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Steven Atkinson
Steven Atkinson (born 4 May 1984) is a British producer working in theatre and film. He co-founded and led HighTide, one of the UK's theatre companies, as well as the National Portfolio Organisation of Arts Council England. Atkinson has commissioned and produced more than 80 new plays in theatres, including the Royal National Theatre, National Theatre, The Old Vic, Royal Court Theatre, Young Vic, and Off-Broadway. In addition, he has produced at least 14 HighTide festivals in Suffolk and London. Education Atkinson graduated from the University of Reading in 2005 with a B.A. in Film & Theatre. Career Early career Atkinson's career first started in script development working at the Donmar Warehouse under Michael Grandage. He worked in the Royal Court Theatre, Royal Court under Ian Rickson and Hull Truck Theatre under John Godber. Atkinson produced Hull Truck's first new writing festival in 2007. HighTide In 2007, Atkinson co-founded and became artistic director of High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool, Merseyside
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.24 million. On the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, Liverpool historically lay within the ancient hundred of West Derby in the county of Lancashire. It became a borough in 1207, a city in 1880, and a county borough independent of the newly-created Lancashire County Council in 1889. Its growth as a major port was paralleled by the expansion of the city throughout the Industrial Revolution. Along with general cargo, freight, and raw materials such as coal and cotton, merchants were involved in the slave trade. In the 19th century, Liverpool was a major port of departure for English and Irish emigrants to North America. It was also home to both the Cunard and White Star Lines, and was the port of registry of the ocean lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whatsonstage
WhatsOnStage.com is a London-based website that provides information about, and offers tickets for, theatrical performances in the United Kingdom. It also organises the annual WhatsOnStage Awards. Founded in 1996, it has been owned by the American company TheaterMania.com since January 2013. Its chief operating officer is Sita McIntosh. See also *WhatsOnStage Awards The WhatsOnStage Awards (WOS Awards), formerly known as the Theatregoers' Choice Awards, are organised by the theatre website WhatsOnStage.com. The awards recognise performers and productions of British theatre with an emphasis on London's West ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:WhatsOnStage.com 1996 establishments in the United Kingdom Internet properties established in 1996 Theatre information and review websites Theatre in the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stage
''The Stage'' is a British weekly newspaper and website covering the entertainment industry and particularly theatre. It was founded in 1880. It contains news, reviews, opinion, features, and recruitment advertising, mainly directed at those who work in theatre and the performing arts. History The first edition of ''The Stage'' was published (under the title ''The Stage Directory – a London and Provincial Theatrical Advertiser'') on 1 February 1880 at a cost of three old pence for twelve pages. Publication was monthly until 25 March 1881, when the first weekly edition was produced. At the same time, the name was shortened to ''The Stage'' and the publication numbering restarted at number 1. The publication was a joint venture between founding editor Charles Lionel Carson and business manager Maurice Comerford. It operated from offices opposite the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Carson, whose real name was Lionel Courtier-Dutton, was cited as the founder. His wife Emily Courtier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Thorne
Jack Thorne FRSL (born 6 December 1978) is a British playwright, television writer, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for writing the stage play ''Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'', the films ''Wonder'' and '' Enola Holmes'', and the television programme ''His Dark Materials''. Early life Thorne was born in Bristol on 6 December 1978. He was educated at St. Bartholomew's School in Newbury, Berkshire, and matriculated in 1998 at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was forced to "degrade" (drop out to return at a later date) due to ill health in his third year, but returned to finish his studies and graduated with lower second-class honours in 2002. Career Theatre Thorne's plays for stage include ''When You Cure Me'' ( Bush Theatre 2005), ''Fanny and Faggot'' ( Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2004, Finborough Theatre and tour, 2007), ''Stacy'' ( Arcola Theatre and Trafalgar Studios, 2007), ''Burying Your Brother in the Pavement'' ( Royal National Theatre Connections F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Smith
Alfred Emanuel Smith (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) was an American politician who served four terms as Governor of New York and was the Democratic Party's candidate for president in 1928. The son of an Irish-American mother and a Civil War–veteran Italian-American father, Smith was raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan near the Brooklyn Bridge. He resided in that neighborhood for his entire life. Although Smith remained personally untarnished by corruption, he—like many other New York politicians—was linked to the notorious Tammany Hall political machine that controlled New York City politics during his era. Smith served in the New York State Assembly from 1904 to 1915 and held the position of Speaker of the Assembly in 1913. Smith also served as sheriff of New York County from 1916 to 1917. He was first elected governor of New York in 1918, lost his 1920 bid for re-election, and was elected governor again in 1922, 1924, and 1926. Smith was the foremost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinay Patel
Vinay Patel (born 1986) is a British-Indian screenwriter and playwright. He is best known for writing the BBC drama ''Murdered by My Father''. Career Before writing, Patel worked as a corporate filmmaker and then a technician at the London-based Met Film School. In 2011, Patel graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama with an MA in writing. In 2014, he wrote ''True Brits'', a play juxtaposing the news of the London 2012 Olympics, with the 7 July 2005 London bombings. This led to his selection for the Bush/Kudos TV writing scheme and an original short commission for BBC iPlayer. In 2018, he wrote ''An Adventure'', inspired by his grandparents, for the Bush Theatre. Patel contributed ''Death is a Many Headed Monster'' to the BAME essay anthology ''The Good Immigrant''. In June 2018, Patel was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in its "40 Under 40" initiative. In 2022, it was announced the Yard Theatre would produce Patel's sci-fi re-imagining of ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eve Leigh
Eve Leigh (born 1984) is a playwright, theatre maker and dramaturg. Early life Leigh is the daughter of musical theatre composer Mitch Leigh and artist Abby Leigh. She was born and raised in New York City. She studied history at Jesus College, Cambridge, graduating in 2006. Career Leigh's first production was her own adaptation of ''The Dybbuk'', by S. Ansky. It ran at the King's Head Theatre in Islington in January and February 2008. Her production of Lisa Kron's ''Well'' transferred from the Trafalgar Studios to the Apollo Theatre. In December 2008, the production was nominated for Best New Comedy at the whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards. In February 2019, Leigh's play ''The Trick'' premiered at the Bush Theatre. ''The Trick'' concerns a woman grieving for her deceased husband and uses magic metaphorically, according to Matt Trueman in ''The Stage'' as "a means of dealing with the disappearing act that is death". ''The Times'' referred to it as "a sideways look ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ella Hickson
Ella Hickson (born 1985) is a British playwright and theatrical director, living in London. Early life Hickson was brought up in Guildford in Surrey and educated at Guildford High School from 1996 to 2003. Career Hickson's first play, '' Eight'', produced by the Edinburgh University Theatre Company, won a Fringe First, the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award and the NSDF Emerging Artists Award at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2008. The show toured to New York City in January 2009 and opened at Trafalgar Studios in July 2009. Hickson's second play '' Precious Little Talent'' opened at Trafalgar Studios in March 2011, directed by James Dacre. In 2012 her third play ''Boys'' premiered at HighTide Festival Theatre directed by Robert Icke for Headlong Theatre. It went on to tour at Nuffield Southampton Venues, as well as Soho Theatre London. In 2013 her play ''Wendy & Peter Pan'', an adaptation of J.M. Barrie's novel, was produced at the Royal Shakespeare Company for the Christmas 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is an American playwright. He won the 2014 Obie Award for Best New American Play for his plays '' Appropriate'' and '' An Octoroon''. His plays '' Gloria'' and '' Everybody'' were finalists for the 2016 and 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama respectively. He was named a MacArthur Fellow for 2016. Early life Jacobs-Jenkins was born in Washington, DC. His father, Benjamin Jenkins, is a retired dentist and his mother, Patricia Jacobs, is a business consultant. He graduated from Princeton University in 2006, with a major in anthropology, and earned a master's degree in performance studies from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2007. He has taught playwriting at the Tisch School and also at Princeton. He graduated from the Lila Acheson Wallace Playwrights Program at The Juilliard School. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theresa Ikoko
Theresa Ikoko is a British playwright and screenwriter of Nigerian descent. Her play ''Girls'', about three girls abducted by terrorists in northern Nigeria, won the Alfred Fagon Award and other awards. Ikoko later gained greater nationwide recognition, in 2019, for co-writing the feature-length coming-of-age drama ''Rocks'' with Clarie Wilson, which earned Ikoko a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the 74th British Academy Film Awards in 2021. Early life and education Ikoko grew up with her mother and eight siblings in the Hackney neighbourhood of London. Ikoko has said that the label "poor" was put upon her and that communities that are poorer are misrepresented by the media as "problem areas" which ignores the potential of these areas and the fact that the negativity coming from these communities is a societal issue. She says that "poverty isn't all about suffering and darkness", and describes her upbringing as "rich in joy". Growing up, Ikoko was inspir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Drummond (playwright)
Robert "Rob" Drummond (born February 19, 1986 in London, Ontario) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played with the Lake Erie Monsters of the AHL. Playing career Rob Drummond played junior hockey for the London Knights of the OHL under the coaching of former Washington Capitals Captain Dale Hunter. He helped London win the J. Ross Robertson Cup and the Memorial Cup in 2005. He served as Captain of the London Knights for the duration of the 2006 and 2007 seasons. Although he went Undrafted, Drummond was signed to a contract with the Colorado Avalanche in 2007. He played with the Johnstown Chiefs of the ECHL in 2007–08 ECHL season, 2007–08 season, totaling 14 goals and 27 Assist (ice hockey), assists in 50 games. He added 30 penalty minutes, PIM. Later in the 2007–08 season he moved up to the Lake Erie Monsters The Cleveland Monsters are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL). The team began play in 2007 as the Lake E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Lustgarten
Anders Lustgarten is a British playwright, who resides in London. Early life Lustgarten is the child of progressive American academics; his mother is Donna Dickenson. He read Chinese Studies at Oxford before heading to Berkeley in California to work towards a PhD. After completing his studies, Lustgarten devised academic courses for prisoners in the UK and USA and taught drama inside prisons in both countries. Career Lustgarten turned to playwriting in 2007. He has had attachments at Soho and the National Theatre and commissions from both, as well as from the Bolton Octagon and the Royal Court. Lustgarten won the inaugural Harold Pinter Playwrights Award with a commission from the Royal Court in 2011. In 2012 he was selected from over 3000 applicants to be on the Channel 4 Screenwriters course. In 2013 his play ''If You Don't Let Us Dream, We Won't Let You Sleep'' premiered at the Royal Court, directed by Simon Godwin. Michael Billington of the ''Guardian'' wrote that "while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
