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Lungs (play)
''Lungs'' is a play written by Duncan Macmillan, which debuted in 2011 at the Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C. Synopsis M and W, a young couple, find themselves examining the scope of their lives together and the world around them when they begin considering starting a family. Production history ''Lungs'' premiered in October 2011 at the Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C., directed by Aaron Posner and starring Ryan King and Brooke Bloom as M and W respectively. It also held its British debut that same month at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield directed by Richard Wilson, and starring Alistair Cope and Kate O'Flynn. Canadian productions of the play were held at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto in March 2014 starring Brendan Gall and Lesley Faulkner, and in February 2015 at the Verb Theatre, starring Kyle Jespersen and Anna Cummer. A 2019 production of the play was hosted at The Old Vic starring Matt Smith and Claire Foy, with Matthew Warchus directing. Previews began in Octobe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Macmillan (playwright)
Duncan Macmillan (born 1980) is an English playwright and director. He is most noted for his plays ''Lungs'', '' People, Places and Things'', ''Every Brilliant Thing,'' and the stage adaptation of the George Orwell novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four,'' which he co-adapted and co-directed with Robert Icke. Macmillan's play ''Lungs'' had a major revival at the Old Vic Theatre in 2019, starring Matt Smith and Claire Foy. Macmillan co-created and wrote the 2020 BBC television drama series ''Trigonometry'' with Effie Woods. Biography Macmillan first rose to prominence through the Bruntwood Playwriting Competition at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre, winning two awards in its inaugural year for his play ''Monster'', which was also nominated for a TMA Best New Play Award and a Manchester Evening News Best New Play Award. Major plays Many of Macmillan's major plays take as their central theme a contemporary socio-political issue: ''Lungs'' explores parenthood, ''People, Places ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Cummer
Anna Cummer (born January 2, 1977) is a Canadian actress. She was born in Singapore to Canadian parents. She spent half of her adolescence in Southeast Asia and the other half in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. She finished high school in Hong Kong at the French International School of Hong Kong and studied drama in England where she completed the Master of Performing Arts. Since returning to Canada in 2001, Cummer has put her talents to good use as a voiceover artist, working in film and television, and performing in theatrical productions. As a voice actress, Cummer is best known as the voice of Mea from Popotan, Nozomi Daichi from The Daichis and Miyu Kuroi from the Mega Man NT Warrior series. As a theatre actress, Cummer is a recipient of several Jessie nominations and awards. She is also voiced in English dub, Shinbi from The Haunted House series. Roles Anime * ' – Shinbi * '' Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Stride Gate'' – Girl (ep 41); Ryuzu Child (ep 38); Ryuzu Myo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyn Gardner
Lyn Gardner is a British theatre critic, children's writer and journalist who contributes reviews and articles to ''The Stage,'' '' Stagedoor'' and has written for ''The Guardian''. Theatre critic and educator A graduate in drama and English from the University of Kent, Gardner was a founding member of the ''City Limits'' magazine, a cooperative for which she edited the theatre section. Later, she was a contributor to ''The Independent''. Gardner joined ''The Guardian'' as theatre critic in 1995, and remained on the paper for twenty-three years, taking a particular interest in fringe and more alternative theatre, while Michael Billington covered the most mainstream productions. Latterly she was writing 130 reviews and 28,000 words of features annually, as well as 150 posts a year for an online blog for the paper, begun in 2008. The paper discontinued her blog in 2017 citing cost pressures, and the following year let her go. Since June 2017 Gardner had been an Associate Editor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sport .... It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited, Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washingtonian (magazine)
''Washingtonian'' is a monthly magazine distributed in the Washington, D.C. area. It was founded in 1965 by Laughlin Phillips and Robert J. Myers. The magazine describes itself as "The Magazine Washington Lives By". The magazine's core focuses are local feature journalism, guide book–style articles, real estate, and politics. Editorial content ''Washingtonian'' publishes information about local professionals, businesses, and notable places in Washington, D.C. Each issue includes information on popular local attractions, such as restaurants, neighborhoods, and entertainment, such as fine art and museum exhibits. There is a regular in-depth feature reporting on local institutions, politicians, businessmen, academics, and philanthropists.It also has information about essential services and real estate listings within Washington. Since 1971, the magazine has annually nominated up to 15 people as "Washingtonians of the Year"''.'' The magazine describes the award as honoring me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified in an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. Attempts to contain it there failed, allowing the virus to spread to other areas of Asia and later COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory, worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of , the pandemic had caused COVID-19 pandemic cases, more than cases and COVID-19 pandemic deaths, confirmed deaths, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in history, deadliest in history. COVID-19 symptoms range from Asymptomatic, undetectable to deadly, but most commonly include fever, Nocturnal cough, dry cough, and fatigue. Severe illness is more likely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn Academy Of Music
The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is a performing arts venue in Brooklyn, New York City, known as a center for progressive and avant-garde performance. It presented its first performance in 1861 and began operations in its present location in 1908. The Academy is incorporated as a New York State not-for-profit corporation. It has 501(c)(3) status. Katy Clark became president in 2015 and left the institution in 2021. David Binder became artistic director in 2019. History 19th and early 20th centuries On October 21, 1858, a meeting was held at the Polytechnic Institute to measure support for establishing "a hall adapted to Musical, Literary, Scientific and other occasional purposes, of sufficient size to meet the requirements of our large population and worth in style and appearance of our city." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Warchus
Matthew Warchus (born 24 October 1966) is a British theatre director, filmmaker, lyricist, and playwright. He has been the Artistic Director of London's The Old Vic since September 2015. Personal life Warchus is married to American actress Lauren Ward, who originated the role of Miss Honey in the Stratford-upon-Avon, London, and Broadway theatre, Broadway productions of ''Matilda the Musical''. Ward and Warchus met when he directed her in the 2001 revival of ''Follies'' on Broadway. They have three children. Career Warchus attended Selby High School. He studied music and drama at Bristol University and has directed for the National Youth Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, Donmar Warehouse, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal National Theatre, Opera North, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Welsh National Opera, English National Opera and in the West End theatre, West End. He won the Globe's Most Promising Newcomer Award for ''Much Ado About Nothing'' in the West End, the Evening Standard Best Dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Foy
Claire Elizabeth Foy (born 16 April 1984) is a British actress. She is best known for her portrayal of the young Queen Elizabeth II in the first two seasons of the Netflix series ''The Crown (TV series), The Crown'' (2016–2017) for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Foy studied drama at Liverpool John Moores University and the Oxford School of Drama, then made her screen debut in Pilot (Being Human), the pilot episode of the supernatural comedy series ''Being Human (UK TV series), Being Human'' (2008). Following her professional stage debut at the Royal National Theatre, she played the title role in the BBC One miniseries ''Little Dorrit (TV series), Little Dorrit'' (2008) and made her film debut in the American historical fantasy drama ''Season of the Witch (2011 film), Season of the Witch'' (2011). Following leading roles in the television series ''The Promise (2011 TV serial), The Promise'' (2011) and ''Crossbones (TV serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Smith (actor)
Matthew Robert Smith (born 28 October 1982) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC series '' Doctor Who'' (2010–2013), Daemon Targaryen in the HBO series '' House of the Dragon'' (2022–present) and Prince Philip in the Netflix series ''The Crown'' (2016–2017), the lattermost of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Smith initially aspired to be a professional footballer, but spondylolysis forced him out of the sport. After joining the National Youth Theatre and studying drama and creative writing at the University of East Anglia, he became an actor in 2003, performing in plays including '' Murder in the Cathedral'', ''Fresh Kills'', '' The History Boys'' and '' On the Shore of the Wide World'' in London theatres. Extending his repertoire into West End theatre, he has since performed in the stage adaptation of '' Swimming with Sharks'' with Christian Slater, followed a year later by a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Old Vic
The Old Vic is a 1,000-seat, not-for-profit producing theatre in Waterloo, London, England. Established in 1818 as the Royal Coburg Theatre, and renamed in 1833 the Royal Victoria Theatre. In 1871 it was rebuilt and reopened as the Royal Victoria Palace. It was taken over by Emma Cons in 1880 and formally named the Royal Victoria Hall, although by that time it was already known as the "Old Vic". In 1898, a niece of Cons, Lilian Baylis, assumed management and began a series of Shakespeare productions in 1914. The building was damaged in 1940 during air raids and it became a Grade II* listed building in 1951 after it reopened. The Old Vic is the crucible of many of the performing arts companies and theatres in London today. It was the name of a repertory company that was based at the theatre and formed (along with the Chichester Festival Theatre) the core of the National Theatre of Great Britain on its formation in 1963, under Laurence Olivier. The National Theatre remained a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Gall
Brendan Gall (born September 2, 1978) is a Canadian writer, actor and producer living in Los Angeles, California. Early life and education Gall graduated from the George Brown Theatre School. Career Gall has written and/or produced for the television series '' Blindspot'', '' Open Heart'', and '' The L.A. Complex'', the CBC Radio drama series '' Afghanada,'' the feature films '' The Lovebirds'', ''The Go-Getters,'' and ''Dakota'', and stage plays such as ''Panhandled'', ''A Quiet Place'', ''Alias Godot'' and ''Wide Awake Hearts''. As an actor, he has had lead or recurring roles on the series '' Remedy'', '' Good God'', ''Overruled!'', and ''Men With Brooms'', and guest appearances on ''Covert Affairs'', '' The L.A. Complex'', '' Against The Wall'', '' Flashpoint'', ''Murdoch Mysteries'', and '' Stargate: Atlantis''. He has also appeared in the films ''Remember'', '' The Captive'', ''Stag'', ''Let's Rap'' and ''Dakota'', and in numerous theatrical works, including the world p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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