The American movie star Kevin Spacey has been the artistic director of which London Theatre for the past 3 years?
"2000, at the Walter Kerr Theatre, where it ran for 120 performances. The cast included Gabriel Byrne, Roy Dotrice, and Cherry Jones. A fourth revival, starring Kevin Spacey, began previews on March 29, 2007 and closed on June 10, 2007, at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre following a 112 performance run at the Old Vic Theatre in London 15 September 2006 to 23 December 2006, featuring Eve Best, Billy Carter, Colm Meaney, Eugene O'Hare, and Kevin Spacey. Between October 13 and November 15, 2013, ""A Moon for the Misbegotten"" was produced for the first time in Low German under the title"
"over 35 new writers. In 2000, the theatre moved to its current home on Dean Street. The purpose-built venue houses the 150-seat Soho Theatre, the 90-seat Soho Upstairs, and the cabaret space, Soho Downstairs. The ground and lower-ground floors are also occupied by the Soho Theatre Bar. Its current artistic director is Steve Marmion, and its Executive Director is Mark Godfrey. In 2014 the theatre was fined £20,000 for a health and safety incident in which a stage manager, Rachael Presdee was paralysed in a fall through an unmarked balcony door on to the stage some three metres below. Compensation"
"members include a workshop with the actor Kevin Spacey; a dance performance at the Champions League Final at Wembley Stadium; The IdeasTap and Magnum Photographic Award; the opportunity to participate in The 24 Hour Plays: Old Vic New Voices. Six emerging creative producers were also commissioned to create the Coming Up Festival. In June 2012, IdeasTap launched a scheme trading free office space for creative skills. In May 2011, IdeasTap and Sky Arts launched the first round of the Sky Arts Ignition: Futures Fund. Through this bursary scheme, opera director Daisy Evans and visual artist Phoebe Boswell were each awarded"
"and has become a byword for what many continue to argue was a golden age of British television. In 2000, the British Film Institute produced a poll of industry professionals to determine the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes of the 20th century, and five of the programmes included in the final tally were from ""Play for Today"". A new programme publicised as a return of ""Play for Today"", but under the working title of ""The Evening Play"", was announced at the beginning of March 2006, but nothing has been heard from it since. Kevin Spacey, film star and director of"
"Trilogy performed at the Barbican Theatre London and internationally plus their latest collaboration Cartes (Cards/ Pique) which played at the Roundhouse in London and then internationally. This last production is still touring the world and will eventually be part of a tetralogy Four shows covering the four suits of the playing cards. His other theatre credits are numerous and varied from Shopping And F**cking for the Royal Court Theatre in the West End to The Iceman Cometh at the Almeida Theatre in London with Kevin Spacey. It encompasses political, experimental theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company ( Hanif Kureshi's play"
"as part of the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Queer Palm award on 23 May 2014. In May 2014 Warchus was announced as the new Artistic Director of the Old Vic Theatre London, succeeding Kevin Spacey. His first season began in September 2015 directing a new play, ""Future Conditional"" by Tamsin Oglesby, starring Rob Brydon. He also directed ""The Master Builder"" by Henrik Ibsen starring Ralph Finnes, ""The Caretaker"" by Harold Pinter starring Timothy Spall, Daniel Mays and George Mackay, and reunited with the same creative team as ""Matilda"" to create the"
"from a traditional built stage to a more Shakespearean 'thrust' stage, made from woodchip. Covered seating to around 40% of terraces was introduced in 2012. In 2015, the original horseshoe shape was replaced by full 'in the round' seating. As at 2016, the theatre stages three productions per season, often two Shakespeare plays and an additional, specially commissioned work. This has included work by Helen Eastman, Jessica Swale and most prominently Glyn Maxwell. Directors have included Nikolai Foster (director of the West Yorkshire Playhouse), Robin Norton-Hale and Alex Clifton who has been the theatre's Artistic Director since 2010. Grosvenor Park"
"Kevin Spacey, the artistic director of the ""Old Vic Theatre Company"" for airing shows such as ""I'd Do Anything"" and ""Any Dream Will Do"" which he claimed were distorting the theatre market in favour of musicals instead of straight plays. Spacey said, ""I felt that was essentially a 13-week promotion for a musical - where's our 13-week programme?"" and that he thought the BBC's talent shows were ""crossing the line"" and ""unfair"". The BBC responded that it ""always reflected"" other West End shows in its talent programmes. Adding that the shows were not unduly promotional and that the shows ""celebrate"
"which transferred to the Lobero Theatre in California. ""Fucking Men"" also ran at the theatre for nine months in the late night slot as well as the main time slot before Steven Levy transferred it to The Arts Theatre. A documentary about the theatre, ""The King's Head: A Maverick in London"" (2006) was produced by Dragonfly Films and Xi Pictures and co-directed by Stephanie Sinclaire and Jason Figgis. It ran on Sky ARTSWorld for three years. In March 2010, Adam Spreadbury-Maher was appointed Artistic Director. In October 2010, it was announced that the theatre would become ""London's Little Opera House"","
"of transparency and open-book accounting for both in-house and incoming productions, in an effort to ensure that actors are properly paid. Park Theatre (London) Park Theatre opened on 8 May 2013 in Finsbury Park, London. Described as ""a neighbourhood theatre with global ambition,"" it offers a mixed programme of new writing, classics, and revivals. As well as the main auditorium seating 200, the building includes a 90-seat studio theatre, a rehearsal space and a Café Bar. In November 2009, Artistic Director Jez Bond and Creative Director Melli Marie acquired a disused three-storey office building at 11-13 Clifton Terrace. Planning permission"
"Park Theatre (London) Park Theatre opened on 8 May 2013 in Finsbury Park, London. Described as ""a neighbourhood theatre with global ambition,"" it offers a mixed programme of new writing, classics, and revivals. As well as the main auditorium seating 200, the building includes a 90-seat studio theatre, a rehearsal space and a Café Bar. In November 2009, Artistic Director Jez Bond and Creative Director Melli Marie acquired a disused three-storey office building at 11-13 Clifton Terrace. Planning permission was granted in October 2010. The theatre was designed by David Hughes. Following a campaign supported by prominent theatre figures such"
"of Kevin Spacey, he appeared as Seth Lord in ""The Philadelphia Story"", as Northumberland in Richard II, and as Dr Finache in ""A Flea in Her Ear"". In 2010 he played Henry IV in Shakespeare's ""Henry IV"" at the Globe Theatre. At Chichester he has appeared as Jim Casy in ""The Grapes Of Wrath"" in 2009 and as Arturo Santaniello in ""The Syndicate"". In 2012, he played Victor Velasco in a major tour of ""Barefoot in the Park"". In 2013 he played Jim in Passion Play by Peter Nichols at the Duke of York’s Theatre – and in 2014 starred"
"by the H.L.M. and C. G. Twelves partnership. In 2014, Really Useful Theatres split-off from the Really Useful Group and owns the theatre. Her Majesty's Theatre Her Majesty's Theatre is a West End theatre situated on Haymarket in the City of Westminster, London. The present building was designed by Charles J. Phipps and was constructed in 1897 for actor-manager Herbert Beerbohm Tree, who established the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at the theatre. In the early decades of the 20th century, Tree produced spectacular productions of Shakespeare and other classical works, and the theatre hosted premieres by major playwrights such"
"Bryan Savery Bryan Savery is an English arts manager and producer of film and theatre. He is the producer for The Red Room Theatre Company, projects producer for Somerset House, the Associate Producer for Peshkar Productions and consultant for the Waltham Forrest Cinema Project. As well producing theatre and Film he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Trustee of the Queen's Theatre, sits on the board of the Unicorn Theatre and is a former Vice Chair of the Independent Theatre Council (2003–2009). In 2012, he was given Freedom of the City of London. Savery's most recent theatre"
"as well as ""Sunday Night Comedy"". Its current artistic director is Sean Holmes, and its executive director is Sian Alexander. The Lyric has recently gone through a major re-development project, with new facilities for young people and the local community completed in 2015, designed by Rick Mather Architects and was nominated in the 'community benefit' and 'tourism and leisure' categories at the RICS Awards 2016, London. In 2011, the Lyric won the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre for Sean Holmes' production of Sarah Kane's ""Blasted"". In September 2018, it was announced that Sean Holmes would be"
"his place, and in June 2010, it was announced that theatrical manager Johnnie Planco would replace him. Some past and present notable members include: Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Brander Matthews, George M. Cohan, William Astor Chanler, Stanford White, Nikola Tesla, John Barrymore, Eugene O'Neill, James Cagney, Gregory Peck, Alfred Lunt, Robert M. McBride, Walter Cronkite, Alexander Woollcott, Kevin Spacey, Judy Collins, Rue McClanahan, George S. Kaufman, Angela Lansbury, Sidney Poitier, Tony Bennett, Tony Roberts, Carol Burnett, Liza Minnelli, Dick Cavett, Billy Connolly, Vartan Gregorian, Hal Holbrook, George Innes, Eli Wallach, Robert Vaughn, Ben Gazzara, Christopher Plummer, Budd Schulberg, Ethan Hawke,"
"London for over 30 years with artistic director Matthew Warchus calling him ""unfailingly sensitive, kind, discrete, loyal and supportive"". At The Stage Awards 2018, the award was presented to interior designer Clare Ferraby. Ferraby is behind the interiors of more than 80 theatres including the London Palladium and Theatre Royal, Nottingham, as well as the refurbished Victoria Palace, home of Hamilton. The Stage Awards The Stage Awards are theatre awards created by The Stage to recognise and celebrate theatrical achievements across the UK and internationally. Established in 2011, the awards recognise accomplishments by West End theatres, regional theatre, fringe theatres,"
"Piccadilly Theatre in March 2014, A revival of ""Miss Saigon"" opened at the Prince Edward Theatre in May 2014. Disney's production of ""Aladdin"" opened in June 2016 at the theatre. Prince Edward Theatre The Prince Edward Theatre is a West End theatre situated on Old Compton Street, just north of Leicester Square, in the City of Westminster, London. The theatre was designed in 1930 by Edward A. Stone, with an interior designed by Marc-Henri Levy and Gaston Laverdet. Named after Prince Edward (then the Prince of Wales, briefly Edward VIII and later Duke of Windsor), it opened on 3 April"
"an earlier recording of Dean Martin: ""Ain't That a Kick in the Head"" and ""King of the Road"". In December 2007, Spacey cohosted the Nobel Peace Prize Concert along with Uma Thurman. Spacey is a patron of the Shakespeare Schools Festival, a charity that enables school children across the UK to perform Shakespeare in professional theatres. He also sits on the board of directors of the Motion Picture and Television Fund. On March 18, 2011, it was announced that Spacey was cast as Frank Underwood in the Netflix series ""House of Cards"". He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award"
"drama, musicals and family shows to cabaret and cutting edge new writing. He is founding Artistic Director of his award winning theatre company THE STEAM INDUSTRY incorporating The Finborough Theatre (under the Artistic Directorship of Neil McPherson) and London's annual Free Theatre Festival at the open-air ""Scoop"" amphitheatre on the South Bank. He was an Associate Artist of London's acclaimed Battersea Arts Centre for ten years and has also been Associate Director of the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford and Co-Director of the UK's leading degree course in Musical Theatre at Arts Educational Schools London where he was also Head"
"Theatre, and The Old Vic Theatre Company under the direction of Kevin Spacey. Peter Eyre Peter Eyre (born 11 March 1942) is an American-born English actor. Eyre was born in New York City, New York, the son of Dorothy Pelline (née Acton) and Edward Joseph Eyre, a banker. He was sent to a public school in England at the age of twelve, and has been based in the country ever since. Although offered a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at the age of 18, he studied acting in Paris. His career in the theatre includes work with"
"Stephen Waley-Cohen Sir Stephen Harry Waley-Cohen, 2nd Baronet (born 22 June 1946 in Westminster, London) is an English theatre owner-manager and producer, following a career as a businessman and financial journalist. He manages the St. Martin's Theatre in London's West End and is the current producer of ""The Mousetrap"", the world's longest running play. He is Chairman of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) Council. Waley-Cohen was a financial journalist, at the ""Daily Mail"" from 1968–73, and a founder director and publisher at Euromoney Publications (which later became Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC) from 1969–83. He was involved with the"
"by Paley. The show had its UK premiere in 2002 at London's Stratford Circus Theatre, directed by Omar F. Okai and produced by Simon James Collier, where it won 5 Musical Stages Awards. The musical ran for nine performances in September 2014 at the Triad Theater in New York City to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The production returned to the Triad in October 2014. The musical opened Off-Broadway at St. Luke's Theatre on June 25, 2015 (previews), officially on July 13, with direction by Joel Paley, musical direction by Ricky Romano, and music supervision by Marvin Laird. For this"
"in 2011. Director: Matthew Warchus<br> Theatre: Cambridge Theatre, London<br> Director: Phyllida Lloyd<br> Theatre: Prince of Wales Theatre, London Director: Tiffany Watt-Smith<br> Theatre: Arcola Theatre, London Director: David Randall<br> Theatre: Trafalgar Studios, London Director: Joyce Branagh<br> Theatre: Palace Theatre, Watford Director: David Randall<br> Theatre: Apollo Theatre, London Director: Stewart Nicholls<br> Theatre: Wyndham’s Theatre, London Director: Trevor Nunn<br> Theatre: National Theatre, London Director: Joe Mantello<br> Theatre: Apollo Victoria Theatre, London<br> Duration: 3.5 years Director: Kristin Hanggi<br> Theatre: Shaftesbury Theatre, London Director: Christopher Renshaw<br> Theatre: Dominion Theatre, London Director: Gordon Greenberg<br> Theatre: Phoenix Theatre, London Director: Jack Plotnick<br> Theatre: Charing Cross Theatre, London"
"at the theatre from 2006 until January 2009, and ""Priscilla Queen of the Desert"" opened at the Palace in March 2009 and closed in December 2011. Between February 2012 and June 2013, it hosted a production of ""Singin' in the Rain"". In June 2016, the play ""Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"" opened at the theatre. Commissioned by impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte in the late 1880s, it was designed by Thomas Edward Collcutt. Carte intended it to be the home of English grand opera, much as his Savoy Theatre had been built as a home for English light opera, beginning"
"of £3.7m was also agreed with Miss Presdee. Soho Theatre The Soho Theatre is a theatre and registered charity in the Soho district of the City of Westminster, in London, England. It presents new works of theatre, together with comedy and cabaret, across three performance spaces. The theatre is also home to a Writers' Centre, which provides support to new writers, aimed at developing writers to work in theatre as well as film, TV and radio. The Centre accepts unsolicited scripts sent by budding writers. The theatre's programme is a mix of comedy, cabaret, theatre, and writers' events, with a"
"of ""Grease"" which opened on 8 August 2007 and was the longest running show in the theatre's history before closing in April 2011 to make way for ""Ghost the Musical"", which transferred to the Piccadilly in June 2011 following its world premiere at the Manchester Opera House. Piccadilly Theatre The Piccadilly Theatre is a West End theatre located at 16 Denman Street, behind Piccadilly Circus and adjacent to the Regent Palace Hotel, in the City of Westminster, England. Built by Bertie Crewe and Edward A. Stone for Edward Laurillard, its simple facade conceals a grandiose Art Deco interior designed by"
"its present home in the London Borough of Lambeth (208 Wandsworth Road). This building opened in January 2010. The theatre was a featured venue in the 2015 BBC3 series ""South Side Stories."" The bar won Best Theatre Bar at The Offies in 2013 hosted by OffWestEnd.com. In 2017, LOST Theatre changed its name to Stockwell Playhouse. Sir Derek Jacob is the theatre's arts patron. In addition to putting on in-house productions, Stockwell Playhouse serves as a theatre space available for itinerant or touring companies to hire. Stockwell Playhouse also produces annual One Act and Five-Minute festivals. The One Act Festival"
"Steve Marmion Steve Marmion is an English theatre director. He trained at the University of Glamorgan and the Welsh College of Music and Drama. He is the current artistic director of the Soho Theatre, having taken over from Lisa Goldman in 2010. He is a former associate director at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Since joining Soho Theatre the audiences have more than trebled to over 230000 people a year. 2015/16 saw him launch a new vision for the company - including an additional venue, increased touring and a new digital platform - and open a show in each of the"
"Jermyn Street Theatre Jermyn Street Theatre is a performance venue situated in Jermyn Street, in London's West End. Formerly the changing rooms for staff at the Spaghetti House restaurant, it was transformed under the leadership of Howard Jameson into a 70-seat studio theatre. It opened in August 1994. Its artistic directors include Neil Marcus, David Babani, Anthony Biggs and Tom Littler. In their mission statement, the theatre states that their aim is ""to provide talented new actors, directors and writers with the opportunity to be recognised and given a platform in the best West End Studio Theatre."" In 2012 Trevor"
"It was the concluding production of Wales Theatre Company under the direction of Michael Bogdanov. Goodgame has just finished playing Steven Kodaly in 'She Loves Me' at the Chichester Festival Theatre, after playing the role of Danny Zuko in the West End production of GREASE The Musical. Matthew closed the West End Production of Grease. He recently created a Glamorous Trio called THE SPINETTES (http://www.thespinettes.co.uk) and is Managing them as they break through into the Entertainment industry. In 2016 Goodgame performed in Funny Girl at the Savoy Theatre, playing the role of Director/Paul/Renaldi and covering Nick Arnstein. In 2018 Goodgame"
"a Creative Britons Award, to acknowledge her 25 years of work with the theatre, while co-founder Jo Collins was awarded the MBE in the 2001 New Year's honours, for Services to Music. Chickenshed has performed at a number of public events, including Queen Elizabeth II's golden jubilee celebrations in 2002. A show to commemorate 100 years of J. M. Barrie's children's story ""Peter Pan"" was staged by the theatre company at the Albery Theatre, London in 2004, in order to raise funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital. Chickenshed appointed Lou Stein as its artistic director on 4 April 2016. The"
"the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds. Contemporary works included ""Enron"", playing Ken Lay, for the Chichester Festival Theatre, and then London, in 2009 and Tobias in ""A Delicate Balance"" at the Almeida Theatre, London in 2011. He returned to the Almeida in 2014 as a post-accession Charles, Prince of Wales in ""King Charles III"", for which he received a nomination for the Olivier Award for Best Actor, and his first Tony Award nomination for its production on Broadway in 2015. He also appeared as Charles in the 2017 film adaptation of the play. He was also a radio actor, appearing in"