Arts subsidies: New South Wales to spend $100 million for Walsh Bay, home of the Sydney Biennale
AUSTRALIA'S TOP STORY | Gladys Berejiklian's NSW Liberal government plans to hand out $100 million as a down payment on a total $245 million subsidy to expand the arts district at Sydney's exclusive Walsh Bay, home to the Sydney Theatre Company, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Bell Shakespeare, and the kinds of people who can afford multi-million dollar harbourfront apartments. This kind of subsidy to the big end of town should make Labor furious (and win them elections), if they can muster up the courage to criticize it. Don't hold your breath. A penchant for elite arts subsidies is the one thing that unites elites from all political parties. How about funding a $245 million arts district in Penrith or Sutherland? How about private philanthropy taking on this project to benefit their own?
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The Mine Song All Languages Mashup 2 (190+ LANGUAGES)
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Most Hearable Languages: Shakespearean English (Fandub), Kazakh v2 (Bonus Part Show), Kazakh (Ending), English v4 to v6 (Show), Portuguese (Fandub), Swedish (Ending)
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Brendan Cowell on How It Feels
Brendan Cowell is an Australian actor, writer and director. He was born in Cronulla, New South Wales, and completed a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre/Media at Charles Sturt University, Bathurst.
Brendan's plays have been produced by prominent theatre companies in Australia and internationally, and he has received the Patrick White Playwrights' Award, the Griffin Award and the Philip Parsons Young Playwright's Award. Brendan played the popular character Tom in Love My Way and wrote many episodes of the critically acclaimed television drama series which won the AFI Award for Best Television Drama Series for each of its three seasons (2005-2007). He has played the lead role in feature films, including the 2007 crime drama Noise, for which he was awarded a Film Critics Circle Award and nominated for an AFI Award, World War I drama Beneath Hill 60 and rom-com I Love You Too. Brendan played Hamlet in a 2009 Bell Shakespeare production.
Brendan lives in Newtown, Sydney, and is a committed supporter of the Cronulla Sharks rugby league team.
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Conversations with Joel Edgerton
Career Q&A with Joel Edgerton. Moderated by Jenelle Riley, Variety.
Joel Edgerton currently stars as John Connolly in BLACK MASS alongside Johnny Depp. He was honored for his performance as Tom Buchanan in “The Great Gatsby,” Baz Luhrmann’s 2013 screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel. Edgerton won Australian Film Institute (AFI) and Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCCA) Awards and was nominated for an Australian Film Critics Association Award, all in the category of Best Supporting Actor.
Edgerton more recently directed, wrote, produced and starred in the psychological thriller “The Gift,” also starring Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall. The independent film delivered tremendously, with a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score and an opening weekend of $12 million. He also starred opposite Christian Bale in Ridley Scott’s biblical epic “Exodus: Gods and Kings.”
Edgerton’s upcoming credits include starring roles in Jeff Nichols’ sci-fi thriller “Midnight Special,” and Gavin O’Connor’s Western “Jane Got a Gun,” with Natalie Portman and Ewan McGregor. He is currently reunited with Nichols on the fact-based drama “Loving,” about the couple whose challenge to Virginia’s interracial marriage ban led to a landmark Supreme Court case.
In 2012, Edgerton gained international attention with his role in Kathryn Bigelow’s award winning true-life drama “Zero Dark Thirty.” That same year, he starred opposite Jennifer Garner in Peter Hedges’ “The Odd Life of Timothy Green,” and in “Wish You Were Here,” winning an FCCA Award for Best Actor.
His other recent film credits include the drama “Felony,” which he also wrote and produced and which premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival; Gavin O’Connor’s drama “Warrior,” with Tom Hardy and Nick Nolte; the horror thriller “The Thing,” the prequel to John Carpenter’s cult classic; and David Michôd’s “Animal Kingdom,” for which he won AFI and FCCA Awards for Best Supporting Actor.
Edgerton had earlier starred in such films as “The Square,” directed by his brother Nash Edgerton; the Australian feature “Acolytes”; “Whisper,” with Josh Holloway”; the crime thriller “Smokin’ Aces”; the drag comedy “Kinky Boots”; and George Lucas’s blockbusters “Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones” and “Episode III – Revenge of the Sith,” playing the young Owen Lars, who would become Uncle Owen to Luke Skywalker. He also lent his voice to Zack Snyder’s animated feature “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole” and the Oscar nominated animated short “The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello,” performing the title role.
Born in New South Wales, Australia, Edgerton attended the Nepean Drama School in western Sydney. He went on to appear in various stage productions, most notably with the Sydney Theatre Company in “Blackrock,” “Third World Blues” and “Love for Love”; and the Bell Shakespeare, where he appeared in “Henry IV.”
In 2009, he returned to the stage to star as Stanley Kowalski, alongside Cate Blanchett’s Blanche DuBois, in the Sydney Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of “A Streetcar Named Desire.” The pair also performed the play to sold-out audiences at the Kennedy Center in November of that year, followed by a run at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in December.
On Australian television, he is known for playing the role of Will in the long-running series “The Secret Life of Us,” for which he was nominated for an AFI Award.
The Borrowers set design preview.m4v
Meet Director, Erica Whyman and Designer, Andrew Stephenson as they present a sneak preview of the set design for Northern Stage's Christmas show 2012, THE BORROWERS.
Collected Works 2014: The Long Way Home
The Long Way Home
Collected Works 2014
19-22 March
The Playhouse
WE OPEN A DOOR INTO THE LIVES OF AUSTRALIAN SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN WHILE ON DUTY.
WE SHALL OVERCOME.
Sydney Theatre Company has embarked upon an historic endeavour with the Australian Defence Force to present this major new work, taking the words and experiences of servicemen and women to create a unique, uplifting and unforgettable event.
Created from first-hand accounts, The Long Way Home dramatises the experiences of military service on operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and East Timor as well as humanitarian and disaster relief and protecting Australia's borders.
Director Stephen Rayne and multi-award-winning writer Daniel Keene have shaped a powerful piece of theatre. Featuring performers drawn from military personnel recovering from physical and psychological injuries, and professional actors as part of a broader rehabilitation program.
As we approach the centenary of the beginning of the Great War, it is time to take stock and explore the impact of war on the lives and minds of Australians.
DIRECTOR
Stephen Rayne
DESIGNER
Renée Mulder
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Damien Cooper
SOUND DESIGNER
Steve Francis
TAKE PART
Post-show Q&A, Thursday 20 March, 10:00pm
Bransby Williams - Henry V Before Harfleur (Shakespeare) (1926)
Having recently uploaded Bransby Williams in Dickens, I thought it would be interesting to hear another side of him. Here, we have an excerpt from 'Henry V' recorded on 27 April 1926.
From Wikipedia: Bransby Williams (born Bransby William Pharez; 14 August 1870 – 3 December 1961) was a British actor, comedian and monologist. He became known as 'The Irving of the Music Halls.']
Born in Hackney, London, the son of William Meshech Pharez and Margaret Giles (née Booth), Bransby Williams began his working life as a tea taster in Mincing Lane before working in the design department of a wallpaper manufacturer. He appeared as an amateur actor before turning professional doing impersonations of Dan Leno, Gus Elen, Joe Elvin, Albert Chevalier and other music hall stars in working men's clubs. His first appearance in a music hall was at The London Music Hall in Shoreditch on 26 August 1896, during which he gave impersonations of the leading actors of that time, including Henry Irving in The Bells, Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Svengali from the popular play Trilby, adapted from George Du Maurier's novel of the same name.
In 1897 Williams first created a variety of characters, including many from the works of Dickens such as Mr Micawber, Uriah Heep, Bill Sikes and Fagin. In 1898 he appeared as Sydney Carton in The Noble Deed, based on A Tale of Two Cities at the Oxford Theatre. He performed in monologues, recitations and sketches, including the Lounger and The Green Eye of the Yellow God.
Williams became a great success, and he appeared before King Edward VII at Sandringham House in a Royal Command Performance on 3 December 1903, when he performed the characters from Dickens as well as his impersonations of famous actors and comedians of the day. In 1905 and 1907 he toured in the United States. In 1922 Williams toured the UK with his own company as actor-manager, performing in a series of plays based on Dickens, including David Copperfield, Oliver Twist and Barnaby Rudge. In 1923 he purchased the stock of the late Sir Henry Irving, which he used in his tour of the Lyons Mail and in March of that year he played Hamlet for the first time at the Prince of Wales Theatre in Birmingham. Later he also bought the stock of Laurence and H.B. Irving. In June 1923 he appeared at the Lyceum as both Micawber and Peggotty in David Copperfield, after which he and his company toured Canada.
In 1924 Williams was engaged by J.C. Williamson to tour Australia, during which he performed his characters from Dickens and his impersonations of famous actors and comedians of that and former days, including Sir Henry Irving, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Sir George Alexander, Dan Leno, Cyril Maude and Sir Charles Wyndham. The tour then moved on to New Zealand and South Africa.
Williams regularly appeared in pantomime, making his first appearance in that medium playing the Baron in Babes in the Wood at the Shakespeare Theatre in Liverpool in 1906, and appearing at the London Palladium as 'Abanazer' in Aladdin in 1926. He appeared in a Royal Variety Performance before King George V and Queen Mary on 27 May 1926. Another tour of Canada in 1928 was a financial failure, and Williams returned to Great Britain in 1929 to appear in variety.
Later in his career Williams was a regular on radio and television. In 1946 he toured in an adaptation of Edward Percy's The Shop at Sly Corner. In 1950 he played Ebenezer Scrooge in a BBC television version of A Christmas Carol. Also in 1950, aged 80, he toured as Maddoc Thomas in The Light of the Heart. For the BBC he played the role of Mathias, made famous by Henry Irving, in a live television production of The Bells on 14 March 1950. He had first played the role on stage over fifty years before while on tour. He also was a guest on the BBC radio show Desert Island Discs on 4 November 1957 and appeared on BBC Television's This is Your Life in 1958, when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the BBC Television Theatre.
He appeared in a number of films...[and made a number of recordings].
Williams married Emilie Margaret Dent in London on 20 February 1892. He died in London in 1961 aged 91.
From Wikipedi
Former judge appointed ABC chairman
Former New South Wales chief Justice Jim Spigelman has been confirmed as the new chairman of the ABC.
Bransby Williams -The Charge of the Light Brigade - Alfred Lord Tennyson - 78 rpm - HMV 102
Here's the great monologuesist Bransby Williams reciting The Charge of the Light Brigade by Tennyson & Henry V – The King's Speech before Harfleur. by Shakespeare from a Shellac 78 rpm record.The record is playing on my beloved HMV 102 Wind up gramophone circa 1928
Bransby Williams (born as Bransby William Pharez) (14 August 1870 – 3 December 1961) was a British actor, comedian and monologist. He became known as The Irving of the music halls
Born in Hackney, London, the son of William Meshech Pharez and Margaret Giles (née Booth), Bransby Williams began his working life as a tea taster in Mincing Lane before working in the design department of a wallpaper manufacturer.[2] He appeared as an amateur actor before turning professional doing impersonations of Dan Leno, Gus Elen, Joe Elvin, Albert Chevalier and other music hall stars in working men's clubs. His first appearance in a music hall was at The London Music Hall in Shoreditch on 26 August 1896, during which he gave impersonations of the leading actors of that time, including Henry Irving in The Bells, Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Svengali from the popular play Trilby, adapted from George Du Maurier's novel of the same name.
In 1897 Williams first created a variety of characters, including many from the works of Dickens such as Mr Micawber, Uriah Heep, Bill Sikes and Fagin. In 1898 he appeared as Sydney Carton in The Noble Deed, based on A Tale of Two Cities at the Oxford Theatre.[3] He performed in monologues, recitations and sketches, including the Lounger and The Green Eye of the Yellow God.
Williams became a great success, and he appeared before King Edward VII at Sandringham House in a Royal Command Performance on 3 December 1903, when he performed the characters from Dickens as well as his impersonations of famous actors and comedians of the day. In 1905 and 1907 he toured in the United States. In 1922 Williams toured the UK with his own company as actor-manager, performing in a series of plays based on Dickens, including David Copperfield, Oliver Twist and Barnaby Rudge. In 1923 he purchased the stock of the late Sir Henry Irving, which he used in his tour of the Lyons Mail and in March of that year he played Hamlet for the first time at the Prince of Wales Theatre in Birmingham. Later he also bought the stock of Laurence and H.B. Irving.[5] In June 1923 he appeared at the Lyceum as both Micawber and Peggotty in David Copperfield, after which he and his company toured Canada.
In 1924 Williams was engaged by J.C. Williamson to tour Australia, during which he performed his characters from Dickens and his impersonations of famous actors and comedians of that and former days, including Sir Henry Irving, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Sir George Alexander, Dan Leno, Cyril Maude and Sir Charles Wyndham. The tour then moved on to New Zealand and South Africa.
Williams regularly appeared in pantomime, making his first appearance in that medium playing the Baron in Babes in the Wood at the Shakespeare Theatre in Liverpool in 1906, and appearing at the London Palladium as 'Abanazer' in Aladdin in 1926. He appeared in a Royal Variety Performance before King George V and Queen Mary on 27 May 1926. Another tour of Canada in 1928 was a financial failure, and Williams returned to Great Britain in 1929 to appear in variety.
Later in his career Williams was a regular on radio and television. In 1946 he toured in an adaptation of Edward Percy's The Shop at Sly Corner.[4] In 1950 he played Ebenezer Scrooge in a BBC television version of A Christmas Carol.[6] Also in 1950, aged 80, he toured as Maddoc Thomas in The Light of the Heart. For the BBC he played the role of Mathias, made famous by Henry Irving, in a live television production of The Bells on 14 March 1950. He had first played the role on stage over fifty years before while on tour.[1] He also was a guest on the BBC radio show Desert Island Discs on 4 November 1957 and appeared on BBC Television's This is Your Life in 1958, when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the BBC Television Theatre.
He appeared in a number of films, including Royal England, a Story of an Empire's Throne (1911); Hard Times (1915) as Gradgrind; the title role in Adam Bede (1918);[7] The Adventures of Mr Pickwick (1921);[8] Scrooge (1928), made in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process; The Common Touch (1941); Those Kids from Town (1942); Tomorrow We Live (1943); The Agitator (1945) and Judgment Deferred (1952).[9] He also made a number of audio recordings for Edison, including The Awakening of Scrooge and The Street Watchman's Christmas, both in 1913
Silk 86 - Rhapsody
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* Pre-order : shallnotfade.co.uk/album/the-other-side-ep
'But thy eternal summer shall not fade'. What a beautiful mantra it is! We mean who in their right mind wouldn't want an ever-lasting summer to just trickle on and on! With a name inspired from Shakespeare's famous Sonnet 18, the Shall Not Fade (SNF) crew have been providing the globe with dope dance for more than 2 years now. Boasting a clique featuring the likes of Mall Grab, DJ Boring, Baltra and Anthony Fade, these guys are sitting high and mighty in club land.
The latest instalment is the SNF019 pack, brought to by Silk 86 (soundcloud). Consisting of Londoners Finn Casey and Thomas L, this duo breed a warm, percussive-laden take on house. Think that sort of house that relaxes yet stimulates all at once.
Kicking the EP off comes 'The Shine' a lo-fi jazz enthused deal. Featuring an old school, motown-esque vocal snippet, this one's dominated by bongo hits and squelchy keys, a tune to set the mood for an evening of jive.
Next is 'Rhapsody', the tune we're ever so chuffed to premiere. I'd coin this one a whirling disco/house infusion. A track that'd almost certainly be well received at any dance occasion, it exudes positivity. Beginning with rustling hi hats, airy synth tones and bell chimes we're sucked in headfirst.Joining the audio comes a muffled female vocal loop worming its way into the score. At this point I don't feel the need to describe the number any further, as it spirals on for 6 and a half minutes in glee!
As we topple over to the B side, we're met with the appropriately titled 'The Other Side'. With an authentic acid flavour, this tune's a spacey breeze. Consisting of rapid-fire keyboard and scuttling percussion, this track carries an uber-cool lounge feel.
And capping it all off is a rework of the aforementioned tune from a state compatriot of mine in Mall Grab (Jordan Alexander). Hailing from the coast of New South Wales, Australia..it's been pretty hard to miss this young mans antics over the past year or more. Based now in London, Mall Grab gigs relentlessly across Europe, holding down slots at some of the largest electronic gatherings known to man. Adding his signature, stark hi hat's and fluctuating tech stabs, 'The Other Side' is gifted a new lease on life. Played loud and clear in a club room, this will certainly send crowds into rapture! Point of the story, stay aligned with the Silk 86 boys and their close pals at Shall Not Fade and bask in a great bundle of dance.
Autumn Internationals: England Vs Australia Pre-match Trailer
Martin Johnson and Graham Rowntree share their thoughts on Saturday's Autumn International match, against Australia.
With full length, uncut, interviews with Andy Goode, James Haskell, Duncan Bell.
Full length video available on Press Bureau TV. Visit thepressbureau.com follow links to Press Bureau TV, and click on 'Sports-on-demand'.
COMING SOON: Marting Johnson shares his thoughts about England's Match with Australia in the Post match Press Conference.
Bransby Williams - The Charge of the Light Brigade (Tennyson) (1926)
Having recently uploaded Bransby Williams in Dickens, I thought it would be interesting to hear another side of him. Here, he recites 'The Charge of the Light Brigade,' recorded on 27 April 1926.
From Wikipedia: Bransby Williams (born Bransby William Pharez; 14 August 1870 – 3 December 1961) was a British actor, comedian and monologist. He became known as 'The Irving of the Music Halls.']
Born in Hackney, London, the son of William Meshech Pharez and Margaret Giles (née Booth), Bransby Williams began his working life as a tea taster in Mincing Lane before working in the design department of a wallpaper manufacturer. He appeared as an amateur actor before turning professional doing impersonations of Dan Leno, Gus Elen, Joe Elvin, Albert Chevalier and other music hall stars in working men's clubs. His first appearance in a music hall was at The London Music Hall in Shoreditch on 26 August 1896, during which he gave impersonations of the leading actors of that time, including Henry Irving in The Bells, Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Svengali from the popular play Trilby, adapted from George Du Maurier's novel of the same name.
In 1897 Williams first created a variety of characters, including many from the works of Dickens such as Mr Micawber, Uriah Heep, Bill Sikes and Fagin. In 1898 he appeared as Sydney Carton in The Noble Deed, based on A Tale of Two Cities at the Oxford Theatre. He performed in monologues, recitations and sketches, including the Lounger and The Green Eye of the Yellow God.
Williams became a great success, and he appeared before King Edward VII at Sandringham House in a Royal Command Performance on 3 December 1903, when he performed the characters from Dickens as well as his impersonations of famous actors and comedians of the day. In 1905 and 1907 he toured in the United States. In 1922 Williams toured the UK with his own company as actor-manager, performing in a series of plays based on Dickens, including David Copperfield, Oliver Twist and Barnaby Rudge. In 1923 he purchased the stock of the late Sir Henry Irving, which he used in his tour of the Lyons Mail and in March of that year he played Hamlet for the first time at the Prince of Wales Theatre in Birmingham. Later he also bought the stock of Laurence and H.B. Irving. In June 1923 he appeared at the Lyceum as both Micawber and Peggotty in David Copperfield, after which he and his company toured Canada.
In 1924 Williams was engaged by J.C. Williamson to tour Australia, during which he performed his characters from Dickens and his impersonations of famous actors and comedians of that and former days, including Sir Henry Irving, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Sir George Alexander, Dan Leno, Cyril Maude and Sir Charles Wyndham. The tour then moved on to New Zealand and South Africa.
Williams regularly appeared in pantomime, making his first appearance in that medium playing the Baron in Babes in the Wood at the Shakespeare Theatre in Liverpool in 1906, and appearing at the London Palladium as 'Abanazer' in Aladdin in 1926. He appeared in a Royal Variety Performance before King George V and Queen Mary on 27 May 1926. Another tour of Canada in 1928 was a financial failure, and Williams returned to Great Britain in 1929 to appear in variety.
Later in his career Williams was a regular on radio and television. In 1946 he toured in an adaptation of Edward Percy's The Shop at Sly Corner. In 1950 he played Ebenezer Scrooge in a BBC television version of A Christmas Carol. Also in 1950, aged 80, he toured as Maddoc Thomas in The Light of the Heart. For the BBC he played the role of Mathias, made famous by Henry Irving, in a live television production of The Bells on 14 March 1950. He had first played the role on stage over fifty years before while on tour. He also was a guest on the BBC radio show Desert Island Discs on 4 November 1957 and appeared on BBC Television's This is Your Life in 1958, when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the BBC Television Theatre.
He appeared in a number of films...[and made a number of recordings].
Williams married Emilie Margaret Dent in London on 20 February 1892. He died in London in 1961 aged 91.
From Wikipedi
BRANSBY WILLIAMS in THE AWAKENING OF SCROOGE, rec. September 1911.
BRANSBY WILLIAMS (born as Bransby William Pharez, 1870 - 1961) was probably the pre-eminent interpreter of Dickens' characters on stage, screen, in the music hall, and latterly even on television, from 1897 almost to the time of his death in 1961.
Dickens himself had presented these characters in public readings of his works in the 1860s, and Bransby Williams continued the tradition in Britain into the twentieth century, with his interpretations variously preserved on cylinder and disc recordings, on film (silent and sound), and latterly on television.
This recording, THE AWAKENING OF SCROOGE from September 1911, was the first four-minute cylinder that he recorded for Edison's London studios. He had been recording two-minute cylinders of his work for Edison back to October 1906, and made his first discs for Odeon in March 1907.
From wikipedia: Williams became a great success, and he appeared before King Edward VII at Sandringham House in a Royal Command Performance on 3 December 1903, when he performed the characters from Dickens as well as his impersonations of famous actors and comedians of the day. In 1905 and 1907 he toured in the United States. In 1922 Williams toured the UK with his own company as actor-manager, performing in a series of plays based on Dickens, including David Copperfield, Oliver Twist and Barnaby Rudge. In 1923 he purchased the stock of the late Sir Henry Irving, which he used in his tour of the Lyons Mail and in March of that year he played Hamlet for the first time at the Prince of Wales Theatre in Birmingham. Later he also bought the stock of Laurence and H.B. Irving. In June 1923 he appeared at the Lyceum as both Micawber and Peggotty in David Copperfield, after which he and his company toured Canada.
In 1924 Williams was engaged by J.C. Williamson to tour Australia, during which he performed his characters from Dickens and his impersonations of famous actors and comedians of that and former days, including Sir Henry Irving, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Sir George Alexander, Dan Leno, Cyril Maude and Sir Charles Wyndham. The tour then moved on to New Zealand and South Africa.
Williams regularly appeared in pantomime, making his first appearance in that medium playing the Baron in Babes in the Wood at the Shakespeare Theatre in Liverpool in 1906, and appearing at the London Palladium as 'Abanazer' in Aladdin in 1926. He appeared in a Royal Variety Performance before King George V and Queen Mary on 27 May 1926. Another tour of Canada in 1928 was a financial failure, and Williams returned to Great Britain in 1929 to appear in variety.
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The Disappearing American Dialect of North Carolina
Hoi Toider, aka Ocracoke Brogue, is a dialect of American English spoken only on remote islands in North Carolina's Outer Banks. The unique accent and vocabulary developed over hundreds of years as a result of the area's isolation. Visitors often mistake the accent as foreign, but with origins dating back to the 1600s, Ocracoke Brogue is about American as it gets.
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Prince Charles and Camilla pull pints
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall enjoy a pint of self poured ale at The Bell pub in Purleigh, Essex
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall tried their hands at pulling pints today as they chatted to regulars at The Bell pub in Purleigh in Essex.
The visit to the pub, which dates back to the 14th century, was part of a day-long trip around Essex with visits to the High House Production Park in Purfleet and the Palace Theatre in Westcliff-on-Sea.
The royal couple toured High House Production Park where students from South Essex College, where they watched teenagers learning how to light a music performance and make sure the sound levels were right.
Later today they will finish their tour at the Palace Theatre in Westcliff-on-Sea to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare.
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CUT SNAKE NSW Tour 2013
Critical Stages sent Arthur, A Theatre Company on the road with CUT SNAKE The company traveled through regional NSW for most of the month in Oct 2013. We played hard... Both on and off stage.
PRODUCTION CREDITS
DIRECTOR/DEVISOR Paige Rattray
WRITERS Amelia Evans, Dan Giovannoni
PRODUCER Belinda Kelly
COMPOSER Tom Hogan
DESIGNER Ross Graham
WITH Julia Billington, Catherine Davies & Kevin Kiernan-Molloy
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FILMED, EDITOR Ross Graham
Shot with IPhone 4
WITH Julia Billington, Catherine Davies, Kevin Kiernan-Molloy, Paige Rattray & Catherine Dibbly
The Prisoner's Journey - The Incredible Journey
From a poor, unknown family, mending pots by day and getting into trouble with local gangs by night, John Bunyan ended up in prison. Then he became one of the best known authors of all time. This is the story of how a hooligan and soldier became a preacher, prisoner and famous writer. Watch the program here in HD to learn more.
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