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Anna Murphy (producer)
Anna Murphy (born 21 August 1969 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish film producer. After gaining her degree in English Literature/Film & Drama from Reading University. she went on to work for BBC Worldwide in London followed by a year in the New York office. She has worked mainly in production for major media companies including Emap, IPC Media and Virgin Media. In 2005, Murphy formed Feather Productions Limited with writer Tim Whitnall. Their first production, ''The Sociable Plover'', at the Old Red Lion Theatre, Islington, has gone on to achieve international success as a feature film ''The Hide'', starring Alex Macqueen who was nominated for Best Actor at the Evening Standard Awards. and directed by Marek Losey. The play was published by Samuel French publishers in 2011. Murphy co-produced the successful play ''Morecambe'' starring Bob Golding, who was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award The Laurence Olivier Awards, or simply The Olivier Awards, are presented annual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Reading
The University of Reading is a public research university in Reading, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1892 as the University Extension College, Reading, an extension college of Christchurch College, Oxford, and became University College, Reading in 1902. The institution became a university with the power to grant its own degrees in 1926 by royal charter from King George V, and was the only university to receive such a charter between the two world wars. The university is usually categorised as a red brick university, reflecting its original foundation in the 19th century. Reading has four major campuses. In the United Kingdom, the campuses on London Road Campus, London Road and Whiteknights Park, Whiteknights are based in the town of Reading itself, and Greenlands, Buckinghamshire, Greenlands is based on the banks of the River Thames in Buckinghamshire. It also has a campus in Iskandar Puteri, Malaysia. The university has been arranged into 16 academic schools since 2016. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Whitnall
Timothy Charles Whitnall (born 27 June 1961) is an English actor, playwright and screenwriter. He is known for playing Angelo in the long-running CITV series ''Mike and Angelo'' and narrating the BBC Children's Television programme ''Teletubbies'' from 1997 to 2001. As a writer, he has won a British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA and an Laurence Olivier Awards, Olivier Award for his work on television movie ''Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story'' and play ''Morecambe (play), Morecambe''. He is also a voice actor, providing voices on characters from television shows such as ''Fifi & the Flowertots'', ''Roary the Racing Car'', and ''Thomas & Friends''. Career Whitnall began his career in West End theatre, West End musical ''Elvis (musical), Elvis'' in 1977 after winning the role in an open call audition. He has starred in many West End musicals including ''Grease (musical), Grease'', ''The Rocky Horror Show'', and ''Good Rockin' Tonight''. After making TV ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Old Red Lion, Islington
The Old Red Lion (ORL), also known as the Old Red Lion Theatre (ORLT) and The Old Red, is a pub and fringe theatre, at Angel, in the London Borough of Islington. The theatre was founded in 1979 as the Old Red Lion Theatre Club. The pub was Grade II listed in 1994 by Historic England. History Previous buildings 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. 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 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islington
Islington ( ) is an inner-city area of north London, England, within the wider London Borough of Islington. It is a mainly residential district of Inner London, extending from Islington's #Islington High Street, High Street to Highbury Fields and Regent's Canal, encompassing the area around the busy High Street, Upper Street, Essex Road, and Southgate Road to the east. History Etymology The manor of Islington was named by the Saxons ''Giseldone'' (1005), then ''Gislandune'' (1062). The name means "GÄ«sla's hill" from the Old English personal name ''GÄ«sla'' and ''dun (fortification), dun'' ("hill", "Downland, down"). The name later mutated to ''Isledon'', which remained in use well into the 17th century when the modern form arose. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hide
''The Hide'' is a 2008 film, the debut from director Marek Losey, who previously had an award-winning career as a director of advertisements.Grigg-Spall, Holly (2008)The Hide, Channel 4 The film starred Alex Macqueen and Phil Campbell, based on the stage play ''The Sociable Plover'' by Tim Whitnall, who also wrote the screenplay. The film had the strapline "No Crime Stays Hidden Forever". Produced by Christopher Granier-Deferre and John Schwab. Plot The film is set in and around a bird-hide on the Suffolk marshes owned by Roy Tunt (Macqueen). Roy is a middle-aged, obsessive bird watcher, who needs just one more sighting (of the sociable plover) to complete the entire British list of birds. He is unexpectedly joined by a dishevelled and tattooed stranger, who introduces himself as Dave John (Campbell). After an awkward start, the pair build up a rapport, share lunch, have a drink and discuss a wide variety of subjects. Roy tells David that he used to work in a poultry factory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Macqueen
Alexander Tulloch Macqueen (born 30 November 1973) is an English actor and writer. He has appeared on television, film, and radio in the UK in productions such as ''Holby City'', ''Doctor Who,'' '' Hut 33'', '' Peep Show'', ''The Thick of It'', '' Keeping Mum'', '' Fate: The Winx Saga'', and ''The Inbetweeners''. He also guest-starred in '' The Durrells'' in series 4. Early life and education Alexander Tulloch Macqueen was born on 30 November 1973 in Epsom, Surrey. He was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead, from 1990 to 1992 and left to receive a first in English literature at Collingwood College at Durham University. He went on to study for a M.Phil at Pembroke College, Cambridge, graduating in 1998. Career Macqueen played sarcastic consultant anaesthetist Keith Greene in 75 episodes of ''Holby City'' between May 2005 and July 2010. He appeared as the Rt Hon Julius Nicholson, Lord Nicholson of Arnage, the bawdy and persistently peckish "blue-skies advisor" to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evening Standard Theatre Awards
The ''Evening Standard'' Theatre Awards, established in 1955, are the oldest theatrical awards ceremony in the United Kingdom. They are presented annually for outstanding achievements in London Theatre, and are organised by the ''Evening Standard'' newspaper. They are the West End's equivalent to Broadway's Drama Desk Awards. Trophies The trophies take the form of a modelled statuette, a figure representing Drama, designed by Frank Dobson RA, a former Professor of Sculpture at the Royal College of Art. Categories Three of the awards are given in the names of former ''Evening Standard'' notables: *Arts editor Sydney Edwards (who conceived the awards, and died suddenly in July 1979) for the Best Director category. *Editor Charles Wintour (who as deputy-editor in 1955, launched the awards after a nod from the proprietor, Lord Beaverbrook') for Most Promising Playwright. *Long-serving theatre critic Milton Shulman (for several years a key member of the judging panel) for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marek Losey
Marek Losey (born 29 August 1971 in St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London) is a British film and television director; he is the third generation of filmmakers in the Losey family. Family history and personal life Marek Losey is the grandson of American film director Joseph Losey Joseph Walton Losey III (; January 14, 1909 – June 22, 1984) was an American film and theatre director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Wisconsin, he studied in Germany with Bertolt Brecht and then returned to the United States. Hollywood ... and American fashion designer Elizabeth Hawes. He is the son of American film producer Gavrik Losey and the former British ballerina Sally Chesterton Losey, and the nephew of actor Joshua Losey. His older brother, Luke Losey, is also a film director. Marek Losey grew up in London, England, he attended Hallfield School in Bayswater. From the age of 12 he then attended boarding school at Dartington Hall School in Devon. Marek is married to produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel French, Inc
Samuel French, Inc. is an American company founded by Samuel French and Thomas Hailes Lacy, who formed a partnership to combine their interests in London and New York City. It publishes plays, represents authors, and sells scripts from its Los Angeles, UK, and online bookstores. The company's London subsidiary, Samuel French Ltd., publishes stage plays for the UK market and serves as a licensing agent for performance rights, and runs a theatrical bookshop on its premises at Fitzrovia in central London. The firm has offices in New York City, London, and Hollywood, California. The office in Toronto, Canada, was closed in 2007. In December 2018, Concord Music acquired Samuel French to form Concord Theatricals. History Samuel French was born in Massachusetts shortly after the turn of the 19th century, and began publishing ''French's American Drama'' in the mid-1800s in New York. French soon acquired a London dramatic publishing company founded by Thomas Hailes Lacy. French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Golding
Bob Golding is an English actor and voice artist. He is best known for the voices of Milo and Max in the CBeebies show ''Tweenies''. Career Television He worked on the CBeebies pre-school children's television series ''Tweenies'' as the voices of Milo and Max. The popular show won a BAFTA in 2000 for best pre-school live action. He worked on '' The Beeps'' which aired on Channel 5 in 2007 and 2008. He also worked on the CBeebies animated series Harry and Toto which aired in 2008. He has also appeared on television in CBBC's ''The Slammer'', ''Dick and Dom's Diddy Movies and Diddy TV '' and was a regular in the sketch show '' Watson & Oliver'' for BBC Two. In 2013 Golding played Horace Spendrich in the ITV drama ''Mr Selfridge''. His other voice credits include ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,'' based on the popular book, (on radio), produced by Dirk Maggs, PC Plod and Whizz in ''Noddy in Toyland'' on Five, '' Dennis and Gnasher'' on CBBC, ''Yo Gabba Gabba!'' on Nick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Olivier Awards
The Laurence Olivier Awards, or simply The Olivier Awards, are presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognize excellence in professional theatre in London. The awards were originally known as the Society of West End Theatre Awards, but they were renamed in honour of the English actor of the same name in 1984. The awards are given annually to individuals involved in West End productions and other leading non-commercial theatres based in London across a range of categories covering plays, musicals, dance, opera and affiliate theatre. A discretionary non-competitive Special Olivier Award is also given each year. The Olivier Awards are recognised internationally as the highest honour in British theatre, equivalent to the BAFTA Awards for film and television, and the BRIT Awards for music. The Olivier Awards are considered equivalent to Broadway's Tony Awards, France's Molière Award, Spain's Premios Max and Australia's Helpmann Awards. Since inception, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. * January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motors, Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba. * January 9 – ''Martyrs' Day (Panama), Martyrs' Day'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government). * January 22 – Kenneth Kaunda is inaugurated as the first Prime Minister of Northern Rhodesi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
