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Redgrave Theatre
The Redgrave Theatre was a theatre in Farnham in Surrey from 1974 to 1998. The theatre, named after Sir Michael Redgrave, had regular repertory seasons and also staged a variety of plays and musical productions until financial difficulties forced it to close. Now demolished, the surrounding site is under redevelopment. In January 2018, the Redgrave Theatre was finally approved for demolition. The theatre was demolished to make room for the "Brightwells Yard development". History and present day A modern, purpose-built theatre designed by architect Frank Rutter, the Redgrave Theatre replaced the Castle Theatre in Farnham which had opened for Farnham Repertory Company in 1941, and which operated as a weekly repertory theatre. Eventually, Farnham Repertory Company outgrew its premises and moved to the newly built Redgrave Theatre in 1973. The first Artistic Director was Ian Mullins (1929–2014) from 1974 to 1977, followed by David Horlock from 1978 to 1979, Stephen Barry taking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entrance Redgrave Theatre Farnham 1995
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Philippa Urquhart
Philippa Urquhart is a British actress, best known for her performance as Lillian Cartland in the 1980s BBC television drama '' Tenko''. Career Urquhart has worked as a film, television and theatre actress for more than fifty years. A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, she has appeared in numerous West End productions including '' The Sea'' (2008), ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (2002), ''Wit'' (2001), and '' The Forest'' (2000). Her television credits include: '' Vanity Fair'', ''A Very Peculiar Practice'', ''Dempsey and Makepeace'', ''Wish Me Luck'', ''The Bill'', ''Dixon of Dock Green'', ''Within These Walls'', and ''Casualty''. Her feature film credits include '' Laughter in the Dark'' (1969) and the role of Janice in Alfonso Cuarón's 2006 film ''Children of Men''. Personal life She is the mother of the film director Jack Jewers, and she currently lives in the town of Rye, East Sussex Rye is a town and civil parish in the Rother District, Rother district of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack McKenzie (actor)
Jack McKenzie (born 9 March 1942) is a Scottish actor. He was born in Edinburgh and was educated at George Heriot's School, after which he joined the Royal Marines at the age of fifteen. He subsequently joined Lothians and Peebles Constabulary and later transferred to Edinburgh City Police. Film * '' Valentino'' (Ken Russell) (1977) - (uncredited) * '' A Bridge Too Far'' (Richard Attenborough) (1977) - Soldier #17 * '' Dominique'' ( Michael Anderson) (1979) - John, 1st Chauffeur * '' Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back'' (Irvin Kershner) (1980) - Cal Alder (Rebel Force Deck Lieutenant) * ''Gandhi'' (Richard Attenborough) (1982) - Major at Aga Khan Palace * ''The Zero Option'' (Sarah Hellings) (1988) - Dunstan * '' Beyond Bedlam'' (Vadim Jean) (1994) - DCI Clery * '' Clockwork Mice'' (Vadim Jean) (1995) - CID 1 * ''The End Of The Affair'' (Neil Jordan) (1999) - Chief Engineer * '' The Calling'' (Richard Caesar) (2000) - Norman * '' The Love We Seek'' ( Samuel Rof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hargreaves (actor)
David Hargreaves (born 2 February 1940) is an English actor, active on stage and screen, as well as radio drama, he is best known for his television drama roles in the 1970s and 1980s set in the north of England, and as a presenter on BBC children's television of the same period. Early life Hargreaves was born in New Mills, Derbyshire, and attended Glossop Grammar School (became Glossopdale School in 1965). He trained as a science teacher, at City of Leeds Training College, and at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Career Hargreaves worked as a supply teacher at Rising Hill Comprehensive School in Islington, before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company to play in the first ''The Wars of the Roses'' Cycle of plays in 1963/65. He played Hotspur in ''Henry IV part 1'' and Leontes in ''A Winters Tale'' for the North East Shakespeare Festival run by Joseph O'Connor in 1965, before joining Olivier's National Theatre, appearing in ''Much Ado about Nothing'', ''Mother Courage'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Holley
Bernard John Holley (9 August 1940 – 22 November 2021) was a British actor whose career spanned more than six decades. Life and career Holley was born in Eastcote, Middlesex. He attended Kilburn Grammar School and the Rose Bruford Drama School, and made his first professional stage appearance at the Theatre Royal, Lincoln, in 1963. Holley came to notice in the long-running UK police drama series ''Z-Cars'' as PC Newcombe, a character he played for four years. He also appeared in ''Doctor Who'', first as Peter Haydon in '' The Tomb of the Cybermen'' (1967), starring Patrick Troughton as the Doctor, and later as the Axon Man in ''The Claws of Axos'' (1971), starring Jon Pertwee. Holley reprised his role as Axos in a new Doctor Who audio drama, '' The Feast of Axos'', opposite Colin Baker, which was released on CD in February 2011. Holley played Mr Hurst in eight episodes of the popular ITV sitcom "Please Sir" (1971-2). Other regular roles included Detective Inspector Mike Turn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bolam
James Christopher Bolam (born 16 June 1935) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Terry Collier in '' The Likely Lads'' and its sequel ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?'', Jack Ford in ''When the Boat Comes In'', Roy Figgis in '' Only When I Laugh'', Trevor Chaplin in '' The Beiderbecke Trilogy'', Arthur Gilder in '' Born and Bred'', Jack Halford in ''New Tricks'' and the title character of Grandpa in the CBeebies programme '' Grandpa in My Pocket''. He also played the serial killer Harold Shipman in the ITV drama '' Shipman'' and portrayed Harold Wilson in the BBC documentary ''The Plot Against Harold Wilson''. For ''When the Boat Comes In'', Bolam was twice nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in 1977 and 1978 and in 1995 he was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' at The Donmar Warehouse. Life and career Bolam was born on 16 June 1935 in Sunderland, County Durham. His fathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maureen Lipman
Dame Maureen Diane Lipman (born 10 May 1946) is an English actress, columnist and comedian. She trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and her stage work has included appearances with the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. She was made a dame in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to charity, entertainment and the arts. Lipman has been nominated for seven Olivier Awards across categories commending acting in plays, musicals and comedy, winning in 1984 for ''See How They Run''. On film, Lipman was BAFTA nominated for ''Educating Rita'' (1983) and has also appeared in ''The Wildcats of St Trinian's'' (1980), ''Carry On Columbus'' (1992), ''Solomon & Gaenor'' (1999) and ''The Pianist'' (2002). On television, Lipman had prominent roles in ''Agony'' (1979–1981), ''Smiley's People'' (1982), ''Eskimo Day'' (1996) and ''Ladies of Letters'' (2009–2010). Since 2018, she has starred in ''Coronation Street'' as Evelyn Plummer. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Timothy
Christopher Timothy (born 14 October 1940) is a British actor and narrator. He is known for his roles as James Herriot in '' All Creatures Great and Small'', Mac McGuire in the BBC One daytime soap opera '' Doctors'' and Ted Murray in the BBC One primetime soap opera ''EastEnders''. Early life Timothy was born in Bala, Wales in 1940. He is the son of Anglican priest and BBC announcer Andrew Timothy and his first wife, Gwladys Marian ''nee'' Hailstone. When aged five Timothy moved with his family to south London, and at thirteen to Shrewsbury, where he attended Kingsland Grange Preparatory School and Priory Grammar School for Boys, and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. After leaving school and until his first paid acting engagements he worked in a Shrewsbury hat shop. Career Timothy's first professional stage engagement was in the play '' Chips with Everything'' in London and New York, in the role of a RAF military policeman for more than six months. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gareth Thomas (actor)
Gareth Daniel Noake Thomas (12 February 1945 – 13 April 2016) was a Welsh actor. He rose to national prominence playing the role of Roj Blake in the BBC science fiction television series ''Blake's 7'' (1978–1981). Early life Thomas was born on 12 February 1945 in Brentford, England, and grew up in Aberystwyth, Wales. He was the younger of two sons of Kenneth Thomas, a barrister who had been a junior at the Nuremberg trials, and his wife, Olga (''née'' Noake). Thomas attended the King's School, Canterbury. He then trained at RADA and later became an Associate Member. He was a member of the National Youth Theatre, appearing with them in the 1967 production of ''Zigger Zagger''. Career Thomas made many television appearances, including ''The Avengers (TV series), The Avengers'', ''Coronation Street'', ''Z-Cars'', ''Special Branch (TV series), Special Branch'', ''Sutherland's Law'', ''Public Eye (TV series), Public Eye'', ''Who Pays the Ferryman?'', ''Bergerac (TV series), Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Bartholomew
Ian Bartholomew (born 23 August 1954) is a British actor and musician from Portsmouth, England who has worked widely in both theatre and television. In March 2018, Bartholomew joined the cast of ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', as Geoff Metcalfe. He also played Chitterlow in the revival cast of '' Half A Sixpence'' and the Baker in the original West End production of ''Into the Woods'' opposite Imelda Staunton as his wife. Career Bartholomew was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and brought up in Gosport. In television Bartholomew's work has ranged from '' The Darling Buds of May'', ''Rumpole of the Bailey'', '' Minder'', and more recently, '' Making Waves'', '' Spooks'' and '' Marcella''. On stage he has been in productions such as '' A Man for All Seasons'' at the Redgrave Theatre in Farnham, '' Mirandolina'' and '' Assassins''. In 2005 he was in the acclaimed production of ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' by Edward Albee in the starring role of George at the Liverp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Bowerman
Lisa Bowerman (born 1 February 1962) is a British actress. She is best known for portraying Sandra Mute, the paramedic, in the first two series of the BBC One medical drama '' Casualty'', and ''Doctor Who'' companion Professor Bernice Summerfield in a series of the same name and many related audio dramas for Big Finish Productions productions, as well as directing many series for the company. Career Bowerman trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and was a regular in the first two series of BBC medical drama '' Casualty'' playing Sandra Mute, the show's first female paramedic. Her other television work includes: ''Dodgem'', ''The Count of Solar'', ''Grange Hill'', ''The Vision Thing'', '' Doctors'', '' McCallum'', '' Bad Girls'' and '' Night and Day''. In 2007 she guest-starred as the home secretary's PA in '' Spooks'', and returned to ''Casualty'' for a one-episode cameo role as a patient. In 2011 and 2012, she appeared in five episodes of ''Coronation Street'' as soli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
