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Paul Hilton (British Actor)
Paul Hilton (born 1970) is an English actor on stage, radio, and TV. He is an alumnus of the Welsh College of Music & Drama. Early life Hilton was born in Oldham, Lancashire in 1970. He trained at the Welsh College of Music & Drama. Career Hilton's work ranges from radio drama, television series and features, as well as film and theatre. Hilton starred as William Palmer in the ''Pilgrim'' radio dramas on BBC Radio 4's ''Afternoon Play'' series and appeared in TV programmes including ''Garrow's Law'' (as freethinker Joseph Hamer), ''The Bill'', ''Silent Witness'', ''Wire in the Blood'', ''Midsomer Murders'' (in the episode "The Oblong Murders"), ''Robin Hood'', and has had regular character roles in ''True Dare Kiss'' (as Dennis Tyler) and ''Casualty 1909'' (as Henry Percy Dean). Hilton also appeared in the film '' Klimt'' and as Mr. Earnshaw Snr. in Andrea Arnold's 2011 adaptation of ''Wuthering Heights''. In 2010, he appeared as Sandy in Mark Haddon's play ''Polar Bears ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oldham
Oldham is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers River Irk, Irk and River Medlock, Medlock, southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, which had a population of 242,003 in 2021. Within the boundaries of the Historic counties of England, historic county of Lancashire, and with little Early modern Britain, early history to speak of, Oldham rose to prominence in the 19th century as an international centre of Textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution, textile manufacture. It was a boomtown of the Industrial Revolution, and among the first ever Industrialisation, industrialised towns, rapidly becoming "one of the most important centres of cotton and textile industries in England." At its zenith, it was the most productive Spinning (textiles), cotton spinning mill town in the world,. producing more cotton than France and Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Haddon
Mark Haddon (born 26 September 1962) is an English novelist, best known for ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'' (2003). He won the Whitbread Award, the Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award, the Guardian Prize, and a Commonwealth Writers' Prize for his work. Life, work and studies In 2003, Haddon won the Whitbread Book Awards, Whitbread Book of the Year Award—in the Novels rather than Children's Books category—for ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time''. He also won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in the Best First Book category, as ''The Curious Incident'' was considered his first book written for adults. Despite being categorized as an adult book for some awards, Haddon also won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 2003 for the book. The book was also long-listed for the 2003 Man Booker Prize. It was adapted as a stage play and was successful for a long run. ''The Curious Incident'' is written from the perspective of a 15-year-old boy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Pugh
Florence Pugh ( ; born 3 January 1996) is an English actress. Her accolades include a British Independent Film Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and three BAFTA Awards. After making her acting debut in the drama film '' The Falling'' (2014), Pugh gained praise for starring in the independent drama ''Lady Macbeth'' (2016) and the miniseries '' The Little Drummer Girl'' (2018). Her international breakthrough came in 2019 with her portrayals of professional wrestler Paige in the sports film '' Fighting with My Family'', a despondent American woman in the horror film '' Midsommar'', and Amy March in the period drama ''Little Women''. For the last of these, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Pugh has played Yelena Belova in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, starring in the films '' Black Widow'' (2021) and '' Thunderbolts*'' (2025), as well as the Disney+ miniseries ''Hawkeye'' (2021). In her highest-grossing releases, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Mortimer
Jeremy Mortimer is a British director and producer of radio dramas for BBC Radio.Jeremy Mortimer's blog on 's website, accessed 1 October 2010 He won the 2012 Bronze Sony Radio Academy Award for Best Drama with ''''.Sony Radio Academy Awards 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal National Theatre
The National Theatre (NT), officially the Royal National Theatre and sometimes referred to in international contexts as the National Theatre of Great Britain, is a performing arts venue and associated theatre company located in London, England, adjacent to (but not part of) the Southbank Centre. The theatre was founded by Laurence Olivier in 1963 and List of Royal National Theatre Company actors, many well-known actors have since performed with it. The company was based at The Old Vic theatre in Waterloo Road, London, Waterloo until 1976. The current building is located next to the Thames in the The South Bank, South Bank area of central London. In addition to performances at the National Theatre building, it 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 were suspended in February 2021 over concerns ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Kirkwood
Lucy Ann Kirkwood (born ) is a British playwright and screenwriter. She is known for her plays '' Chimerica'' (2013) and '' The Children'' (2016). Early life and education Kirkwood was born in Leytonstone around 1984 and raised in east London. She has a degree in English literature from the University of Edinburgh, where she performed as part of an improvisational comedy troupe, the Improverts and wrote for the Edinburgh University Theatre Company. Career Plays In 2005, Kirkwood wrote and starred in her first play, ''Grady Hot Potato'', at the Bedlam Theatre. It was also selected for the National Student Drama Festival. The following year, in 2006, Kirkwood took two productions of her second play, ''Geronimo'' to the Edinburgh Fringe, under the title ''The Umbilical Project''. The two productions, ''Cut'' and ''Uncut'', were an experiment in cutting the cord between writer and production. ''Uncut'' was directed by Kirkwood herself and ''Cut'' by a completely separate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufus Norris
Sir Rufus John Norris (born 16 January 1965) is a British theatre and film director, who was the artistic director and chief executive of the National Theatre from 2015 to 2025. He received the Society of London Theatre Special Award in 2025 for his services to theatre. Life and career Norris grew up in Africa and Malaysia, attended North Bromsgrove High School and Kidderminster College of Further Education, and later trained as an actor at RADA before turning to directing. In 2001 he won the Evening Standard Award for Outstanding Newcomer for his production of David Rudkin's ''Afore Night Come'' at the Young Vic. In 2004, Norris won another Evening Standard Award, a Critic's Circle Award and an Olivier Award nomination for Best Director, for his production of '' Festen''. In 2006 he made his National Theatre debut directing ''Market Boy'' by David Eldridge. From 2002 to 2007 Norris was an Associate Director at the Young Vic, where his productions have included ''Feast'' b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester International Festival
The Manchester International Festival is a biennial international arts festival, with a specific focus on original new work, held in the English city of Manchester and run by Factory International. The festival is a biennial event, first taking place in June–July 2007, and subsequently recurring in the summers of 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021 with the most recent event taking place in the summer of 2023. The organisation was originally based in Blackfriars House, adjacent to Blackfriars Bridge but it has since moved to a new £110 million new home, Factory International in 2023. Pre-festival commissions The Festival was promoted and initiated with three pre-festival commissions. The first of these took place in November 2005, when Gorillaz performed live at the Manchester Opera House. Recordings of these performances were later released as the '' Demon Days Live'' DVD. The second was ''The Schools Festival Song'', a new piece by Ennio Morricone and Nicholas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonder
Wonder may refer to: Arts and media Film * ''Wonder'' (film), a 2017 drama based on the R. J. Palacio novel * ''The Wonder'' (film), a 2022 drama based on the Emma Donoghue novel * Wonder, a character in the 2006 American family film ''Zoom'' * The Wonders, a fictional band featured in the 1996 film ''That Thing You Do!'' Literature * ''Wonder'' (Sawyer novel), the 2011 conclusion of a trilogy by Robert J. Sawyer * ''Wonder'' (Palacio novel), a 2012 novel by R.J. Palacio * ''Wonder'' (comics), a comic debuting 1892 * ''Wonder'', the 2009 English translation of the 1962 novel ''De verwondering'' by Hugo Claus * ''The Wonder'', a novel by Emma Donoghue Music Albums * ''Wonder'' (Lisa Mitchell album), 2009 * ''Wonder'' (Michael W. Smith album), 2010 * ''Wonder'' (Mamoru Miyano album), 2010 * ''Wonder'' (Hillsong United album), 2017 * ''Wonder'' (Shawn Mendes album), 2020 * ''Wonder'' (Knut album), 2010 * ''The Wonder'' (album), a 1990 album by Tom Verlaine * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damon Albarn
Damon Albarn (, ; born 23 March 1968) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the frontman, main vocalist, and lyricist of the rock band Blur (band), Blur and the co-creator and primary musical contributor of the virtual band Gorillaz. Raised in Leytonstone, East London, and around Colchester (borough), Colchester, Essex, Albarn attended the Stanway School, where he met Graham Coxon, with whom he would later form Blur in 1988. They released their debut album ''Leisure (album), Leisure'' in 1991. After spending long periods touring the US, Albarn's songwriting became increasingly influenced by British bands from the 1960s. The result was the Blur albums ''Modern Life Is Rubbish'' (1993), ''Parklife'' (1994) and ''The Great Escape (Blur album), The Great Escape'' (1995). All three received critical acclaim, while Blur gained mass popularity in the UK, aided by a Britpop Britpop#"The Battle of Britpop", chart rivalry with Oasis (band) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakespeare's Globe
Shakespeare's Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse first built in 1599 for which William Shakespeare wrote his plays. Like the original, it is located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Southwark, London. The reconstruction was completed in 1997 and while concentrating on Shakespeare's work also hosts a variety of other theatrical productions. Part of the Globe's complex also hosts the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse for smaller, indoor productions, in a setting which also recalls the period. Background The original globe theatre was built in 1599 by the Lord Chamberlain's Men, destroyed by a fire in 1613, rebuilt in 1614, and then demolished in 1644. The modern Globe Theatre is an academic approximation based on available evidence of the 1599 and 1614 buildings. It is considered quite realistic, though modern safety requirements mean that it accommodates only 1,400 spectators compared to the original theatre's 3,000. The modern ''Shakespe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Faustus (play)
''The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus'', commonly referred to simply as ''Doctor Faustus'', is an Elizabethan era, Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe, based on German stories about a scholar who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for magical power. Written in the late 16th century and first performed around 1594, the play follows Faustus’s rise as a magician through his pact with Lucifer—facilitated by the demon Mephistopheles—and his ultimate downfall as he fails to repent before his damnation. The play survives in two major versions: the shorter 1604 "A" text and the expanded 1616 "B" text, which includes additional scenes and material of debated authorship. Though once considered less authoritative, the "B" text has gained renewed scholarly interest, especially regarding its comic elements and their thematic significance. Doctor Faustus blends classical tragedy with Elizabethan drama, employing a five-act structure and a chorus. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
