#Michael Simkins

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The Bridge Theatre has announced the full cast for Richard II, opening on 10 February 2025 and running until 10 May.

Directed by Nicholas Hytner, the production will star Jonathan Bailey in the title role, supported by a cast that includes Royce Pierreson as Henry Bolingbroke, Christopher Osikanlu Colquhoun as the Earl of Northumberland, and Olivia Popica as Queen Isabel.

Additional cast members include Amanda Root as Green and the Duchess of York, Phoenix Di Sebastiani as Thomas Mowbray and Groom, and Clive Wood as John of Gaunt. Returning to the Bridge Theatre is Michael Simkins, who will play the Duke of York.

The ensemble is rounded out by Adam Best as Sir John Bagot, Seamus Dillane as Lord Surrey, Vinnie Heaven as Aumerle, Jordan Kouamé as Sir John Bushy and Harry Percy, Gerard Monaco as Sir Stephen Scroop and Keeper, George Taylor as Fitzwater, and Badria Timimi as the Abbess of Carlisle. The understudy cast includes Emma Bown, Martin Carroll, and Stephan Boyce.

Richard II sees Shakespeare delve into themes of political power and authority, foregrounding on the contrast between the impulsive Richard and the practical Bolingbroke.

The production will feature design by Bob Crowley, lighting by Bruno Poet, sound by Carolyn Downing, and an original score by Grant Olding. Robert Sterne is the casting director, with Lily Dyble as associate director.

The creative team includes Jaimie Todd as associate designer, Charlie Smith as associate sound designer, Eleanor Dolan as costume supervisor, and Lily Mollgaard as props supervisor.

You can still buy tickets here and here.

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“Paris is a place in which we can forget ourselves, reinvent, expunge the dead weight of our past.” ― Michael Simkins

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Reeves and Carla Berkowitz will be executive producers with Starbucks, Sugar23 and UltraBoom Media. Michael Sugar is producing with Matt Rotondo, David Hillman, Michael Simkin and Erik Osterholm. Supervising producer is Angela Almeida, with Alex Anhalt co-producer.

This becomes the first greenlight since Starbucks Studios formed a content partnership with Sugar’s Sugar23. Sugar’s the Oscar-winning Spotlight producer who is leaning in on a program to directly invite brands into the finance and production of narrative and documentary content.

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Season 7 Episode 2

New sidekick has arrived and the old Sgt Troy has got a promotion and left without ever explaining the on screen snog with his boss’ daughter in season 6.

An Episode of Background Bicycles™️

The Barnaby’s need to choose better friends or something. Why is everyone they know or meet connected to murder and other miscellaneous shenanigans?

Notables:

Daniel Crowder (The Avengers)

John Standing (V for Vendetta)

Helen Lindsay (Mission: Impossible)

Michael Simkins (V for Vendetta)

Ruth Jones (Emma 1996)

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So this year I'm gonna try reading instead of doomscrolling before going to bed and since I have a stack of non-fiction books I think I should tackle that.

Fiction is for morning train commutes, harsh realities will be my bedtime stories.

Which one should I start with though?

I currently can't be bothered to look up translations for the German books, so bear with me.

I might just use the results as the order I will tackle these books in but some of them are thicc and will take a while.

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Teton Ridge And Ultraboom Media Developing Docuseries 'Untamed'

EXCLUSIVE: Teton Ridge And Ultraboom Media are teaming on Untamed, a bold new documentary series that provides an unfiltered, raw look into the intensity and physical demand of rodeo and everything in between. Produced by Emmy-winning Erik Osterholm and Michael Simkin and Carrie Kaylor. “The world of rodeo is truly electric — the athletes, the fanbase and the culture are unparalleledin…

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Diddy Connection To Club E11even, Michael Simkins, Clive Davis, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama & NYC Mayor (Video) | SOTN: Alternative News, Analysis & Commentary

https://stateofthenation.co/?p=253051

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When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she’s forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Kylie Bucknell: Morgana O’Reilly Miriam Bucknell: Rima Te Wiata Amos: Glen-Paul Waru Graeme: Ross Harper Dennis: Cameron Rhodes Officer Grayson: Millen Baird Officer Carson: Bruce Hopkins Eugene: Ryan Lampp Judge: Ian Mune Hollis: Wallace Chapman Kraglund: Mick Innes Justin: David Van Horn Leslie: Nikki Si’ulepa Elizabeth Chalmers: Kitty Riddell Young Kylie (Voice): Lila Sharp Fitness Host: Louise Mills Film Crew: Editor: Gerard Johnstone Director of Photography: Simon Riera Production Design: Anya Whitlock Original Music Composer: Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper Second Unit Director: Luke Sharpe Production Design: Jane Bucknell Executive Producer: Chris Lambert Executive Producer: Ant Timpson Visual Effects Supervisor: Matt Westbrooke Set Decoration: Simon Vine Steadicam Operator: Joe Lawry Set Decoration: Stephen Jaimeson Art Direction: Lyn Bergquist Art Direction: Laura Smith Art Direction: Haley Williams Costume Design: Lissy Mayer Steadicam Operator: Alex McDonald Set Decoration: Graham Collins Gaffer: Nicholas Riini Gaffer: Tane Kingan Continuity: Rose Damon Steadicam Operator: Simon Tutty Executive Producer: Michael Kumerich Line Producer: Garett Mayow Executive Producer: Daniel Story Makeup Effects Designer: Jacinta Driver Assistant Makeup Artist: Kendall Feruson Makeup Artist: Vanessa Hurley Assistant Makeup Artist: Rachel Johanson Assistant Makeup Artist: Katie Jones Makeup Artist: Carly Marr Assistant Makeup Artist: Nikki Milina Assistant Makeup Artist: Miranda Raman Makeup Artist: Lauren Steward Production Manager: Ainsley Allen Third Assistant Director: Rachael Bristow Third Assistant Director: Esther Clewlow Third Assistant Director: Sarah Hough Third Assistant Director: Laurelle May First Assistant Director: Natasha Romaniuk First Assistant Director: Fraser Ross First Assistant Director: Katie Tate First Assistant Director: Craig Wilson Props: Shamus Butt Art Department Assistant: Meling Cooper Art Department Assistant: Hilary Crombie Assistant Set Dresser: Louise George Assistant Set Dresser: James Goldenthal Runner Art Department: Kathryn Lees Art Department Assistant: Brian Maru Assistant Set Dresser: Aimee Russell Art Department Assistant: Jaime Sharpe Concept Artist: Andrejs Skuja Art Department Assistant: Luke Thornborough Art Department Assistant: Wesley Twiss Dialogue Editor: Nich Cunningham Boom Operator: Matthew Dickins Sound Recordist: Phil Donovan Sound Recordist: Gabriel Muller Boom Operator: Stephen Saldanha Sound Recordist: Ande Schurr Sound Recordist: Mark Storey Sound Designer: Shane Taipari Sound Recordist: Ben Vanderpoel Digital Compositor: Stuart Bedford Digital Imaging Technician: James Brookes Digital Compositor: Johnny Lyon 3D Modeller: Rich Nosworthy Digital Compositor: Jesse Parkhill Stunt Coordinator: Aaron Lupton Stunt Coordinator: Steve McQuillan Stunts: Stefan Talaic Stunts: Shane Blakey Stunts: Joanna Baker Stunts: Daniel Andrews Lighting Technician: Sam Behrend First Assistant Camera: Nick Burridge First Assistant Camera: Alexander Campbell First Assistant Camera: Kelly Chen Lighting Technician: Tommy Davis Camera Intern: Woody Dean Lighting Technician: Hayden Dudley Lighting Technician: James Dudley Lighting Technician: Leigh Elford Camera Intern: Kalym Gilbert Camera Intern: Andrew Farrent First Assistant Camera: Julia Green Cinematography: Adrian Greshoff Lighting Technician: Mathew Harte Lighting Technician: Stacey Hui First Assistant Camera: Matt Hunt First Assistant Camera: Blair Ihaka Gaffer: Tony Lumsden First Assistant Camera: Tom Neunzerling Cinematography: Eoin O’Liddy Key Grip: Jeremy Osbourne Key Grip: Jim Rowe Lighting Technician: Richard Schofield First Assistant Camera: Richard Simkins First Assistant Camera: Cameron Stoltz Cinematography: Drew Sturge Camera Intern: Matt Thomas Lighting Technician: Jason Tidsw...

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The Guardian and the BBC's Eye Investigations on Iran's crack-downs on anti-government protest.

The Guardian's Patrick Wintour writes:

"An Iranian court’s decision to pass the death sentence against Toomaj Salehi, a popular Iranian rapper and regime opponent, has led to international protests and damaged Iran’s fledgling efforts to exploit crackdowns on unrest in US university campuses over Gaza as an abuse of human rights.

...some reformist Iranian newspapers said the regime’s propaganda in the international arena had suffered reputational damage as a result of the surprise decision to issue the death sentence against a singer associated with defiance, but not violence against the regime.

The actor Nazanin Boniadi told a rally at the weekend: 'When he takes to the streets, when he puts pen to paper, when he uses his voice, the regime trembles. Why? Because he speaks for the people. Things that the people do not dare to say, he says.'”

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In 2022, during the Woman, Life, Freedom protests, an Iranian teenager, Nika Shakarami, was arrested during one such demonstration, only to be found dead later on a sidestreet. After missing her for 9 days, Shakarami's mother was called to a morgue to identify the girl's body.

BBC Eye's Bertram Hill, Aida Miller and Michael Simkin, while not "100% certain" that they have authentic documents, proceeded with an investigation using what appear to be genuine governmental reports of the events of Shakarami's death. An Iranian investigation of the arrest points to her being sexually assaulted during transport by a team of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

According to the reports, after an IRGC member groped her, Shakarami struck back--"She kicked at my face, so I had to defend myself"--and three Corps members responded by using a taser on her repeatedly and beating her in the head with their batons. When she was found to have died as a result, her body was dumped so as not to necessitate reporting her death at a detention facility.

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When governments fear their citizens.

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[ad_1] A trio of builders are betting on demand for residences in Miami's Overtown neighborhood. Michael Simkins' Lion Growth Group, Property Markets Group and Alex Karakhanian's Miami-based Lndmrk Growth scooped up a 1.5-acre growth website at 105 Northwest Eleventh Terrace, in keeping with the consumers' information launch. They plan a multifamily challenge with market charge and workforce models on the positioning, which is 5 blocks north of the Brightline station. The event companies paid $16.5 million for the property, and scored an $8.3 million mortgage, the discharge says. Metropolis Nationwide Financial institution is the lender. Information present the vendor, RNG Overtown, is led by Mitchell Newman of Morganville, New Jersey. The consumers haven't hammered out challenge specifics such because the unit rely and peak, in keeping with their spokesperson. The deal marks Simkins' continued funding in Overtown, and factors to growth creeping into the traditionally Black neighborhood. In recent times, close by downtown Miami and Park West areas have morphed right into a canyon of high-rises. Simkins began investing in Overtown over a decade in the past with the $3.6 million buy of 10 heaps north of the Brightline station. In 2020, I've paid $5.2 million for 13 heaps close to 226 Northwest tenth Road in Overtown. E11even Companions, led by Simkins, Marc Roberts and Dennis DeGori, and PMG are growing the 449-unit E11even Lodge & Residences Miami at 20 Northeast eleventh Road and the 461-unit E11even Residences Past at 90 Northeast eleventh Road. PMG, with places of work in New York and Miami, is led by Kevin Maloney, Ryan Shear and Dan Kaplan. Others betting on Overtown embody a partnership amongst Swerdlow Group, SJM Companions and Alben Duffie. This summer time, they're anticipated to finish the 578-unit senior residents low-income housing challenge Sawyer's Stroll, which may have 175,000 sq. toes of retail. The event, at 249 Northwest Sixth Road, has 130,000 sq. toes of places of work that had been bought by transport and cruise firm MSC Group for its new headquarters. [ad_2] Supply hyperlink

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Sarah Vaughan 1988 - Send in the Clowns

George Gaffney -- Piano Andy Simkins -- Bass Harold Jones -- Drums

Recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand, April 1988.

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Ah well. Goodbye (for now at least) to the wonderful Chichester Theatre and The Unfriend. One of the happiest experiences of my professional life - and I’ve had quite a few very happy ones. What a cast, what a team, what a director. And you know what? I think it was a pretty funny show too.

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More production photos, by Manuel Harlan

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Photo: ITV/Text: TFLN

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Review: John Gabriel Borkman, Bridge Theatre

Review: John Gabriel Borkman, Bridge Theatre If it weren't for Lia Williams, Clare Higgins and Simon Russell Beale, this would be punishing in the extreme

Lia Williams, Clare Higgins and Simon Russell Beale offer an acting masterclass in the chilly wasteland of Ibsen’s John Gabriel Borkman at the Bridge Theatre “There are different rules for exceptional people” I wouldn’t normally be rushing to see an Ibsen play in all honesty but the dual drivers of John Gabriel Borkman being one of his plays that I’ve never seen before and Nicholas Hytner’s…