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The Off Cut Festival
The Off Cut Festival is a showcase for new and undiscovered playwriting, directing and acting talent, with an emphasis on keeping the audience at the heart of the theatre experience. It was created in 2009 by Trudi Boatwright and Daniel Brennan (artistic directors of In Company Theatre), with the first festival being held at The Old Red Lion Theatre in Angel, London. Twenty-eight short plays (24 in 2009 and 2010) run in four groups, with audience members voting for their favourite plays. The two plays in each group with the most votes go through to a final week, where the audience continues to vote until an ultimate winner is found. A panel of industry professionals attend the final night handing out awards for Writing, Directing and Ensemble Acting. Off Cut 2009 The first festival was held at The Old Red Lion Theatre in Angel, London from 29 September to 18 October. The panel was headed by Moira Buffini, and included playwrights Josephine Melville and Robert Rigby, direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Red Lion Theatre
The Old Red Lion is a pub and fringe theatre, at Angel, London, Angel, in the London Borough of Islington. The theatre was founded in 1979 as the Old Red Lion Theatre Club. The pub was listed building, Grade II listed in 1994 by Historic England. History Construction The pub in itself is one of the oldest in London, having first been built in 1415 in what was then the rural village of Islington in open countryside and fields. A house called Goose Farm and some nearby cattle pens (for herds being driven to Smithfield Market) were the only structures to adjoin it, and St John Street (then called Chester Road) was a country lane. 18th century In the late 18th century Chester Road became notorious for highwaymen, with patrols being provided to protect those travelling along it at night. At this time descriptions state that the Old Red Lion was a small brick house with three trees in its forecourt, visited by William Hogarth (who portrayed it in the middle distance of his pain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Space (Theatre)
The Space is an arts space in Millwall on the Isle of Dogs, London. Its principal patron is Sir Ian McKellen, and it is a registered non-profit making charity. History The Space is located inside a former Presbyterian church. Dedicated to St Paul, this was built in 1859 for the Scottish Presbyterian congregation who had migrated to the Isle of Dogs to work in the shipyards. It was designed by Thomas Knightley. It was taken over by the St. Paul's Arts Trust, headed by Robert Richardson, in 1989, and has been restored. Performances The Space offers many kinds of performance, including dance, drama and live music. Its first in-house production was a double bill of '' Dogg's Hamlet'' and ''The Real Inspector Hound ''The Real Inspector Hound'' is a short, one-act play by Tom Stoppard. The plot follows two theatre critics named Moon and Birdboot who are watching a ludicrous setup of a country house murder mystery, in the style of a whodunit. By chance, th ...'', the former s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elf Lyons
Emily-Anne "Elf" Lyons (born 10 June 1991) is a British stand-up comedian, writer and actress. Lyons is the daughter of economist Gerard Lyons. Early life Lyons is the daughter of economist Gerard Lyons. Her mother, Annette, is a painter and she has two siblings. She earned a BA in Drama from Bristol University and an MA in Theatre & Performance from Queen Mary University of London.Fisher, Jo"BWW Interview: Elf Lyons Talks MEDUSA at Nuffield Southampton Theatres" BroadwayWorld.com, 11 October 2018 She then studied at École Philippe Gaulier in Étampes, near Paris. Career Lyons was the runner up for a Funny Women award in 2013. Her solo show ''Being Barbarella'' was an IdeasTap award winner at the Vault Festival at The Vaults, Waterloo, before Lyons travelled to Australia to perform it at the Adelaide Fringe Festival in 2015. She was a founder of "The Secret Comedians", a collective who run comedy nights in East London and was a regular compere at the Camden Comedy Club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Albiston
Wendy Albiston (born 13 January 1969) is a Welsh actress. In 2002, she played Marie de Rohan-Montbazon, duchesse de Chevreuse, De Chevreuse in the ''Doctor Who'' audio drama ''The Church and the Crown'' and guest starred in the Sarah Jane Smith adventure ''Sarah Jane Smith: The TAO Connection, The TAO Connection''. She is probably best known for her role as Guard Miller in the 2006 UK, British-Indian film ''Provoked (film), Provoked'' and as Martha in the 2008 UK, British television mini-series ''Sense and Sensibility (2008 TV series), Sense and Sensibility''. Most recently she played Baines the chauffeur in the BBC's ''The Turn of the Screw (2009 film), The Turn of the Screw'' (2009). Albiston had small roles in the Bollywood film ''Jhootha Hi Sahi'' directed by Abbas Tyrewala and in ''Five Daughters'' the BBCs factually-based drama telling the stories of five young women who were murdered in Ipswich in 2006. External links *Review of Romeo and Juliet 1969 births Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Lidster
Joseph Lidster is an English playwright and screenwriter, best known for his work on the ''Doctor Who'' spin-off series ''Torchwood'' and ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. Biography His debut work was the audio play '' The Rapture'' for Big Finish Productions in 2002. Numerous further audio plays and prose short stories followed for Big Finish, for their ''Doctor Who'' line, spin-offs and other series (''Sapphire & Steel'' and ''The Tomorrow People''). In 2005, he started working for the BBC, writing tie-in material for the new ''Doctor Who'' television series. He made his television writing debut in 2008 on the second series of ''Doctor Who'' spin-off ''Torchwood'' and subsequently wrote three two-part stories for ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' and two two-part stories for ''Wizards vs Aliens''. Lidster wrote for the 2014 CBBC sitcom Millie Inbetween. Lidster writes the content for the tie-in websites relating to the fictional world of the television series, '' Sherlock''. Alongsid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Theatre Studio
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 del ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Carter (playwright)
Michael or Mike Carter may refer to: People Arts, entertainment, and media *Michael Carter (actor) (born 1947), Scottish film actor *Michael Carter (musician), country music guitarist and songwriter * Michael Carter (poet), American poet and publisher * Michael A. Carter (died 2004), British sound engineer Politics * Michael Carter (politician) (died 1954), Irish Farmers' Party politician for Leitrim Sligo in 1927 *Mike Carter (politician) (1953–2021), American politician Sports Gridiron football *Michael Carter (running back) (born 1999), American football running back *Michael Carter (nose tackle) (born 1960), American football player and track & field athlete *Michael Carter (Canadian football) (born 1986), Canadian football defensive back *Michael Carter II (born 1999), American football safety *Mike Carter (American football) (born 1948), American football wide receiver Other sports *Michael Carter (boxer) (born 1949), British Olympic boxer *Michael Carter (cyclist) (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josie Lawrence
Josie Lawrence (born Wendy Lawrence; 6 June 1959) is an English actress and comedian. She is best known for her work with the Comedy Store Players improvisational troupe, the television series ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'' and as Manda Best in '' EastEnders''. Early life Lawrence was born Wendy Lawrence on 6 June 1959 in Old Hill, Staffordshire. Her parents were Bert Lawrence and Kathleen Lawrence, née Griffin, who were married in 1948. She has older twin siblings, John and Janet, who are ten years her senior (1949). They were brought up in nearby Cradley Heath, where her father worked for British Leyland and her mother as a dinner lady. She knew she wanted to be an actress at the early age of 5, and by the time she was 16 she joined the Barlow Players in Oldbury. She studied at Dartington College of Arts from 1978 to 1981, receiving a Bachelor of Arts honours degree. Career Stage Her first acting role was as a young boy in a production of ''The Ragged Trousered Philanthropis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Wright (playwright)
Mark Wright may refer to: Sports *Mark Wright (footballer, born 1963), English international football player and manager * Mark Wright (footballer, born 1970), English footballer * Mark Wright (footballer, born 1981), English footballer * Mark Wright (footballer, born 1982), English footballer * Mark Wright (footballer, born 1987), English footballer (Crawley Town) and TV personality *Mark Wright (cricketer) (born 1981), English cricketer * Mark Wright (rugby league) (1955–2017), Australian rugby league player Others * Mark Wright (entrepreneur) (born 1989), contestant on series ten of the UK version of ''The Apprentice'' *Mark Wright (British Army soldier) (1979–2006), British soldier in the Parachute Regiment and recipient of the George Cross *Mark Wright (British politician) (born 1974), Bristol, England councillor *Mark Wright (record producer) (born 1957), American record producer and songwriter *Mark Wright (TV personality) (born 1987), English television and radio present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gbemisola Ikumelo
Gbemisola Ikumelo is a British actress, comedian and writer. She has won a BAFTA award for her short ''Brain in Gear'' and best female comedy performance from the Royal Television Society for her role in her show ''Famalam''. Life and career Ikumelo aspired to be a serious actress and at fifteen she was in the National Youth Theatre. She went on to study in Scotland at the Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh. Her break came when she was cast in ''Sunny D'' in 2015 playing the main character (Dane Baptiste)'s twin sister. She came to notice when her sketch show ''Famalam'' appeared on the BBC. In 2021 she received an award for best female comedy performance in ''Famalam'' from the Royal Television Society. Ikumelo was awarded a TV British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA for her short film, titled ''Brain in Gear'' in July 2020. Ikumelo is a main cast member on the Amazon Studios, Amazon series ''A League of Their Own (2022 TV series), A League of Their Own''. It con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Meyer
David Meyer (born 24 July 1947) is an English actor. He is the twin of Anthony Meyer who has often appeared alongside him in film. He is best known for his role as a knife-throwing circus performer and assassin in the 1983 James Bond film ''Octopussy'', for Shakespearean roles such as Hamlet and Ferdinand, and for portraying Isaac Newton on stage. Meyer, as part of Shakespeare's Globe, has appeared in numerous productions on stage in London in recent decades, and in 2017 played Saturn in James Wallace's production of '' The Woman in the Moon'' at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. Early career Between August 1972 and 24 November 1972 and 23 January 1973 and August 1973, David Meyer played a Fairy in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', with his twin brother Anthony Meyer playing the role until 13 January 1973. The tour included performances at the Aldwych Theatre in London. In October 1974, Meyer starred in the Lindsay Kemp Broadway play ''Flowers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lyon (actor) (born 1955), American politician from Kansas
Robert Lyon may refer to: * Robert Menli Lyon (1789–1874), early settler in Western Australia * Robert Lyon (politician) (1832?–1888), Canadian politician in Ontario * Robert Adam Lyon (1829–1901), Canadian businessman and politician * Robert Lyon (duellist) (1812–1833), last Canadian killed in a duel * Robert Lyon (journalist) (1810–1858), English-American journalist and newspaper editor and publisher * Robert W. Lyon (1842–1904), American politician, mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania * Robert Lyon (British Army officer) (1923–2019), British general * Bob Lyon Bob Lyon (born March 24, 1955), an American politician, is a former Kansas State Senator from the city of Winchester. A civil engineer, Lyon is a graduate of the University of Virginia and George Washington University. See also *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
