National Theatre Connections
Connections (also referred to as New Connections and formerly Shell Connections and BT Connections) is the Royal National Theatre in London's annual youth theatre festival. It was founded in 1995 and sponsored by Royal Dutch Shell until 2007 when the Bank of America took over the sponsorship. The plays are also published by the National Theatre each year. Scheme The National Theatre annually commissions ten plays from established playwrights which are performed by youth theatre groups across the UK. Groups are invited to perform at Connections Festivals held at a professional theatre in their area. A random performance group from each play is then performed at the end of the Festival at the National Theatre. Professional productions Several of the specially commissioned Connection plays have been professionally produced at the National Theatre. In 1999 '' Sparkleshark'' was performed. In 2006 three were produced; ''Burn'' by Deborah Gearing, ''Chatroom'' by Enda Walsh and ''Citizens ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Royal National Theatre
The National Theatre (NT), officially the Royal National Theatre and sometimes referred to in international contexts as the National Theatre of Great Britain, is a performing arts venue and associated theatre company located in London, England, adjacent to (but not part of) the Southbank Centre. The theatre was founded by Laurence Olivier in 1963 and List of Royal National Theatre Company actors, many well-known actors have since performed with it. The company was based at The Old Vic theatre in Waterloo Road, London, Waterloo until 1976. The current building is located next to the Thames in the The South Bank, South Bank area of central London. In addition to performances at the National Theatre building, it tours productions at theatres across the United Kingdom. The theatre has transferred numerous productions to Broadway and toured some as far as China, Australia and New Zealand. However, touring productions to European cities were suspended in February 2021 over concerns ab ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rob Drummond (playwright)
Robert "Rob" Drummond (born February 19, 1986, in London, Ontario) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played with the Lake Erie Monsters of the AHL. Playing career Rob Drummond played junior hockey for the London Knights of the OHL under the coaching of former Washington Capitals Captain Dale Hunter. He helped London win the J. Ross Robertson Cup and the Memorial Cup in 2005. He served as Captain of the London Knights for the duration of the 2006 and 2007 seasons. Although he went Undrafted, Drummond was signed to a contract with the Colorado Avalanche in 2007. He played with the Johnstown Chiefs of the ECHL in 2007–08 season, totaling 14 goals and 27 assists in 50 games. He added 30 PIM. Later in the 2007–08 season he moved up to the Lake Erie Monsters A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a depression (geology), basin or interconnected basins sur ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fiona Doyle (playwright)
Fiona Doyle (born 4 October 1991) is an Irish swimmer. She represented Ireland in the 2016 Rio Olympics swimming in the 100M and 200M Breaststroke. In 2013, she competed in the 100m event at the World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona where she finished eleventh overall. She won a silver medal in the 100 m breaststroke at the 2013 Summer Universiade. In recognition of her achievements she was awarded Swim Alberta Female International Swimmer of the Year 2012/2013, University of Calgary female Athlete of the Year 2013 and SwimIreland High Performance Athlete of the Year 2013, 2014 and 2015. Early life Fiona attended primary school at St. Nessan's National School in Mungret, County Limerick, she then moved to the Crescent College Comprehensive in Dooradoyle, County Limerick for her second level education. When she moved to Dublin in 2009 she attended the Institute of Education for her final year. Fiona and her twin sister Eimear learned to swim in Saint Paul’s Swimming Cl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chris Bush (playwright)
Christine Claire Bush (born 3 July 1986) is a British playwright and artistic director. Overview Bush was born in Sheffield, England. She studied at the University of York and currently resides in London. She is best known for her 2007 work '' TONY! The Blair Musical'', which enjoyed sell-out runs and critical acclaim at the York Theatre Royal and Edinburgh Fringe before transferring to the Pleasance Islington as winner of the inaugural Sunday Times NSDF Award for a successful off West-End run. Its sequel, ''Tony of Arabia'', debuted at the Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh in 2008, running in rep with the original show. In 2012 Bush made her full-length debut as a writer/performer with ''The Loves I Haven't Known'', a musical comedy performed with regular composing partner Ian McCluskey. In 2012-13 Bush completed a writer's attachment at the National Theatre Studio, and was the 2013 Pearson Playwright-in-Residence for Sheffield Theatres, where she wrote ''The Sheffield Myster ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brad Birch ("brads"), a ...
Brad may refer to: * Brad (given name), a masculine given name Places * Brad, Hunedoara, a city in Hunedoara County, Romania * Brad, a village in Berești-Bistrița Commune, Bacău County, Romania * Brad, a village in Filipeni, Bacău, Romania * Brad, a village in Negri, Bacău, Romania * Barad, Syria, also spelled "Brad", an ancient village Rivers * Brad (Crișul Alb), a tributary of the Crișul Alb in Hunedoara County, Romania * Brad (Suciu), a tributary of the Suciu in Maramureș County, Romania Other uses * Brad (band), American band * BRAD Insight, media directory * Brad, various types of nails * Brad, a brass fastener, a stationery item used for securing multiple sheets of paper together * Binary radians Binary may refer to: Science and technology Mathematics * Binary number, a representation of numbers using only two values (0 and 1) for each digit * Binary function, a function that takes two arguments * Binary operation, a mathematical op ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alice Birch
Alice Birch (born 1986) is a British playwright and screenwriter. Birch has written several plays, including ''Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.'' for which she was awarded the George Devine Award, George Devine Award for Most Promising New Playwright, and ''Anatomy of a Suicide'' for which she won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Birch was also the screenwriter for the film ''Lady Macbeth (film), Lady Macbeth'' and has written for such television shows as ''Succession (TV series), Succession'', ''Normal People (TV series), Normal People'', and the Peabody Award-winning miniseries ''Dead Ringers (miniseries), Dead Ringers''. Early life Birch spent the first five years of her life living with her family at the rural commune Birchwood Hall, near Malvern, Worcestershire, Malvern. Because her parents were unmarried, they decided to give Alice and her sister the surname Birch after the commune's name. At 18, Birch joined the Royal Court Theatre’s young writers programme and spent a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Katie Himms
Katie is an English female name. It is a form of Katherine, Kate, Caitlin, Kathleen, Katey and their related forms. It is frequently used on its own. People Sports * Katie Boulter (born 1996), British tennis player * Katie Clark (born 1994), British synchronized swimmer * Katie Dabson, British sailor * Katie Hill (born 1984), Australian wheelchair basketball player * Katie Hnida (born 1981), American NCAA football player * Katie Hoff (born 1989), American Olympic swimmer * Katie Ledecky (born 1997), American swimmer * Katie Levick (born 1991), English cricketer * Katie Sowers (born 1986), American football coach * Katie Swan (born 1999), British tennis player * Katie Taylor (born 1986), Irish boxer and footballer, five-time world boxing and 2012 Olympic champion * Katie Thorlakson (born 1985), Canadian soccer player Television and film * Katie Aselton (born 1978), American actress, director, and producer * Katie Brown (TV personality) (born 1963), American television presente ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Adam Pleeth
Adam is the name given in Genesis 1–5 to the first human. Adam is the first human-being aware of God, and features as such in various belief systems (including Judaism, Christianity, Gnosticism and Islam). According to Christianity, Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden by eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This action introduced death and sin into the world. This sinful nature infected all his descendants, and led humanity to be expelled from the Garden. Only through the crucifixion of Jesus, humanity can be redeemed. In Islam, Adam is considered ''Khalifa'' (خليفة) (successor) on earth. This is understood to mean either that he is God's deputy, the initiation of a new cycle of sentient life on earth, or both. Similar to the Biblical account, the Quran has Adam placed in a garden where he sins by taking from the Tree of Immortality, so loses his abode in the garden. When Adam repents from his sin, he is forgiven by God. This is seen as a guidance for h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Luke Barnes
Luke may refer to: People and fictional characters * Luke (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Luke (surname), including a list of people with the name * Luke the Evangelist, author of the Gospel of Luke * Dr. Luke, American songwriter and record producer Łukasz Sebastian Gottwald (born 1973) * Uncle Luke, also known as Luke, American rapper Luther Roderick Campbell (born 1960) Biblical books * Gospel of Luke, a Christian Gospel Music * ''Luke'' (album), by Steve Lukather * Luke (French band) * "LUKE", a song by Susumu Hirasawa from ''Glory Wars'' * Luke Records, a record label Places * Luke (Čajniče), a village in the municipality of Čajniče, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Luke (Hadžići), a village in Sarajevo Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Luke (Pale), a village in the municipality of Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Luke, Vareš, a village in the municipality of Vareš, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Luke, Estonia, a village in Nõo P ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anthony Missen
Anthony, also spelled Antony, is a masculine given name derived from the ''Antonii'', a ''gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles. Anthony is an English name that is in use in many countries. It has been among the top 100 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and has been among the top 100 male baby names between 1998 and 2018 in many countries including Canada, Australia, England, Ireland and Scotland. Equivalents include ''Antonio'' in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Maltese; ''Αντώνιος'' in Greek; ''António'' or ''Antônio'' in Portuguese; ''Antoni'' in Catalan, Polish, and Slovene; ''Anton'' in Dutch, Galician, German, Icelandic, Romanian, Russian, and Scandinavian languages; ''Antoine'' in French; '' Antal'' in Hungarian; and ''Antun'' or ''Ante'' in Croatian. The usual abbreviated fo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nell Leyshon
Nell Leyshon is a British novelist and award-winning dramatist. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Alpine Fellowship and as the Deputy Chair of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. Prior, she served on the Management Committee for the Society of Authors. Leyshon is known best for her novel, ''The Colour of Milk'', which was translated into multiple languages and gained international recognition, winning the Prix Interallié in France where it was also shortlisted for the Prix Femina, and voted the book of the year in Spain. Leyshon was born in Somerset, Glastonbury, where she grew up and attended art college before moving to London. Leyshon's first career culminated in working as a Producer in TV commercials, working alongside directors such as Ridley and Tony Scott. After, she attended the University of Southampton prior to publishing her first novel, ''Black Dirt.'' Leyshon's support for marginalized communities is shown through her radio and playwright. Her work includes many ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |