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Dr. Strangelove (play)
''Dr. Strangelove'' (or ''Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove'') is a comedy play based on the 1964 film of the same name by Stanley Kubrick, adapted for the stage by Armando Iannucci and Sean Foley. Production history West End & Dublin (2024-25) On 15 July 2023, it was announced that the adaptation would receive its world premiere in London's West End in the autumn of 2024. The show premiered on 8 October 2024 at the Noël Coward Theatre and ran until 25 January 2025 (after being extended from 21 December 2024). Steve Coogan starred in the production, playing multiple roles (as Peter Sellers had done in the film) and it was directed by Sean Foley. On 19 June 2024, it was announced Giles Terera would also star as General Buck Turgidson. Full casting was announced on 5 September 2024. Following the London run, the production premiered on 5 February 2025 at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin and ran until 22 February 2025. The production was filmed during its West End ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armando Iannucci
Armando Giovanni Iannucci (; born 28 November 1963) is a Scottish satirist, writer, director, producer and performer. Born in Glasgow to Italian parents, Iannucci studied at the University of Glasgow followed by the University of Oxford. Starting on BBC Scotland and BBC Radio 4, his early work with Chris Morris on the radio series '' On the Hour'' transferred to television as '' The Day Today''. A character from this series, Alan Partridge, co-created by Iannucci, went on to feature in a number of Iannucci's television and radio programmes, including '' Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge'' and '' I'm Alan Partridge''. Iannucci also fronted the satirical ''Armistice'' review shows and in 2001 created his most personal work, '' The Armando Iannucci Shows'', for Channel 4. Moving back to the BBC in 2005, Iannucci created the political sitcom ''The Thick of It'' and the spoof documentary ''Time Trumpet'' in 2006. Winning funding from the UK Film Council, in 2009 he d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hopkins (actor)
John Hopkins (born 1975) is an English actor. Some of his best-known roles include Sgt. Dan Scott on ''Midsomer Murders'' (2004–2005), Lowell in Tim Burton's ''Alice in Wonderland'' (2010), and Sir Francis Basset in the British TV series ''Poldark'' (2017–2018). In addition to his television and film work, Hopkins also acts on stage and does voiceovers for video games, television and radio. Early life and education John Hopkins was born in Luton, England, a town close to London. There is little publicly available information about his family or childhood. He attended secondary school at Manshead CofE Upper School in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, and later studied at the University of Leeds (1993-1996), majoring in English. Hopkins received a Sunday Times Short Story Award for student-actors for his role in ''A Short Play About Sex and Death''. After graduation from the University of Leeds, he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (1997-2000). He was noticed by the Royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Satirical Plays
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** British Isles, an island group ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** British Empire, a historical global colonial empire ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) * British Raj, colonial India under the British Empire * British Hong Kong, colonial Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plays About War
Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * Play Mobile, a Polish internet provider * Xperia Play, an Android phone * Rakuten.co.uk (formerly Play.com), an online retailer * Backlash (engineering), or ''play'', non-reversible part of movement * Petroleum play, oil fields with same geological circumstances * Play symbol, in media control devices * Play (hacker group), a ransomware extortion group Concert residencies and tours * Play Tour, concert tour headlined by Spanish singer Aitana * Play (concert residency), 2022 Katy Perry concert residency Film * ''Play'' (2005 film), Chilean film directed by Alicia Scherson * ''Play'', a 2009 short film directed by David Kaplan * ''Play'' (2011 film), a Swedish film directed by Ruben Östlund * ''Play!'', a Japanese film directed b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Plays
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the Hindu-Arabic digit Brahmic numerals represented 1, 2, and 3 with as many lines. 4 was simplified by joining its four lines into a cross that looks like the modern plus sign. The Shunga would add a horizontal line on top of the digit, and the Kshatrapa and Pallava evolved the digit to a point where the speed of writing was a secondary concern. The Arabs' 4 still had the early concept of the cross, but for the sake of efficiency, was made in one stroke by connecting the "western" end to the "northern" end; the "eastern" end was finished off with a curve. The Europeans dropped the finishing curve and gradually made the digit less cursive, ending up with a digit very close to the original Brahmin cross. While the shape of the character for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West End Plays
West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (''ouest'' in French, ''oest'' in Catalan, ''ovest'' in Italian, ''vest'' in Romanian, ''oeste'' in Spanish and Portuguese). As in other languages, the word formation stems from the fact that west is the direction of the setting sun in the evening: 'west' derives from the Indo-European root ''*wes'' reduced from ''*wes-pero'' 'evening, night', cognate with Ancient Greek ἕσπερος hesperos 'evening; evening star; western' and Latin vesper 'evening; west'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin occidens 'west' from occidō 'to go down, to set' and Hebrew מַעֲרָב (maarav) 'west' from עֶרֶב (erev) 'evening'. West is sometimes abbreviated as W. Navigation To go west using a compass for navigati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plays Based On Films
Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * Play Mobile, a Polish internet provider * Xperia Play, an Android phone * Rakuten.co.uk (formerly Play.com), an online retailer * Backlash (engineering), or ''play'', non-reversible part of movement * Petroleum play, oil fields with same geological circumstances * Play symbol, in media control devices * Play (hacker group), a ransomware extortion group Concert residencies and tours * Play Tour, concert tour headlined by Spanish singer Aitana * Play (concert residency), 2022 Katy Perry concert residency Film * ''Play'' (2005 film), Chilean film directed by Alicia Scherson * ''Play'', a 2009 short film directed by David Kaplan * ''Play'' (2011 film), a Swedish film directed by Ruben Östlund * ''Play!'', a Japanese film directed by T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Turner (actor)
Ben Turner (born 3 February 1980) is a British Iranian actor, most notable for his roles as nurse Jay Faldren on BBC's ''Casualty'', the lead role of Amir in multiple stage adaptations of ''The Kite Runner'', and as Louis XV in ''Doctor Who''. Life and career Turner was born in Hackney, London to an English father, actor Graham Turner of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and an Iranian mother. He was educated at Dulwich College, well known for its pedigree of actors including the founder Edward Alleyn. He then trained as an actor at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He has appeared in many productions in television, film, theatre and radio, including Michael Grandage's production of ''Richard II''. He has also appeared in several charity shows such as Children in Need, 2009 in the ''Casualty'' special as Staff Nurse Jay Faldren and also ''Let's Dance for Sport Relief'' 2010. Ben appeared in the first of the live shows along with ''Casualty'' stars Charles Dale (Big Mac) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Jayawardena
Anthony Surath Jayawardena is a British actor, known for his roles as Mr Bhamra in the West End musical '' Bend It Like Beckham the Musical'' and for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare's Globe and Royal National Theatre. In 2018, he began portraying the role of Rashid Hyatt in the Channel 4 drama ''Ackley Bridge''. Career Jayawardena appears on the original cast recording of '' Bend It Like Beckham the Musical'', performing the songs "People Like Us" and "The Engagement: Look At Us Now". He was the original Abdul Kareem in the play ''The Empress'' by Tanika Gupta, which tells the story of Queen Victoria's relationship with The Munshi, a young man brought over from India to be her servant in the final 15 years of her life. He played Stephano in the RSC's production of ''The Tempest'', which partnered with Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and Delaware Gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Hadfield
Mark Hadfield is an English actor. Before starting his professional career, Hadfield trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Career Theatre Hadfield's work in theatre includes: *''Thérèse Raquin'' (for which he received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor) *'' Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme'' *''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and '' The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other'' at the National Theatre, London; *''The Canterbury Tales'' *''Jubilee'' *''Twelfth Night'' *''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' *''The Seagull'' *''The Two Gentlemen of Verona'' *''Bartholomew Fair'' *'' Talk of the City'' *''The Comedy of Errors'' *''Hamlet'' *''The Plain Dealer'' *'' The Plantagenets'' and '' Kissing The Pope'' for the RSC *'' A Night at the Dogs'' at the Soho Theatre, London *'' By Many Wounds'' and '' Cracked'' at Hampstead Theatre, London *''Romeo and Juliet'' at the Lyric Hammersmith, London *'' The Twilight of the Golds'' at the Arts Theatre, London *'' Blockhead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Dempsey
Richard Dempsey is an English actor. Career Dempsey's first role came at the age of 15, when he appeared as Peter Pevensie in the BBC's adaptation of ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' in 1988. The following year, he appeared in the adaptation of '' Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader''. His subsequent TV appearances have included ''Doc Martin'', ''Dracula'', ''Sherlock Holmes'' (''The Last Vampyre''), ''Crime Traveller'', ''Island at War'' and ''Egypt''. He made his professional stage debut in the role of Jack in the original London production of the musical ''Into the Woods'' with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim at The Phoenix Theatre. After training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama he starred as Nick Piazza in the original cast of West End musical '' Fame'' and played ''Ugly'' in the original UK production of ''Honk!'' He has since performed in a variety of roles in television, film and on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
