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Get Real (film)
''Get Real'' is a 1998 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Simon Shore, based on the play '' What's Wrong with Angry?'' by screenwriter Patrick Wilde. The plot centres around the coming of age of a gay teen while growing up in rural Britain during the Cool Britannia era of the late 1990s. The film was shot and set in and around Basingstoke, England. ''Get Real'' has since become a cult classic among fans of gay cinema. Plot Steven Carter ( Ben Silverstone) is a 16-year-old middle-class schoolboy who is intelligent and good-looking, but unathletic and introverted. Bullied at school and misunderstood at home, his only confidante is his neighbour and best friend, Linda (Charlotte Brittain). Keeping his sexual orientation hidden from everyone else, he cruises in public toilets. He is surprised to find the school jock, John Dixon (Brad Gorton) also cruising, but John denies that he is gay. At a school dance, Steven gains a friend after he comforts Jessica (Stacy Hart), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Shore
Simon Shore (born 1959 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire) is a British director, writer, and editor. Shore studied film at the Royal College of Art, where he made several short films, including '' La Boule'', which won a BAFTA award and was short-listed for the Student Oscar. He is best known for ''Things to Do Before You're 30'' (2004) starring Dougray Scott, Emilia Fox and Billie Piper, and ''After Thomas'' (2006), about a boy with autism. ''Moviemail'' called ''After Thomas'' "gritty, warm and funny, but above all else is a realistic insight into every parent’s worst nightmare." Selected filmography As director * '' Get Real'' (1998) * ''Things to Do Before You're 30'' (2004) * ''After Thomas ''After Thomas'' is a television drama film first broadcast in the United Kingdom on 26 December 2006 on ITV. It was produced by Beryl Vertue and Elaine Cameron, directed by Simon Shore, and written by Lindsey Hill. It follows a severely autist ...'' (2006) References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruising For Sex
Cruising for sex or cruising is walking or driving about a locality, called a cruising ground, in search of a sex partner, usually of the anonymous, casual, one-time variety. Published: 11-14-2007 Published: 9-21-2005 Article from NYT about a cruising area in New York City The term is also used when technology is used to find casual sex, such as using an Internet site or a telephone service. Origin and historical usage According to historian and author Tim Blanning, the term cruising originates from the Dutch equivalent . In a specifically sexual context, the term "cruising" originally emerged as an argot "code word" in gay slang, by which those "in the know" would understand the speaker's unstated sexual intent, whereas most heterosexuals, on hearing the same word in the same context, would normally misread the speaker's intended meaning in the word's more common nonsexual sense. This served (and in some contexts, still serves) as a protective sociolinguistic mechanism fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alton School
Alton School was an independent Catholic day school on the outskirts of Alton, Hampshire for boys and girls from 6 months to 18 years. Before its closure, it had approximately 450 pupils of all faiths. Situated on a campus, it had a nursery, prep, senior and 6th form. History Alton Convent School was established in 1938 by the Sisters of Our Lady of Providence. The original site of the school was in Normandy Street, London. In 1946, the Town Council acquired Anstey Manor and its land. In turn it sold the manor house and 11 acres to the Alton Convent for £6,000. As a result the school relocated to Anstey Manor House in Alton, Hampshire .In May 2024, it was announced that the school would close at the end of the academic year without reopening due to a 'continued decline in pupil numbers' and a ‘combination of adverse political and economic factors’. Curriculum Senior School subjects are divided into Core, Additional and Extended which allows pupils to learn at their ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cranbourne School
Cranbourne is a co-educational secondary school in Basingstoke, northern Hampshire, England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It .... The school serves Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 students between the ages of 11 and 16. The school follows the National Curriculum. History Cranbourne was founded as the Cranbourne Bi-Lateral School in 1967 as a bilateral school for 11- to 18-year-olds, on the site of a former nursery. It became a comprehensive school in 1972 following the establishment of Queen Mary's Sixth Form College, It was renamed Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College in September 2004. Cranbourne (or CBEC) became the first of two Business and Enterprise Colleges in Hampshire in 2004 and has scola architecture refurbished in 2006. CBEC is separated into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battersea Arts Centre
The Battersea Arts Centre ("BAC") is a performance space specialising in Theater, theatre productions. Located near Clapham Junction railway station in Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, it was formerly Battersea Town Hall. It is a Grade II* listed building. In March 2015, while a major programme of renovation works were underway, the Grand Hall was severely damaged by fire. Approximately 70% of the theatre, including the 200-capacity Council Chamber, the Scratch Bar and the Members Library, was saved from the fire and remains open. The building is now used for theatre shows, weddings, filming, shoots and meeting room hire. History The building, designed in 1891 by E. W. Mountford, opened in 1893 as Battersea Town Hall, the administrative headquarters of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea, Borough of Battersea, shortly after the borough was transferred from the county of Surrey to the newly formed County of London. It is built from Suffolk red brick and Bath s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovalhouse
Ovalhouse, formerly called Oval House Theatre, was an Off-West End theatre in the London Borough of Lambeth, located at 52–54 Kennington Oval, London, SE11 5SW. It closed in 2020, and moved to Brixton, becoming the Brixton House theatre (located at 385 Coldharbour Lane, SW9 8GL). History The roots of Ovalhouse can be traced back to the 1930s and its foundations, as Christ Church (Oxford) Clubs, by the graduates of Christ Church, Oxford. Young people from disadvantaged areas in South London were able to access sports activities, skills training and supervised leisure activities through membership of the club. Ovalhouse's reputation as one of the most important centres for pioneer fringe theatre groups dates from the 1960s, when the club underwent a radical change in the policy of the club with the arrival of newly appointed warden, Peter Oliver. Oliver refocused the club's activities from sport to drama and became the artistic founder of Oval House Theatre. Oliver staged the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockwell Playhouse
Stockwell Playhouse (known as the LOST Theatre until 2015) was a 180-seat Off West End Fringe theatre based in Stockwell, South London, dedicated to promoting and developing young and emerging talent. A variety of different shows were produced throughout the year there included One Act and Five Minute Festivals. In addition to the auditorium, the venue had two rehearsal spaces for hire by performers. There was also an award-winning bar space on the first floor called Bar 208, with a variety of drinks and beers on tap. History The LOST Theatre was founded by Cecil Hayter in 1979 at the London Oratory School as an after-school theatre club, taking its name from the school's initials. In 1982 LOST was relocated to a new venue on Fulham Broadway. At this 100-seat black box, LOST was host to over 100 plays and festivals for the next 17 years until re-development of the area forced the company to look for a new home. During the next 10 years LOST was an itinerant company, hiring ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bright Lights Film Journal
''Bright Lights Film Journal'' is an online popular-academic film magazine, based in Oakland, California, United States. It is edited and published by Gary Morris. Originally a print publication established in 1974, it was discontinued in 1980 to be restarted and re-discontinued in 1993, and 1995 respectively. The magazine moved to online publishing exclusively in 1996 and has continued publication ever since. It is indexed in academic research databases such as MLA (Modern Language Association) ProQuest and the Film and Television Literature Index.Film & Television Literature Index: Coverage list In 2009, select interviews from the journal were compiled in a print anthology, ''Action!: Interviews with Directors from Classical Hollywood to Contemporary Iran'', pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Paul West
David Paul West is a British theatre and film actor. He was born in Thornaby-on-Tees and trained at the Academy Drama School in London. Career In 1998, David was the voice of Audrey II in the Lost Theatre production of ''Little Shop of Horrors''. He created the role of Kevin in the original production of Patrick Wilde's '' What's Wrong with Angry?'' (2002) and went on to play the lead at Europride in Copenhagen. Other stage work includes Axel in Woody Allen's play ''Don't Drink The Water'', David in Matt Ian Kelly's ''However Do You Want Me'' at the Hen and Chickens (City Lights Theatre Company, 2004), and Kevin in '' You Couldn't Make It Up'' at the Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh and the New End Theatre, Hampstead. He has also toured with the comedy sketch show ''The Gaydar Diaries'', which played at the Pleasance, both in Edinburgh and London. In 2006, he played the evil Leopold alongside "Tomboy Maria" Abi Finley in Tim Rice's '' Blondel'' at the Pleasance, Islington. He also fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Buxton
Judith Catherine Buxton (born 7 October 1949) is an English actress best known for playing Nurse Katy Shaw in ''General Hospital'' (1972–1973), Susan Protheroe in '' By the Sword Divided'' (1983–1985) and Ruth Carpenter in '' On the Up'' (1990–1992). She has also appeared in several films including ''Aces High'' (1976) and '' The Big Sleep'' (1978) as well as having an extensive stage career with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Early life Born in Croydon, Surrey, Buxton attended Croydon High School and graduated from the Rose Bruford College. Career Making her screen debut in an episode of ''Dixon of Dock Green'' in 1972, Buxton then went on to have a regular role in the television series ''General Hospital'' playing nurse Katy Shaw in twenty six episodes. After this, Buxton had roles in several popular television series such as '' The Sweeney'', '' Public Eye'' and ''Get Some In!,'' before appearing in two episodes of ''Rising Damp'' as Caroline Armitage and played Inga, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Head Teacher
A headmaster/headmistress, head teacher, head, school administrator, principal or school director (sometimes another title is used) is the staff member of a school with the greatest responsibility for the management Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a Government agency, government bodies through business administration, Nonprofit studies, nonprofit management, or the political s ... of the school. Role While some head teachers still do some teaching themselves, in most larger schools, most of their duties are managerial and pastoral. Their duties often include disciplining misbehaving students and helping to organize school-sponsored activities, and teachers report to them. In Australia, the head teacher is sometimes in charge of one (in the case of a major subject) or multiple (often in smaller schools) specific departments, such as English, history, maths, science, writing, technology, etc. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
