Celia's new sitcom After You've Gone started filming on 20 October at Teddington Studios. You can apply for tickets here.
On Sunday 16th July, the King's Head Theatre Islington will present a very special musical tribute Gala to the theatre's founder, entrepreneur and producer Dan Crawford, who died last July at the age of 62.
For one night only, a host of stars will come together at London's Novello Theatre in celebration of Dan's life and work. His maverick genius and unrelenting artistic passion earned him the distinction of being thought of by many as the ‘father of the Capital's fringe theatre scene'.
The evening will showcase a dazzling array of musical tributes to this much-loved and respected Artistic Director whose loyalty, delightful eccentricity and revolutionary work ignited the careers of so many leading performers such as Anthony Sher, Victoria Wood, Steven Berkoff, Hugh Grant and Quentin Crisp.
To mark this exceptional Gala a cast of over 50 King's Head stars, past and present, will bring love and laughter to a unique musical celebration, recalling many of the prolific landmark productions associated with Dan's distinguished career. The production will feature the works of Noel Coward, Ivor Novello, the Gershwins, Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields, Kurt Weil, Jacques Brel, Vivian Ellis, Cole Porter and Stephen Sondheim.
The host of stars appearing includes Don Black, Lionel Blair, Steven Berkoff, Peter Bowles, Clare Burt, Sharon D Clarke, Tom Conti, Janie Dee, Anita Dobson, Simon Green, Susannah Fellowes, Louise Gold, Richard E Grant, Jan Hartley, Patricia Hodge, Michael Howe, Celia Imrie, Lesley Joseph, David Kernan, Denis Lawson, Gavin Lee, John Lee, Maureen Lipman, Joanna Lumley, Ewan McGregor, Susie McKenna, Julia McKenzie, Linda Marlowe, Jessica Martin, Robert Meadmore, Kim Medcalf, Sheridan Morley, Maz Murray, Paul O'Grady, Michael Praed, Frances Ruffelle, Angela Richards, Wendy Toye, Sally Ann Triplett, Sam West and other surprise guests. All artistes appear subject to availability .
Widely recognised by critics and audiences alike, the King's Head Theatre, Islington is one of London 's premiere fringe venues. It was founded by Dan Crawford in 1970 and his untimely death last July of cancer robbed the theatre world of a colourful, energetic and maverick producer who was as well-known and well-loved as the people whose careers he helped develop.
Under Crawford's guiding hand, the King's Head has won numerous awards and has transferred more than 30 productions to the West End, plus eight national tours and six Broadway transfers - meaning more than one in ten show transfers.
The venue continues the work that Dan fought so hard to maintain under the Artistic Directorship of his widow, Stephanie Sinclair and associate, Ann Pinnington who joined the theatre 15 years ago. It is their mission to complete Dan's work and take the theatre forward whilst at the heart continuing to provide the type of productions for which this 115 seat intimate fringe theatre has become so cherished by the local and London theatre-going community. Monies raised from this very special evening will go towards the Raise The Roof fund for the refurbishment of the theatre in order that Dan Crawford's legacy can continue.
Tickets to A Love Letter to Dan are available from the Novello Theatre Box office on 0870 950 0935 or online at www.delfont.mackintosh.co.uk . Ticket prices range from £25 - *£100 (*includes joining the stars at the after show party)
source: The Stephen Sondheim Society - News Articles
1 July 2006
Filming to start soon on Fry's TV series
LORNA MARSH
Filming will begin in Norfolk later this month for Stephen Fry's new television
series.
As revealed in yesterday's EDP, the comedian, actor and writer will make his
first appearance in a TV drama for 10 years when he stars in ITV1's series
Kingdom.
Filming will start in and around Swaffham on July 10 before moving to locations
in Hunstanton, Holkham and Thetford over the next 12 weeks.
Hermione Norris and Celia Imrie will join Fry in his first drama series since
Jeeves and Wooster.
He plays country solicitor Peter Kingdom in the picture postcard fictional town
of Market Shipborough.
Mr Fry said: "Kingdom does promise viewers a glimpse of the locations I love,
and an hour in front of the television that will wash them in colours, textures,
landscapes and characters that delight."
Simon Wheeler, creator and executive producer of the six-part series, said:
"Kingdom will be witty, charming and soulful. Through Peter we will see life in
a market town in today's Norfolk that represents in microcosm the problems of
modern living.
"Peter Kingdom is a lawyer who thinks human issues are more important than the
law. The problems he has to solve through the series are many and varied, but
they rarely have much to do with the law. Peter Kingdom is a man who is full of
humility and vulnerability who genuinely wants to help people."
source: EDP24 - Filming to start soon on Fry's TV series
27 May 2006
Celia Imrie was announced as part of the cast for Singular Women on 4 June 2006 at the King's Head Theatre. Unfortunately, due to professional commitment she's not able to make it any longer.