer with ''The Loves I Haven't Known'', a musical comedy performed with regular composing partner Ian McCluskey. In 2012-13 Bush completed a writer's attachment at the National Theatre Studio, and was the 2013 Pearson Playwright-in-Residence for Sheffield Theatres, where she wrote ''The Sheffield Mysteries'', a cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Birch (" ...
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Alice Birch
Alice Birch is a British playwright and screenwriter. Birch has written several plays, including ''Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.'' for which she was awarded the George Devine Award for Most Promising New Playwright, and ''Anatomy of a Suicide'' for which she won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Birch was also the screenwriter for the film '' Lady Macbeth'' and has written for such television shows as '' Succession'' and ''Normal People''. Early life Birch spent the first five years of her life living with her family at a commune. Because her parents were unmarried, they decided to give Alice and her sister the last name Birch after the commune's name, Birchwood Hall. At 18, Birch joined the Royal Court Theatre’s young writers program and spent a three-month unpaid internship in Los Angeles working for the film production company BenderSpink. Birch attended Exeter University for her undergraduate degree. Career In 2010, Birch participated in ''24 Hour Plays'' at the Old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
