#Sebastian Abineri

[matthewmoss]

This past weekend I had the pleasure of appearing at the We Have Ways Festival alongside my good friend and co-host Robbie McGuire. We had the privilege of having a live chat with our friend Sebastian Abineri. We met Seb several years ago when he joined us on our podcast Fighting On Film.

Seb has had a long and fascinating career as an actor but one of his favourite roles was as a member of the supporting cast on the classic war movie 'A Bridge Too Far'. We chatted live with Seb about what it was like to work on the film and he shared some fabulous stories!

You can hear more about our talk and weekend at the festival here.

[Photo credit Ceri Thomas & Rob McGuire]

[mariocki]

Wilde Alliance: A Question Of Research (1.1, Yorkshire Television, 1978)

"There ought to be a law which allows literary agents to murder authors. Very slowly."

[kwebtv]

Alan Parnaby, Steven Grives, Sebastian Abineri and Christine McKenna in “Flambards”. 

[tellusepisode]

Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Action, Adventure, Mystery |

Sherlock Holmes is a period mystery action film based on the character of the same name created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film was directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey, and Dan Lin. The screenplay, by Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham, and Simon Kinberg, was developed from a story by Wigram and Johnson. Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law portray Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, respectively.

In 1890, eccentric detective Holmes and his companion Watson are hired by a secret society to foil a mysticist’s plot to gain control of Britain by seemingly supernatural means. Rachel McAdams stars as their former adversary Irene Adler and Mark Strong portrays villain Lord Henry Blackwood. The film was widely released in North America on 25 December 2009, and on 26 December 2009 in the UK, Ireland, the Pacific and the Atlantic.

In 1890 London, private detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner Dr. John Watson prevents the ritualistic murder of a woman by Lord Henry Blackwood, who has killed five other young women similarly. Inspector Lestrade and the police arrest Blackwood. Three months later, Watson is engaged to Mary Morstan and moving out of 221B Baker Street; while he enjoys their adventures together, Watson looks forward to not having to deal with Holmes’ eccentricities. Meanwhile, Blackwood has been sentenced to death and requests to see Holmes, whom he warns of three more unstoppable deaths that will cause great changes to the world. Blackwood is subsequently hanged.

Director: Guy Ritchie

Writers: Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham, Simon Kinberg, Lionel Wigram, Arthur Conan Doyle

Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan, Robert Maillet, Geraldine James

►Cast:

Robert Downey Jr.…Sherlock HolmesJude Law…Dr. John WatsonRachel McAdams…Irene AdlerMark Strong…Lord Henry BlackwoodEddie Marsan…Inspector LestradeRobert Maillet…DredgerGeraldine James…Mrs. HudsonKelly Reilly…Mary MorstanWilliam Houston…Constable ClarkHans Matheson…Lord CowardJames Fox…Sir Thomas RotheramWilliam Hope…Ambassador StandishClive Russell…Captain TannerOran Gurel…ReordanDavid Garrick…McMurdoKy Discala…Maid (as Kylie Hutchinson)Andrew Brooke…Guard CaptainTom Watt…Carriage DriverJohn Kearney…Carriage DriverSebastian Abineri…Coach DriverJonathan Gabriel Robbins…GuardJames A. Stephens…Captain PhilipsTerence Taplin…Groundskeeper (as Terry Taplin)Bronagh Gallagher…Palm ReaderEd Tolputt…Anonymous ManJoe Egan…Big ManJefferson Hall…Young GuardMiles Jupp…WaiterMarn Davies…Police OfficerAndrew Greenough…Prison GuardNed Dennehy…Man with RosesMartin Ewens…Removable ManAmanda Grace Johnson…Young Woman SacrificeJames Greene…GovernorDavid Emmings…Grave PolicemanBen Cartwright…Grave PolicemanChris Sunley…Grave PolicemanMichael Jenn…PreacherTimothy O’Hara…Porter / SmithGuy Williams…Golden Dawn EnvoyPeter Miles…ThugSharon Ashton…Dock ladyWilliam Atkinson…BrazierPaul Bateman…PrisonerKathryn Beaumont…Vexed WomanAidan Belizaire…ExtraJonathan Bridge…Man Carrying Tray of Fish in MarketPeter Paul Burrows…Golden Dawn MemberKenneth W Caravan…Rake at Boxing TournamentAlan Carter…Lord & MP in House of LordsKenneth Coombs…Dining GuestRadu Andrei Cucu…Frenzy ManJames Currie…Prison GuardRoss Donnelly…Man in StreetPaul J. Dove…BishopJasey Ó Dálaigh…MichaelAndrew Goldfarb…OfficerKas Graham…Dog FighterMichael Hennessy…Gentleman DinerMarc Hockley…Preacher’s Look-out / Frenzied ManThomas Kadman…PallbearerBobby Leigh…BensiBrendan McCoy…FishmongerTerence Pickering…Manchester LocalMatthew Radway…BarmanRocco Ritchie…Boy in the StreetBryan Samson…LordRobert Stone…PrizefighterDavid Swift…Peer of the RealmJohn Warman…Policeman

Sources: imdb & wikipedia

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[the-hindu-times]

March 2019 reviews roundup

Impressive sets from the youthful White Lakes and Natalie Shay put the dated Rainband to shame on the first day of the month, upstairs at the Garage (at Thousand Island in Islington). On the Monday, whilst Russell Brand was on at The Exchange in Twickenham, we were at Self Esteem's A capella in-store at Banquet Records, before the shop put on 2 full band shows for Bryan Adams across the road, at Pryzm. After the first gig we headed a couple more doors down to the Fighting Cocks for Outside The Box Comedy Club, headlined by John Robins. With the Conservatives closing venues, we're lucky that Kingston can still host more than one event in an evening. We were back at Banquet Records on Wednesday for Japense House but opted for Twenty One Pilots at Wembley over Billie Eilish at New Slang in Kingston on Thursday. Another visit to Banquet on Sunday for Newton Faulkner, before I joined James Walsh to perform acoustic songs at the Groucho Club in Soho the night after, led to the high-grossing ‘Dreamworks Animation’ trilogy ‘Madagasgar’ the following evening, in the shape of an action-packed musical at the New Victoria Theatre, Woking. 

With the stage-set creating a slightly more intimate space, Brandon Gale was as heroic as his character; stepping into the role of Alex the lion. With, X-Factor winner, Matt Terry’s understudy unavailable to fill in during his absence, it’s hard to imagine anyone else playing the lead after such a fantastic presentation from the recent graduate. It was soon the audience’s turn to roar – this time with laughter, helped by the ensemble of penguins and Timmika Ramsay’s hilarious hippo character, Gloria. Experienced puppeteer, Jamie Lee-Morgan, had a perfect portrayal of Melman the giraffe but the best was still yet to come: The second half saw locally-trained actor, Jo Parsons, present King Julien in a way Robin Williams would have played it. Also reminiscent of the side-splitting stylings of Mike Myres, he favoured the flamboyance from ‘Cat in the Hat’ over the outlandish ogre from fellow animated film franchise ‘Shrek’, where Myres had jelled with Eddy Murphy – of whom Antoine Murray-Straughan was channelling the comedy characteristics of for Marty the zebra; adding another dynamic to Chris Rock’s voice-acting in the Madagascar films. Along with some well-crafted routines, hilarious moments and vocal performances of the highest quality, there was fun for all the family to be had.

The next day, we joined 8 other audience members for Seann Walsh's £5 work-in-progress show at the Museum of Comedy in Holborn. After the next morning's Tunbridge Wells radio show, we were at Embrace's sold out Roundhouse gig the following evening in Chalk Farm. Celebrating 21 years since the release of their debut LP 'The Good Will Out', they're still with the original line up. Having seen them on that first tour, at Folkestone's Leas Cliff Hall, some song arrangements have changed, with Danny McNamara no longer playing his Lowden acoustic guitar on timeless classics, such as 'My Weakness Is None Of Your Business' and 'Retread'. After the best possible opening for 'All You Good Good People', the audience seemed to enjoy the ballads, like 'Fireworks' and 'That's All Changed Forever', above the overdriven 'I Want The World' and 'The Last Gas'. They played the album from start to finish - not something all bands do when promising to tour a record in its entirety. They returned for a 5 song encore; ending with songs from their first comeback album 'Out Of Nothing' after opening with 2 from their second comeback/sixth full length, either side of 1 from their latest effort 'Love Is A Basic Need'. Tonight, the Roundhouse was the best it has ever sounded; with the drum kit and Danny's voice standing out as particularly pleasing. A vinyl box set of the show is soon to be released via their website.

After a midweek Outside The Box at Langleys, Surbiton with Reginald D Hunter, we returned to the New Victoria Theatre for Calendar Girls.

Tonight attracted one of the biggest turnouts, for a run at Woking’s New Victoria Theatre, since Jersey Boys. Although the majority were of the same age and sex as the leads they’d come to see, the hugely popular Calendar Girls felt like a show that could not be missed. Starring This Morning’s Fern Britton; Four Weddings & A Funeral’s Sara Crowe; Family Guy voice actor, Anna-Jane Casey; comedian, Karen Dunbar; leading lady, Rebecca Storm; Loose Woman, Denise Welsh; Porridge’s Sebastian Abineri; acting veterans Phil Corbitt and Pauline Daniels; one woman cabaret show, Catherine Digges; theatre regular, Derek Elroy and ‘90s Coronation Street star (Gary Mallett), Ian Mercer, it was youngsters, Danny Howker, Tyler Dobbs and Isabel Caswell who offer the much needed dynamic.

After the first half’s slow moving and minimal, repetitive scenes felt a bit thin, it paved the way for a bigger impact in the second. A slow burner, like Rocky or The Shawshank Redemption, it was worth the wait. With Nick Pinchbeck’s live band in the orchestra pit, the familiar songs of Tim Firth and Gary Barlow were largely sound-a-likes of hits from yesteryear; with ‘My Russian Friend And I’ feeling almost credible enough to be mistaken for a Damien Rice and Lisa Hannigan track from the early 2000s. Still, this story of recovery and power, gave us hope that we could all be on the right road after all.

The end of the month was rounded up with Milton Jones and Andrew Bird at Outside The Box comedy club, Surbiton (Langleys)

Nic Bennett

[the-hindu-times]

Calendar Girls – New Victoria Theatre, Woking – 26/3/19

Tonight attracted one of the biggest turnouts, for a run at Woking’s New Victoria Theatre, since Jersey Boys. Although the majority were of the same age and sex as the leads they’d come to see, the hugely popular Calendar Girls felt like a show that could not be missed. Starring This Morning’s Fern Britton; Four Weddings & A Funeral’s Sara Crowe; Family Guy voice actor, Anna-Jane Casey; comedian, Karen Dunbar; leading lady, Rebecca Storm; Loose Woman, Denise Welsh; Porridge’s Sebastian Abineri; acting veterans Phil Corbitt and Pauline Daniels; one woman cabaret show, Catherine Digges; theatre regular, Derek Elroy and ‘90s Coronation Street star (Gary Mallett), Ian Mercer, it was youngsters, Danny Howker, Tyler Dobbs and Isabel Caswell who offer the much needed dynamic.

After the first half’s slow moving and minimal, repetitive scenes felt a bit thin, it paved the way for a bigger impact in the second. A slow burner, like Rocky or The Shawshank Redemption, it was worth the wait. With Nick Pinchbeck’s live band in the orchestra pit, the familiar songs of Tim Firth and Gary Barlow were largely sound-a-likes of hits from yesteryear; with ‘My Russian Friend And I’ feeling almost credible enough to be mistaken for a Damien Rice and Lisa Hannigan track from the early 2000s. Still, this story of recovery and power, gave us hope that we could all be on the right road after all.

Calendar Girls continues to play twice daily, at 2:30pm & 7:30pm (evening only on the Saturday), in Woking until Saturday before heading to Sheffield, Oxford, Southend, Cardiff, Belfast, Birmingham, Glasgow, Nottingham, Bristol, Plymouth, Eastbourne, Bournemouth, Wolverhampton, Wimbledon, Northampton, Blackpool, Chester and Bath, whilst the New Victoria Theatre prepares to host Rock of Ages, Russell Kane, Michael McIntyre, Annie, Tom Gates, Titanic, Rhod Gilbert, Saturday Night Fever, The Mousetrap, Jimmy Carr, The Entertainer, Swan Lake, The House on Cold Hill, 9 to 5, The Girl On The Train, The King and I and Romesh Ranganathan. Nic Bennett