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Nick Awde
Nick Awde Hill (born 29 December 1961) is a British writer, artist, singer-songwriter and critic. He lives in London and Brussels. Personal life The son of the international lawyer who formulated laws integral to global shipping of containers, he was raised in Nigeria, Sudan and Kenya before being sent to the Jesuit Catholic boarding school Stonyhurst College in the UK. His parents divorced when he was a teenager. After the divorce, his father moved to Northern Ireland and his mother moved to Germany. Despite the above, most of Awde's teenage home life was spent in Soho and the West End of London. He studied Arabic and the Hausa language at London's School of Oriental and African Studies. After graduation, he worked for several years on building sites and English instruction in Spain. Afterward, he became a journalist. Plays and fiction With Chris Bartlett he co-wrote the comedy drama '' Pete and Dud: Come Again'', a hit at the Assembly Rooms at the Edinburgh Festival in Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland, and Wales. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the List of European islands by area, largest European island, and the List of islands by area, ninth-largest island in the world. It is dominated by a maritime climate with narrow temperature differences between seasons. The island of Ireland, with an area 40 per cent that of Great Britain, is to the west – these islands, along with over List of islands of the British Isles, 1,000 smaller surrounding islands and named substantial rocks, comprise the British Isles archipelago. Connected to mainland Europe until 9,000 years ago by a land bridge now known as Doggerland, Great Britain has been inhabited by modern humans for around 30,000 years. In 2011, it had a population of about , making it the world's List of islands by population, third-most-populous islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School Of Oriental And African Studies
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS University of London; ) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London. Founded in 1916, SOAS is located in the Bloomsbury area of central London. SOAS is one of the world's leading institutions for the study of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Its library is one of the five national research libraries in England. SOAS also houses the SOAS Gallery, which hosts a programme of changing contemporary and historical exhibitions from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East with the aim of presenting and promoting cultures from these regions. The annual income of the institution for 2023–24 was £113.8 million of which £9.6 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £76.6 million. SOAS is divided into three colleges: the College of Development, Economics and Finance; the College of Humanities; and the College of Law, Anthropology and Politics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End theatre, West End and on Broadway theatre, Broadway. He has composed 21 musicals, a song cycle, a set of Variation (music), variations, two film scores, and Requiem (Lloyd Webber), a Latin Requiem Mass. Several of Lloyd Webber's songs have been widely recorded and widely successful outside their parent musicals, such as "Memory (Cats song), Memory" from ''Cats (musical), Cats'', "The Music of the Night" and "All I Ask of You" from ''The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical), The Phantom of the Opera'', "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from ''Jesus Christ Superstar'', "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from ''Evita (musical), Evita'', and "Any Dream Will Do (song), Any Dream Will Do" from ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat''. In 2001, ''The New York Times'' referred to him as "the most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Bonfiglio
Jon is a shortened form of the common given name Jonathan, derived from "YHWH has given". The name is spelled Jón in Iceland and on the Faroe Islands. In the Nordic countries, it is derived from Johannes. Notable people * Jon Aaraas (born 1986), Norwegian ski jumper *Jon Abbate (born 1985), American gridiron football player * Jon Abbott, American media executive * Jon Aberasturi (born 1989), Basque bicycle racer * Jon Ramon Aboitiz (1948–2018), Filipino businessman *Jon Abrahams (born 1977), American actor *Jon Abrahamsen (born 1951), Norwegian footballer *Jon Ackerson, American lawyer and politician * Jon Adams, American folk musician *Jon Adkins (born 1977), American baseball player *Jon Agee (born 1960), American writer and illustrator *Jon Agirre (born 1997), Spanish cyclist * Jon E. Ahlquist (1944–2020), American molecular biologist and ornithologist *Jon Akass (1933–1990), British journalist *Jon Åker (1927–2013), Norwegian hospital director *Jon Akin (born 1977), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Wood (comedian)
Jason Robert Wood (21 January 1972 – 20 February 2010) was a British comedian. He was a regular performer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, he was best known for his comic musical impersonations of performers including Cher and Morrissey. He frequently headlined comedy clubs. Wood was born in Luton, and attended Icknield High School. In 2004, he took part in the first series of ''Strictly Come Dancing''. He and his partner, professional dancer Kylie Jones, were the first to leave the competition. He was a contestant on the second series of '' The Underdog Show''. Wood was gay. His show "My Anus Horribilis," its name a play on the Queen's 1992 "Annus Horribilis" Christmas message, was about how " he Christian right ispushing the country backwards, and I wanted to point that out. It’s insane when they’re quoting Leviticus to outlaw gay sex, yet most people, who have never read the Bible, won’t know that book also threatens punishment for people who wear shirts of mix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Martin
Jessica Cecelia Anna Maria Martin (born 25 August 1962) is an English actress, singer, and illustrator. Specializing as an impressionist, her television roles have included ''Spitting Image'', '' Copy Cats'' and two series with Bobby Davro. She featured as the werewolf Mags in the 1988 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Greatest Show in the Galaxy'', and provided the voice of the Queen in the 2007 ''Doctor Who'' Christmas special, "Voyage of the Damned". On stage, Martin starred with Gary Wilmot in the West End show ''Me and My Girl'' for two years at the Adelphi Theatre and then on a national tour. She went on to play leading musical roles including Mabel in the 1996 production of ''Mack and Mabel'' at the Piccadilly Theatre, Nellie Forbush in ''South Pacific'', Mrs Lovett in ''Sweeney Todd'', Norma Desmond in ''Sunset Boulevard'' and the Lady of the Lake in the national tour of ''Spamalot''. Her autobiography, as a graphic novel, ''Life Drawing: A Life Under Lights'', was published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Giles (director)
David Giles (18 October 1926 – 6 January 2010) was a British television director. Credits *'' Hetty Wainthropp Investigates'' **Family Values (1998) **Something to Treasure (1998) **How Time Flies (1998) **Daughter of the Regiment (1997) **All Stitched Up (1997) *'' Just William'' (1994) *'' The Darling Buds of May'' **The Happiest Days of Your Lives: Part 1 (1993) **The Happiest Days of Your Lives: Part 2 (1993) **Oh! to Be in England: Part 1 (1992) **Oh! to Be in England: Part 2 (1992) **Christmas Is Coming (1991) *'' Forever Green'' **Episodes i.1, 2, 5, 6 (1989) *'' Hannay'' **The Fellowship of the Black Stone (1988) *''London Embassy'' (1987) *'' Miss Marple: A Murder is Announced'' (1985) * '' King John'' (1984) *''Mansfield Park'' (1983) *'' The Barchester Chronicles'' (1982) *'' Fame Is the Spur'' (1982) *'' The BBC Shakespeare: The Life of Henry the Fifth'' (1979) *'' Henry IV, Part II'' (1979) *'' Henry IV, Part I'' (1979) *'' King Richard the Second'' (1978) *''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond The Fringe
''Beyond the Fringe'' was a British comedy Play (theatre), stage revue written and performed by Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore. It debuted at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival and went on to play in London's West End theatre, West End and then in America, both on tour and on New York City, New York's Broadway theatre, Broadway in the early 1960s. Hugely successful, it is widely regarded as seminal to the "satire boom", the rise of Satire, satirical comedy in 1960s Britain. The show The idea for ''Beyond the Fringe'' came from Robert Ponsonby, who was the director of the Edinburgh International Festival from 1956 to 1960. Ponsonby's idea was to bring together the best parts of the revues staged by the Cambridge Footlights and The Oxford Revue at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe in previous years. He said that the Festival should put on a late-night revue "to beat The Fringe at its own game." By 1960, the Festival was so firmly established th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dudley Moore
Dudley Stuart John Moore (19 April 193527 March 2002) was an English actor, comedian, musician and composer. He first came to prominence in the UK as a leading figure in the British satire boom of the 1960s. He was one of the four writer-performers in the comedy revue '' Beyond the Fringe'' from 1960 that created a boom in satirical comedy. With a member of that team, Peter Cook, Moore collaborated on the BBC television series '' Not Only... But Also''. In their popular double act, Moore's buffoonery contrasted with Cook's deadpan monologues. They jointly received the 1966 British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance and worked together on other projects until the mid-1970s, by which time Moore had settled in Los Angeles, California, to concentrate on his film acting. Moore's career as a comedy film actor was marked by hit films, particularly '' Bedazzled'' (1967), set in Swinging Sixties London (in which he co-starred with Cook) and Hollywood productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Cook
Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 – 9 January 1995) was an English comedian, actor, satirist, playwright and screenwriter. He was the leading figure of the British satire boom of the 1960s, and he was associated with the anti-establishment comedic movement that emerged in the United Kingdom in the late 1950s. Born in Torquay, he was educated at the University of Cambridge. There he became involved with the Footlights, Footlights Club, of which he later became president. After graduating, he created the comedy stage revue ''Beyond the Fringe'', beginning a long-running partnership with Dudley Moore. In 1961, Cook opened the comedy club The Establishment (club), The Establishment in Soho. In 1965, Cook and Moore began a television career, beginning with ''Not Only... But Also''. Cook's deadpan monologues contrasted with Moore's buffoonery. They received the 1966 British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance. Following the success of the show, the duo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh Festival
__NOTOC__ This is a list of Arts festival, arts and cultural festivals regularly taking place in Edinburgh, Scotland. The city has become known for its festivals since the establishment in 1947 of the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe which runs alongside it. The latter is the largest event of its kind in the world. The term ''Edinburgh Festival'' is commonly used, but there is no single festival; the various festivals are put on by separate, unrelated organisations. However they are widely regarded as part of the same event, particularly the various festivals that take place simultaneously in August each year. The term ''Edinburgh Festival'' is often used to refer more specifically to the Fringe, being the largest of the festivals; or sometimes to the International Festival, being the original "official" arts festival. Within the industry, people refer to all the festivals collectively as the ''Edinburgh Festivals'' (plural). The festivals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Come Again
Come Again may refer to: * ''Come Again'' (The Jaggerz album), 1975 * ''Come Again'' (Thornley album) or the title song, 2004 * "Come Again" (Dowland), a 16th-century song by John Dowland * "Come Again (The Quetzal)", a 2012 song by Soluna Samay * "Come Again", a song by Damn Yankees from ''Damn Yankees'' * "Come Again", a song by Kurt Vile from '' Bottle It In'' * "Come Again", a song by Staind from '' Tormented'' * "Come Again", a song by Swizz Beatz from ''Poison A poison is any chemical substance that is harmful or lethal to living organisms. The term is used in a wide range of scientific fields and industries, where it is often specifically defined. It may also be applied colloquially or figurati ...'' * "Come Again", a song by Lily La Roux used for Cities: Skylines * '' Derek and Clive Come Again'', a 1977 album by Derek and Clive * ''Come Again'' (novel), a 2020 novel by Robert Webb {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
