- published: 03 Jun 2012
- views: 79682
- author: NationalTheatre
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National Theatre Jubilee Salute to the Queen with Joey from War Horse
On Sunday 3rd June, as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II sailed down the Thames in the Jubile...
published: 03 Jun 2012
author: NationalTheatre
National Theatre Jubilee Salute to the Queen with Joey from War Horse
On Sunday 3rd June, as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II sailed down the Thames in the Jubilee River Pageant, she received a unique salute from the National Theatre, in association with Handspring UK, culminating in an appearance by Joey from War Horse. Joey was the natural choice to give the National's Jubilee Salute. Ever since The Queen visited the play War Horse in 2009, Joey has been a firm favourite of hers, and has even paid a private visit to Windsor Castle. The National Theatre, on London's South Bank, is a hub of worldwide theatrical activity, serving 1.6m people annually with over 20 new productions each year, tours, live cinema broadcasts and a wide-ranging audience engagement programme of free events and participation activities. War Horse had its first performance at the National in 2007 and transferred to London's West End in 2009; it is currently playing in London, New York and Toronto and has now been seen by over 2 million people. A North American tour begins this month, an Australian production opens on 31 December and a German production follows in March 2013. www.nationaltheatre.org.uk www.warhorseonstage.com
- published: 03 Jun 2012
- views: 79682
- author: NationalTheatre
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OKLAHOMA! OK! - Hugh Jackman 1998
The Musical Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (The Royal National Theatre Production 1998)...
published: 13 Apr 2009
author: cendrillon325
OKLAHOMA! OK! - Hugh Jackman 1998
The Musical Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (The Royal National Theatre Production 1998)
- published: 13 Apr 2009
- views: 350366
- author: cendrillon325
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National Theatre Live Frankenstein Encore Trailer
Due to popular demand, Danny Boyle's award-winning production returns to cinemas from June...
published: 29 Feb 2012
author: NationalTheatre
National Theatre Live Frankenstein Encore Trailer
Due to popular demand, Danny Boyle's award-winning production returns to cinemas from June 2012, with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternating the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature for a special two-part presentation. Find your nearest cinema at www.ntlive.com Part of National Theatre Live -- the best of British theatre broadcast to cinemas around the world. http Twitter: www.twitter.com Facebook: www.faceboom.com Blog: www.ntlive.com
- published: 29 Feb 2012
- views: 88394
- author: NationalTheatre
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Sweeney Todd - London National Theatre Cast
London's National Theatre cast at the Olivier Awards 1994. The film is very dark, particul...
published: 13 Jan 2007
author: AllanWo
Sweeney Todd - London National Theatre Cast
London's National Theatre cast at the Olivier Awards 1994. The film is very dark, particularly to start, but stick with for a great rendition of The Worst Pies in London by Julia McKenzie.
- published: 13 Jan 2007
- views: 54772
- author: AllanWo
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Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller in Danny Boyle's Frankenstein for NT Live
National Theatre Live is a ground breaking initiative to broadcast the best of live Britis...
published: 22 Feb 2011
author: NationalTheatre
Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller in Danny Boyle's Frankenstein for NT Live
National Theatre Live is a ground breaking initiative to broadcast the best of live British theatre to cinemas around the world. See the smash-hit National Theatre production of Frankenstein in a cinema near you. Directed by Oscar-winner Danny Boyle (127 Hours, Slumdog Millionaire), Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternate the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature. Cinema audiences will have the chance to see both combinations, with two broadcasts a week apart. 17 March: Benedict Cumberbatch (Creature), Jonny Lee Miller (Victor) 24 March: Jonny Lee Miller (Creature), Benedict Cumberbatch (Victor) * dates vary internationally Find your nearest National Theatre Live venue & book at www.ntlive.com
- published: 22 Feb 2011
- views: 222167
- author: NationalTheatre
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Black Watch (The National Theatre of Scotland)
The National Theatre of Scotland's critically acclaimed international theatre sensation. H...
published: 04 Dec 2007
author: Luminato2008
Black Watch (The National Theatre of Scotland)
The National Theatre of Scotland's critically acclaimed international theatre sensation. Hurtling from a pool room in Fife to an armoured wagon in Iraq, Black Watch is based on recent interviews conducted by playwright Gregory Burke --winner of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain's Best Play (Theatre) award -- with former soldiers who served in Iraq. Viewed through the eyes of those on the ground, Black Watch reveals what it means to be part of the legendary Scottish regiment, what it means to be part of the war on terror and what it means to make the journey home again. In its five-star review, The Herald wrote, "Black Watch is an astonishing artistic whirlwind. The world must see this play. Immediately." Location TBA. BUT TICKETS: www.ticketmaster.ca MORE INFO ABOUT BLACK WATCH AT LUMINATO: www.luminato.com
- published: 04 Dec 2007
- views: 46088
- author: Luminato2008
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GWAR's "Immortal Corruptor" live from the National Theatre high quality
This is the latest and greatest GWAR DVD- "Lust in Space Live at the National". Filmed in ...
published: 18 Jun 2010
author: hypereal
GWAR's "Immortal Corruptor" live from the National Theatre high quality
This is the latest and greatest GWAR DVD- "Lust in Space Live at the National". Filmed in the fall of '09 at the National Theatre in Richmond VA. This DVD will be available for sale at www. hyperealproductions.com on 6/26/10 This video is worthy successor to Beyond Hell Live. Telling the story of GWAR's return to space by weaving live video elements from the stage show with a killer live performance.also includes "Behind the Murder" Mockumentary plus other special features.
- published: 18 Jun 2010
- views: 31450
- author: hypereal
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John Lennon-Release Interview The National Theatre Company 1968 part 1
June 6th 1968 part of the arts program 'Release.' with Victor Spinetti The National Theatr...
published: 30 Mar 2009
author: beatlesaus
John Lennon-Release Interview The National Theatre Company 1968 part 1
June 6th 1968 part of the arts program 'Release.' with Victor Spinetti The National Theatre Company
- published: 30 Mar 2009
- views: 30912
- author: beatlesaus
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War Horse - Cast and Audience Reactions
National Theatre's smash hit - now in the West End! Playing at the New London Theatre from...
published: 21 Oct 2007
author: NationalTheatre
War Horse - Cast and Audience Reactions
National Theatre's smash hit - now in the West End! Playing at the New London Theatre from 28 March 2009. For more info see www.warhorselondon.com The creative team and original cast talk about the experience of bringing War Horse to the stage, and audience members talk about their reaction to the show. --- At the outbreak of World War One, Joey, young Albert's beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. he's soon caught up in enemy fire, and fate takes him on an extraordinary odyssey, serving on both sides before finding himself alone in no man's land. But Albert cannot forget Joey and, still not old enough to enlist, he embarks on a treacherous mission to find him and bring him home. The National's new epic is based on the celebrated novel by the Children's Laureate (2003-05) Michael Morpurgo. Actors working with magnificent, life-sized puppets by the internationally renowned Handspring Puppet Company lead us on a gripping journey through history. Suitable for 12 year olds and above. In association with Handspring Puppet Company.
- published: 21 Oct 2007
- views: 82226
- author: NationalTheatre
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War Horse Puppet at Sandown Park, Esher
The National Theatre brought the War Horse puppet 'Joey' to Sandown Park, August 2010 for ...
published: 22 Aug 2010
author: frankleggett
War Horse Puppet at Sandown Park, Esher
The National Theatre brought the War Horse puppet 'Joey' to Sandown Park, August 2010 for Variety Club Day. They will be visiting Sandown Park on Friday 17 February 2012 for Royal Artilelry Gold Cup Day. For more information visit www.sandown.co.uk
- published: 22 Aug 2010
- views: 391178
- author: frankleggett
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RSNO at Glasgow Airport
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra perform an impromptu rendition of Ravel's Boléro to ...
published: 12 Aug 2011
author: TheRSNO
RSNO at Glasgow Airport
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra perform an impromptu rendition of Ravel's Boléro to commuters, tourists and staff at Glasgow Airport.
- published: 12 Aug 2011
- views: 20873
- author: TheRSNO
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Björk - National Theatre, Reykjavík (full concert - pro-shot) (1999)
Björk's full set from the National Theatre, Reykjavík, on 6 January 1999. If you like this...
published: 18 May 2012
author: Mollylurcher
Björk - National Theatre, Reykjavík (full concert - pro-shot) (1999)
Björk's full set from the National Theatre, Reykjavík, on 6 January 1999. If you like this, support Björk by seeing her live, buying her official live and studio recordings, and visiting bjork.com. This is for nonprofit, educational purposes only. I don't own the copyright. This was originally shown on Icelandic television. All tracks from this set are already on YouTube, but I thought it would be a treat to have the entire set as a single video. Thanks to BjörkFTP for the recording, which is also available on dimeadozen.org as 'No Place Like Home'. Set list: Part One 00:00 Intro 01:49 Visur Vatnsenda-Rosu 03:43 Hunter 08:09 Come to Me 12:33 All Neon Like 17:53 Aftur Efur Þú Verið Að Daðra (You've Been Flirting Again) 20:57 Isobel 26:18 Immature 29:21 Possibly Maybe 35:02 Venus as a Boy 39:53 I Go Humble 44:37 5 Years Part Two 48:48 Human Behaviour 52:49 Bachelorette 58:25 Hyperballad 1:03:44 Violently Happy 1:09:04 Pluto 1:12:41 [Applause and calls for encore] 1:23:28 Um Akkeri (Anchor Song) 1:27:03 Alarm Call 1:30:38 Jóga 1:35:53 Play Dead
- published: 18 May 2012
- views: 53285
- author: Mollylurcher
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Serikaly Comedians entertains Nation Media Group staff at Kenya National Theatre
Serykaly is a comedy duo base on 'crooked police'concepts and consists of Alex Mathenge(Co...
published: 05 Apr 2011
author: ALEXXMATHENGE
Serikaly Comedians entertains Nation Media Group staff at Kenya National Theatre
Serykaly is a comedy duo base on 'crooked police'concepts and consists of Alex Mathenge(Coplo Kosgey) and Eric Kilingo(Sirgent Kipng'etich). Serykaly operates from Nairobi and deals with Radio comedy, TV productions, Corporate and social events,Advertising. Currently they're doing a comedy segment every weekday at 7a.m on Qfm 94.4 among other major events. They are also part of the XYZ SHOW on Citizen TV. contact 0725893647 email: serykaly@gmail.com
- published: 05 Apr 2011
- views: 75997
- author: ALEXXMATHENGE
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The Visual Bible - Gospel of John
The Gospel of John is a 2003 film that is the story of Jesus' life as recounted by the Gos...
published: 15 Aug 2012
author: Paruzja - Nowa Ziemia
The Visual Bible - Gospel of John
The Gospel of John is a 2003 film that is the story of Jesus' life as recounted by the Gospel of John. It is a motion picture that has been adapted for the screen on a word-for-word basis from the American Bible Society's Good News Bible. This three-hour epic feature film follows John's Gospel precisely, without additions to the story from other Gospels, nor omission of complex passages. This film was created by a constituency of artists from Canada and the United Kingdom, along with academic and theological consultants from around the world. The cast was selected primarily from the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and Soulpepper Theatre Company, as well as Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre. The musical score, composed by Jeff Danna and created for the film, is partially based on the music of the Biblical period. The film was produced by Visual Bible International. The film is narrated by Christopher Plummer and stars Scottish-Peruvian actor Henry Ian Cusick as Jesus. Others cast include British actors Stuart Bunce (John), Richard Lintern (Leading Pharisee) Scott Handy (John the Baptist), Lynsey Baxter (Mary Magdalene), and Canadian actors Diego Matamoros (Nicodemus), Stephen Russell (Pontius Pilate), Daniel Kash (Simon Peter), Cedric Smith (Caiaphas) and Nancy Palk (Samaritan Woman). The film was directed by Philip Saville and co-produced by Canadian producer Garth Drabinsky and British producer Chris Chrisafis. Executive producers were Sandy ...
- published: 15 Aug 2012
- views: 7621
- author: Paruzja - Nowa Ziemia
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Vovô
He was bald with some liver spots on his head...
Graduation film made at the University ...
published: 30 Mar 2011
author: Luiz Stockler
Vovô
He was bald with some liver spots on his head...
Graduation film made at the University of Wales, Newport in 2010.
Director: Luiz Stockler
Produced by the University of Wales, Newport 2010
Awards -
Nominated for National Royal Television Society Award, UK
Winner - Royal Television Society Student Undergraduate Animation Award, Wales Region, UK
'Best of the West' Special Commendation - Animated Exeter, UK
British Council Supported
Screenings -
Brain Wash Six, London, UK (2010)
_DRIFT Old Vic Tunnels, London, UK (2010)
Anim’est International Animation Film Festival, Romania (2010)
Brest European Short Film Festival, France (2010)
Bradford Animation Festival, UK (2010)
Exposures Film Festival, UK (2010)
Skena Up International Students Film and Theatre Festival, Kosovo (2010)
Animateka International Animation Film Festival, Slovenia (2010)
Savannah International Animation Festival, USA (2011)
Ffresh Student Moving Image Festival of Wales, UK (2011)
Animex International Festival of Animation and Computer Games, UK (2011)
Animated Exeter, UK (2011)
Brain Wash at Debut Club, London, UK (2011)
Athens Animfest, Greece (2011)
Ankara International Film Festival, Turkey (2011)
Be There! Corfu Animation Festival, Greece (2011)
Filmfest Dresden International Short Film Festival, Germany (2011)
Anifest, Czech Republic (2011)
Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Germany (2011)
Animayo International Festival of Animated Film, Visual Effects and Video Games, Spain (2011)
KAN Festival of Independent and Amateur Film, Poland (2011)
Timishort Film Festival, Romania (2001)
CurtoCircuito Santiago de Compostela International Short Film Festival, Spain (2011)
Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australia (2011)
Anima Mundi International Animation Festival of Brazil, Brazil (2011)
BBC Big Screens Cardiff/Swansea, UK (2011)
Inkonst, Sweden (2011)
RabbitFest Animation Festival, Italy (2011)
Klubi, Breakfast Club! Short Films & Breakfast, Finland (2011)
Helsinki Short Film Festival, Finland (2011)
Meta, Cambodia (2011)
Mezzanine Cafe, Australia (2011)
Trackdown Scoring Stage, Australia (2011)
1up Microcinema, Australia (2011)
Cummins Theatre, Australia (2011)
Reikäreuna Film Festival, Finland (2011)
Kulttuurikulma, Finland (2011)
Secret Location in Edinburgh, UK (2011)
The Bee’s Mouth, UK (2011)
The Goods Dept, Indonesia (2011)
Faktory, Iceland (2011)
Kino Pod Baranami, Poland (2011)
Special Outdoor Screening in Hanoi, Vietnam (2011)
Pighouse Flicks, Australia (2011)
Kino Forum, Poland (2011)
Studio TVP Lublin, Poland (2011)
Kino Cytryna, Poland (2011)
Kino Rialto, Poland (2011)
Regional Entertainment Centre, Australia (2011)
Kino Kosmos CSF, Poland (2011)
Ravintola Intro, Finland (2011)
Kulttuurikahvila, Finland (2011)
KINO.LAB, Poland (2011)
Klubokawiarnia Instytut, Poland (2011)
YOKO, Vietnam (2011)
Pratersauna, Austria (2011)
Courthouse Gallery, Australia (2011)
Vancouver Cafe and Store, Australia (2011)
Alimento’s Cafe, Australia (2011)
Klub Zero, Poland (2011)
Walkington Ampitheatre, Australia (2011)
Music Republic Museum, Poland (2011)
SNAP Cafe, Vietnam (2011)
Kahvila Kauppayhtiö, Finland (2011)
Cafe Xocolat, Philippines (2011)
International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Germany (2011)
Curta na Praça, Brazil (2011)
KUKI International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth Berlin, Germany (2011)
Animated Dreams, Estonia (2011)
Etiuda & Anima, Poland (2011)
More info at http://luizstockler.com and http://twitter.com/LuizStockler
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You Fade To Light, rAndom International for Philips Lumiblade
In 2009 rAndom International was commissioned by the Philips Lumiblade team to create an i...
published: 28 Aug 2009
author: rAndom International
You Fade To Light, rAndom International for Philips Lumiblade
In 2009 rAndom International was commissioned by the Philips Lumiblade team to create an interactive light installation. You Fade To Light captures the unique qualities inherent to their revolutionary new OLEDs.
Lumiblade OLEDs are large area diffuse light sources made from extremely thin glass and feature a perfect mirror finish. OLEDs are the closest to the temperature of natural light.
"You Fade To Light" by rAndom International allows the audience to engage with the light itself intuitively and in a physical way. With custom software developed by designer Chris O'Shea, it has been built in London with several hundred unique OLEDs from the world’s first-ever production line for OLED lighting at Philips in Aachen, Germany.
A total of 8 unique You Fade To Light installations is available for commission from October 2009. For more information please contact subhas@cwgdesign.com
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Installation & Art Direction by
rAndom International
Choreography
Laïla Diallo in collaboration with Khamlane Halsackda
Performance
Laïla Diallo and Khamlane Halsackda
Film Production & Director of Photography
Mark Purnell at Hogarth Worldwide
about rAndom International
rAndom international have won prestigious design awards such as the iF Design Award 2005 and 2006, the Wallpaper* Design Award 2006 as well as the Creative Futures Award 2005. In November 2007, The Observer placed rAndom within the top ten of creative talent in UK Art and Design. Their tape collection is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art and a selection of their work has been shown at the V&A; in November and January 2007, and last year at the Tate Modern in May and at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in September 2008. In 2009 they are part of the “Telling Tales” and "Decode" exhibitions at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, and were awarded an honourable mention for their acclaimed “Audience” installation at the Prix Ars Electronica in Linz / Austria. rAndom International are working in studios in London and Berlin.
about Laïla Diallo
Canadian born choreographer Laïla Diallo first came to prominence as a dancer with Wayne McGregor’s Random Dance. Her choreographic work include Sense of Self, created with Montréal-based choreographer Mélanie Demers, the solos waiting fleeing, Out of sight in the direction of my body and The Wayside, as well as Between the Shingle and the Dune, in collaboration with Theo Clinkard.
Credits for choreography and movement direction in theatre and opera include All’s Well That Ends Well, National Theatre; War and Peace, Canadian Opera Company; Thérèse Raquin, National Theatre; Days of Significance, Royal Shakespeare Company; The Vortex, Theatre Royal Windsor, A Doll’s House, Theatre Royal Bath, Macbeth and Hansel and Gretel, Scottish Opera on Tour. Laïla was awarded a Rayne Fellowship for Choreographers in 2006. She will be Associate Artist at the Royal Opera House from September this year.
For more information, please go to http:www.random-international.com or http://www.lumiblade.com
Copyright 2009 by rAndom International. All rights reserved.
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Ann-Margret - I Just Don't Understand (RCA Victor 7894)
fliped with ''I Don't Hurt Anymore'' issued on RCA Victor in 1961
http://www.ann-margret....
published: 05 Apr 2009
author: boogaludo
Ann-Margret - I Just Don't Understand (RCA Victor 7894)
fliped with ''I Don't Hurt Anymore'' issued on RCA Victor in 1961
http://www.ann-margret.com/
Born Ann-Margret Olsson, 28 April 1941, Stockholm, Sweden
Actress/singer/dancer/entertainer: best known for Bye Bye Birdie and Viva Las Vegas. Nominated for best supporting actress in Carnal Knowledge and best actress in Tommy
Born in Sweden but adopted by America
The family moved to Valsjobyn when A-M was still a little baby. This is a little village of about 150 people located in the mountains in the county of Jamtland. It is 4 miles east of the border of Norway. A-M is named after a Swedish swimming star her mother admired. She has no brothers or sisters
She came to the United States with her mother when she was five, settling in Wilmette, Illinois (north of Chicago). A-M's father who had come to America previously, greeted them
Ann-Margret has dazzled screen and stage audiences. With her film debut in Frank Capra's final classic, "Pocketful of Miracles" in 1962 to the recent Oliver Stone directed "On Any Sunday" with Al Pacino, Ann-Margret's film career has spanned four decades. Displaying a versatility that few actresses can match has earned her love and admiration, not just for her beauty and her legend but also for herself
Ann-Margret Olsson becomes Ann-Margret. George Burns propels her into national prominence in Las Vegas.
Her meteoric rise to stardom begins with a LIFE Magazine cover story from 11 January 1963
See http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Boulevard/5000/am-life630111.jpg
Her early film career incls. "Pocketful of Miracles," "State Fair," "Bye Bye Birdie," "Viva Las Vegas" with Elvis Presley, "Stagecoach," and "The Cincinnati Kid." Her fairytale marriage to Roger Smith. TV Specials, record releases, Las Vegas nightclub act, and national recognition as a "superstar sex symbol" punctuate Ann-Margret's life in the fast paced sixties
In '72, husband Roger started producing all of A-M's stage shows. At 12:30 at night while doing her 12th show (in 6 nights) at the Sahara Hotel in Lake Tahoe on Sunday, September 10th, A-M fell 22 feet on stage. Her injuries included numerous bones in the face above an eye which were broken or fractured; jaw broken in two places; left arm broken; knee injured. Dr. Frank Ashley performs a 5-hour operation at UCLA Medical Center. Roger gives A-M a 20-karat diamond ring. Reports say she lapsed into a 3-day coma
A-M does a remarkable comeback opening at the Las Vegas Hilton on Tuesday, November 28th with the 'AM/PM' show. A-M picks up the nickname of 'Slugger' since she proved her strength recovering from her accident.
The Seventies truly defined Ann-Margret as an actress with Academy Award nominations for her work in "Carnal Knowledge", and "Tommy." The accident was a near brush with death and it almost ended her career but following her live performances draw record crowds in the Orient, Las Vegas and Miami. Her body of work expands with more films, TV Specials and awards
This is the decade in which Ann-Margret grows up. The eighties begin with her winning her first Las Vegas Entertainer of the Year Award. She tours the country with her Vegas act. Her film career is full speed ahead and she stars in her first of several critically acclaimed TV Dramas, and is nominated for three Best Actress Emmy's. However, her husband Roger is stricken with Myasthenia Gravis, and Ann-Margret is thrust into the toughest role of her career... she's in charge of her career and Roger's battle to survive.
A new, mature Ann-Margret emerges in the nineties. Roger's health stabilizes and new opportunities abound. She performs live at the Radio City Music Hall. She tackles new characters in TV Film Dramas and receives renewed acclaim for her acting. She films two classics: "Grumpy Old Men," and its sequel, "Grumpier Old Men" with Walter Mathau, Jack Lemmon and Sophia Loren. Ann-Margret just gets better and better
In 2001 she starred in the touring production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is playing the lead role of Miss Mona Stangley, indomitable madam of the multi-storied Chicken Ranch brothel
She really has made a whole raft of movies - and records. Add multi -TV appearances incl. mini-series. Here's a reminder of some of the best movie roles:
Emily Porter - State Fair - 62 Kim - Bye Bye Birdie - 63 Rusty Martin - Viva Las Vegas - 64 aka Love in Las Vegas Melba - The Cincinnati Kid - 65 Laurel - Bus Riley's Back in Town - 65 Dallas - Stagecoach - 66 Kelly Olsson - The Swinger - 66 Bobbie - Carnal Knowledge - 71 Nora Walker Hobbs - Tommy - 75
Oh, Jody Dvorak in Kitten with a Whip - 64 seems to have attracted a lot of attention
On TV in biopics, she's portrayed Pamela Harriman and Diane Borchardt, then the part of Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire - 84. Appeared in the That's Dancing! compilation - 85
Examples of her recordings:
And Here She Is Ann-Margret's first long-player from RCA, 1961. Jazzy orchestra conducted by Marty Paich.
On The Way Up, her seco
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The Inaugural Henry Cole Lecture: Sir Christopher Frayling, 30 October 2008
The inaugural Henry Cole Lecture, held at the V&A; Museum in London on 30 October 2008. Th...
published: 22 Sep 2009
author: Victoria and Albert Museum
The Inaugural Henry Cole Lecture: Sir Christopher Frayling, 30 October 2008
The inaugural Henry Cole Lecture, held at the V&A; Museum in London on 30 October 2008. The purpose of the lecture is to celebrate the legacy of the Museum’s founding director, and explore its implications for museums, culture and society today.
The lecture, entitled 'We Must Have Steam: Get Cole! Henry Cole, the Chamber of Horrors, and the Educational Role of the Museum' was delivered by Professor Sir Christopher Frayling. He presented new research on the “chamber of horrors” (a contemporary nickname for one of the V&A;'s earliest galleries, 'Decorations on False Principles', that opened in 1852) and the myths and realities of its reception, then opened up a wider debate on design education and museums from the nineteenth century to the present day.
Transcript:
Mark Jones: The annual Henry Cole lecture has been initiated to celebrate Henry Cole's legacy and to explore the contribution that culture can make to education and society today. It has also been launched to celebrate the opening of the Sackler Centre for arts education, including the Hochhauser Auditorium in which we sit tonight. There could be no one better than Professor Sir Christopher Frayling to give the inaugural Henry Cole Lecture. Christopher is a rare being: an intellectual who is a great communicator; a theorist who has a firm grip on the practical realities of life: a writer who truly and instinctively understands the words of making design and visual communication. As an enormously successful and respected Rector of the Royal College of Art, as Chairman of the Arts Council, and as a member and chair of boards too numerous to mention - but not forgetting the Royal Mint Advisory Committee which has recently been responsible for redesigning the coinage (personal interest) and as by far the longest-serving Trustee of the V&A;, he brings together culture, education and public service in a way which Henry Cole would have approved and admired. So it's more than fitting that he should be giving this first Henry Cole Lecture, 'We Must Have Steam: Get Cole! Henry Cole, the Chamber of Horrors, and the Educational Role of the Museum'.
CHRISTOPHER FRAYLING:
Thank you very much indeed Mark and thank you very much for inviting me to give this first Henry Cole Lecture. Just how much of an honour it is for me will I hope become clear as the lecture progresses.
Mark, Chairpeople, ladies and gentlemen:
Hidden away in the garden of the South Kensington Museum - now the Madejski Garden of the V&A; - there is a small and easily overlooked commemorative plaque that doesn't have a museum number. It reads: 'In Memory of Jim Died 1879 Aged 15 Years, Faithful Dog of Sir Henry Cole of this Museum'. Jim had in fact died on 30 January 1879. He was with Henry Cole in his heyday, as the king of South Kensington - its museums and colleges - and saw him through to retirement from the public service and beyond. And next to this inscription there's another one dedicated to Jim's successor, Tycho, and dated 1885. The dogs are actually buried in the garden. Now we know from Henry Cole's diary that between 1864 and 1879 Jim, who was a cairn terrier, was often to be seen in public at his master's side. In 1864 they were together inspecting the new memorial to the Great Exhibition of 1851 just behind the Albert Hall - a statue of Prince Albert by Joseph Durham on a lofty plinth covered in statistics about the income, expenditure and visitor numbers to the Great Exhibition: 6,039,195 to be exact. Cole had been a tireless champion of Prince Albert and according to the Princess Royal (later Empress of Prussia) there was a family saying in Buckingham Palace at the time, invented by Albert himself, that when things needed doing 'when we want steam we must get Cole'. We may therefore assume that when looking at the memorial, Cole was interested in the inscription, the statistics and the likeness of Prince Albert, while Jim was more interested in the possibilities of the plinth. In early 1866 - these are five studies of Jim, an etching by Henry Cole himself of 1864. In early 1866, first thing in the morning, soon after the workmen's bell had rung, Henry and Jim would set forth together from Cole's newly constructed official residence in the Museum (where he moved in July 1863) to tour the building sites of South Kensington - a name which was first invented by Cole when he re-named the museum The South Kensington Museum to describe the new developments happening around Brompton Church. According to 'The Builder' magazine, these two well-known figures would 'be seen clambering over bricks, mortar and girders up ladders and about scaffolding'. Several buildings in the South Kensington Renaissance Revival style were springing up all around them: The Natural History Museum, The College of Science, the extension to this Museum. And on the morning the Bethnal Green Museum opened - 24 June 1872 - Jim showed a healthy distaste for his master's well-known predilection for pomp and
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Vocal Warm-Up #1: Breathing
This is the first of four films demonstrating how to warm up your voice, focusing on breat...
published: 06 May 2011
author: ntdiscovertheatre
Vocal Warm-Up #1: Breathing
This is the first of four films demonstrating how to warm up your voice, focusing on breathing exercises. Breathing exercises are an essential start to any vocal warm-up; they organise the breathing muscles, extend the capacity of the voice and give a sense of the breath very deep inside the body. Jeannette Nelson is the Head of Voice at the National Theatre. Discover more about the art of making theatre with the National Theatre: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk Bookshop: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk Twitter: www.twitter.com Facebook: www.facebook.com iTunes: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk TES: www.tes.co.uk
- published: 06 May 2011
- views: 32430
- author: ntdiscovertheatre
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Breathing Puppets
The Tony award-winning Handspring theatre company explain how they go about choreographing...
published: 13 Jun 2011
author: ntdiscovertheatre
Breathing Puppets
The Tony award-winning Handspring theatre company explain how they go about choreographing breath in their puppets, during rehearsals for 'Or You Could Kiss Me' at the National Theatre. Discover more about the art of making theatre with the National Theatre: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk Bookshop: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk Twitter: www.twitter.com Facebook: www.facebook.com iTunes: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk TES: www.tes.co.uk
- published: 13 Jun 2011
- views: 15985
- author: ntdiscovertheatre
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Vocal Warm-Up #2: Resonance
This is the second of four films demonstrating how to warm up your voice, focusing on the ...
published: 06 May 2011
author: ntdiscovertheatre
Vocal Warm-Up #2: Resonance
This is the second of four films demonstrating how to warm up your voice, focusing on the resonance of the voice.To achieve the feeling that the actors are speaking using their whole body, humming exercises are used to develop the voice's resonance. Jeannette Nelson is the Head of Voice at the National Theatre. Discover more about the art of making theatre with the National Theatre: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk Bookshop: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk Twitter: www.twitter.com Facebook: www.facebook.com iTunes: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk TES: www.tes.co.uk
- published: 06 May 2011
- views: 17495
- author: ntdiscovertheatre
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How to create a woodgrain effect
The Scenic Art Department at the National Theatre show how a woodgrain effect can be creat...
published: 03 Jun 2011
author: ntdiscovertheatre
How to create a woodgrain effect
The Scenic Art Department at the National Theatre show how a woodgrain effect can be created by putting paint on a surface, and skilfully running a plastic woodgraining tool over it. Discover more about the art of making theatre with the National Theatre: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk Bookshop: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk Twitter: www.twitter.com Facebook: www.facebook.com iTunes: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk TES: www.tes.co.uk
- published: 03 Jun 2011
- views: 20432
- author: ntdiscovertheatre
