The Promise is a 2010 play written by Ben Brown. It premiered on 17 February at the Orange Tree Theater in Richmond-upon-Thames and production wrapped up on 20 March 2010. It is set in early World War I and deals with the lead-up to the Balfour Declaration, via the relationship between Herbert Samuel, Edwin Samuel Montagu, and H. H. Asquith's confidante Venetia Stanley.
Samuel Barnett is an English actor. He has performed on stage, film, television and radio, and achieved recognition for his work on the stage and film versions of The History Boys by Alan Bennett. His television performances include roles in the BBC comedy Twenty Twelve and in the Showtime drama Penny Dreadful. He played the lead role of Dirk Gently in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, the 2016 BBC America adaptation of the book series by Douglas Adams.
Nicholas Le Prevost is an English actor.
Nicholas Verney Wright is a British dramatist.
Jasper Kent is an English author and composer. As a composer his work is generally in the field of musical theatre and his novel series include the Danilov Quintet and the Charlie Woolf Mysteries.
Wendy Kesselman is an American playwright.
Bette Bourne is a British actor, drag queen, campaigner, and activist. His theatrical career has spanned six decades. He came to prominence in the mid-1970s onwards after joining the New York-based alternative gay cabaret troupe Hot Peaches. He then went on to form his own alternative gay theatrical company, Bloolips.
Botown: The Soul Band Of Bollywood is a London-based multicultural soul band formed by musician, songwriter and producer Ajay Srivastav. It takes its name from the short form of 'Bollywood Town', itself a tribute to the classic Soul music record label Motown which is short for Motor Town.
Russell Dykstra is an Australian actor of screen, stage and TV.
Marek Losey is a British film and television director; he is the third generation of film maker in the Losey family.
The Persuasionists is a sitcom broadcast on BBC Two set in the world of advertising starring Iain Lee, Simon Farnaby, Adam Buxton, Jarred Christmas and Daisy Haggard, and featuring Natalie Gumede. It was the sitcom writing debut for Jonathan Thake, best known until then for ‘the slag of all snacks’ campaign for Pot Noodle. The Persuasionists premiered on Wednesday 13 January 2010.
Mark Norfolk is a prolific author and independent filmmaker. He has made documentaries, short films and feature films and authored plays for stage and radio and well as publishing several books.
Alan Harris is a Welsh playwright.
The Man and Men is a one-act opera by British composer Joshua Goodman. The libretto is by Tom Riley.
Alcove Entertainment is an independent film production and finance company, based in the UK and the UAE. Alcove Entertainment has occasionally acted as a distributor for its own films. The company was founded by Amina Dasmal and Robin Fox in 2005.
Joe Stretch, is an English writer and singer.
Accolade is a 1950 play by the Welsh playwright Emlyn Williams. Accolade was first presented in London by H. M. Tennent Ltd, in association with Leland Hayward and Joshua Logan, at the Aldwych Theatre, on 7 September 1950, with Emlyn Williams as Will Trenting and a cast including Diana Churchill, Anthony Nicholls, Dora Bryan, John Cavanah and Noel Willman. It ran for 180 performances. It was revived in 2011 at the Finborough Theatre and the cast included Graham Seed, Aden Gillett and Saskia Wickham
Roopa Farooki is a British novelist and medical doctor.
Rob Evans born 14 March 1978 is a playwright.
Margot Leicester is a British actress. She has appeared in King Charles III (2014) as Camilla and was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actress in 1995 for Broken Glass. She is also notable for television work such as Families, The Take and Five Days.
Jemma Churchill is an English television, theatre, film and radio actress, best known for her roles as Nanny Lyons in Upstairs Downstairs, and Ms Fellows in Waterloo Road.