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The Effect
''The Effect'' is a play by the British playwright Lucy Prebble. The story revolves around two protagonists, Connie and Tristan, who volunteer in a clinical drug trial, where they start to fall in love. Their relationship throws the trial off-course. It received its premiere at the Royal National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre in London in November 2012, and starred Billie Piper and Jonjo O'Neill. A revival production played at the National's Lyttelton Theatre in London in 2023, and later transferred to The Shed in New York City in 2024. Synopsis Tristan and Connie each agree to volunteer in a clinical drug trial, where they start to fall in love. What they are not sure of is whether their newfound passion is instinctive or a byproduct of dopamine. Thus, the two throw the trial off course, much to the frustration of the clinicians involved. Cast and characters Production history 2012 National Theatre ''The Effect'', a The National Theatre and Headlong co-production, op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Prebble
Lucy Ashton Prebble (born 18 December 1980) is a British playwright and producer. She has received numerous accolades including three Primetime Emmy Awards as well as nominations for a BAFTA Award and two Laurence Olivier Awards. Prebble made her professional debut as a playwright with her play ''The Sugar Syndrome'' (2003) for which she received the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright. She went on to write ''Enron (play), ENRON'' (2010) which premiered on the West End (theatre), West End and Broadway (theatre), Broadway. The play earned a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play. She wrote ''The Effect'' (2012) which won the Critics' Circle Theatre Award#Best New Play, Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best New Play. She debuted her latest play ''A Very Expensive Poison'' (2019) for which she received another Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play nomination. For television, she created the ITV2 series ''Secret Diary of a Call Girl'' (2007–2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enron (play)
''Enron'' (stylised as ''ENRON'') is a 2009 play by the British playwright Lucy Prebble, based on the Enron scandal. Productions ''Enron'' premiered at the Chichester Festival Theatre (11 July – 29 August 2009), before London transfers to the Jerwood Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre from 17 September to 7 November 2009 and then the Noël Coward Theatre from 16 January to 14 August 2010 (after a cast change on 8 May). Directed by Rupert Goold with associate Sophie Hunter, the cast featured Samuel West as Jeffrey Skilling, Tom Goodman-Hill as Andrew Fastow, Amanda Drew as Claudia Roe, and Tim Pigott-Smith as Ken Lay. ''Enron'' premiered on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre on 8 April 2010 in previews, with the official opening on 27 April. Directed by Rupert Goold with associate Sophie Hunter, the scenic and costume design was by Anthony Ward, lighting by Mark Henderson, music and sound by Adam Cork, video and projection by Jon Driscoll and movement by Scott Ambler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Critics' Circle Theatre Award
The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards, known as the Drama Theatre Awards until 1990, are British theatrical awards presented annually for the closing year's theatrical achievements. The winners, from theatre throughout the United Kingdom, are selected via vote by the professional theatre critics of The Critics' Circle. Recipients Best Actor 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Best Actress 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Best Designer 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Best Director 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Best Musical Known as the 'Peter Hepple Award' from 2016 onwards. 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Best New Play 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Best Shakespearean Performance Known as the 'John and Wendy Trewin Award' from 2000 until 2015, and 'The Trewin Award' from 2016 onwards. 2000s 2010s 2020s Most Promising Newcomer Known as the ' Jack Tinker Award' from 1996 onwards. 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Most Promising Playwright 1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Independent
''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was published on Saturday 26 March 2016, leaving only the online edition. The daily edition was named National Newspaper of the Year at the 2004 British Press Awards. ''The Independent'' won the Brand of the Year Award in The Drum Awards for Online Media 2023. History 1980s Launched in 1986, the first issue of ''The Independent'' was published on 7 October in broadsheet format.Dennis Griffiths (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422–1992'', London & Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p. 330. It was produced by Newspaper Publishing plc and created by Andreas Whittam Smith, Stephen Glover and Matthew Symonds. All three partners were former journalists at ''The Daily Telegraph'' who had left the paper towards the end of Lord Hartwell' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a British daily broadsheet conservative newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally. It was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in 1855 as ''The Daily Telegraph and Courier''. ''The Telegraph'' is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The paper's motto, "Was, is, and will be", was included in its emblem which was used for over a century starting in 1858. In 2013, ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''The Sunday Telegraph'', which started in 1961, were merged, although the latter retains its own editor. It is politically conservative and supports the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. It was moderately Liberalism, liberal politically before the late 1870s.Dictionary of Nineteenth Century Journalismp 159 ''The Telegraph'' has had a number of news scoops, including the outbreak of World War II by rookie reporter Clare Hollingworth, desc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Clark (lighting Designer)
Jon Clark is a British lighting designer. He won a Tony Award in the category Best Lighting Design in a Play for ''The Lehman Trilogy'' on Broadway and an Olivier Award The Laurence Olivier Awards, or simply The Olivier Awards, are presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognize excellence in professional theatre in London. The awards were originally known as the Society of West End Theatre Aw ... for The Inheritance in the West End. He has received further nominations for both awards. He won his second Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play in 2025 for his work on Stranger Things: The First Shadow. Biography Jon studied Theatre Design at Bretton Hall UC of Leeds University. He has designed extensively in the West End, on Broadway, for the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Opera House, The Metropolitan Opera and with many other companies in the UK and internationally. References External links *Jon Clark's website L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soutra Gilmour
Soutra Gilmour is a British set designer. She was born in London and trained at the Wimbledon School of Art. She is primarily known for her work on the London stage. She won the Evening Standard Award for Best Set Design in 2012 for her work on the Donmar Warehouse production of ''Inadmissible Evidence'' and the National Theatre production of ''Antigone''. She is also a past nominee for the Olivier Award. Most recently Gilmour has been praised for her work on London's St. James Theatre revival of '' Urinetown: The Musical''. Gilmour is one of the most in demand theatre creatives across the UK of the 2000s having designed over 60 drama and opera productions, largely in London theatres. Gilmour designed ''Running With Lions'' by Sian Carter at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith in 2022, and the original production of ''Burlesque A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous tre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Lloyd (director)
Jamie Lloyd (born 1980 in Poole, Dorset) is a British theatre director. He is best known for his work with his eponymous theatre company ''The Jamie Lloyd Company'' as well as for his modern minimalism and expressionist directorial style. Lloyd is a proponent of affordable theatre for young and diverse audiences, and has been praised as "redefining West End theatre". ''The Daily Telegraph'' critic Dominic Cavendish wrote of Lloyd, "Few directors have Lloyd’s ability to transport us to the upper echelons of theatrical pleasure." His productions include the West End and Broadway revival of '' Betrayal'' (2019), the West End production of ''The Seagull'' (2020-2021), the Brooklyn Academy of Music's production of '' Cyrano de Bergerac'' (2022), and the Broadway revival of ''A Doll's House'' (2023). In the past year, he directed the West End and Broadway revival of ''Sunset Boulevard'', which won seven Olivier Awards and three Tony Awards, and ''Romeo and Juliet''. Early life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In The United Kingdom
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom is a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In the United Kingdom, it has resulted in confirmed cases, and is associated with deaths up to 26 January 2025. The virus began circulating in the country in early 2020, arriving primarily from travel elsewhere in Europe. Various sectors responded, with more widespread public health measures incrementally introduced from March 2020. The first wave was at the time one of the world's largest outbreaks. By mid-April the peak had been passed and restrictions were gradually eased. A second wave, with a new variant that originated in the UK becoming dominant, began in the autumn and peaked in mid-January 2021, and was deadlier than the first. The UK started a COVID-19 vaccination programme in early December 2020. Generalised restrictions were gradually lifted and were mostly ended by Augus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate O'Flynn
Kate O'Flynn (born 1986) is a British actress. She is known for her performance in National Theatre's production of ''Port'' for which she received a Critics' Circle Theatre Award in 2013, as well as starring roles in plays '' A Taste of Honey'' in 2014, and '' The Glass Menagerie'' for which she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in 2017. O'Flynn currently stars in '' Everyone Else Burns'' (2023–present) and has had recurring roles in '' Landscapers'' (2021) and '' My Lady Jane'' (2024) as well as appearing in the films '' Happy-Go-Lucky'' (2008) and '' Bridget Jones's Baby'' (2018). Education and training O'Flynn attended Manchester's Royal Exchange youth theatre as a teenager, before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Career O'Flynn's first professional role was in Mike Leigh's 2008 film '' Happy-Go-Lucky''. Later that year, her performance in '' The Children's Hour'' with the Royal Exchange Theatre Company won her the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim McMullan
Timothy W. V. McMullan (born 1963) is a British actor, notable for his stage, television and film work. He is best known for playing Atticus Pünd in the BBC mystery dramas ''Magpie Murders'' and ''Moonflower Murders (TV series), Moonflower Murders''. Career McMullan's stage work includes a 2008 adaptation of ''The Misanthrope'' alongside Damian Lewis and Keira Knightley along with the 2003 adaptation of ''His Dark Materials (play), His Dark Materials''. In 2009 he was in Dominic Dromgoole Shakespeare's Globe production of ''As You Like It'' and worked for Complicite. In 2016, again for Dromgoole, he was Prospero in ''The Tempest (play), The Tempest'' at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. In 2017 McMullan played Sir Toby Belch in a production of ''Twelfth Night'' on the Olivier stage at the Royal National Theatre. In July 2020 Deadline Hollywood, ''Deadline'' announced that PBS' ''Masterpiece (TV series), Masterpiece'' would adapt Anthony Horowitz, Anthony Horowitz's ''Magpie Murde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
