#imelda staunton
In the third National Histories Platform event, husband and wife Jim Carter and Imelda Staunton celebrate their favourite NT performances and remember first meeting whilst working on Richard Eyre’s 1982 production of Guys and Dolls.
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I kicked off my month of horror films with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix because, as current events remind us, few things are more terrifying than fascism.
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Trying — Season 2: Official Trailer
I wish … Madame Tracy (Marjorie Potts)fromGood Omens would be played by Imelda Staunton.
Tottering on high heels that look sadly incongruous on a woman in her fifties, she is always handy as a source of well-handled used tenners and much-needed square meals for the Witchfinder Army, which in its turn refers to her as “the Painted Jezabel” and “the Whore of Babylon”.
On all days except Thursdays, she exerts such discipline as she still can for a handful of old clients who turn up mainly out of habit or because they need a chat.
On Thursdays, Madame Tracy Draws Back the Veil with the asistance of her spirit guide Geronimo, who she fondly believes is the discarnate spirit of a wise and compassionate spiritually evolved North American Indian. Newton Pulsifer knows she is correct about the North American Indian part, yes, but privately considers she could have done some less sketchy research.
Shadwell tends to hammer on the walls during her seances, as he considers spiritualism is one dangerous step too close to actual witchcraft (why else does the Holy Bible call a spirit medium the Witch of Endor, hey? (Samuel, chapter 28:4–25) And Holy Scripture is never wrong, especially when it commands us not to suffer a witch to live! (Exodus 22:18)) and it affronts his Witchfinder’s soul. Tracy doesn’t mind this, as it gives her seances an air of added realism.
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Selfies and autographs at the “Downton Abbey: A New Era” World Premiere in London: 2/2
Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Penelope Wilton, Douglas Reith, Allen Leech, Tuppence Middleton, Imelda Staunton
for@yeslovecarterlogan, I think Imelda was really chuckling at the end, after all she is married to Jim Carter
Bernadette Peters, Michael Ball, Imelda Staunton, Petula Clark in Sondheim’s Old Friends Concert
An all-star cast came together Tuesday, May 3 in London’s West End for a thrilling, joyous celebration of the extraordinary talents and legacy of composer & lyricist Stephen Sondheim at the theatre which was gloriously rebuilt and renamed in his honor.
Produced by longtime Sondheim friend and collaborator, Cameron Mackintosh, SONDHEIM’S OLD FRIENDS gala concert sold out immediately, and demand was so great that the evening was simultaneously live screened at the Prince Edward Theatre. All proceeds from the evening benefitted the launch of the Sondheim Foundation.
Here’s footage of the starry cast, including Bernadette Peters, Petula Clark, and more.
@mj_hewitt: So tonight was a near perfect evening of Sondheim with so many unforgettable moments. Judi Dench doing Send in the Clowns? Bernadette Peters giving us her Mazeppa? Julia McKenzie being back on stage after nearing 2 decades? Helena Bonham Carter’s self deprecating Broadway Baby cameo? Petula Clark’s I’m Still Here? I could go on. Cheers, Sondheim!
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Settled Sovereign
Imelda Staunton in S5 of The Crown; dutifully on its way in Nov 2022
Film Hype #262.
It’s the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support the strikers’ families.
Initially rebuffed by the Union, the group identifies a tiny mining village in Wales and sets off to make their donation in person. As the strike drags on, the two groups discover that standing together makes for the strongest union of all.
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(035) → Freedom Writers (2007)
director: Richard LaGravenese
starring: Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, April L. Hernandez
rated: PG-13
synopsis: A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
tomatometer: 69%; 87% (fresh!)
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@tcmparty live tweet schedule for the week beginning Monday, March 7, 2022. Look for us on Twitter…watch and tweet along…remember to add #TCMParty to your tweets so everyone can find them :) All times are Eastern.
Sunday, March 13 at 8:00 p.m.
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995)
Jane Austen’s classic tale of two sisters with different romantic notions.
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The movie Pride directed by Tony Award winning theatre director Matthew Warchus (Matilda: The Musical, God of Carnage) will star Bill Nighy (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) , Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake) and include Dominic West (300, The Wire), Paddy Considine (Dead Man’s Shoes) and Joseph Gilgun (This Is England). Newcomers on the movie will be Ben Schnetzer (The Book Thief, Posh) and George MacKay (How I Live Now, Sunshine On Leith).
Synopsis :
It’s the summer of 1984 – Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London, a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise money to support the families of the striking miners. But there is a problem. The Union seems embarrassed to receive their support.
But the activists are not deterred. They decide to ignore the Union and go direct to the miners. They identify a mining village in deepest Wales and set off in a mini bus to make their donation in person. And so begins the extraordinary story of two seemingly alien communities who form a surprising and ultimately triumphant partnership.
(678): All she gave me for breakfast was raw toast. How can she expect me to eat raw toast?
(404): You mean bread?
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