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ADC Theatre
The ADC Theatre (full name: ''Amateur Dramatic Club Theatre'') is a theatre in Cambridge, England, and also a department of the University of Cambridge. It is located on Park Street, north off Jesus Lane. The theatre is owned by a trust on behalf of the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club (CUADC) but leased to the University, operating as one of the smallest departments and run by five full-time and one part-time staff. It is a producing theatre with CUADC as its resident company. The auditorium seats a maximum of 228 audience members in rows of 14, except for the back row which seats 18, though typical configurations generally seat slightly fewer than this. The front row is accessible step-free from the street via a passenger lift. The theatre has a bar, which opens 45 minutes before shows and often stays open into the early hours of the morning. The bar is famous for its cocktails themed around the current week's show. The ADC Theatre is notable for its very unusua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ADC Theatre Cambridge
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Marius Goring
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Richard Ayoade
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Eddie Redmayne
Edward John David Redmayne OBE (; born 6 January 1982) is an English actor. His accolades include an Academy Award, a Tony Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Olivier Awards. Redmayne began his professional acting career in West End theatre starring in productions of '' The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?'' (2004), for which he gained a nomination for an Olivier Award, '' Red'' (2009–2010), which won him that award, and '' Richard II'' (2011–2012). He made his Broadway debut in the transfer of ''Red'', earning a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He starred as The Emcee in a West End revival of ''Cabaret'' in 2022, earning a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He returned to Broadway in 2024, acting in a transfer of ''Cabaret'', which earned him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. His first leading film role came with '' Like Minds'' (2006), and his breakthrough came with the roles of Colin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Hiddleston
Thomas William Hiddleston (born 9 February 1981) is a British actor. He gained international fame portraying Loki (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), beginning with ''Thor (film), Thor'' in 2011 and including the Disney+ series ''Loki (TV series), Loki'' (2021–2023). Hiddleston started his film career with Joanna Hogg's films ''Unrelated'' (2007) and ''Archipelago (2010 film), Archipelago'' (2010). In 2011, Hiddleston portrayed F. Scott Fitzgerald in Woody Allen's romantic comedy ''Midnight in Paris'', and appeared in Steven Spielberg's ''War Horse (film), War Horse.'' That year, he was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award. He continued working with auteurs in independent films, including Terence Davies' drama ''The Deep Blue Sea (2011 film), The Deep Blue Sea'' (2012), Jim Jarmusch's vampire film ''Only Lovers Left Alive'' (2013) and Guillermo del Toro's horror film ''Crimson Peak'' (2015). He also played the troubled country musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Covington
Julie Covington (born 11 September 1946) is an English singer and actress, best known for recording the original version of " Don't Cry for Me Argentina", which she sang on the 1976 concept album '' Evita''. Early life Julie Covington was born in London. Her parents were Ernest Gladden and Elsie Gladden (née Moody). Her parents divorced and her mother married Leslie Covington in 1957. She attended the girls' grammar school Brondesbury and Kilburn High School in Kilburn, northwest London, then studied at Homerton College, Cambridge. She started acting at school, and performed both acting and singing at two Edinburgh festivals. She won the first Edinburgh Festival Fringe Best Actress Award. Career Covington started singing songs written by Pete Atkin and Clive James after joining the Footlights while still at teachers' training college in Cambridge. She toured North America with the Oxford and Cambridge Shakespeare Company and appeared on stage in numerous Footlights related ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Ravens
Janet Ravens (born 14 May 1958) is an English actress and impressionist, known for her voice work on '' Spitting Image'' and '' Dead Ringers''. Early life Ravens grew up in Hoylake, then in Cheshire, on the west side of the Wirral with her father, a local government clerk, and her mother, a nurse. She attended West Kirby Grammar School for Girls, where BBC Radio 4 presenter Sheila McClennon ('' You and Yours'') was two years below her. She read education studies and drama at Homerton College, Cambridge, and was the first female president of Cambridge University Footlights Club in 1979–80. Career After Cambridge, Ravens became a radio comedy producer. Her first television role was in the ITV series, ''Just Amazing''. She joined Jasper Carrott's comedy, ''Carrott's Lib'', in 1983. In 1986, she played the heavily pregnant Vanessa Plowright in the "Tourists" episode of '' Farrington of the F.O.'' (broadcast 13 March). In 1986, she accompanied then husband Steve Brown on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tilda Swinton
Katherine Matilda Swinton (born 5 November 1960) is a British actress. She is known for playing eccentric and enigmatic characters, often working with auteurs. Her accolades include an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and a Volpi Cup, in addition to nominations for five Screen Actors Guild Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. In 2020, ''The New York Times'' ranked her as one of the greatest actors of the 21st century. Swinton began her career by appearing in Derek Jarman's experimental films ''Caravaggio'' (1986), '' The Last of England'' (1988), '' War Requiem'' (1989), and '' The Garden'' (1990). For her portrayal of Isabella of France in '' Edward II'' (1991), she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. She next starred in ''Orlando'' (1992), '' Female Perversions'' (1996), and '' The Beach'' (2000), and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of a desperate mother in '' The Deep End'' (2001). Swinton received the Academy Award for Best Supp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Hollander
Thomas Anthony Hollander (; born 25 August 1967) is a British actor. He trained with National Youth Theatre and won the Ian Charleson Award in 1992 for his performance as Witwoud in ''The Way of the World''. He made his Broadway debut in the David Hare play ''The Judas Kiss (play), The Judas Kiss'' in 1998. His performance as Henry Carr in a revival of the Tom Stoppard play ''Travesties'' earned nominations for both the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, Olivier Award and Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, Tony Award. Hollander gained attention portraying Mr William Collins, Mr. Collins in the 2005 Joe Wright film ''Pride & Prejudice (2005 film), Pride & Prejudice'', and as List of Pirates of the Caribbean characters, Lord Cutler Beckett in the Pirates of the Caribbean (film series), ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' franchise. Other film roles include ''Gosford Park'' (2001), ''Elizabeth: The Golden Age'' (2007), ''Valkyrie (film), Valkyrie'' (2008), ''In the Loop'' (2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hattie Morahan
Harriet Jane Morahan (born 7 October 1978), better known as Hattie Morahan, is an English actress. Her roles include Sister Clara in ''The Golden Compass'' (2007), Gale Benson in '' The Bank Job'' (2008), Alice in ''The Bletchley Circle'' (2012–2014), Ann in '' Mr. Holmes'' (2015), Rose Coyne in ''My Mother and Other Strangers'' (2016), Agathe/The Enchantress in ''Beauty and the Beast'' (2017), Corinne Aldrich in '' Luther: The Fallen Sun'', Louise in '' Hijack'', and Caroline Burkett in '' Fool Me Once''. Early life Morahan was born in 1978, the younger daughter of director Christopher Morahan and actress Anna Carteret. Her older sister Rebecca is a theatre director, and her half-brother Andy is a music video and film director. As a child, she attended parties thrown by Sir Laurence Olivier, who once helped her with her mathematics homework. Morahan was educated at Frensham Heights School. She wanted to attend Newcastle University, but her father encouraged her to fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Laurie
James Hugh Calum Laurie (; born 11 June 1959) is an English actor, comedian, singer, musician and writer. He first gained professional recognition as a member of the English comedy double act Fry and Laurie with Stephen Fry. Fry and Laurie acted together in a number of projects during the 1980s and 1990s, including the BBC sketch comedy series ''A Bit of Fry & Laurie'' and the P. G. Wodehouse adaptation ''Jeeves and Wooster''. From 1986 to 1989 he appeared in three series of the period comedy ''Blackadder'', first as a recurring guest star in the last two episodes of ''Blackadder II'', before joining the main cast in ''Blackadder the Third'', and going on to appear in ''Blackadder Goes Forth'' and many related specials. From 2004 to 2012, Laurie starred as Gregory House, Dr. Gregory House on the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox medical drama series ''House (TV series), House''. He received two Golden Globe Awards and many other accolades for the role. He was listed in the 2011 ''G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Fry
Sir Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator and writer. He came to prominence as a member of the comic act Fry and Laurie alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starring in ''A Bit of Fry & Laurie'' (1989–1995) and ''Jeeves and Wooster'' (1990–1993). He also starred in the sketch series ''Alfresco (TV series), Alfresco'' (1983–1984) with Laurie, Emma Thompson, and Robbie Coltrane, and in ''Blackadder'' (1986–1989) alongside Rowan Atkinson. Since 2011 he has served as president of the mental health charity Mind (charity), Mind. In 2025, he was Knight Bachelor, knighted for services to mental health awareness, the environment and charity. Fry's film acting roles include playing Oscar Wilde in the film ''Wilde (film), Wilde'' (1997), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor; Inspector Thompson in Robert Altman's murder mystery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
