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The Vote
''The Vote'' is a 2015 play by British playwright James Graham. The play received its world premiere at the Donmar Warehouse as part of their spring 2015 season, where it ran from 24 April to 7 May 2015. Directed by Josie Rourke and set in a fictitious London polling station on election night 2015, the play was broadcast live on UK television channel More4 on the night of the election. In 2019, the play was updated into a rehearsed reading production for that year's general election. Production history ''The Vote'' was written by playwright James Graham. On 3 November 2014, it was announced the play would premiere as part of the Donmar Warehouse's spring 2015 season and would begin previews at the Donmar Warehouse, London on 24 April with an official opening, and final night on 7 May 2015. Tickets for the play's short run were made available through a ballot. In addition to its theatre showing, a live broadcast of the play aired on the UK television channel More4 on the nigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Graham (playwright)
James Graham (born 8 July 1982) is a British playwright and screenwriter. His work has been staged throughout the UK and internationally, at theatres including the Bush, Soho Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru and the National Theatre. Biography Graham grew up in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, and was educated at Ashfield Comprehensive School and the University of Hull, where he studied drama. His first professional play ''Albert's Boy'' was produced by the Finborough Theatre in west London, where Graham became playwright-in-residence. His first major play '' This House'' was commissioned by the Royal National Theatre, where it was critically and commercially acclaimed, transferred to the larger Olivier Theatre, and was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best New Play. ''This House'' was revived in 2016 and ran for two years, first in the West End and then on a national tour. In 2018 Graham won his first Olivier Award, for ''Labour of Love'' as best new comedy (his other play ''Ink'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Sosanya
Oluwakemi Nina Sosanya (born 6 June 1969) is an English stage, television, film, radio actress and narrator. She is most notable for her roles in ''Teachers'', ''W1A'' and ''Last Tango in Halifax''. Early life and education Sosanya was born in Islington, London, to a Nigerian father and an English mother. For a short time, she attended the Vale of Catmose College in Oakham and later trained at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance. Career Sosanya has appeared in many roles in the theatre, on television and in films. Her first big break in theatre was in ''Anthony and Cleopatra'' at the National Theatre, and with the 2001 series ''Teachers''. She also appeared in '' Sorted'', '' People Like Us'', ''Love Actually'', ''Nathan Barley'', ''Renaissance'', ''Casanova'', as Karen Blaine in the ''Jonathan Creek'' episode "The Three Gamblers", ''Much Ado About Nothing'', '' Cape Wrath/Meadowlands'', the ''Doctor Who'' episode "Fear Her", and '' FM''. Sosanya appeared as Colly Trent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llewella Gideon
Llewella Gideon (born 27 September 1967 in Peckham, South London) is a British actress, comedian and writer. She has appeared in a number of comedy series, including ''Absolutely Fabulous'', ''The Real McCoy'', ''The Crouches'', and ''The Delivery Man'', and provided the UK voice of Molly and Trix in ''Bob the Builder''. She wrote and starred in the radio series '' The Little Big Woman'', which ran on BBC Radio 4 from 2001 to 2003. The show was awarded the Critics' Choice by both ''The Times'' and ''The Guardian''. Early life Gideon was born on 27 September 1967 in Peckham, South London. As a child, she attended Lyndhurst Primary School in neighbouring Camberwell and Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College in New Cross. Even as a youngster, Gideon was drawn to acting and writing, and her mother encouraged her interests by enrolling her in Saturday classes at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts The Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts is a performing arts conservatoire bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Russell Beale
Sir Simon Russell Beale (born 12 January 1961) is an English actor. He is known for his appearances in film, television and theatre, and work on radio, on audiobooks and as a narrator. For his services to drama, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in 2019. He has spent much of his theatre career working in productions for both the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre. He has received ten Laurence Olivier Award nominations, winning three awards for his performances in ''Volpone'' (1996), ''Candide'' (2000), and ''Uncle Vanya'' (2003). For his work on the Broadway stage he has received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination for his performance as George in the Tom Stoppard play ''Jumpers'' in 2004. For his role as Henry Lehman in ''The Lehman Trilogy'', he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and was nominated for an Olivier Award. Beale has been described by ''The Independent'' as "the greatest stage actor of his generation". B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nonso Anozie
Nonso Anozie (; born 17 November 1978) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Tank in ''RocknRolla'', Sergeant Dap in ''Ender's Game'', Abraham Kenyatta in ''Zoo'', Captain of the Guards in ''Cinderella'', Xaro Xhoan Daxos in the HBO television series ''Game of Thrones'' and Tommy Jepperd in the television series '' Sweet Tooth'', for which he won the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance. Early life Anozie was born on 17 November 1978 in London, England, of Nigerian Igbo descent. Anozie attended St Aloysius College, Highgate in Highgate, London. He graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama in 2002, and in the summer of the same year he played the title role in William Shakespeare's ''King Lear'', and won the Ian Charleson Award in 2004 for his performance in ''Othello''. Career Anozie was hired in 2006 to provide the voice for the armoured bear Iorek Byrnison in the film adaptation of Philip Pullman's '' Northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sartaj Garewal
Sartaj Garewal is a British actor and voice artist who works in films, TV, theatre and audio. His films include ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' (2003), ''Dirty War'' (2004), '' The Infidel'' (2010) and ''Baseline'' (2010). Notable stage performances include Behind The Beautiful Forevers (National Theatre) 2015. Other theatre includes Romeo & Juliet (Royal Exchange Manchester), Taming of the Shrew (Arcola Theatre), East is East (New Vic Theatre, Stoke), Too Close to Home (Lyric Hammersmith, and Tinderbox (Bush Theatre) 2008. He played the lead role of Kuljit in the BBC radio drama Silver Street for six years and has narrated various audiobooks including Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese, Jubilee by Shelley Harris, and Playing It My Way, Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography. He has also featured on The Archers and BBC Radio 4's Book At Bedtime. Born and raised in Wiltshire, Garewal holds a BA(Hons) Accounting & Finance. Garewal played Jasper Choudhury in over 50 episo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gawn Grainger
Gawn Grainger (born 12 October 1937) is a British actor, playwright and screenwriter. Early life Some sources indicate he was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 12 October 1937. He is the son of Charles Neil Grainger and his wife Elizabeth (née Gall). Educated at Westminster City School in Victoria, London, he later trained for the stage at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. Grainger made his first London appearance as a boy in 1950, when he played the Boy King in Ivor Novello's '' King's Rhapsody'' at the Palace Theatre. Career He began his professional career at the Dundee Rep in 1961, followed by two years at Ipswich, 1962–64. He joined Laurence Olivier's National Theatre at the Old Vic company in 1972. Among his notable television credits are the Apostle Andrew in '' Son of Man'' by Dennis Potter (1969); the Earl of Kildare in ''The Shadow of the Tower'' (1972); George Stephenson in the ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Mark of the Rani'' (1985) and Lesley Flux in ''Midso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Brown (English Actress)
Susan Elizabeth Brown (born 6 May 1946) is an English actress of stage and screen. She had roles in the film '' The Iron Lady'' (2011) and the first season of the television series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011). Brown has been nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in the 2018 revival of the play ''Angels in America'' and a Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in the 2018 play ''Home, I'm Darling''. Biography Brown was born in Bristol, England. Before starting her professional career, Brown trained at Rose Bruford College. She has appeared in such stage productions as ''The Wild Duck'' (Donmar Warehouse), ''Henry IV'' Parts 1 & 2, ''Playing with Fire'', ''Cardiff East'' and ''The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other'' (National Theatre), ''Easter'', ''Romeo and Juliet'', ''Richard III'' and ''Bad Weather'' (RSC), ''Road'', ''Shirley'', ''Downfall'', ''Gibraltar Straight'' and ''Seagulls'' (Royal Court), ''Butterfly Kiss'' (Almeida), ''The House of Bernarda Alba'' an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chukwudi Iwuji
Chukwudi Iwuji (; born 15 October 1975) is a Nigerian-British actor. He is an Associate Artist for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Early life and education Iwuji is one of five Nigerian siblings born to diplomat parents. When Iwuji was age 10, they joined the United Nations, and the family moved to Ethiopia. At age 12, Iwuji was sent to boarding school in England. Between 1987 and 1993, he was a student at Caterham School, Surrey. He was elected Head Boy, the first Black student to be so in the school's history. He then attended Yale University and earned his undergraduate degree in economics in 1997. He attended the Professional Theatre Training Program (PTTP) at The University of Milwaukee - Wisconsin in 2000. He then moved back to the United Kingdom. Theatre Iwuji began to perform at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2001. He had roles in Edward Hall's production of ''Julius Caesar'' and as Claudius in ''Hamlet'', both in 2001. In 2002, he played Fenton in ''The Merry Wives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madalena Alberto
Madalena Alberto is a Portuguese actress, singer and composer who has developed her career in the West End. Alberto received rave reviews for her role as Eva Perón in ''Evita'' in the West End (16 September - 1 November 2014), where the show arrived after a successful UK Tour. Alberto played the role of Fantine in the acclaimed 25th Anniversary production of ''Les Misérables'' with rave reviews. Career Her professional debut was in ''Aladdin'' at the Old Vic, London, with Sir Ian McKellen (2005). She has developed her career mainly in Musical Theatre performing the roles of Lucy in ''The Threepenny Opera'' (Lisbon, 2005), Carmen Diaz in '' Fame'' (UK Tour, 2007) and Hunyak in ''Chicago'' (Kuala Lumpur, 2007). Alberto was part of the original cast of the West End production of '' Zorro the Musical'' (Garrick Theatre, 2008), playing the role of Luisa. In Summer 2009 Alberto played the role of Sam in Christopher Hamilton's new musical '' Over the Threshold'' at the Edinburgh Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadiff Kirwan
Kadiff Kirwan (born 3 February 1989) is a British-Montserratian actor. He is known for his roles in several British television series, particularly ''Timewasters'', ''Chewing Gum'', ''Fleabag'', and '' The Stranger''. Early life and education Born and raised in Plymouth, Montserrat, Kirwan moved with his family to Antigua after the 1995 Soufrière Hills volcanic eruption destroyed the family home, and thereafter to Preston, England. There he developed a love of drama; he first acted in school, in a production of Bugsy Malone, when he was 14."BBC Queers stars reveal the moments that changed their lives: Kadiff Kirwan" ''Radio Times''. BBC, undated. On his desire to act, Kirwan said "I was bad at school [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bush House
Bush House is a Grade II listed building at the southern end of Kingsway between Aldwych and the Strand in London. It was conceived as a major new trade centre by American industrialist Irving T. Bush, and commissioned, designed, funded, and constructed under his direction. The design was approved in 1919, work began in 1925, and was completed in 1935. Erected in stages, by 1929 Bush House was already declared the "most expensive building in the world".BBC Buildings: Bush House . BBC. (1 January 1970). Now mainly part of the of |
