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Vivien Carter
Vivien Carter is an Australian actress, singer and dancer. She is probably best known for playing Velma Kelly in '' Chicago'' at the Cambridge Theatre, London. Early life Vivien Carter was born in Australia and trained in acting, singing and dancing at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), Perth. While there she appeared in productions of Nick Enright's ''Spurboard'', '' The Crucible'', '' Perfectly Frank'', and ''Fiddler on the Roof''. Carter graduated from WAAPA in 2003. Work before ''Chicago'' * 2004–5 '' We Will Rock You'', touring Australia and Japan * 2006 '' Guys and Dolls'', directed by Michael Grandage, the Donmar Warehouse production at the Piccadilly Theatre: Swing * 2007 '' Evita'', directed by Michael Grandage, Adelphi Theatre: Ensemble * 2007 ''Eurobeat: Almost Eurovision'' (premiere), Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Pleasance Grand, Edinburgh. * 2008 '' Oklahoma!'', Kilworth House, Leicestershire * 2008 ''Like Other People Do'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velma Kelly
Velma Kelly is one of the main characters in the successful 1975 Broadway musical ''Chicago''. Kelly is based on the character "Velma", who first appeared in the 1926 play, also called ''Chicago'', who was in-turn inspired by the life of Belva Gaertner. Character background Kelly is a nightclub singer/vaudevillian who had mediocre success as part of an acrobatics double act with her sister Veronica until, when she catches Veronica with her husband Charlie while on tour, she presumably kills them both (though she denies remembering it). She is sent to the Cook County Jail where she hires the best soliciting lawyer, Billy Flynn, a master of turning cases into a media circus to free his clients. The attention prompts an offer from the William Morris Agency to pay her more than fourteen times what she had made as her share of the proceeds from the double act with Veronica—once she is acquitted. Kelly's plans are upended when Roxie Hart, a failed vaudeville aspirant accused of m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oklahoma!
''Oklahoma!'' is the first musical written by the duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, ''Green Grow the Lilacs''. Set in farm country outside the town of Claremore, Indian Territory, in 1906, it tells the story of farm girl Laurey Williams and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly McLain and the sinister and frightening farmhand Jud Fry. A secondary romance concerns cowboy Will Parker and his flirtatious fiancée, Ado Annie. The original Broadway production opened on March 31, 1943. It was a box office hit and ran for an unprecedented 2,212 performances, later enjoying award-winning revivals, national tours, foreign productions and an Oscar-winning 1955 film adaptation. It has long been a popular choice for school and community productions. Rodgers and Hammerstein won a special Pulitzer Prize for ''Oklahoma!'' in 1944. This musical, building on the innovations of the earlier ''Show Boat'', epitomized the development of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Queensland
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Australian Musical Theatre Actresses
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Sara Crowe
Sara Crowe is a Scottish film and stage actress who mainly plays comedy roles. Biography Career After beginning her career on stage and in television, Crowe began to take film roles, including a part in '' Carry On Columbus'' and as the 'first bride' Laura in the comedy film '' Four Weddings and a Funeral''. Her West End appearances include '' Private Lives'', '' Twelfth Night'', ''Hay Fever'' and '' The Constant Wife'' and, on tour, ''Acorn Antiques the Musical'' and Alan Ayckbourn's '' Absurd Person Singular''. She is a regular performer (and part of the original cast) of the touring play ''Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners''. She gained notice in the United Kingdom in a series of TV advertisements for Philadelphia cream cheese spread in the 1990s, playing a ditsy blonde secretary with Ann Bryson as her friend. With Bryson, she also formed the comedy duo Flaming Hamsters; they co-starred in the 1995 film ''The Steal'' and the sitcom ''Sometime Never''. She appeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Theatre Royal, Plymouth, is a theatre venue in Plymouth, Devon. It consists of a 1,300-seat main auditorium, The Lyric, which regularly hosts large-scale musicals, opera and ballet; a 200-seat studio, The Drum; and a 50-seat studio, The Lab. On a separate site, Theatre Royal Plymouth also has a production and learning centre, TR2, featuring rehearsal studios and workshops for the production of set and costumes. The theatre is a National Portfolio Organisation, receiving regular funding from Arts Council England. A £7 million Regeneration Project was completed in September 2013 with a renovated front of house area and community performance space called The Lab. A bronze sculpture depicting a crouching female actor called ''Messenger'' was unveiled in front of the theatre, in 2019. History In 1758 a theatre was built at the top of George Street in Plymouth. Originally known as the Theatre, Frankfort-Gate, it adopted the name Theatre Royal after King George III and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Wilmot
Harold Owen "Gary" Wilmot, MBE (born 8 May 1954) is a British singer, actor, comedian, presenter, writer and director who rose to fame as a contestant on ''New Faces''. As a television presenter, he is best known as the host of '' You and Me'', '' So You Want To Be Top'' and ''Showstoppers''. His West End credits include '' Me and My Girl'', ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'', '' Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'', ''The Prince of Egypt'' and ''Wicked''. Wilmot was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to drama and charity. Early life Wilmot was born in Lambeth, London, into a mixed-race household; his mother was English, and his father, Harry, was Jamaican and arrived in Britain on the Empire Windrush in 1948. Harry was a member of vocal harmony group The Southlanders, but died of a brain tumour in 1961, when his sons were still young. Despite these show business roots, Wilmot's upbringing was outside of the limelight. He worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna-Jane Casey
Anna-Jane Casey (born 15 February 1972) is an English singer, dancer and actress best known for her work in musical theatre. Personal life Casey was born in Salford, Lancashire, England. Casey married fellow actor Graham MacDuff in 1998. The pair started dating whilst on the national tour of ''West Side Story''.Paddock, Terr"20 Questions With...Anna-Jane Casey"The two actors have two children. (Hi mum) whatsonstage.com, 9 December 2002 In 2020, following the COVID-19 pandemic, Casey revealed that she and her husband had worked as delivery drivers to supplement their income during lockdown due to the lack of work. Her sister Natalie Casey is also an actress best known for her television roles in ''Hollyoaks'' and '' Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps''. Stage career Casey trained at Lupino Dance School in Bury. She made her West End debut at age 16 as Rumpleteazer in ''Cats'' at New London Theatre. After two years with Cats she then went on to '' Children of Eden'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watermill Theatre
The Watermill Theatre is a repertory theatre in Bagnor, Berkshire. It opened in 1967 in Bagnor Mill, a converted watermill on the River Lambourn. As a producing house, the theatre has produced works that have subsequently moved on to the West End, including the 2004 revival of '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street''. History The theatre is situated in Bagnor Mill, a former corn mill on the River Lambourn in Bagnor, Berkshire. It opened as a 113-seat amateur theatre in 1965, having been converted by David Gollins. In 1967 the theatre was expanded with the addition of a fly system and lighting control, and housed its first professional productions. In 1971, the auditorium was rebuilt to allow a capacity of 170. In 1981 the theatre was purchased by Jill Fraser, who sought to change it from a local repertory theatre into a producing house. In the 1990s, the Propeller company was formed at the theatre. In the early 21st century, the theatre staged a number of p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Gay
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William Blake
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. What he called his " prophetic works" were said by 20th-century critic Northrop Frye to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". His visual artistry led 21st-century critic Jonathan Jones to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced". In 2002, Blake was placed at number 38 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. While he lived in London his entire life, except for three years spent in Felpham, he produced a diverse and symbolically rich collection of works, which embraced the imagination as "the body of God" or "human existence itself". Although Blake was considered mad by contemporaries for his idiosyncratic views, he is held in high regar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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