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Zigger Zagger
''Zigger Zagger'' is a 1967 play by Peter Terson which was the first work to be commissioned by the National Youth Theatre who revived it at Wilton's Music Hall in 2017 for its 50th anniversary.''Zigger Zagger'' - website Described as a "football opera" in which the cast sing and chant like a , the play was an instant success. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West End Of London
The West End of London (commonly referred to as the West End) is a district of Central London, west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, in which many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops, businesses, government buildings and entertainment venues, including West End theatres, are concentrated. The term was first used in the early 19th century to describe fashionable areas to the west of Charing Cross.Mills, A., ''Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names'', (2001) The West End covers parts of the boroughs of Westminster and Camden.Greater London Authority, The London Plan: The Sub Regions'' While the City of London is the main business and financial district in London, the West End is the main commercial and entertainment centre of the city. It is the largest central business district in the United Kingdom, comparable to Midtown Manhattan in New York City, the 8th arrondissement in Paris, Causeway Bay in Hong Kong, or Shibuya in Tokyo. It is one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, distribution, and education. It is sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and partially funded under the British Film Institute Act 1949. Purpose It was established in 1933 to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and the moving image generally, and their impact on society, to promote access to and appreciation of the widest possible range of British and world cinema and to establish, care for and develop collections reflecting the moving image history and heritage of the United Kingdom. BFI activities Archive The BFI maint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Taylforth
Kim Taylforth is an English actress. She is the sister of ''EastEnders'' actress Gillian Taylforth. She trained in acting at the Anna Scher Theatre School in Islington. Her earliest TV appearance was in the BBC sitcom, ''Steptoe and Son'', when she was 15 years old. Aged 19, she starred as 'Janet' in the 1979 TV film '' The Knowledge'' about a group of aspiring Londoners learning The Knowledge with Mick Ford and Nigel Hawthorne. She also appeared in Never the Twain as Shirley. She appeared with her sister Gillian, in 1982, on the children's TV show '' On Safari'' and in the 1983 '' Minder'' episode "Senior Citizen Caine". She took a break from acting to pursue a career in the Metropolitan Police from 1984 to 1996. Taylforth also appeared as Billy Ray's mother in '' London's Burning''."Closet Confidential." Coventry Evening Telegraph (England). MGN Ltd. 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2014. She returned to acting and appeared in the first series of '' Operation Good Guys'' in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gillian Taylforth
Gillian Taylforth (born 14 August 1955) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Kathy Beale on the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', and has also appeared as Jackie Pascoe/Webb on ITV's ''Footballers' Wives'' (2002–2006), and as Sgt. Nikki Wright in ITV's ''The Bill'' (2006–2008). She has also appeared in film during her early career, has presented on ITV's ''Loose Women'' and appeared as a celebrity contestant on ''Strictly Come Dancing'' in 2008. In January 2013, she was a contestant in ''Celebrity Big Brother''. From May 2013 she played Sandy Roscoe on Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', but left in Summer 2014, and returned in December to again leave with Joe Roscoe in January 2015. Despite her ''EastEnders'' character being presumed dead after being killed off-screen in 2006, Taylforth made a shock return to the show in February 2015 as part of the 30th anniversary episode. The BBC later confirmed that she would reprise the role of Kathy permanently later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheryl Murray
Cheryl Murray (born Cheryl Frayling-Wright 13 July 1952 in Liverpool, Lancashire) is an English actress, best known for her role as Suzie Birchall on the soap opera '' Coronation Street'', which she played from 1977 to 1979 and again in 1983. Career Murray played the eldest daughter of Billie Whitelaw and sister of Smiths fan Lucette Henderson in the video "Everyday Is Like Sunday" by Morrissey - which was filmed in and around Southend-on-Sea and Westcliff. She also appeared in the fourth series of David Croft's ''Hi-de-Hi!'' as Joan Wainwright and as Gillian alongside Ronnie Corbett in the 1980s BBC Television comedy series '' Sorry!;'' the episode entitled " Collapse of Small Party". Murray has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and had her first MS attack while working on ''Coronation Street''. Murray retired from acting in 1998 due to her diagnosis years earlier. In 2014 Murray made a guest appearance on the ITV documentary "Gail and Me: 40 years of Gail on Cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Tarn
Michael Tarn (born 18 December 1953) is a British actor. He is best known for playing Pete in Stanley Kubrick's film '' A Clockwork Orange'' (1971). Tarn was cast as Pete in '' A Clockwork Orange'' and was the only actor in the gang who was a true teenager (16–17 years old) at the time of production, the others being in their mid- to late 20s. Subsequently, he appeared in John Mackenzie's film ''Made'' (1972), and had lead roles in ''It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow'', directed by John Goldschmidt, and the name role in ''Zigger Zagger'', directed by Ron Smedley. After guest appearances in a succession of TV series he was cast in ''Where There's Brass'' for Yorkshire Television. Unknown to him his then agent had negotiated him out of the series and his career as a film and TV actor was effectively over. He made a few brief appearances over the next 20 years including ''Crimewatch, The Knock,'' and the final one in 2000 when he played the part of Vic in ''Shooters'' for Coolbean Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaw Theatre
The Shaw Theatre is a theatre in Somers Town, in the London Borough of Camden. It is a part of the Pullman London St Pancras hotel, located off Euston Road. St Pancras library Before being refurbished in 1998, the Shaw Theatre originally opened its doors in 1971 as a purpose built theatre within the St Pancras library. The opening production was the show ''Zigger Zagger'' with a cast that included Barrie Rutter and Paula Wilcox. In 1972, Simon Ward and Sinéad Cusack appeared in '' Romeo and Juliet''. Later in the same year Vanessa Redgrave, Nyree Dawn Porter and Windsor Davies starred in ''Twelfth Night''. Other stars who appeared in the theatre's early days included Ian McKellen, Mia Farrow, Julia McKenzie and Raymond Francis. The theatre hosted a series of 'Sunday nights at the Shaw', with many notable actors including Judi Dench, Dame Flora Robson, Patricia Routledge and Michael Williams. It also hosted numerous productions by the National Youth Theatre. In 1985, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esta Charkham
Esta Malka Charkham (born 29 March 1949) is a British television and film producer and casting director known for the films ''Chariots of Fire'' (1981) and ''Supergirl'' (1984) and the television series ''Robin of Sherwood'' (1984), among others. She is a director of the talent agency Esta Charkham Associates;Charkham on Esta Charkham Associates website charkham.net; accessed 22 March 2018. the Founder and Principal of West London Drama Training, an independent theatre school for young people between the ages of 7 and 18; and a former Director of the National Youth Theatre. Early life Born in London in 1949, the daughter of Montague Charkham (1924–2015) and Regina (née Stockman, 1925–2004) ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Independent
''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was published on Saturday 26 March 2016, leaving only the online edition. The newspaper was controlled by Tony O'Reilly's Irish Independent News & Media from 1997 until it was sold to the Russian oligarch and former KGB Officer Alexander Lebedev in 2010. In 2017, Sultan Muhammad Abuljadayel bought a 30% stake in it. The daily edition was named National Newspaper of the Year at the 2004 British Press Awards. The website and mobile app had a combined monthly reach of 19,826,000 in 2021. History 1986 to 1990 Launched in 1986, the first issue of ''The Independent'' was published on 7 October in broadsheet format.Dennis Griffiths (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422–1992'', London & Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p. 330 It was produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'', which do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1966. In general, the political position of ''The Times'' is considered to be centre-right. ''The Times'' is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, such as ''The Times of India'', ''The New York Times'', and more recently, digital-first publications such as TheTimesBlog.com (Since 2017). In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as , or as , although the newspaper is of nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Denyer
Peter John Denyer (20 August 1947 – 18 September 2009) was an English actor who played Dennis Dunstable in London Weekend Television's ''Please Sir!'', and its spin-off series ''The Fenn Street Gang'', taking on the role of a teenager when already into his 20s. He also appeared in the film versions of ''Please Sir!'' (1971) and ''Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width'' (1973), and the glam rock film ''Never Too Young to Rock'' (1976). Another semi-regular role, again for LWT, was as one half of a gay couple in ''Agony''. He played the boring, jilted Ralph Dring in '' Dear John''. Noted for his motor-cycle combination and 'mobile discothèque' with one record - Green Door by Shakin' Stevens He also appeared in ''Dixon of Dock Green'', ''Moody and Pegg'', and the TV soap opera ''Emmerdale Farm''. Later in his career he moved into producing, directing and writing pantomime Pantomime (; informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
