#Siobhan Redmond

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#Siobhan Redmond #Stephen Fry #Ben Elton #Hugh Laurie #Emma Thompson and Robbie Coltrane in 1983 #TheHickeyStand #oldschool

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From Tom Scott’s newsletter:

“A fun alternate history of Doctor Who, where all the actors playing the Doctor were female. This won't make sense to anyone without knowledge of the history of British television, but I found myself repeatedly going "oh, yep, that would make sense".”

I probably would have loved 3, 7, 9 and 10 more than the others, but as far as I can tell they’re all great choices.

#doctor who #dr who #siobhan redmond #honor blackman #sue perkins #miriam margolyes #suranne jones #miranda hart #joanna lumley #Helen Baxendale

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The High Life - Opening Credits. 1994.

#The High Life #Alan Cumming #Forbes Masson #90's #Comedy #Siobhan Redmond #Patrick Ryecart #my gifs

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#Andrew Leung #Chelsea Edge #Florence Hall #Jenna Amos #Julie Graham #Juliet Stevenson #Martin Trenamen #Michael Elcock #Olivia Vinall #Queens of Mystery #Sarah Woodward #Siobhan Redmond #Julian Unthank

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#reece shearsmith #steve pemberton #inside no 9 #nine lives kat #sophie okonedo #Siobhan Redmond

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Sister Boniface Mysteries series 3 now filming

Sister Boniface Mysteries series 3 now filming

It’s completely eluded my attention (until now) but it seems The Sister Boniface Mysteries is filming its third series in Oxford at present. Thanks to KFTV I learn: The series is a cosy detective drama following the investigations of Sister Boniface of St Vincent’s Convent. Lorna Watson is returning as the crime solving Catholic nun, with a guest cast including Rupert Vansittart, Siobhan Redmond…

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#bbc #featured #lorna watson #production #siobhan redmond #sister boniface #timothy west #uktv play

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'It's a moment Doctor Who fans have been talking about since it happened – the epic bi-generation, which saw Ncuti Gatwa and David Tennant's Doctors exist alongside one another.

In the final 60th anniversary special, The Giggle, viewers saw the Doctor split into two, with both incarnations of the Time Lord appearing side-by-side, and while the moment was truly iconic, there was a bit more to it in the original script.

Featured in this month's edition of Doctor Who Magazine is an excerpt from the script that didn't make the final cut, between the Doctor (David Tennant), Donna (Catherine Tate) and Mel (Bonnie Langford) – and it includes a notable mention of the Rani.

The Rani, who was first introduced in 1985's The Mark of the Rani, was portrayed on screen by Kate O'Mara and later voiced by Siobhan Redmond for Big Finish audio dramas.

She is a nemesis of the Doctor and is a renegade Time Lord, who experiments on other species, including humans.

In the scene, with the Fourteenth Doctor's hands glowing, Donna asks Mel: "Have you seen this before?"

Mel responds: "No, I missed it, I was unconscious," going on to clarify to an inquisitive Donna: "Well, the TARDIS was attacked, by the Rani, she was this evil Time Lady, although not evil, more like amoral, and she dragged the TARDIS down to this planet called Lakertya-."

The Doctor interrupts and the focus is back on him again.

Even though the moment didn't make the finished episode, this script detail is bound to fuel fan speculation that the Rani could return in future episodes.

There are currently lots of theories about the identity of Ruby Sunday's birth mother, while Anita Dobson's mysterious Mrs Flood is also keeping secrets.

Plus, eagle-eyed viewers have spotted actress Susan Twist in two recent episodes and suspect there could be more to come involving her.

And that's before we get into the unidentified figure who picked up the gold tooth that trapped the Master in The Giggle, or the Meep's boss, or even The One Who Waits.

Could the Rani be involved along the way? We'll just have to wait and see.'

#the Rani #Doctor Who #60th Anniversary #The Giggle #Bi-generation #David Tennant #Catherine Tate #Donna Noble #Melanie Bush #Bonnie Langford #Anita Dobson #Mrs Flood #Ruby Sunday #Susan Twist #The Master #The Meep #The One Who Waits #Ncuti Gatwa #Doctor Who Magazine #Kate O'Mara #The Mark of the Rani #Siobhan Redmond #Big Finish

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David Tennant's Plays: An Experienced Woman Gives Advice (1995)

I haven't done a thread on any of David's plays in a while, so I had some time yesterday to rustle one up about his 1995 play, An Experienced Woman Gives Advice. It premiered 28 years ago yesterday (which was why I chose to do a deeper dive about it) so let's get into it! An Experienced Woman Gives Advice (I'll use EW to refer to the play from here on out because what a long title!) would be David's first time performing onstage at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.

Prior to winning his role in EW, the last play David had done was What The Butler Saw as Nicholas Beckett, a role he was warmly praised for. What The Butler Saw ran for two months at five different venues around England before closing its run at the Nottingham Theatre Royal in late May 1995.

EW's playwright, Iain Heggie, had seen phenomenal success with his 1987 tour-de-force, A Wholly Healthy Glasgow. But in the years afterwards, Heggie had produced only a few more plays before deciding he'd rather go back to teaching and let his writing commence at its own pace.

Originally written as a miniature sex comedy, EW was long in development, and received further script development workshops at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow in 1992, and at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh in 1993.

Its world premiere would see Heggie's return to the stage.

Initially, it might have seemed odd that EW - with its Glasgow setting, Scottish writer, and fully Scottish cast - didn't make its debut in Scotland. But because Heggie and the Royal Exchange had similar actor-centered outlooks and many of the artistic directors in Scotland preferred a more visual style, Heggie chose to work with the Royal Exchange (who liked his work anyway) and the play made its debut in Manchester.

Previews for EW began at the Royal Exchange Manchester on 21 November 1995, with an opening day of 23 November 1995. It had a small cast of five: Siobhan Redmond as Bella, David Tennant as Kenny, Jenny McCrindle as Nancy, Alastair Galbraith as Irving, and Alexander Morton as Stick. It was directed by Matthew Lloyd, and its assistant director was Marianne Elliott.

The set, which was designed by Laurie Dennett, was quite sparse - a communal back garden and garden shed of a block of Glasgow tenement flats. The music was composed by Paddy Cunneen, who fans will recognize from many other projects he did with David, some of which I've previously done deep dives into (like Sunburst Finish, The Pillowman and Bite).

The three-act play had a runtime of 3 hours and 20 minutes, with two intervals - one 15 minutes in length, the other 10 minutes in length. It closed its run on 16 December 1995. Tickets were priced from £5.50 to £18, with matinees on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

The action takes place on two Sunday mornings and opens with Bella, who's a 39 year old teacher, gardening in her back garden. We learn she's in a three-year long relationship with a live-in toyboy lover, Kenny (DT) who's a former pupil and 15 years younger than her. And that he didn't come home the previous night.

Bella calls Kenny her "charming, fallible boy", and she treats him like one. Former lovers say he's "tall, kind of blond, with a lovely lean build" and "incredibly rich brown eyes." There’s "just no resisting him,” and he's "bastardly good looking.”

David in rehearsals as Kenny (from program of An Experienced Woman Gives Advice)

In a series of interruptions from people passing into the garden, Bella (Redmond) dispenses advice to the inquiring strangers Nancy and Irving (Galbraith), and learns Kenny spent the night with another woman...from the woman herself, Nancy (McCrindle), who doesn't realize who she's told. What Bella does with this information - and how her meticulously cultivated freedom of choice lifestyle shatters, especially given her first love, Stick (Morton) lives nearby - is what the rest of the play explores. We see love, lust, and lies play out as Bella makes her choices.

And there's a scene with Bella and Kenny...and sex behind the doors of a rocking, exploding garden shed!

I haven't been able to locate a production script of the play to see whether this scene was enacted onstage, but Heggie's published script book says this scene, where Bella strips Kenny of his clothes piece by piece before they go into the shed to have sex offstage, had some brief nudity. None of the play reviews I've been able to find mention any nudity, though one article about the play does state that due to "strong language and the sexual nature of the story, the play is not suitable for children under 15." (I don't know how much weight I should give this particular article, however, because it also calls the lead character "Maggie" rather than "Bella"!) Anyway, if this scene was included in the play, it would be the second known instance (the first being that now-infamous What The Butler Saw full frontal nude photograph) where DT was onstage in the buff!

Speaking of reviews, they were wildly different - some found it hilariously funny with barbed, sharp dialogue, while others found it fatiguing. David's "able portrayal" as Kenny was praised as part of an extremely talented cast, and his was called a "great performance".

David and Siobhan Redmond earned Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards (MENTA) nominations - Redmond for Best Actress, and David for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. They also earned British Regional Theatre Awards nominations; Redmond for Best Actress and David for Best Actor. The play itself was also awarded a MENTA nomination for Best New Play. Redmond won both her nominations; David and the play didn't.

Photos from the play are almost nonexistent. I haven't located any images housed in any archives anywhere...so far. That doesn't mean they're not out there, mind you, just I haven't found them yet! I did manage to find a few of horrible quality while digging around in newspaper archives (I'll refrain from venting here about the quality aspects of digitizing newspapers, as that's a rant for another day) but it's a damned shame. I mean, in one of these, David just looks like a David-shaped black hole with floating arms! Nevertheless, I'll leave them here.

Something else I found fascinating during my research was that, like many venues, the Royal Exchange had a tradition of scheduling at least one informal discussion with the director and members of the company for each of their productions. While I didn't find any information on whether a discussion of this sort occurred during EW's run, I have to assume it did. Ah, to be a fly on the wall for that!

And that, my friends, is pretty much the story of An Experienced Woman Gives Advice! I wish I knew much more about this play, but like many parts of David's theatre career, wide gaps in our knowledge remain. But I keep on looking.

Thanks for reading!

#DavidTennant #ObscureDavidTennantPerformances #DavidTennantEarlyTheatre #AnExperiencedWomanGivesAdvice

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To mark the recent announcement of a release date for the long awaited Blu-Ray of Duet for One from Kino Lorber -- June 27, folks -- here is a rare behind-the-scenes shot of the cast and crew from the final day of principal shooting at Stonor Park in March 1986. Principals in the front row are from L to R: Margaret Courtney, Rupert Everett, Alan Bates, Julie Andrews, Cathryn Harrison, Andrei Konchalovsky, Macha Méril, Max von Sydow, and Nicola Perring. Absent, presumably because they were not involved in filming that day: Sigfrit Steiner, Liam Neeson, and Siobhan Redmond. Here’s hoping the new release of Duet for One brings this criminally neglected gem of a film the belated love it deserves.

#julie andrews #duet for one #andrei konchalovsky #cannon films #1986 #max von sydow #alan bates #rupert everett #kino lorber #behind the scenes

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Birthday Scottish actress Siobhan Redmond, born in Glasgow on August 27th 1959.

Please note wiki give her d.o.b as July 27th, but two other sources say August.

Redmond was educated at Park School for Girls in Glasgow’s West End. She then studied English at St Andrews University, it is here she started acting in student productions and is said to have been discovered by oor Makar Liz Lochhead. She went on to complete a one-year postgraduate year at the Bristol Old Vic.

Siobhan might not be a household name, but she has some pretty impressive credentials to her portfolio, her first roles were in comedy shows, the most famous being Alfresco in 1983/84 alongside an impressive line up that included, Robbie Coltrane, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson and Ben Elton, as seen in the first photo.

She went on to become a regular character in the 80’s series Bulman, as Lucy McGinty. Perhaps her biggest TV role was in the 90’s cop show Between the Lines as Det. Sgt. Maureen Connell, after this she appeared with Alan Cummings in the underrated sitcom The High Life, a link to another post today, in 1997 we saw her onscreen with Billy Connolly in an adaptation of Deacon Brodie!

Redmond took on a role in the Hospital-soap type series Holby City as consultant paediatrician and clinical lead of Otter Ward, Janice Taylor. Since then Siobhan seems to have reverted to playing the role of a cop again, in The Bill, crime scene examiner Lorna Hart in 14 episodes in 2007 and in Taggart in 2010 she was Chief Supt Karen Campbell in 6 episodes. Redmond has also provided the voice of Ollie in the popular bairns animated show Nina and the Neurons. More up to date shows include, Queens of Mystery, Amazon Prime series Dark Sense and the Excellent mini series Unforgotten. We last saw Siobhan last year in The Nest and Grantchester, while she returned to Queens of Mystery this year, which also starred the excellent Julie Graham. Prior to that, there was a BBC Scotland comedy pilot, Beep, which aired earlier this year, and the opening episode of the latest series of Midsomer Murders, one of the first shows to return to filming last summer.

Siobhan Redmond has also been very busy treading the boards, as a regular member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, playing among others Beatrice in “Much Ado About Nothing"a nd in a play called ‘The Trick is to Keep Breathing’ which debuted at The Tron Theatre Glasgow, before touring all over the country and in Canada. She also starred in "Look Back in Anger” that followed a world tour in 1990 with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson.

Siobhan recently appeared in the omedy-drama series Rain Dogs , she also turnedup in the sitcom Two Doors Down, whicha new series is in production just now.

#scotland #scottish #history #actress #television #happy birthday

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Hugh Laurie, Ben Elton, Stephen Fry, Robbie Coltrane, Siobhan Redmond and Emma Thompson of the television comedy series Alfresco in 1983.

Emma hasn't aged because she's magic. think she stole some of my youth because I'm graying and balding at 36, and honestly I'm fine with her taking just a bit of the vitality of everyone who sees her on film, she's a gem of stage and screen.

Or maybe she's aged perfectly.

#emma thompson #acting #meanwhile in england #much ado about nothing

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TONITE'S THE NITE FOLKS! Spooky thrills thanks to the brilliant minds of @ReeceShearsmith & @SP1nightonly

NINE LIVES KAT - BBC2 10pm

with fab Sophie Okonedo, Siobhan Redmond and Robin Weaver.

Beware of the night...Nite even!

@adamtandy @InsideNo9Tweets @ITG_Ltd

#reece shearsmith #steve pemberton #inside no 9 #sophie okonedo

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Rain Dogs

Rain Dogs (Serie 2023) #JackFarthing #DaisyMayCooper #RonkeAdekoluejo #FleurTashjian #AdrianEdmondson #SamHazeldine Mehr auf:

Serie / Kišni psi Jahr: 2023- (März) Genre: Comedy / Drama Hauptrollen: Jack Farthing, Daisy May Cooper, Ronke Adekoluejo, Fleur Tashjian, Adrian Edmondson, Sam Hazeldine, Tom Durant Pritchard, Daniel Phung, Steve Toussaint, Karl Pilkington, Tanya Moodie, Siobhan Redmond, Emily Fairn, Phoebe Thomas … Serienbeschreibung: Die alleinerziehende Autorin Costello Jones (Daisy May Cooper) möchte nur…

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#Daisy May Cooper #Fleur Tashjian #HBO #HBO Max #Jack Farthing #Ronke Adekoluejo

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Disney has picked up the pay-TV and SVOD rights for Concordia, Dead Still, Queens of Mystery, and The Puzzle Lady for The Balkans and Bulgaria. It has also taken the rights for The Swarm for the Balkans.

Sarah Woodward, Siobhan Redmond, and Julie Graham in Queens of Mystery - episode 105

#The Swarm #Queens of Mystery #Disney #The Balkans #Bulgaria #ZDF #TV Drama #Jamie Stalcup

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Queens of Mystery Season 2 Review

Title: Queens of Mystery Season: 2 Episodes: 6 Discs: 3 Original Network: Acorn Streaming Service Cast:  Florence Hall, Julie Graham, Sarah Woodward, Siobhan Redmond Format: Widescreen, Color, DVD, NTSC This review contains spoilers for Season 2 of Queens of Mystery. Each story in Queens of Mystery is two parts. I did find that two hours per story was a little long and I felt that the…

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Episode 366

Comic Reviews:

DC

Olympus Rebirth by Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, Caitlin Yarsky, Jordie Bellaire

Tales of the Human Target by Tom King, Greg Smallwood, Mikel Janin, Kevin Maguire, Rafael Albuquerque, Dave Stewart, Alex Sinclair, Arif Prianto

Marvel

A.X.E. Judgment Day 3 by Kieron Gillen, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia

Damage Control 1 by Hans Rodionoff, Adam Goldberg, Charlotte Fullerton, Will Robson, Ruth Redmond, Jay Fosgitt

Fantastic Four 46 by Dan Slott, Cafu, Jesus Aburtov

ComiXology

New America 1 by Curt Pires, Lucas Casalanguida, Mark Dale

Dark Horse

Minor Threats 1 by Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Scott Hepburn, Ian Herring

Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories 1 by Amanda Deibert, Lucas Marangon

Boom

Magic: Ajani Goldmane 1 by Seanan McGuire, Ariel Olivetti

Wynd: Throne in the Sky 1 by James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas

Dynamite

Dejah Thoris Fairy Tales by Ron Marz, Andres Labrada

Vault

End After End 1 by David Brian Andry, Tim Daniel, Sunando, Michael Russell

Archie

Big Ethel Energy by Keryl Brown Ahmed, Siobhan Keenan

Titan

Gun Honey: Blood for Blood 1 by Charles Ardai, Ang Hor Kheng, Asifur Rahman

Ray’s OGN Corner: The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag

Additional Reviews: She-Hulk ep2, Sandman, Nope, Game of Thrones, Daredevil by Charles Soule, Hamster and Gretel, Rage by Jimmy Palmiotti

News: More HBO cuts, Mr. Sinister event next year, Monica Rambeau mini-series, new Red Sonja movie, King Kong series on Disney+, bizarre new animated project, delays for Shazam 2 and Aquaman 2, Matt Shankman of WandaVision rumored as new FF director, Umbrella Academy gets fourth and final season, new head of DC film division, Omninews, Resident Evil cancelled, Wasp mini from Al Ewing, GoT gets a second season, Kyle Rayner Hispanic Heritage Month variant cover controversy

Trailers: Pinocchio

Comics Countdown:  

Tales of the Human Target by Tom King, Greg Smallwood, Mikel Janin, Kevin Maguire, Rafael Albuquerque, Dave Stewart, Alex Sinclair, Arif Prianto

Wynd: The Throne in the Sky 1 by James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas

Deadly Class 55 by Rick Remender, Wes Craig, Lee Loughridge

Radiant Black 17 by Kyle Higgins, Marcelo Costa, Igor Monti

Swamp Thing 16 by Ram V, Mike Perkins, Mike Spicer

Department of Truth 20 by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds

Lonesome Hunters 3 by Tyler Crook

I Hate This Place 4 by Kyle Starks, Artyom Topilin, Lee Loughridge

TMNT: Armageddon Game – Opening Moves 2 by Tom Waltz, Fero Peniche, Ronda Pattison

Grim 4 by Stephanie Phillips, Flaviano, Rico Renzi

Check out this episode!

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