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Dateline:
30th October, 2005
Festen on Tour
Award winning Festen, adapted by David Eldridge from the Danish
film and directed by Rufus Norris, is to tour in the New Year. It will
open at Birmingham Rep on 3rd February, 2006, and then go on to Norwich,
Bath, Woking, Cardiff, Glasgow, Canterbury, Brighton, Cambridge, Richmond
and Malvern.
It was orginally produced at the Almeida last year before transferring
to the Lyric, Shaftesbury Avenue. It won two Evening Standard Awards,
a Critics’ Circle Award, and was nominated for several Olivier
awards. Further dates are to be announced and the production is due
to transfer to Broadway later in the year.
Open House
Extends
Helena Thompson's Open House, which was nominated for a Fringe
First at this year's Edinburgh Fringe, has extended its run at Kelsall
House, Ladbroke Grove, until 13th November.
Open House is a bedtime story about old and eccentric Charlie,
a man so open minded he turns his house into a drop-in centre for his
daughter's drop-out friends. When a stranger knocks on the door one
night his home is thrown into jeopardy, sparking a city tale of love,
loss and nostalgia for what never was. The play is produced jointly
by the Riverside Studios and SPID and tickets are available from the
Riverside box office.
Knightley Wins BIF Award
Actress Keira Knightley is to be named UK Personality of the Year at
the British Independent Film Awards. The 20 year old star first appeared
in Bend It Like Beckham and went on to star in hits like King
Arthur, Pirates of the Caribbean, Love Actually and,
most recently, Pride and Prejudice.
She was chosen for the award by Variety, whose executive editor Stephen
Gaydos said, "This year Knightley has demonstrated an impressive
range, getting gritty in Domino, dark in The Jacket and
solidifying her leading lady status in the critically-acclaimed Pride
and Prejudice."
Named as most promising newcomer is Thelma Barlow, who has played Mavis
Riley in Coronation Street for 26 years!
Swede is New Galileo
Swedish performer Peter Johansson is to take over the role of Galileo
in We Will Rock You at the Dominion Theatre. Johannson has previous
understudied the role, as well as taking part in Europen productions
of Saturday Night Fever and A Chorus Line.
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