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Dan Partridge
Daniel Alexander Partridge (born 1993) is an English actor. He is known for his work in musical theatre. Early life Partridge was born in Poole, Dorset and attended Poole Grammar School. He had his first acting experience aged 12 in a school production of ''Grease'', which he would later star in professionally as an adult. He took classes at the Big Little Theatre School in Christchurch. Partridge went on to train at the Arts Educational School (ArtsEd), graduating in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Musical Theatre. Career In 2015, Partridge made his West End debut when he joined the cast of '' Mamma Mia'' at the Novello Theatre as Pepper. This was followed by roles in ''Sleeping Beauty'' at the Richmond Theatre in 2016 and ''Starlight Express'' in Bochum in 2017. Partridge went on the UK tour of ''Hairspray'' as Link Larkin, taking over the role from Edward Chitticks, and the international tour of ''Cats'' as Rum Tum Tugger in 2018 and 2019. He was subsequently cast as D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poole
Poole () is a coastal town and seaport on the south coast of England in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area in Dorset, England. The town is east of Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester and adjoins Bournemouth to the east. Since 1 April 2019, the local authority is Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. The town had an estimated population of 151,500 (mid-2016 census estimates) making it the second-largest town in the ceremonial county of Dorset. Together with Bournemouth and Christchurch, Dorset, Christchurch, the conurbation has a total population of nearly 400,000. The settlement dates back to before the Iron Age. The earliest recorded use of the town's name was in the 12th century when the town began to emerge as an important port, prospering with the introduction of the Wool#History, wool trade. Later, the town had important trade links with North America and, at its peak during the 18th century, it was one of the busiest ports in Britain. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Laurence Olivier Awards
The 2023 Laurence Olivier Awards were held on 2 April 2023 at the Royal Albert Hall and hosted by Hannah Waddingham. Event calendar *12 October 2022: Ceremony date set for 2 April 2023 and venue confirmed as the Royal Albert Hall. *17 January: Hannah Waddingham announced as ceremony host. *28 February: Nominations announcement by Gabrielle Brooks and Amber Davies. *24 March: Special Recognition Award recipients announced as Derek Jacobi and Arlene Phillips. *2 April: Award ceremony held Presenters *Matthew Bourne *Darcey Bussell *Liz Carr *Es Devlin *Helen George *Meera Syal * Dita Von Teese *Eddie Izzard and Sheridan Smith - presented Best Revival *Sheila Atim and Aimee Lou Wood - presented Best Actor and Best Actress *Cush Jumbo - presented Best New Play *Mark Strong - presented Best Director *Anne Reid - presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Derek Jacobi *Ronan Keating and Harriet Scott - presented Best Musical Revival * Sindhu Vee and Tim Minchin - presented Best Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Alexandra, Birmingham
The Alexandra, commonly known as the Alex, is a theatre on Suffolk Queensway in Birmingham, England. History Construction of the theatre commenced in 1900 and was completed in 1901. The architects were Owen & Ward and the theatre was opened on 27 May 1901 as the ''Lyceum Theatre'' on John Bright Street. Initially it attracted few theatre goers and it was decided to bring in a star. For ten weeks from the middle of June 1901 Harry Arthur Saintsbury trod the boards as the theatre's leading man, playing in costume dramas. As a result of disappointingly low returns the new theatre was sold to Lester Collingwood for £4,000, who renamed it the ''Alexandra Theatre'' on 22 December 1902. Collingwood was killed in a road traffic accident in 1910 and was succeeded by Leon Salberg, who died in his office at the theatre in 1938. His ghost is said to inhabit the theatre. Other ghostly sightings include that by a cleaner of a woman dressed in grey in 1987. The theatre was rebuilt with a fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Here & Now (musical)
''Here & Now'' is a jukebox musical with a book by Shaun Kitchener based on the songs of the British pop group Steps. It premiered on 9 November 2024. Production history World premiere: Birmingham (2024) On 26 January 2024, it was announced that the musical will have its world premiere at The Alexandra, Birmingham beginning previews on 9 November, with a gala night on 19 November (with Steps appearing and performing during the Finale Megamix), running until 30 November 2024, after being extended from 24 November due to popular demand. It became the venue's fastest-selling show in its history, with 50% of seats sold in the first 24 hours. The show is directed by Rachel Kavanaugh with choreography by Matt Cole, set designed by Tom Rogers, lighting designed by Howard Hudson, costumes designed by Gabriella Slade, sound design by Adam Fisher, Wigs, Hair and Makeup design by Sam Cox, and casting by Will Burton. Musical supervision, orchestrations and arrangements are by Matt Spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steps (group)
Steps are a British dance-pop group consisting of Lee Latchford-Evans, Claire Richards, Lisa Scott-Lee, Faye Tozer and Ian "H" Watkins. They were formed in May 1997 and achieved two number-one albums in the UK, 14 consecutive UK top-5 singles including two number ones (one a double A-side). The group has sold over 22 million records worldwide, 15 million albums worldwide. In-addition to earning a BRIT Award nomination in 1999, for Best Newcomer, the group would be an opening support act for Britney Spears on her ...Baby One More Time Tour, debut American tour the same year. When H & Claire, Richards and Watkins departed to form a recording duo, the group disbanded, on 26 December 2001 (officially). Their penultimate single reached No. 5 on the UK charts, while their final album of greatest hits, ''Gold: Greatest Hits (Steps album), Gold'' (2001), was the group's second No. 1 album in the UK. Steps re-formed in May 2011 for a four-part Sky Living documentary series titled ''St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtney Bowman
Courtney Bowman (born 1 February 1995) is an English stage actress and singer. She originated the role of Fatimah in ''Everybody's Talking About Jamie'' at the Crucible Theatre, Crucible and Apollo Theatre. She played Anne Boleyn in ''Six (musical), Six'' at the Arts Theatre, Lyric Theatre, London, Lyric Theatre and Vaudeville Theatre and Elle Woods in ''Legally Blonde (musical), Legally Blonde'' at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. Bowman is currently starring as Lauren in the UK Tour of ''Kinky Boots (musical), Kinky Boots''. On television, she appears in the CBeebies revival of ''Big Cook, Little Cook'' (2022) as Little Cook Small. Early life Bowman was born and raised in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. She is Multiracial people, dual-heritage, being half Cape Verdean and describes herself as Afro European, Afro-European. Bowman attended Boston High School from eleven to eighteen. She then went on to train at the Guildford School of Acting for three years until she graduated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Radebe
Johannes Radebe (born 27 April 1987) is a South African dancer and choreographer. Early life Radebe was born in Zamdela, Sasolburg, Orange Free State, South Africa. His father, who worked for Coca-Cola, separated from Radebe's mother while he was still at school. Radebe is gay and has spoken out about the homophobic bullying he received as a child. He has also spoken of how his race and class would count against him when competing at ballroom dancing competitions as a youngster. He and his sister attended a dance school in their local area. At the age of 13, he left home to live with a dance coaching couple in Gauteng province, and he attended secondary school in the Johannesburg suburb of Ennerdale. While living in Johannesburg, Radebe spent some time homeless, sleeping in the dance studio where he worked or in the back of taxis. Career Radebe began his career as a dance teacher in Johannesburg, before spending seven years dancing on cruise ships. He has won the Professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinky Boots (musical)
''Kinky Boots'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper and book by Harvey Fierstein. Based on the 2005 British film '' Kinky Boots'', written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth and mostly inspired by true events, the musical tells the story of Charlie Price. Having inherited a shoe factory from his father, Charlie forms an unlikely partnership with cabaret performer and drag queen Lola to produce a line of high-heeled boots and save the business. In the process, Charlie and Lola discover that they are not so different after all. Following the show's conception in 2006, the creative team was assembled by 2010. The original production of ''Kinky Boots'' premiered at the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago in October 2012, with both direction and choreography by Jerry Mitchell, and starring Stark Sands and Billy Porter as Charlie and Lola, respectively. It made its Broadway debut at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on April 4, 2013, following previews that began on March 3, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archie (miniseries)
''Archie'' is a 2023 British drama television serial about the life of Cary Grant starring Jason Isaacs in the lead role with Kara Tointon, Harriet Walter, Jason Watkins, Calam Lynch and Laura Aikman. Synopsis The series depicts the man originally named Archibald Leach, born into poverty in Bristol in 1904, before he became Hollywood's Cary Grant. Scenes set later, in the 1960s, feature Grant in Los Angeles, unhappy despite international stardom and many hit movies. Cast Production Despite Grant's Bristol upbringing, and the city of Bristol being the setting for large parts of the series, filming actually took place in the city of Liverpool in the summer of 2022. The four part series is written by Jeff Pope. Filming also took place in Manchester and Cheshire in September 2022. Pope interviewed Grant's daughter Jennifer Grant and Grant's ex-wife Dyan Cannon for the production, and both act as Executive Producers. ITV Studios produced with BritBox International as co-producers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV (TV Network)
ITV, legally known as Channel 3, is a British free-to-air public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television network. It is branded as ITV1 in most of the UK except for central and northern Scotland, where it is branded as STV (TV channel), STV. It was launched in 1955 as Independent Television to provide competition to BBC Television (established in 1936). ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK. Since the passing of the Broadcasting Act 1990, it has been Legal name, legally known as Channel 3 to distinguish it from the other analogue channels at the time: BBC1, BBC2 and Channel 4. ITV was, for decades, a network of separate companies that provided regional television services and also shared programmes among themselves to be shown on the entire network. Each franchise was originally owned by a different company. After several mergers, the fifteen regional franchises are now held by two companies: ITV plc, which runs ITV1, the ITV1 cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casualty (TV Series)
''Casualty'' (stylised as ''CASUAL+Y'' since 1997) is a British medical drama series broadcast on BBC One. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it first aired in the United Kingdom on 6 September 1986. The show was originally produced by Geraint Morris and has been a staple of British television ever since. ''Casualty'' is recognised as the longest-running primetime medical drama series in the world. Initially, ''Casualty'' aired during the autumn for its first six series, before increasing to 24 episodes annually by 1992. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the episode count expanded further, and by 2004, the series was running 48 episodes a year, with breaks around Christmas and major events like sporting competitions and the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2020, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on television led to a temporary autumn break, but the series resumed its year-round schedule in the following two years. From 2023, ''Casualty'' introduced a regular autumn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctors (2000 TV Series)
''Doctors'' is a British Medical drama, medical soap opera, first broadcast on BBC One on 26 March 2000 and concluded on 14 November 2024. Filmed in Birmingham and set in the fictional West Midlands (region), West Midlands town of Letherbridge, the soap follows the lives of the staff of both an NHS doctor's surgery and a university campus surgery, as well as the lives of their families and friends. Initially, only Doctors (series 1), 41 episodes of the programme were ordered, but due to the positive reception, the BBC ordered it as a continuing soap opera. ''Doctors'' was filmed at the Pebble Mill Studios until 2004; production then relocated to the BBC Drama Village, where it filmed until 2024. Episodes were filmed three months prior to transmission and were typically broadcast Mondays to Thursdays at 2:00 pm on BBC One, as well as having classic episodes broadcast on Drama (British TV channel), Drama. It took three annual transmission breaks across the year: at Easter, during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
