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Dafydd Rogers
Dafydd Rogers is a theatre producer known for a number of award winning plays produced in the UK and internationally. and for his commitment to making theatre as accessible and affordable as possible. He is a long-standing board member of the Society of London Theatre and the UK Theatre Association. Early life and education Dafydd Rogers was born in London. He attended St Paul's School Barnes, on a McAlpine scholarship. At St. Paul's he was vice Captain of school, Rowing 1st VIII (competing twice at Henley Royal Regatta) and Secretary of Boats, Rugby 1st XV, President of Literary Society, and Lupton Divinity Prize Winner. Rogers subsequently spent a year in Peru working on construction projects in brick and traditional adobe in Lima and Ayaviri. In 1988, Rogers attended King's College London to read theology. At KCL he was Captain of Boats. He continues to row and coach at Erith Rowing Club in South East London. Career Rogers' first job in theatre was at the Aldwych The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. They come in four main pairs of shapes, as given in the box to the right, which also gives their names, that vary between British English, British and American English. "Brackets", without further qualification, are in British English the ... marks and in American English the ... marks. Other symbols are repurposed as brackets in specialist contexts, such as International Phonetic Alphabet#Brackets and transcription delimiters, those used by linguists. Brackets are typically deployed in symmetric pairs, and an individual bracket may be identified as a "left" or "right" bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. In casual writing and in technical fields such as computing or linguistic analysis of grammar, brackets ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Welch (theatre Producer)
Andrew Richard Welch FRSA (born 5 February 1949) is a prominent British theatre producer. Welch was educated at Bedford School and at Swansea University. Between 1998 and 2002 he was Artistic Director of the Chichester Festival and the Chichester Festival Theatre. He was awarded an honorary MA by the University of Chichester in 2002.He has been described by ''The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a British daily broadsheet conservative newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally. It was found ...'' as the "unsung hero of British theatre". References 1949 births People educated at Bedford School Alumni of Swansea University English theatre managers and producers Living people Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts {{theat-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyndham's Theatre
Wyndham's Theatre is a West End theatre, one of two opened by actor/manager Charles Wyndham (the other is the Criterion Theatre). Located on Charing Cross Road in the City of Westminster, it was designed c. 1898 by W. G. R. Sprague, the architect of six other London theatres between then and 1916. It was designed to seat 759 patrons on three levels; later refurbishment increased this to four seating levels. The theatre was Grade II* listed by English Heritage in September 1960. History Wyndham had always dreamed of building a theatre of his own, and through the admiration of a patron and the financial confidence of friends, he was able to realise his dream. Wyndham's Theatre opened on 16 November 1899, in the presence of the Prince of Wales. The first play performed there was a revival of T. W. Robertson's ''David Garrick''. A number of successes followed, including Lena Ashwell playing the lead role in '' Mrs Dane's Defence'' in 1900, upon which Wyndham said that “''the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Branagh
Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh ( ; born 10 December 1960) is a British actor and filmmaker. Born in Belfast and raised primarily in Reading, Berkshire, Branagh trained at RADA in London and served as its president from 2015 to 2024. List of awards and nominations received by Kenneth Branagh, His accolades include an Academy Award, four British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTAs, two Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and an Laurence Olivier Award, Olivier Award. He was appointed a Knights Bachelor, Knight Bachelor in 2012, and was given Freedom of the City in his native Belfast in 2018. In 2020, he was ranked in 20th place on ''The Irish Times'' list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Branagh has directed and starred in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays, including ''Henry V (1989 film), Henry V'' (1989), ''Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film), Much Ado About Nothing'' (1993), ''Othello (1995 film), Othello'' (1995), ''Hamlet (1996 film), Hamlet'' (1996 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Foley (director)
Sean Foley (born John Foley; 21 November 1964) is a British director, writer, comedian and actor. Following early success as part of the comedy double act The Right Size and their long-running stage show ''The Play What I Wrote'', Foley has more recently become a director, including of several West End comedy productions. From 2019 to 2024, he was appointed as Artistic Director of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Early career and ''The Right Size'' Foley and Hamish McColl formed ''The Right Size'' in 1988.Noor Hayati"Three's The Right Size" ''New Straits Times'', 1 July 1989. Retrieved 2012-10-20. They devised and performed in the shows, with regular creative team collaborators such as director Jozef Houben, . Retrieved 2012-10-20. designer Alice Power, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamish McColl
Hamish McColl (born 28 January 1962) is a British comedian, writer and actor. He trained at the École Philippe Gaulier, Paris and the University of Cambridge. With Sean Foley, he formed the double act '' The Right Size'' in 1988, creating comic theatre shows which toured all over the world. More recently he has worked as a screenwriter, scripting '' Mr. Bean's Holiday'' and '' Johnny English Reborn'', plus contributing to the story of ''Paddington''. Theatre * '' Ducktastic!'', 2005 * Hysterium, ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'', Royal National Theatre, 2004 * '' The Play What I Wrote'', 2001 * Mr Puntila, “Mr Puntila and his Man Matti”, Edinburgh International Festival The Edinburgh International Festival is an annual arts festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, spread over the final three weeks in August. Notable figures from the international world of music (especially european classical music, classical music) and ..., 1998 Filmography Film Writer Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Play What I Wrote
''The Play What I Wrote'' is a comedy play written by Hamish McColl, Sean Foley and Eddie Braben, starring Foley and McColl (the double act The Right Size, playing characters named "Sean" and "Hamish"), with Toby Jones, directed by Kenneth Branagh and produced in its original production by David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers. The show is a celebration of the British comedy double act Morecambe and Wise, and an irreverent and farcical exploration of the nature of double acts in general. Synopsis Its title is drawn from one of Morecambe and Wise's catchphrases, as is "A Tight Squeeze for the Scarlet Pimple", the " play within a play" (with a cameo by a mystery guest star) which formed the play's second half. It is named after the " play wot I wrote", a series of inept plays, supposedly written by a proud Ernie Wise, and featuring a celebrity guest which formed the finale to each Morecambe and Wise show. In ''The Play What I Wrote'', "Sean" writes a similarly inept play and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Olivier Award For Best Entertainment Or Comedy Play
The Noël Coward Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier. The award was titled Comedy of the Year from its establishment in 1976 until 1990, was renamed to Best Comedy starting in 1991, Best New Comedy starting in 1999, then retitled to its current name for the 2020 Olivier Awards – when "Entertainment" was moved to join Best Comedy Play from the Best Entertainment and Family award, which was renamed Best Family Show at that same time. Winners and nominees 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also * Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best New Play * Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play * Tony Award for Best Play References * External links * {{OlivierAward Entertain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evening Standard Theatre Award
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] |
Wyndhams Theatre
Wyndham's Theatre is a West End theatre, one of two opened by actor/manager Charles Wyndham (the other is the Criterion Theatre). Located on Charing Cross Road in the City of Westminster, it was designed c. 1898 by W. G. R. Sprague, the architect of six other London theatres between then and 1916. It was designed to seat 759 patrons on three levels; later refurbishment increased this to four seating levels. The theatre was Grade II* listed by English Heritage in September 1960. History Wyndham had always dreamed of building a theatre of his own, and through the admiration of a patron and the financial confidence of friends, he was able to realise his dream. Wyndham's Theatre opened on 16 November 1899, in the presence of the Prince of Wales. The first play performed there was a revival of T. W. Robertson's ''David Garrick''. A number of successes followed, including Lena Ashwell playing the lead role in '' Mrs Dane's Defence'' in 1900, upon which Wyndham said that “''the app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Stott
Kenneth Campbell Stott (born 19 October 1954) is a Scottish stage, television and film actor who won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1995 in the play ''Broken Glass (play), Broken Glass'' at Royal National Theatre. He portrayed the dwarf Balin (Middle-earth), Balin in The Hobbit (film series), ''The Hobbit'' film trilogy (2012–2014). His most notable roles in UK television include the title character Detective Inspector John Rebus, DI John Rebus in the crime fiction-mystery fiction, mystery series ''Rebus (ITV series), Rebus'' (2000–2007) and DCI Red Metcalfe in ''Messiah (British TV series), Messiah'' (2001–2005). He played Edward 'Eddie' McKenna in the Scottish BBC miniseries ''Takin' Over the Asylum, Takin' Over The Asylum'' (1994) co-starring with David Tennant, and Ian Garrett in the 2014 BBC TV mini-series ''The Missing (British TV series), The Missing'' alongside James Nesbitt. Early life Stott was born in Edinburgh. His mother, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Courtenay
Sir Thomas Daniel Courtenay (; born 25 February 1937) is an English actor. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he achieved prominence in the 1960s as part of actors of the British New Wave. Courtenay has received numerous accolades including three BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award, the Silver Bear, and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award, Emmy Award. He was Knight Bachelor, knighted for his services to cinema and theatre in the 2001 New Year Honours. Courtenay earned the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles, BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for his role in the coming-of-age film ''The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film), The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner'' (1962) and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in David Lean's epic ''Doctor Zhivago (film), Doctor Zhivago'' (1965). Other notable f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
