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The 2024 Shortlist
The BBC’s 13th Annual Celebration of Audio Drama
2023 marked the centenary year for audio/radio drama at the BBC. For 100 years of this unique genre, audio drama and comedy have provided enjoyment, diversion, illumination, insight and escape for listeners, evolving in approach and style as audio practitioners have responded to new ideas and technology with ingenuity, imagination and inspiration. These awards celebrate the creativity of actors, writers, directors, producers, musicians, sound designers and all who work in this vibrant art-form.
The winners will be announced on Sunday 24 March 2024 in a ceremony in the Radio Theatre at BBC Broadcasting House London. The winners of the Imison and Tinniswood Awards (judged and administered by the Society of Authors and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain) will also be announced at this ceremony.
Best Original Single Drama
Benny and Hitch by Andrew McCaldon, producers Neil Varley and Tracey Neale, BBC Audio Drama London
Churchill versus Reith by Mike Harris, producer Gary Brown, BBC Audio Drama North
Dear Harry Kane by James Fritz, producer Sally Avens, BBC Audio Drama London
Eat and Run by Paolo Chianta, producer Lorna Newman, BBC Audio Drama North
Rare Earth by Richard Monks, producer Nicolas Jackson, Afonica
Voices From the End of the World by Lucy Catherine, producer Sasha Yevtushenko, BBC Audio Drama London
Best Adaptation
The Age of Anxiety by W.H.Auden, adapted by Robin Brooks, producer Fiona McAlpine, Allegra Productions
Beowulf Retold based on the version by Seamus Heaney, producer Pauline Harris, BBC Audio Drama London
Bess Loves Porgy by Edwin DuBose Heyward, adapted by Roy Williams, producer Gill Parry, feral inc
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper, adapted by Robert Macfarlane and Simon McBurney, producer Catherine Bailey, Catherine Bailey Productions and Complicite
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino, adapted by Tim Crouch and Toby Jones, producer Nadia Molinari, BBC Audio Drama North
One Moonlit Night by Caradog Prichard, adapted by Rhiannon Boyle, producer Emma Harding, BBC Cymru Wales
Best Original Series or Serial
The 5000 by Sebastian Baczkiewicz, producers Gaynor Macfarlane, BBC Scotland
An Eye for a Killing by Colin Macdonald, producer Bruce Young, BBC Scotland
Flirties, written and produced by Jess Simpson, Audiocraft
There’s Something I Need to Tell You by John Scott Dryden and Misha Kawnel, producer Emma Hearn, Goldhawk Productions
The Tomb by Sebastian Baczkiewicz, producer Joby Waldman, Reduced Listening
Trust by Jonathan Hall, producer Gary Brown, BBC Audio Drama North
Best Actor
Hiran Abeysekera, Dear Harry Kane, director Sally Avens, BBC Audio Drama London
Max Irons, The Bronze Horseman, director Susan Roberts, BBC Audio Drama North
Toby Jones, If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller, director Nadia Molinari, BBC Audio Drama North
Lorn Macdonald, Confessions of a Justified Sinner, director Kirsty Williams, BBC Scotland
Tim McInerny, Benny & Hitch, director Tracey Neale, BBC Audio Drama London
Tom Walker, Call Jonathan Pie, Alison Vernon-Smith, Yada-Yada Audio
Best Actress
Gabrielle Brooks, Bess Loves Porgy, director Michael Buffong, feral inc
Dinita Gohil, Victory City, producer Alison Crawford, BBC Bristol
Maxine Peake, The Women of Troy, director Nadia Molinari, BBC Audio Drama North
Rosamund Pike, People Who Knew Me, director Daniella Isaacs, Merman
Lydia Wilson, Happy Birthday, Mr President, director Gaynor Macfarlane, BBC Scotland
Fenella Woolgar, Lines in the Sand: The Journeys of Gertrude Bell, director Jessica Mitic, BBC Audio Drama North
Best Supporting Performance
Sacha Dhawan, Anna Karenina, director Nadia Molinari, BBC Audio Drama North
Erin Doherty, The Seagull, director Toby Swift, BBC Audio Drama London
Mark Heap, Kafka’s Dick, director Dermot Daly, Naked Productions
Sophia Del Pizzo, There’s Something I Need to Tell You, director John Scott Dryden, Goldhawk Productions
The Marc Beeby Award for Best Debut Performance
Izzy Campbell, Of a Night, director Jessica Mitic, BBC Audio Drama North
Rosie Ekenna, Faith, Hope and Glory, director Anastasia Osei-Kuffour, BBC Audio Drama London
Rosalind Eleazar, Hindsight, director Gaynor Macfarlane, BBC Scotland
Jadie Rose Hobson, Exposure, director Anne Isger, BBC Audio Drama London
Dan Parr, The Test Batter Can’t Breathe, director Tracey Neale, BBC Audio Drama London
Olivia Triste, Rise, director Dermot Daly, Naked Productions
Best Sit Com or Comedy Drama
Call Jonathan Pie by Tom Walker, producer Alison Vernon-Smith, Yada-Yada Audio
Kat Sadler’s Screen Time by Kat Sadler and Cameron Loxdale, producer Gwyn Rhys Davies, BBC Studios Audio
Michael Spicer: Before Next Door by Michael Spicer, producer Matt Tiller, Starstruck Media
Mockery Manor by Lindsay Sharman, producer Laurence Owen, Long Cat Media
She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith, adapted by Barunka O’Shaughnessy, producer Emma Harding, BBC Cymru Wales
Where to, Mate? devised by Jo Enright, Peter Slater, Abdullah Afzal, Nina Gilligan, Andy Salthouse, Keith Carter, Jason Wingard, producer Carl Cooper, BBC Studios Audio
Best Stand Up Comedy
Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere by Daliso Chaponda, additional material Meryl O’Rourke, producer Carl Cooper, BBC Studios Audio
Janey Godley: The C Bomb by Janey Godley, producers Julia Sutherland and Richard Melvin, Dabster Productions
Maisie Adam: The Beautiful Game by Maisie Adam, producer Georgia Keating, BBC Studios Audio
Olga Koch: OK Computer by Olga Koch and Charlie Dinkin, producer Benjamin Sutton, BBC Studios Audio
Rob Newman on Air by Rob Newman, producer Eloise Whitmore, Naked Productions
Sarah Keyworth: Are You a Boy or a Girl by by Sarah Keyworth, additional material Ruby Clyde, producer James Robinson, BBC Studios Audio
Best Use of Sound
The Adventurers, sound by Alisdair McGregor, producer Boz Temple-Morris, Holy Mountain
The Dark is Rising, sound by Gareth Fry, producer Catherine Bailey, Catherine Bailey Productions and Complicité
Hamlet Noir, sound by David Chilton, Lucinda Mason Brown, Weronika Andersen, producers Charlotte Melén, Carl Prekopp and Saskia Black, Almost Tangible
Slow Air, sound by Alisdair McGregor and Eloise Whitmore, producer Polly Thomas, Naked Productions
Voices From the End of the World, sound by Peter Ringrose, producer Sasha Yevtushenko, BBC Audio Drama London
The Women of Troy, sound by Sharon Hughes, producer Nadia Molinari, BBC Audio Drama North
Best Podcast Audio Drama
Badger and the Blitz by Richard Turley and Darren Francis, producer Richard Turley, Roxo Ltd
Below by Aaron Gray and Paul Skillen, producer John Wakefield, HTM Television
Flirties, written and produced by Jess Simpson, Audiocraft
The Haunter of the Dark – The Lovecraft Investigations by Julian Simpson, producer Sarah Tombling, Sweet Talk Productions
The Salvation by Justin Lockey, Jeffrey Aidoo, and AK Benedict, producers John Hamm and Boz Temple-Morris, Holy Mountain and Free Turn
Tagged by Brett Neichin and John Scott Dryden, producer Emma Hearn, Sony Music Entertainment and Goldhawk Productions
Best European Drama
Evicted by Karel Klostermann, adapted by Tomáš Loužný, producer Renata Venclová, CZR Czech Radio
Faust (I Never Read It) by Noam Brusilovsky, producer Andrea Oetzmann, SWR Südwestrundfunk with Deutschlandfunk
Irina’s Soul Is Like a Precious Piano by Rona Žulj, producer Katja Šimunić, Croatian Radiotelevision
The Sick Bag Song by Nick Cave, adapted by Kai Grehn, producer Lina Kokaly, Radio Bremen
The Supervisor by Nis-Momme Stockmann, producer Michael Becker, NDR Norddeutscher Rundfunk
This Word by Marta Rebzda, producer Waldemar Modestowicz, Polish Radio Theatre
-- WooHOO! The Haunter of the Dark, part 4 of The Lovecraft Investigations, is up for a BBC Audio Drama Award! I am made up!
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Cordelia’s Farwell by Edwin Austin Abbey (1898)
King Lear dir. Michael Buffong (2016)
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Who are your face claims for the Ravenclaw and Slytherin characters during the lightning era? Also what are some of your favourite personal alternate universes?
Who I have so far
Ravenclaw Quidditch Team
Cho Chang: Jing Wen
Jeremy Stretton: Baba Diop
Duncan Inglebee: Kaine Buffonge
Jason Samuels: Wooseok Lee
Grant Page: Jordun Love
Roger Davies: forgot (･o･;) will look through archive
Randolph Burrows: Jeenu Mahadevan
Bradley: Luka Janjic ( character was never given a first name)
Chambers: Mahamadou Diaoune ( character was never given a first name)
Ravenclaw Students
Sue Li - Cong He
Eddie Carmichael - forgot (･o･;) will look through archive
Lisa Turpin - Ysaunny Brito
Padma Patil - various not a concrete face claim/older version ( Shonali Singh)
Terry Boot - Abiah Hostvedt (might change)
Morag MacDougal - Eniola Abioro (new face claim)
Michael Corner: Piero Mendez
Mandy Brocklehurst
Slytherin Quidditch Team
Marcus Flint: Rhys Pickering
Lucian Bole: Mukasa Kakonge
Peregrine Derrick: Chun Soot
Terrence Higgs: Anthony White
Miles Bletchley: Chuck Achike
Adrian Pucey: Vito Basso
Graham Montague: Used various before/ final decision Claudius E.
Cassius Warrington: Akeem Osborne
Draco Malfoy: Benjamin Jarvis
Blaise Zabini: Ronald Epps
Slytherin Students
Tracey Davis: Used various before/ final decision Ebonee Davis
Theodore Nott: go between Younes Kahlaoui and Teo Abihdana/ still deciding.
Millicent Bulstrode: final decision Natalie Nootenboom (younger version) Yumi Nu (older version) They are sister models
Pansy Parkinson: Fei Fei Sun / various faceclaims still deciding.
Daphne Greengrass: Candice Swanepol
Astoria Greengrass: Taylor Hill
Mafalda Prewett: various faceclaims still deciding
Poonima Shah: Naomi Janumala
For the second part I'm not sure honestly. 🥲
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LAURENCE UBONG WILLIAMS IN A PLACE FOR WE AT THE PARK THEATRE
Our brilliant LAURENCE UBONG WILLIAMS will be treading the boards in A Place For We that opens at The Park Theatre on 7th October. This co-production between the Park Theatre and Talawa is being directed by Michael Buffong, Talawa’s artistic director. The play is set in one building in Brixton and tells the story of London’s changing communities across three generations.
A Place For We opens on 7th October at the Park Theatre. Book your tickets here.
LAURENCE UBONG WILLIAMS IN A PLACE FOR WE AT THE PARK THEATRE was originally published on Scott Marshall
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[TASK 194: MONTSERRAT]
There’s a masterlist below compiled of over 130+ Montserratian faceclaims categorised by gender with their occupation and ethnicity denoted if there was a reliable source. If you want an extra challenge use random.org to pick a random number! Of course everything listed below are just suggestions and you can pick whichever faceclaim or whichever project you desire.
Any questions can be sent here and all tutorials have been linked below the cut for ease of access! REMEMBER to tag your resources with #TASKSWEEKLY and we will reblog them onto the main! This task can be tagged with whatever you want but if you want us to see it please be sure that our tag is the first five tags, @ mention us or send us a messaging linking us to your post!
THE TASK - scroll down for FC’s!
STEP 1: Decide on a FC you wish to create resources for! You can always do more than one but who are you starting with? There are links to masterlists you can use in order to find them and if you want help, just send us a message and we can pick one for you at random!
STEP 2: Pick what you want to create! You can obviously do more than one thing, but what do you want to start off with? Screencaps, RP icons, GIF packs, masterlists, PNG’s, fancasts, alternative FC’s - LITERALLY anything you desire!
STEP 3: Look back on tasks that we have created previously for tutorials on the thing you are creating unless you have whatever it is you are doing mastered - then of course feel free to just get on and do it. :)
STEP 4: Upload and tag with #TASKSWEEKLY! If you didn’t use your own screencaps/images make sure to credit where you got them from as we will not reblog packs which do not credit caps or original gifs from the original maker.
THINGS YOU CAN MAKE FOR THIS TASK - examples are linked!
Stumped for ideas? Maybe make a masterlist or graphic of your favourite faceclaims. A masterlist of names. Plot ideas or screencaps from a music video preformed by an artist. Masterlist of quotes and lyrics that can be used for starters, thread titles or tags. Guides on culture and customs.
Screencaps
RP icons [of all sizes]
Gif Pack [maybe gif icons if you wish]
PNG packs
Manips
Dash Icons
Character Aesthetics
PSD’s
XCF’s
Graphic Templates - can be chara header, promo, border or background PSD’s!
FC Masterlists - underused, with resources, without resources!
FC Help - could be related, family templates, alternatives.
Written Guides.
and whatever else you can think of / make!
MASTERLIST!
F:
Maizie Williams (1951) Afro-Montserratian - singer and model
Michelle Gomez (1966) Montserratian [Portuguese] / Scottish - actress.
Diane Parish (1969) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Dominiquais - actress.
Heidi D'Amelio (1972) Montserratian [Irish, French], Kaskaskia, Haitian [Cajun, French], Basque, Breton, Italian, Swiss, German, French, Spanish, Irish, English - instagrammer (heididamelio).
Angela Yee (1976) Afro-Montserratian / Cantonese Chinese - actress, model, tv personality, and radio personality.
Pippa Bennett-Warner (1988) Afro-Montserratian - actress.
Dixie D'Amelio (2001) Montserratian [Irish, French], Kaskaskia, Haitian [Cajun, French], Basque, Breton, Italian, Swiss, German, French, Spanish, Irish, English / Italian - tiktoker (dixiedamelio) and dancer.
Charli D’Amelio (2004) Montserratian [Irish, French], Kaskaskia, Haitian [Cajun, French], Basque, Breton, Italian, Swiss, German, French, Spanish, Irish, English / Italian - tiktoker (charlidamelio) and dancer.
Emari Dyer (?) Afro-Montserratian - model (instagram: westindiandolly)
Gabrielle Graham (?) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Jamaican - actress, singer, and dancer.
Samorezworld (?) Afro-Montserratian, Afro-Haitian - youtuber.
Sharissa Ryan (?) Afro-Montserratian - model, Miss Montserrat 2014-2015, and Miss Jaycees Caribbean Queen 2015.
F - Athletes:
Rechelle Meade (?) Afro-Montserratian - sprinter.
M:
Q-Tip / Kamaal Ibn John Fareed (1970) Afro-Montserratian / African-American [including Bissau-Guinean] - actor, DJ, rapper, singer, bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, drummer, and producer.
Wil Wheaton (1972) Montserratian, Portuguese Jewish, Dutch Jewish, Irish, Welsh, French, Dutch, German, English - actor, tv personality, blogger, and writer.
David Jordan (1985) Afro-Montserratian / Bengali Indian - singer-songwriter.
Kadiff Kirwan (1989) Afro-Montserratian - actor.
Layton Williams (1994) Afro-Montserratian, Afro-Jamaican / English - actor, singer, and dancer.
M - Athletes:
William Duberry (1944) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Alford Corriette (1948) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Fred Sowerby (1948) Afro-Montserratian - hurdler.
Jim Allen (1951) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Austin White (1959) Montserratian - cricketer.
Fitzroy Buffonge (1960) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Livingstone Bramble (1960) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Kittian - boxer.
Kenny Dyer (1964) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Mark Stephney (1965) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Cecil Lake (1965) Montserratian - footballer.
David Lane (1965) Montserratian - cricketer.
Ottley Laborde (1967) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Ruel Fox (1968) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Paul Furlong (1968) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Richard Dyer (1968) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Keith Piper (1969) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Daren Sweeney (1970) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Trevor Semper (1970) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Lesroy Weekes (1971) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Davon Williams (1972) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Lesroy Irish (1972) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Elton Williams (1973) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Guyanese - footballer.
Peter Phyll (1974) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Michael Duberry (1975) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Bruce Dyer (1975) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Junior Mendes (1976) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Wayne Dyer (1977) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Stanford Jarrett (1977) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Alex Daley (1977) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Clifford Joseph (1978) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
McPherson Meade (1979) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Zhaun Sweeney (1979) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Darren Tuitt (1980) Afro-Montserratian - sprinter.
Jaylee Hodgson (1980) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Delroy Facey (1980) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Grenadian - footballer.
Kurt Joyce (1980) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Simon Peddie (1980 or 1981) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Matt Piper (1981) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Vladimir Farrell (1981) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Sean Howson (1981) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Lloyd Dyer (1982) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Olsen Murrain (1982) Montserratian - cricketer.
Dorian Harper (1982) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Nesta Piper (1982) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Marlon Campbell (1983) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Brian Stephney (1983) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Shane Greenaway (1983) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Dean Morgan (1983) Afro-Montserratian / English - footballer.
Solomon Henry (1983) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Calvin Petrie (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Ellis Remy (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Jaafar Munroe (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Lionel Baker (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Andrew Julius (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Jermaine Sweeney (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Darryl Roach (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Rowan Taylor (1984) Montserratian - footballer.
Alexander Bramble (1984) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Nathan Pond (1985) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Kelvin Ponde (1985) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Micah Hilton (1985) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Spencer Weir-Daley (1985) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Big E / Ettore Ewen (1986) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Jamaican - wrestler and powerlifter.
Anthony Griffith (1986) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Bradley Woods-Garness (1986) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Dolston Tuit (1986) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Michael Henry (1986) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Benjamin Manning (1986) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Leovan O'Garro (1987) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Corrin Brooks-Meade (1988) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Shabazz Baidoo (1988) Afro-Montserratian / Ghanaian - footballer.
Michael Williams (1988) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Craig Braham-Barrett (1988) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Jamaican - footballer.
Adrian Clifton (1989) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Dean Mason (1989) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
P. K. Subban (1989) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Jamaican - ice hockey player.
Nyron Dyer (1989) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Jaison Peters (1989) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Lyle Taylor (1990) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Quinton Boatswain (1990) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Julian Wade (1990) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Dominiquais - footballer.
Omari Allen (1990) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Marvin Farrell (1990) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Alex Dyer (1990) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Massiah McDonald (1990 or 1991) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Shernyl Burns (1991) Afro-Montserratian - sprinter and cricketer.
Matthew Whichelow (1991) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
James Comley (1991) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Nic Taylor (1991) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Dale Lee (1991) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Ellary White (1991) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Ronsford Beaton (1992) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Kendall Allen (1992) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Lester Ryan (1993) Afro-Montserratian - sprinter.
Malcolm Subban (1993) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Jamaican - ice hockey player.
Donervon Daniels (1993) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Julius Morris (1994) Afro-Montserratian - sprinter.
Terrell Miller (1994) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Jamal Willer (1994) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Brandon Comley (1995) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Jordan Subban (1995) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Jamaican - ice hockey player.
Clifford Newby-Harris (1995) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Darnell Furlong (1995) Afro-Montserratian / English - footballer.
Jamie Allen (1995) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Dajour Buffonge (1996) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Antiguan - footballer.
Matty Willock (1996) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Joey Taylor (1997) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
DJ Buffonge (1998) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Antiguan - footballer.
Chris Willock (1998) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Joe Willock (1999) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Marshall Willock (2000) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Danny Facey (?) Afro-Montserratian / Afro-Grenadian - footballer.
Michael Bramble (?) Afro-Montserratian - footballer.
Vendol Moore (?) Afro-Montserratian - cricketer.
Lennox Cooper (?) Montserratian - footballer.
Oris Fergus (?) Montserratian - cricketer.
Non-Binary:
Billy Dee Williams (1937) Afro-Montserratian / African-American - Genderfluid (He/Him/His, She/Her/Her’s) - actor, singer, and artist.
Problematic:
Tesfaye Bramble (1980) Afro-Montserratian - footballer. - Convicted of rape.
Titus Bramble (1981) Afro-Montserratian - footballer. - Accused of rape.
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can we talk about some beautiful black men for a min: donald glover. michael b. jorban. okdeon. kevin langue. lil nas x. princeton perez. kaine buffonge. jaden smith. jordan calloway. darrin jones. larri merritt. taylor-kae knott. yall gorgeous forreal forreal. –⛓
We have to STAN! We stan beautiful black men & women on this page of course! Periodt!🤟🏾
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Hello! I was wondering if you could help me find a fc I came across a while ago and thought if you couldn't maybe your followers might. I'm working on a new character(a fae prince) and think he would be perfect! But never found out his name bc at the time he didn't fit the character I was looking for. (I think) he's a mixed race black man, he has super vivid blue eyes and short. Thank you for any help you can give me! 😊
Michael Ealy (1973) African-American.
Jesse Williams (1981) African-American, possibly Seminole / Swedish.
Willy Monfret (1982)
Robert Ri'chard (1983) African-American.
Don Benjamin (1987) African-American / possibly Irish, Unspecified Native American.
Kendrick Sampson (1988) African-American / English, other.
Laith Ashley (1989) Afro Dominican, Unspecified White - trans.
Dudley O'Shaughnessy (1989) Saint Lucian, with some Irish / English.
Kaine Buffonge (1995) - has heterochromia.
Torin Verdone (1996) African-American, Italian, Irish.
Max Fieschi (1997)
Ty Smithers (1999)
Joshua Lord (1999) Swedish, Nigerian, Maltese.
Sadiq Desh (?)
Daje Barbour (?)
Anthony White (?)
Mekhi Lucky (?)
Some of these don’t have blue eyes but have light eyes of varying colours! -C
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My Pop Life #188 : Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
My Pop Life #188 : Spirit In The Sky – Norman Greenbaum
Spirit In The Sky – Norman Greenbaum Never been a sinner I never sinned I got a friend in Jesus So you know that when I die He’s gonna set me up with The spirit in the sky * It is January 28th 1994. Jenny and I are sitting in the front row of the back section of the Empire Leicester Square, reserved for the red carpet people for this Premiere of the film Wayne’s World 2. All our guests are…
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[Review:] A PLACE FOR WE, London.
This review will consider A Place for We, written by Archie Maddocks, directed by Michael Buffong and currently being staged at the Park Theatre.
Starting with the content of the dramatic text itself. The content offered here is very resonant and topical, communicating the difficulties experienced by biracial individuals, or those with parents from different cultures/ethnicities that may both…
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Casting has been announced for the UK’s first all-black production of Guys and Dolls
Casting has been announced for the UK’s first all-black production of the classical musical, Guys and Dolls, which is set to open at the Royal Exchange Theatre this December.
The production will star Ray Fearon as Nathan Detroit, Ashley Zhangazha as Sky Masterson, Abiona Omonua as Sarah Brown, Lucy Vandi as Miss Adelaide, Fela Lufadeju as Benny Southwest, Javar La’Trail Parker as Rusty Charlie, Trevor A Toussaint as Arvide Abernathy, Jamie Tait as Calvin, T’Shan Williams as Martha, Ewen Cummins as Lieutenant Brannigan, Kurt Kansley as Harry the Horse, Darren Charles as Society Max, Nathanael Campbell as Liverlips Louis, Toyan Thomas-Browne as Moe, Evonee Bentley-Holder as Mimi, Melanie Marshall as General Matilda B Cartwright, Joe Speare as Big Jule as Koko Basigara as Allison and Danielle Kassarate as Angie the Ox.
Guys and Dolls first opened in 1950 and is based on the story and characters of Damon Runyon and features music and lyrics by Frank Loesser.
This new production will be directed by Michael Buffong and will run at the Royal Exchange Theatre from the 2nd of December till the 27th of January with a press night on the 6th of December. For more information or to book tickets head to the official Royal Exchange Theatre website.
Image courtesy of Google Images.
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Rising from the ashes: Tiny Montserrat returns to world football, with an ex-Man City player in charge
The tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat – population a little over 5,000 – is a world away from what most people think of when it comes to international football.
Ranked 204th of 206 nations, it is an island still rebuilding from a huge volcanic eruption 23 years ago that left vast swathes of its land uninhabitable and triggered a mass exodus.
Until last week Montserrat had not played an international game for three years – since a World Cup qualifier in 2015 – but the advent of the Concacaf Nations League has changed all that.
With the bulk of the Montserrat squad of semi-professional players based overseas – primarily in the UK – playing friendlies is a luxury not open to them.
But competitive fixtures are fulfilled, and Montserrat impressed on their return to action.
Their opening Nations League qualifier ended in a 2-1 loss to El Salvador – a country ranked 72nd in the world and with a population of around six million – and even then it took a last-minute winner to break Montserrat.
For comparison, other results in the first round of qualifying saw Curacao beat Grenada 10-0, Cuba beat the Turks and Caicos Islands 11-0, and Haiti stick 13 unanswered goals past Sint Maarten.
“It’s a bit of a fairytale story, a David and Goliath thing,” says Montserrat coach Willie Donachie, the former Manchester City, Oldham and Scotland defender who took charge of the national side earlier this year.
Speaking to the BBC’s World Football Show, the 66-year-old adds: “We almost got a result, and then with about three seconds to go, they got their winner which was very disappointing, but it was a great performance by our players.”
Montserrat has a relatively new national team, having only played their first senior match in May 1991 – but the growth of the sport in the country was curtailed following a devastating volcanic eruption in 1995 that destroyed the capital, Plymouth, and left the south side of the island uninhabitable.
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The island’s population before the volcano was around 13,000, but the devastation meant thousands were forced to flee – and as Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory,[1] mostly they went to the UK.
And it is the descendants of those people that largely comprise the current Montserrat squad.
“The players are all good people, they all really care about their country,” says Donachie. “There are no big egos. They’re very together like a big family, so it’s a great job for me.
“It’s still a beautiful island, beautiful place, beautiful people, but all the players are based in England, mainly the London area.”
One of those players is midfielder Dean Mason, who was born in Islington in north London, but qualifies for Montserrat through his paternal grandmother.
“She came over to the UK after the volcano eruption,” Mason says. “I felt more of a connection [with her] when I actually went there; I can see the relation with my grandmother. It’s a really nice feeling to play for my country and to make her proud,” Mason said.
“When you meet the locals, they explain to you what they went through and the ups and downs, because they are still rebuilding.”
But Mason admits the team’s three-year break from playing has not been easy to deal with.
“It is a bit of a funny one where you don’t play for three years or so and then after three years you just randomly get the call to play again,” he says.
“I just hope it continues and I hope there is a lot of improvement and that we can move forward as a squad and do great things because we do have a great, great side.
“But if you don’t play regular football and meet up regularly, then it’s hard to progress as a team.”
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For now, at least, the schedule for Montserrat is a busy one, with qualifiers against Belize, Aruba and the Cayman Islands to come before March.
“On paper, we shouldn’t win a game,” adds Donachie. “We’re the lowest-ranked side in the world almost.
“But as I said, with the team spirit and competitiveness, they will have a chance.
“People think of [the Nations League] as a Mickey Mouse thing, but over there it’s massive, so for Montserratians to play, possibly, against the likes of the USA, Canada and so on, it’s just an unbelievable opportunity.
“It’s great for the countries and smaller islands where there are lots of really good players. They’re just football crazy.
“It’s a great thing done by Fifa after all the corruption. They have tried to spread money around all the smaller countries, so it’s a great opportunity for all the young players in the Caribbean – there’s lots of very good players there.”
And what of Donachie? How does he view his latest job in football after a career that took in two World Cups with Scotland and a variety of coaching roles in the Premier League and overseas?
“It’s a good job, a great job for me,” he says.
“It’s a fantastic place. It’s one of the nicest places in the world. You walk down the street and someone will stop and say ‘Do you want a lift?’
“The people are very good and they are very proud of their country. They are trying to rebuild it after the volcano. It’s a big, big job.”
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Montserrat’s squad v El Salvador
Player Current/previous club Corrin Brooks-Meade Free agent, previously played for FC Montana in Bulgaria Michael Williams Last played for Leek Town of the English Northern Premier League Joey Taylor Plays for Burgess Hill Town in the Bostik League Craig Braham-Barrett Plays for Welling United in the National League South Dean Mason Plays for Concord Rangers in the National League South Alex Dyer Plays for IF Elfsborg in the Allsvenskan in Sweden James Comley Plays for Maidenhead United in the National League Adrian Clifton Plays for Maidenhead United in the National League Brandon Comley Plays for Colchester United in League Two Spencer Weir-Daley Plays for AFC Rushden & Diamonds in the Southern League Premier Division Central Bradley Woods-Garness Plays for Bedford Town in the Southern League Division One Central Substitutes Solomon Henry Previously played for Barnet, Erith & Belvedere, Waltham Forest, Ashford Town (Kent), Leyton, St Albans City, Billericay Town, Northwood and Horsham YMCA Marvin Farrell Last played as a defender for Beckenham Town in the Southern Counties East League Premier Division in 2015 Micah Hilton Plays for PC United in the Montserrat Championship Doron Cassell At 17 years old, Cassell’s only professional football game to date was against El Salvador – but he failed to come off the bench Mark Rogers At 16 years old, Rogers’ only professional football game to date was against El Salvador – but he failed to come off the bench Ahijah Daley At 17 years old, Daley’s only professional football game to date was against El Salvador – but he failed to come off the bench Dajour McIntosh-Buffonge Plays for Redbridge in the Essex Senior Football League Terrell Miller Plays for Redbridge in the Essex Senior Football League
Listen to the full interviews on the BBC’s World Football Show on BBC World Service from 22:30 BST on 14 September. You can also download the episode here.[2]
References
^ British Overseas Territory, (en.wikipedia.org)
^ here (www.bbc.co.uk)
BBC Sport – Football
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A play for today: Michael Buffong on bringing new voices to the stage
Talawa Theatre Company’s Artistic Director, Michael Buffong (far left), with Ako Michell and Lucy Vandi in rehearsals for Guys and Dolls. Photograph by Anneka Morley.
Last year the Talawa Theatre Companycelebrated its 30th anniversary. In the years since its founding in London in 1986 by Yvonne Brewster, Carmen Munroe, Mona Hammond and Inigo Espejel, it has launched over 40 award-winning…
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EWEN CUMMINS IN GUYS AND DOLLS
Don’t miss EWEN CUMMINS as Lieutenant Brannigan in Guys and Dolls at the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre. In a joint production with Talawa Theatre Company, this brand new production is billed as the UK’s first all-black cast of the classic musical. Directed by Michael Buffong, this production relocates the story to uptown Harlem and blends jazz, bebop, gospel and swing with iconic songs Luck Be a Lady, Sit Down You’re Rocking The Boat and the infectious title number.
Guys and Dolls runs at the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre from 2nd December 2017 until 27th January 2018. Book your tickets here.
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Guys and Dolls. A Royal Exchange Theatre and Talawa Theatre Company co-production
This Christmas director Michael Buffong transports the smash-hit musical GUYS AND DOLLS up-town to 1939 Harlem in the UK’s first all-Black cast production of this iconic show. Celebrating the off-beat stories of Damon Runyon that made the gangsters and hustlers of New York City infamous, GUYS AND DOLLS is co-produced by the Royal Exchange Theatre and Talawa Theatre Company – the UK’s primary Black led touring theatre company. Ray Fearon as the charming Nathan Detroit leads a cast that includes Ashley Zhangazha, Abiona Omonua and Lucy Vandi. The reimagined GUYS AND DOLLS is developed with the award winning hip-hop dancer and choreographer Kenrick ‘H20’ Sandy and runs from 2 December – 27 January.
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The press night for this tale of the New York underground will be Wednesday 6th December, 7.30pm.
Ray Fearon has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and was the first Black actor in four decades to play the title role in Othello at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1999. In addition to other RSC productions such as Hecuba and Julius Caesar, his stage credits include A Raisin In The Sun (Royal Exchange Theatre) and Macbeth (Shakespeare’s Globe). His film credits include Beauty & The Beast, The Foreigner and Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. His TV work includes Da Vinci’s Demons, Snatch and Coronation Street.
Michael Buffong is the Artistic Director of Talawa Theatre Company. His credits for the Royal Exchange Theatre include the critically acclaimed King Lear, All My Sons (with Don Warrington) and A Raisin In The Sun. Other theatre credits include: God’s Property (Talawa Theatre Company, Soho Theatre and the Albany); The Serpent’s Tooth (Talawa Theatre Company and Almeida Theatre); Moon On A Rainbow Shawl (Royal National Theatre).
Kenrick ‘H2O’ Sandy is Co-Founder & Co-Artistic Director of Boy Blue Entertainment, Associate Artists of the Barbican, and one of the top choreographers and performers in the UK urban, commercial and theatrical scenes. Kenrick’s credits are extensive and include theatre, TV and film, both nationally and internationally. BBE’s most recent work, Blak Whyte Gray, is nominated for an Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production.
Musical Supervisor Nigel Lilley and Musical Director Mark Aspinall return to the Exchange following their work on the award-winning, and UK Theatre nominated, sell-out musical SWEET CHARITY.
FULL CAST & CREATIVES
Ray Fearon as Nathan Detroit
Ashley Zhangazha as Sky Masterson
Abiona Omonua as Sarah Brown
Lucy Vandi as Miss Adelaide
Fela Lufadeju as Benny Southwest
Javar La’Trail Parker as Rusty Charlie
Trevor A Toussaint as Arvide Abernathy
Chelsey Emery as Agatha
Jaime Tait as Calvin
T’Shan Williams as Martha
Ewen Cummins as Lieutenant Brannigan
Kurt Kansley as Harry The Horse
Darren Charles as Society Max
Nathanael Campbell as Liverlips Louis
Toyan Thomas-Browne as Moe
Evonnee Bentley-Holder as Mimi
Melanie Marshall as General Matilda B Cartwright
Joe Speare as Big Jule
Koko Basigara as Allison
Danielle Kassaraté as Angie The Ox
A musical fable of Broadway based on the story and characters of Damon Runyon
Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser
Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
Directed by Michael Buffong
LISTINGS
GUYS AND DOLLS
2 December – 27 January
Press Night: Wednesday 6 December, 7.30pm – The Theatre
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