Ewan wardrop biography definition
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Emma Rice was never as radical as she thought she was
Towards the end of Emma Rice’s recent production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, one of the mechanicals decides to give us a piece of her mind. ‘It’s a visual concept!’ screams Nandi Bhebhe’s Starveling (for it is She), as the young lords and ladies mock her costume in the play within a play. ‘Why is everybody so obsessed with text?’
This was Rice’s gauntlet, thrown to her critics as she arrived as the controversial new artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe. But Rice, as usual, was tilting at a straw man. None of her serious critics in theatreland have a problem with textual experiment, nor with Rice’s yen for cross gender casting. Yet Rice was determined to set the narrative: she was iconoclastic, courageous, radical, chopping up Shakespeare’s text and daring us to follow. It is a narrative that took hold firmly yesterday, after the sudden announcement that she and the Board will part ways by 2018.
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Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
English musical ensemble exclusively featuring musicians with a range of ukuleles
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain in 2018 | |
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The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain at the Concert For Kitty, at the Barbican Centre, London in 2018. A concert that celebrated the life of the orchestra's co-founder Kitty Lux. | |
| Also known as | UOGB, The Ukes, George Hinchliffe's Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | Eclectic and wide range of Popular Music and Art Music genres, Music Comedy |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Labels | Independent music |
| Members | George Hinchliffe Dave Suich Richie Williams Hester Goodman Will Grove-White Jonty Bankes Peter Brooke Turner Leisa Rea David Bowie Ewan Wadrop Ben Rouse[2] Laura Currie[3] • Ewan WardropBIOEwan Wardrop started playing the ukulele in 1998 but also plays mandolin, guitar, and the penny whistle. He trained as a ballet dancer and appeared in a record-breaking run of Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake on Broadway. Wardrop has a long history in theater and has worked with companies such as the Royal Shakespeare Company and Kneehigh Theatre. He also has an experimental Morris dance group called the Bo Diddlers. STAGE CREDITS[West End] West End Transfer, 2010 Trader Swan Lake [Broadway] Original Broadway Production, 1998 Ensemble Dancer More Videos NewsCast Set For Wise Children's Tour of NORTH BY NORTHWEST Review: THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA, Barbican Theatre |