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Date: April 2012 Venue: London fringe Author: Mike Leigh Play: A modern classic We arrive early. The theatre has its own restaurant attached, tonight with a specially themed menu, so a pre-performance dinner has been booked. Prawn cocktail, obviously, th Full Article at diamond geezer
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Bring out the cheesy pineapple sticks! Lindsay Posner’s whip-sharp production of Mike Leigh’s modern classic, originally seen at the Menier Chocolate Factory, reacquaints us with the suburban drinks party from hell and has us once again pondering the Lei Full Article at This Is London
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Donna Summer will be remembered as the queen of disco, but in fact her best records transformed not just dancefloors but the course of pop music. Released in 1977, the year of punk, her single I Feel Love was as radical as any record that has got to No 1 Full Article at PSFK
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Ditch the tourist crowds and head to these up-and-coming neighborhoods that three stylish locals call home. “My wife and I live in Barnsbury, just north of King’s Cross. It’s basically an 18th-century village within the city: tree-lined streets; elegant Full Article at Travel & Leisure
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Jill Halfpenny, the Olivier Award-winning actress, and Joe Absolom in Mike Leigh's "Abigail's Party." The play is being revived at the Wyndhams Theatre in London. Jill Halfpenny, the Olivier Award-winning actress, and Joe Absolom in Mike Leigh's "Abigail Full Article at Bloomberg.com
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Had a private double take giggle last night when I read the news of Maleficent's latest cast members. Maleficent herself Angelina Jolie and Sleeping Beauty Elle Fanning will be joined by Brit prestige actors like Oscar nominee Miranda Richardson (who wil Full Article at Film Experience Blog
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Thirty-five years after it was first performed, Mike Leigh's play Abigail's Party is as popular as ever, with a successful revival set to transfer to the West End. Speaking to Today presenter Justin Webb, the director and playwright said that the play's Full Article at BBC News
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In January, Bingham Ray died. A lot of moviegoers probably wouldn't have recognized his name, but if they loved independent film in the 1990s, they knew his work. The co-founder of October Films, Ray had helped distribute movies by Mike Leigh (Life Is Sw Full Article at Deadspin
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The former Waterloo Road and EastEnders actress said she was proud of her North-East heritage but admitted she was fed up with only being offered roles that take advantage of her own natural accent. The star – currently starring in Mike Leigh’s classic p Full Article at The Sun
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Jill Halfpenny plays Beverly in this latest stage production of Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party at the Wyndham's Theatre. The show opens on 15 May and Guardian Extra members can save £15 on top price tickets This article was published on guardian.co.uk at 0 Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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Australian actress Cate Blanchett and Britain’s Sally Hawkins are being lined up to star in Woody Allen’s next film, industry daily Variety reported Tuesday. Hawkins, who had a small role in Allen’s 2007 Cassandra’s Dream, a year before her breakout role Full Article at Calgary Herald
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AFP - Australian actress Cate Blanchett and Britain's Sally Hawkins are being lined up to star in Woody Allen's next film, industry daily Variety reported Tuesday. Hawkins, who had a small role in Allen's 2007 "Cassandra's Dream," a year before her break Full Article at France 24
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The British actor will work with Allen to play a 'fun and rough-around-the-edges neurotic' Scooped up … Sally Hawkins will appear in Woody Allen's next movie. Photograph: Alamy Hawkins has acted in an Allen production before, taking a small role in Cassa Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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He wasn't treading the boards but the corridors of a mental hospital where he worked as a kitchen porter, and a bullying chef would order him around and mock his ambition. "He used to say, 'Yeah, you are an actor, look at ya! Shakespeare!'" he says, bari Full Article at The Independent
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Mike Leigh, OBE (born 20 February 1943) is an English film and theatre director, screenwriter, and playwright. He studied theatre at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and did his early acting with the Royal Shakespeare Company[citation needed]. He began as a theatre director and playwright in the 1960s, and then in the 1970s, he made the... Full Article At Wikipedia.org
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