Five years ago, she was working in an opticians. Then came Derry Girls and Bridgerton. Now she’s a Hollywood name, no wonder she can’t believe her good fortune
CFT summer
SOUTH PACIFIC. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener. Directed by Daniel Evans. 5 July – 4 September 2021, live in the Festival Theatre. Streamed as live on 4, 9, 14, 18, 21, 26, 31 August & 3 September
Led by Gina Beck (Matilda, Show Boat, Wicked, Phantom of the Opera) as Nellie, Julian Ovenden (Bridgerton, Downton Abbey, Merrily We Roll Along, Grand Hotel, BBC Proms) as Emile, Joanna Ampil (Avenue Q, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon) as Bloody Mary, Keir Charles (Quiz, Back To Life) and Rob Houchen (Les Misérables, The Light in the Piazza) as Cable, the cast also includes Iroy Abesamis, Carl Au, Rosanna Bates, David Birrell, Leslie Garcia Bowman, Taylor Bradshaw, Bobbie Chambers, Danny Collins, Shailan Gohil, Adrian Grove, Zack Guest, Cameron Bernard Jones, Amanda Lindgren, Matthew Maddison, Sera Maehara (as Liat), Melissa Nettleford, Rachel Jayne Picar, Kat
Orange Tree Theatre announces Inside/Outside
February 22, 2021 Last updated:
March 17, 2021
Orange Tree Theatre today announces
Inside/Outside; a collection of world première short plays by six emerging and established writers, performed and live-streamed from the Orange Tree Theatre’s auditorium. The first three plays, written by Deborah Bruce, Joel Tan and Joe White, focus on the theme of Inside, and will be streamed live 25 – 27 March 2021. The final three plays by Sonali Bhattacharyya, Zoe Cooper and Kalungi Ssebandeke explore the theme of Outside, streamed live 15 – 17 April 2021.
The collection, directed by Anna Himali Howard and Georgia Green, cover stories of estrangement and loneliness; of connection and redemption; of despair in confinement to hope found in life outdoors.
Derry Girls star Nicola Coughlan admitted she broke into tears when she found out she had been cast alongside Dame Julie Andrews
The Galway born actress, 33, is currently starring alongside the Sound of Music legend in Netflix’ newest hit Bridgerton. (Image: Press Association Images)
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the polls. and people, you know, are sticking with him. when i talk to democrats, there is this nervousness. nervousness that is overtaking him. they re afraid about not nominating the wrong candidate. they re afraid of making a misstep. i think when you look at how biden has fared in this part of the cycle, he had a not so great first debate and not so good second debate and the numbers didn t even go down. the voters are not as nervous as the washington cocktail circuit. a guy i am very wary. i ve known joe forever. i m a lot like him in background. there is always the tendency. i got to tell you, anybody in the democratic party with this president can win, and anybody can lose. yeah. this is wildly open. i think that s true. making predictions are impossible. and when are democrats not nervous? or divisive or neurotic. anyway, the cocktail circuit. they don t need booze to worry.