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Spur Of The Moment (play)
''Spur of the Moment'' is the debut play from Anya Reiss, who wrote it at age 17. It premiered at the Royal Court Theatre London in 2010, directed by Jeremy Herrin. Plot In a suburban home in Surrey, Delilah Evans is about to turn 13 and spends the evening singing along to ''High School Musical'' with her friends and fantasizing about the charming 21-year-old lodger, Daniel. Her parents, Nick and Vicky, are viciously arguing over Nick's affair with his older boss and consequential sacking. During a family argument on the Friday evening, Delilah kisses Daniel, without her parents' knowledge. The next day, Daniel's girlfriend Leonie has come to stay but their relationship is soon shown to be strained and is repeatedly interrupted by Delilah's friends. Delilah secretly declares her love to an appalled Daniel but when Leonie leaves the house for a while, he succumbs to temptation and passionately kisses Delilah repeatedly. Horrified by his own actions, he declares that he is a 'path ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anya Reiss
Anya Reiss (born in 1991) is a British playwright and screenwriter. Career The youngest writer to have a play staged in London, a graduate of the Royal Court's Young Writers Programme, she had her first play '' Spur of the Moment'' staged there in the Upstairs Jerwood Theatre in July 2010, directed by Jeremy Herrin. The play went on to win the 2010 TMA Award for Best New Play; the Evening Standard and the Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright. Her second play ''The Acid Test'' was staged in 2011, again at the Royal Court Theatre; it was directed by Simon Godwin. In 2012, she adapted Chekhov's ''The Seagull'' for Southwark Playhouse. She also wrote a play for the National Theatre's Connections season called Forty Five Minutes. Reiss has also written for television. As of December 2018, she has written 27 episodes of long-running BBC drama ''EastEnders'', including a special episode about sexual consent in 2018. She also wrote several episodes of school drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gina McKee
Georgina "Gina" McKee (born 14 April 1964) is an English actress. She won the 1997 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for ''Our Friends in the North'' (1996), and earned subsequent nominations for ''The Lost Prince'' (2003) and ''The Street'' (2007). She also starred on television in ''The Forsyte Saga'' (2002) and as Caterina Sforza in '' The Borgias'' (2011). Her film appearances include ''Notting Hill'' (1999), ''Phantom Thread'' (2017), and '' My Policeman'' (2022). Early life McKee was born in Peterlee, County Durham, the daughter of a coal miner,Lane, Harriet"'I had nothing to lose'"''Guardian.co.uk'', 30 November 2008 (Retrieved: 1 August 2009) and grew up there and in nearby Easington and Sunderland. Her first experience of acting occurred in her final year at primary school where her teacher finished the school week off with improvisations. Seeing a poster in a shoe-shop window for a new youth drama group, McKee and her friends decided to attend, initially not serious ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surrey In Fiction
Surrey () is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas, urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. With a population of approximately 1.2 million people, Surrey is the 12th-most populous county in England. The most populated town in Surrey is Woking, followed by Guildford. The county is divided into eleven districts with borough status. Between 1893 and 2020, Surrey County Council was headquartered at County Hall, Kingston upon Thames, County Hall, Kingston-upon-Thames (now part of Greater London) but is now based at Woodhatch Place, Reigate. In the 20th century several alterations were made to Surrey's borders, with territory ceded to Greater London upon its creation and some gained from the abolition of Middlesex. Surrey is bordered by Greater London to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
