The Old Vic is a 1,000-seat, nonprofit producing theatre in Waterloo, London, England. It was established in 1818 as the Royal Coburg Theatre, and renamed...
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Old Vic is a British theatre company based at the Theatre Royal, Bristol. The present company was established in 1946 as an offshoot of the Old Vic in...
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The Old Vic Tunnels was an underground arts venue and performance space beneath London Waterloo railway station. The space consisted of almost 30,000 square...
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Bristol Old Vic Theatre School The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) is a drama school in Bristol, England. The institution provides training in acting...
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Ralph Richardson (section Old Vic, 1930–32)
stardom in the West End and on Broadway. In the 1940s, together with Olivier and John Burrell, Richardson was the co-director of the Old Vic company. There...
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Kevin Spacey (category Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
of Darrow in 2015. He was the artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London from 2004 to 2015, for which he received the Society of London Theatre...
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Laurence Olivier (redirect from The Lord Olivier)
the end of the decade he was an established star. In the 1940s, together with Richardson and John Burrell, Olivier was the co-director of the Old Vic...
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praise for playing the lead role of Garry Essendine in a 2019 production of Present Laughter at The Old Vic, for which he won the Laurence Olivier Award...
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John Neville (actor) (category Officers of the Order of the British Empire)
stage debut with the Old Vic company, as a walk on in 'Richard II' with Alec Guinness as the King at the New Theatre, due to the Old Vic Theatre being severely...
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Timothy West (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
West led productions at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne, Australia and the Old Vic in London. He was also known for his collaborations with his second wife...
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Robert Helpmann (category Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
from the outset of his career was an actor as well as a dancer, and in the 1940s he turned increasingly to acting in plays, at the Old Vic and in the West...
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Matthew Warchus (category Alumni of the University of Bristol)
theatre director, filmmaker, and dramaturg. He has been the Artistic Director of London's The Old Vic since September 2015. Warchus grew up in Selby, North...
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Richard Burton (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
Hamlet at The Old Vic". The Welsh rugby union centre, Bleddyn Williams believed Richard "had distinct possibilities as a player". From the age of five...
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Annabel Scholey (category Alumni of the Oxford School of Drama)
III with Kevin Spacey in the title role, at the Old Vic theatre in London and the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. The production opened to rave...
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John Gielgud (category Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour)
studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), he worked in repertory theatre and in the West End before establishing himself at the Old Vic as an exponent...
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Lilian Baylis (category Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour)
producer and manager. She managed the Old Vic and Sadler's Wells theatres in London and ran an opera company, which became the English National Opera (ENO);...
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boldly puts gender under microscope". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 March 2024. "The American Clock at Old Vic Theatre 2019". www.abouttheartists...
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Eileen Atkins (category Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
The Retreat from Moscow (2004). Other stage credits include The Tempest (Old Vic 1962), Exit the King (Edinburgh Festival and Royal Court 1963), The Promise...
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Omari Douglas (category Actors educated at the Arts Educational Schools)
Children at the Old Vic; Peter Pan and Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre; Kneehigh's Tristan & Yseult at Shakespeare's Globe; The Life...
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2012 in the Best Supporting Actress in a Play category for her role in The Playboy of the Western World at the Old Vic. The nominations for the 2013 Olivier...
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Glen Byam Shaw (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
the Second World War, and then took leading directorial posts at the Old Vic, the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre and Sadler's Wells (later known as the...
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Kit Connor (category Actors from the London Borough of Croydon)
starred as Alexander in the Old Vic Theatre production of Fanny & Alexander. In 2019 Connor portrayed a teenaged Elton John in the musical film Rocketman...
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Anna Madeley (category Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama)
Bristol Old Vic) as Lydia Languish Colder Than Here (2005, Soho Theatre) as Jenna The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former...
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Bertie Carvel (category Actors from the City of Westminster)
in the play The Hairy Ape at the Old Vic in November of the same year. In February 2016, Carvel announced his directorial debut. He directed the play...
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Barbara Jefford (category Officers of the Order of the British Empire)
theatrical performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Old Vic and the National Theatre and her role as Molly Bloom in the 1967 film of James Joyce's...
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theatre, her performance as Phoebe Rice in The Entertainer at The Old Vic in London saw her nominated for the 2007 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance...
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Alec Guinness (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
in 1934. Two years later, at the age of 22, he played the role of Osric in Hamlet in the West End and joined the Old Vic. He continued to play Shakespearean...
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Jeremy Brett (category Actors from the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull)
Shakespearean parts at the Old Vic, in New York and four while Brett was a member of the National Theatre Company from 1967 to 1970. From the early 1960s, Brett...
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Tom Burke (actor) (category Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art)
with the Royal Shakespeare Company and has appeared in plays at Shakespeare's Globe, playing Romeo in Romeo and Juliet in 2004; at the Old Vic in Noël...
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The Constituent is a play by Joe Penhall. The play made its world premiere at The Old Vic, London on 13 June 2024 (with an official opening night on 25...
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