‘On the way to the Oscars, my mum says ‘This is great, but are you ever going to get a real job?': Award-winning Belfast director Terry George
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- Glasgow Times
Cast revealed for The Kinks musical at Glasgow theatre
Sonia Friedman Productions and ATG Productions have announced the principal cast for the 2025/2026 UK tour of the multi-Olivier Award-winning musical Sunny Afternoon. This show, which tells the story of The Kinks, will come to Glasgow's King's Theatre from October 28 to November 1, the only Scottish dates of the tour in 2025. At the heart of the show will be Danny Horn as Ray Davies, Oliver Hoare as Dave Davies, Harry Curley as Peter Quaife, and Zakarie Stokes as Mick Avory, who will form the iconic band at the heart of Sunny Afternoon. Further casting for the show is yet to be announced. Read more: Outlander star to perform in this play at Glasgow Theatre Royal Ray Davies said: "I'm pleased that Danny and Oliver are rejoining Sunny Afternoon after their brilliant run in Chicago and look forward to Harry and Zakarie joining the band. "Well done to everyone involved in making this wonderful Sunny Afternoon musical." Sunny Afternoon celebrates the raw energy, passion, and timeless sound of the Kinks, telling their story through a back catalogue of chart-toppers including You Really Got Me, Lola, and All Day and All of the Night. The show was a recipient of four Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical and Outstanding Achievement in [[[[Music]]]] for Ray Davies. Set against the backdrop of Britain in the rebellious '60s, Sunny Afternoon is an exhilarating and moving celebration of the music, life, and the band that changed it all. After a sell-out run at Hampstead [[Theatre]], Sunny Afternoon opened to critical acclaim at the Harold Pinter [[[[Theatre]]]] in London's West End, where it ran for two years ahead of its sensational sell-out tour of the UK and Ireland throughout 2016/17. Read more: Exciting event to be held for the first time in Glasgow this weekend The show has music and lyrics by Ray Davies with a book by Joe Penhall and an original story by Ray Davies. It is directed by Edward Hall and designed by Miriam Buether with choreography by Adam Cooper. Lighting design is by Rick Fisher, sound design by Matt McKenzie, and musical supervision by Elliott Ware. Musical and vocal adaptations are by Ray Davies and Elliott Ware based on original Kinks' recordings. Casting is by Natalie Gallacher CDG for Pippa Ailion & Natalie Gallacher Casting. Hair, wigs, and makeup are by Carole Hancock. Associate direction is by Christopher Chase Carter, associate set design by William Fricker, associate costume design by Deborah Andrews, associate lighting design by Eric Watkins, and associate sound design by Ken Hampton.
Daily Mail
2 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Demi Moore fans are shocked to learn her REAL name... and how she grew up in a UFO town
Demi Moore is one of the biggest stars in Hollywood, especially now after her comeback that led to an Oscar nomination with her outstanding performance in The Substance. But the siren's image was not always so slick. The St Elmo's Fire actress was born with a very different name that did not quite have a ring to it: Demi Gene Guynes. Her last name changed to Moore after marrying musician Freddy Moore in 1979. And the Landman actress grew up far from the klieg lights of the movie industry: her hometown is Roswell, New Mexico, a city in the southeastern part of the state, known primarily for the alleged 1947 UFO incident. Earlier this year Demi told fans how to say her first name properly: Moore confirmed that she pronounces her name as 'Duh-mee' because it ' works better' with her last name. Her name has an interesting background. Her biological father, Air Force airman Charles Foster Harmon Sr., left her mother, who was only 18-years-old at the time, before Demi's birth. When Moore was three months old, her mother married Dan Guynes, a newspaper advertising salesman who often switched up his jobs; as a result, the family moved many times. Moore learned that Guynes was not her real father at age 13, when she discovered a marriage certificate and inquired about the circumstances since she 'saw my parents were married in February 1963. I was born in '62.' Moore said in 1991, 'My dad is Dan Guynes. He raised me. There is a man who would be considered my biological father who I don't really have a relationship with.' Her biological father Harmon died in 1997 from liver cancer in Texas. Demi and her mother shared plenty of drama: they became estranged in 1989, but reconciled shortly before Guynes death in 1998. When Demi was 14 she and her mom moved to West Hollywood, where she started modeling and taking acting classes. In 1979, three months before her 17th birthday, Moore wed Moore, and they divorced in 1985. That is how she became Demi Moore. Her career took off at a young age. Her first film was Choices (1981), then Parasite (1982), and next she was in the soap opera General Hospital. Following that came her famous Brat Pack phase. Moore recently said she felt 'a little terrified' when she was cast in General Hospital. The actress joined the cast of the hit soap opera in 1981, and the role proved to be a real turning point in her career. The Hollywood star told People: 'I think the first big moment that kind of gave me a little bit of encouragement of, wow, this could be possible, is when I got 'General Hospital' because it was a real job on a show that was successful for a soap opera. 'In fact, it was at a heightened state because Elizabeth Taylor had just been a guest on a soap opera.' Demi quickly became convinced that she had a long-term future in the entertainment industry. Demi - who became the world's highest-paid actress in the 90s - recalled: 'Literally, it was a month before my 19th birthday. And so it was like a real job where I was going to be paid and have an actual salary. Meaning that I didn't have to have another job. I could actually live by doing this thing that I loved and hoped I could do. So that was like the first moment to really kick it off.' Despite this, Demi still felt anxious about joining the cast of the hit TV show. Looking at a photo from a publicity shoot for General Hospital, Demi said: 'I got General Hospital a month before my 19th birthday, so I think I'm 19 years old. Super dolled up, heavy duty made up. 'You know, I just was so excited for all of it. But if I'm looking at this photo, I think I was probably a little terrified also.' In December, Demi revealed that she feels more 'liberated' than ever in her career. The actress has been working in Hollywood for decades, and Demi has now reached a place of 'radical acceptance' in her life. The movie star - who was married to Bruce Willis between 1987 and 2000 - told 'Extra': 'I think it's the most liberated that I feel. The place is of greater, or I would say, of radical acceptance.'
Daily Mail
2 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Brad Pitt doesn't look like THIS anymore as he begins filming Once Upon A Time In Hollywood sequel
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