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Nottingham New Theatre
The Nottingham New Theatre is a playhouse and production company based on University Park Campus, Nottingham, England. It is funded in part by the University of Nottingham Students' Union and constitutes one of the Union's 10 Student-Run Services. It is the only entirely student-run theatre in England. History The New Theatre was established in 1969, and was originally housed in the Archaeology and Classics building of the University of Nottingham. In 2001 an extended foyer was added to the building, following a donation from an alumnus of the university. The summer of 2012 saw an extensive redevelopment of the building housing the New Theatre. The former Archaeology and Classics building was demolished from the site; leaving the New Theatre as a freestanding building. Parts of the old building were retained and repurposed as new rehearsal rooms, and a studio space; as well as a significant remodeling of the dressing room, and extending the foyer. In April 2015, the No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campuses Of The University Of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham operates from four campuses in Nottinghamshire and from two overseas campuses, one in Ningbo, China and the other in Semenyih, Malaysia. The Ningbo campus was officially opened on 23 February 2005 by the then British Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, in the presence of Chinese education minister Zhou Ji and State Counsellor Chen Zhili. The Malaysia campus was the first purpose-built UK university campus in a foreign country and was officially opened by Najib Tun Razak on 26 September 2005. Najib Tun Razak, as well as being a Nottingham alumnus, was Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia at the time and has since become Prime Minister of Malaysia. University Park Campus and Jubilee Campus are situated a few miles from the centre of Nottingham, with the small King's Meadow Campus nearby. Sutton Bonington Campus is situated south of the central campuses, near the village of Sutton Bonington. University Park Campus University Park Campus () is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelagh Stephenson
Shelagh Stephenson is an English playwright and actress. Background and education Stephenson was born in Tynemouth, Northumberland in 1955. She read drama at Manchester University. Career Acting Stephenson worked as an actress with the Royal Shakespeare Company and in bit parts in television. She appeared in ''Coronation Street'' in 1981 as the minor character Sandra Webb. She has subsequently had parts in '' Rumpole's Return'', '' Sapphire & Steel'', ''The Gentle Touch'', '' The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'', ''Boon'', '' Paradise Postponed'' and '' Big Deal''. Plays Stephenson's stage plays include ''The Memory of Water'' (1997), '' An Experiment with an Air Pump'', ''Ancient Lights'', ''Five Kinds of Silence'' (radio play 1996; stage play 2000), ''Mappa Mundi'' (2002), ''Harriet Martineau'' and ''The Long Road'' (2008) which was written in collaboration with the UK-based charity, The Forgiveness Project, to critical acclaim. Her plays frequently deal with new advances in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Bratt
Ruth Bratt is an English actress and comedian. Bratt has appeared in the BAFTA award winning BBC2 series ''People Just Do Nothing''. In 2022 she was at the Edinburgh Festival in "Starship Improvise" with the Mischief Theatre. Life Bratt was a runner-up in the 2005 edition of the Funny Women competition, which Sarah Adams had started in 2003. Bratt has made appearances on several TV shows including ''FAQ U'' (2005) and '' Man Down'' (2017) on Channel 4, and ''Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive'' on BBC Three (2006). She was intended to have a larger role in the latter but most of the scenes where she had dialogue were cut. She has also appeared in TV advertisements for products such as Kellogg's Nutrigrain bars. In 2007 she appeared in ''Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor'' as Dutch "climatologist" Yolanda van der Landavan. Her stage appearances include ''Aliens Are Scary'' and ''Morpheus Descending'' at the Pleasance, Edinburgh as well as ''George Orwell’s School Disco'' and ''The Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Globe
The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of the HFPA. The annual ceremony at which the awards are presented is normally held every January and has been a major part of the film industry's awards season, which culminates each year in the Academy Awards, although the Golden Globes' relevance has been declining in recent years. The eligibility period for the Golden Globes corresponds to the calendar year (from January 1 through December 31). History The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) was founded in 1943 by Los Angeles-based foreign journalists seeking to develop a better organized process of gathering and distributing cinema news to non-U.S. markets. One of the organization's first major endeavors was to establish a ceremony similar to the Academy Awards to honor film achi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Wilson (actress)
Ruth Wilson (born 13 January 1982) is an English actress. She is known for her performances as the eponymous protagonist in ''Jane Eyre'' (2006), as Alice Morgan in the BBC psychological crime drama ''Luther'' (2010–2013, 2019), as Alison Lockhart in the Showtime drama '' The Affair'' (2014–2018), and as the eponymous character in ''Mrs Wilson'' (2018). Since 2019, she has portrayed Marisa Coulter in the BBC/HBO fantasy series ''His Dark Materials'', and for this role she won the 2020 BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actress. Her film credits include ''The Lone Ranger'' (2013), ''Saving Mr. Banks'' (2013), ''I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House'' (2016), and '' Dark River'' (2017). Wilson is a three-time Olivier Award nominee and two-time winner, earning the Best Actress for the titular role in ''Anna Christie'', and the Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Stella Kowalski in ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. She is also a two-time Tony Award nominee for her perfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alistair McDowall
Alistair McDowall is an English playwright who grew up in Great Broughton in North Yorkshire. His play ''Brilliant Adventures'' was awarded a Bruntwood Prize in 2011. His plays include ''The Glow'', ''all of it'', and ''X'' at the Royal Court Theatre, '' Pomona'' at the Orange Tree Theatre, ''Talk Show'' at the Royal Court Theatre, ''Captain Amazing'' at the Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre, and ''Brilliant Adventures'' at the Royal Exchange Theatre. His play ''Pomona'' transferred to the National Theatre and the Royal Exchange Theatre The Royal Exchange is a grade II listed building in Manchester, England. It is located in the city centre on the land bounded by St Ann's Square, Exchange Street, Market Street, Cross Street and Old Bank Street. The complex includes the Royal ... in Autumn 2015. His play for young people ''Zero for the Young Dudes!'' was produced by National Theatre Connections in 2017. References {{DEFAULTSORT:McDowall, Alistair Living people Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pomona (stage Play)
''Pomona'' is a play by Alistair McDowall that was commissioned for The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 2014 and performed at The Gate Theatre in London as part of the NEW festival of plays. It then went on to the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond, South West London, in November 2014. The play centres on Ollie who is searching for her missing sister in Manchester. In desperation, she finds all roads lead to Pomona, an abandoned concrete island at the heart of the city. Here at the centre of everything, journeys end and nightmares are born. The play's structure is episodic and non-chronological, suggesting that Ollie's sister may not exist. The production was directed by Ned Bennett, designed by Georgia Lowe, lighting by Elliot Griggs and sound by Giles Thomas. It was a critical success and featured in Lyn Gardner Lyn Gardner is a British theatre critic, children's writer and journalist who contributes reviews and articles to ''The Stage,'' '' Stagedoor'' and has written ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Berkoff
Steven Berkoff (born Leslie Steven Berks; 3 August 1937) is an English actor, author, playwright, theatre practitioner and theatre director. As a theatre maker he is recognised for staging work with a heightened performance style eponymously known as "Berkovian theatre", which combines elements of physical theatre, total theatre and expressionism. His work has sometimes been viewed as an example of in-yer-face theatre, due to the intense presentation and taboo-breaking material in a number of his plays. As a film actor, he is known for his performances in villainous roles, including the portrayals of General Orlov in the ''James Bond'' film ''Octopussy'' (1983), Victor Maitland in ''Beverly Hills Cop'' (1984), Lt. Col. Podovsky in '' Rambo: First Blood Part II'' (1985) and Adolf Hitler in the TV mini-series ''War and Remembrance'' (1988–89). Early life Berkoff was born Leslie Steven Berks on 3 August 1937, in Stepney in the East End of London, the son of Pauline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Kelly
Dennis Kelly is a British scriptwriter for theatre, television and film. His play ''DNA'', first performed in 2007, became a core set-text for GCSE in 2010 and has been studied by approximately 400,000 students each year. He wrote the book for ''Matilda the Musical'', which featured music and lyrics from musician and comedian Tim Minchin. The musical went on to win multiple ‘Best Musical’ awards, with Kelly receiving a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical. A film adaptation of the musical with screenplay by Kelly will be released in December 2022. For television he is known for co-creating and co-writing the BBC Three sitcom '' Pulling'', the Channel 4 conspiracy thriller ''Utopia'' and the HBO / Sky Atlantic thriller ''The Third Day''. Kelly wrote the screenplay for the 2014 film ''Black Sea'', directed by Kevin Macdonald and starring Jude Law. Personal life Kelly grew up on a council estate in Barnet, North London. A child of an Irish family, he was one of five ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ritual Slaughter Of Gorge Mastromas
''The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas'' is a 2013 play by the British dramatist Dennis Kelly. It premiered at the Royal Court Theatre from 5 September to 19 October 2013, in a production directed by Vicky Featherstone. It featured Tom Brooke in the title role of Gorge (pronounced "George"pronounced George - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/10301519/Ritual-Slaughter-of-Gorge-Mastromas-Royal-Court-review.html) Mastromas and a cast which included Pippa Haywood, Joshua James, Kate O'Flynn, Alan Williams, Jonathan McGuiness and Aaron Monaghan According to Abrahamic religions, Aaron ''′aharon'', ar, هارون, Hārūn, Greek (Septuagint): Ἀαρών; often called Aaron the priest ()., group="note" ( or ; ''’Ahărōn'') was a prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of .... Plot A prologue divided between all seven actors described Mastromas' early life. He is then seen attending a meeting as a staff-member at a failing restauran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jez Butterworth
Jeremy "Jez" Butterworth (born March 1969) is an English playwright, screenwriter, and film director. He has written screenplays in collaboration with his brothers, John-Henry Butterworth, John-Henry and Tom. Life and career In March 1969, Butterworth was born in London, England. He has three brothers: older brothers Tom (born 1966) and Steve (born 1968); and younger brother John-Henry Butterworth, John-Henry (born 1976). He also has a sister, Joanna. He attended Verulam School, Verulam Comprehensive School, St Albans and St John's College, Cambridge. All the brothers have been active in film and theatre: Steve is a producer, while Tom and John-Henry Butterworth, John-Henry are writers. Butterworth's play ''Mojo (play), Mojo'', which premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 1995, won the 1996 Laurence Olivier Award, Laurence Olivier, Evening Standard Award, ''Evening Standard'', The Writer's Guild, and the George Devine awards, and the Critic's Circle Award. Butterworth also wro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
