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Joni Ayton-Kent
Joni Ayton-Kent is a British actress. Early life and education Ayton-Kent studied acting and music at Rose Bruford College, graduating in 2018. Career Ayton-Kent made her London debut in 2019 in the ensemble of ''Sweet Charity'' at the Donmar Warehouse. She played the non-binary role of Bradley in the British TV series '' Don’t Forget The Driver'' (2019). The same year she played the nonbinary character Corporal Cheery Littlebottom in BBC America's Terry Pratchett adaptation, The Watch (as Jo Eaton-Kent). In 2021 Ayton-Kent played Mrs. Mullin in ''Carousel'' at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. The same year she played the Ghost of Christmas Past in Dickens' '' A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story'', first at the Nottingham Playhouse, then at London's Alexandra Palace. In 2022 she appeared in Alice Birch’s play '' Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again'' at The Other Room, Cardiff, and as Sam in the play ''The Prince'', by Abigail Thorn, at the Southwark Playhouse. This same year sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Bruford College
Rose Bruford College (formerly Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance) is a higher education institution in the London Borough of Bexley. Bruford has degree programmes in acting, actor musicianship, directing, theatre arts and various disciplines of stagecraft. Its undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications and programmes were validated by the University of Manchester, until it received taught degree awarding powers in 2017. History In 1950 Rose Elizabeth Bruford established The Rose Bruford Training College of Speech and Drama, with the help of poet laureate John Masefield and actors Laurence Olivier and Peggy Ashcroft, who formed part of the Board of Governors. Rose Bruford "pioneered the first acting degree in 1976". The Kent Education Committee offered to lease to her Lamorbey House, an 18th-century, Grade II listed manor house in the Lamorbey district of Sidcup, for £5 per year (). Grants helped sustain the college in its early years, and it eventually bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southwark Playhouse
Southwark Playhouse is a theatre in London with two venues, both located between Borough and Elephant and Castle tube stations. History The Southwark Playhouse Theatre Company was founded in 1993 by Juliet Alderdice and Tom Wilson. They identified the need for a high quality accessible theatre which would also act as a major resource for the community. They leased a disused workshop in a then comparatively neglected part of Southwark and turned it into a flexible theatre space. The theatre quickly put down strong roots in Southwark, developing an innovative, free-at-source education programme. It has worked closely with teachers, Southwark Borough Council, businesses and government agencies to improve educational achievement and raise aspirations. This programme is in great demand and attracts substantial funding each year. Over the next fifteen years the theatre established itself as one of London's leading studio theatres, presenting high quality work by new and emerging t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T Blockers
''T Blockers'' is a 2023 Australian horror film directed by Alice Maio Mackay. The film centres on a young transgender woman in an Australian small town who becomes aware of parasites that are taking over the local men, and forms a vigilante group with her friends to get the problem under control. Plot In the opening narration, a drag queen named Cryptessa (Etcetera Etcetera) tells the audience that the film is a work of fiction, but that it may be "realer than you think." She adds that "every one of us is a survivor in a lifeboat on a dark ocean." It is revealed that this is an excerpt from a lost film named ''Terror from Below'' made by a trans woman named Betty Palmer (Calliope Jackson, voiced by Cassie Workman) who lived in an Australian small town in the 1990s, and later committed suicide. In the present day, Sophie (Lauren Last) is a young trans woman who lives in the same town, works at a cinema and spends time with her best friend Spencer (Lewi Dawson). Sophie is writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Theatre Carré
Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family or Royalty (other), royalty Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, Illinois, a village * Royal, Iowa, a city * Royal, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Royal, Nebraska, a village * Royal, Franklin County, North Carolina, an unincorporated area * Royal, Utah, a ghost town * Royal, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Royal Gorge, on the Arkansas River in Colorado * Royal Township (other) Elsewhere * Mount Royal, a hill in Montreal, Canada * Royal Canal, Dublin, Ireland * Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia Arts, entertainment, and media * Royal (Jesse Royal album), ''Royal'' (Jesse Royal album), 2021 * Royal (Ayo album), 2020 * ''The Royal'', a British medical drama television series * ''The Royal Magazine'', a monthly British literary magazine published between 1898 and 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hadestown
''Hadestown'' is a musical with music, lyrics, and a book by Anaïs Mitchell. It tells a version of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Eurydice, a young girl looking for something to eat, goes to work in a hellish industrial version of the Greek underworld to escape poverty and the cold, and her poor singer-songwriter lover Orpheus comes to rescue her. The original sung-through version of the musical was performed in the town of Barre, Vermont, in 2006, followed by Vergennes, Vermont the same year and a tour in Vermont and Massachusetts in 2007. Mitchell, unsure about the future of the musical, turned it into a concept album, released in 2010. In 2012, Mitchell met director Rachel Chavkin, and the two reworked the stage version, with additional songs and dialogue. The new version of the musical, directed by Chavkin, premiered off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop on May 6, 2016, and ran through July 31. Following productions in Edmonton, Alberta, Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Theatre Wales
National Theatre Wales (NTW) was a charity and theatre company based in Wales. It was established in 2009, but following the cessation of funding in April 2024, it closed in December 2024, with its community work being carried on and evolved to become its own charitable organisation, TEAM Collective Cymru Background The National Theatre of Wales, known as National Theatre Wales (NTW), was founded in 2007 following an agreement between the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru, aimed at establishing an English-language national theatre for Wales. Over many decades, there were several attempts to establish such a theatre. Finally, a consensus emerged, bringing together the political will and muscle of both Labour and Plaid Cymru, the consistent advocacy of key individuals within Arts Council Wales (ACW), and a shared understanding among the informed public that the formation of the company was imperative and time-sensitive. This collaborative effort culminated in the inception of Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyric Theatre, London
The Lyric Theatre is a West End theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster. It was built for the producer Henry Leslie, who financed it from the profits of the light opera hit, '' Dorothy'', which he transferred from its original venue to open the new theatre on 17 December 1888. Under Leslie and his early successors the house specialised in musical theatre, and that tradition has continued intermittently throughout the theatre's existence. Musical productions in the theatre's first four decades included '' The Mountebanks'' (1892), ''His Excellency'' (1894), ''The Duchess of Dantzig'' (1903), '' The Chocolate Soldier'' (1910) and '' Lilac Time'' (1922). Later musical shows included '' Irma La Douce'' (1958), '' Robert and Elizabeth'' (1964), '' John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and Bert'' (1974), '' Blood Brothers'' (1983), '' Five Guys Named Moe'' (1990) and '' Thriller – Live'' (2009). Many non-musical productions have been staged at the Lyric, from Shakespeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hall For Cornwall
The Hall for Cornwall, known as Truro City Hall until 1997, is an events venue in Boscawen Street in Truro, Cornwall, England. The building, which was previously the headquarters of Truro City Council, is a Grade II* listed building. History The first municipal building in Truro was a 17th-century market house, which was arcaded on the ground floor so that markets could be held, with an assembly hall on the first floor. It was replaced with a more substantial structure in 1809 but when that was also found to be inadequate, civic leaders commissioned a new building on the same site in the early 1840s. The new building was designed by Christopher Eales in the Italianate style, built in granite ashlar stone and completed in 1846. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto Boscawen Street; the ground floor was arcaded and rusticated, while the first floor had sash windows with triangular pediments on the central and outer windows and with segmental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Palace Theatre
The Alexandra Palace Theatre was originally built in London, England, in 1873 for the performance of opera and ballet, but within a few weeks was burnt to the ground with the rest of the Alexandra Palace. The Palace, including the theatre, was rebuilt and reopened in 1875 and is now a Grade II listed building. The new theatre included a 22 foot cellar below the stage which housed complex machinery for use in scene changes and movement of actors. The theatre fell into disrepair for many years but was reopened in 2018 after refurbishment in the style of 'arrested decay'. The stage machinery is one of the few surviving examples in the country. 1875: Theatre rebuilt The co-architects of the 1875 Palace were John Johnson (architect, born 1807), John Johnson and Alfred Meeson. They worked with an expert in stage machinery called Thomas Walford Grieve, son of Thomas Grieve (painter), Thomas Grieve, who designed sets for many London theatres during the 19th century. The stage machi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savoy Theatre
The Savoy Theatre is a West End theatre in the Strand in the City of Westminster, London, England. The theatre was designed by C. J. Phipps for Richard D'Oyly Carte and opened on 10 October 1881 on a site previously occupied by the Savoy Palace. Its intended purpose was to showcase the popular series of comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan, which became known as the Savoy operas. The theatre was the first public building in the world to be lit entirely by electricity. For many years, the Savoy Theatre was the home of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, which continued to be run by the Carte family for over a century. Richard's son Rupert D'Oyly Carte rebuilt and modernised the theatre in 1929, and it was rebuilt again in 1993 following a fire. It is a Grade II* listed building. In addition to '' The Mikado'' and other famous Gilbert and Sullivan premières, the theatre has hosted such premières as the first public performance in England of Oscar Wilde's '' Salome'' (1931) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If/Then
''If/Then'' is a musical with a libretto by Brian Yorkey and a theatrical score by Tom Kitt, directed by Michael Greif. It tells the story of a 38-year-old woman named Elizabeth who moves back to New York City for a fresh start. ''If/Then'' began previews on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on March 5, 2014, opened on March 30, 2014, and closed on March 22, 2015, a total of 401 performances and 29 previews. The cast recording was released by Masterworks Broadway on June 3, 2014, and debuted at number 19 on the ''Billboard'' 200, the highest-charting Broadway cast recording since the cast recording of ''The Book of Mormon'' was released in 2011. ''If/Then'' started its national tour in Denver, Colorado, on October 13, 2015. On January 27, 2016, Jackie Burns replaced Idina Menzel as Elizabeth for the remainder of the tour. Productions After a developmental lab in April 2013, featuring Idina Menzel and directed by Michael Greif, ''If/Then'' staged an out-of-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert (musical)
''Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'' is a jukebox musical with book by Australian film director-writer Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott, using well-known pop songs as its score. Adapted from Elliott's 1994 film ''The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'', the musical tells the story of two drag queens and a trans woman, who contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. As they head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla, the three friends come to the forefront of a comedy of errors, encountering a number of strange characters, as well as incidents of homophobia, while widening comfort zones and finding new horizons. Produced by Allan Scott in coalition with Back Row Productions, Michael Chugg, Michael Hamlyn and John Frost, the Simon Phillips-directed and Ross Coleman-choreographed original production of ''Priscilla'' debuted in Australia at the Lyric Theatre, Sydney in October 2006. Having h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
