Keep a Track of Loved-ones and Possessions with iFind from RED5.co.uk

Trackable GPS microdots are a real boon for cuckolded mooks everywhere!

1 April 2012 - London UK: RED5.co.uk, the ultimate gadget shop, today launches the ground-breaking iFind Trackable GPS Microdot system, to allow cuckolded partners and jealous spouses everywhere to track their cheating partners’ every move on their smartphones.  This ingenious invention is also a must have for forgetful types helping them keep hold of their everyday possessions.

Simply pop the tiny iFind on your pet's collar or, for example, in your adulterous husband or wife’s mobile or wallet and – hey presto! – you can soon rest assured that you will never lose your beloved moggy again and that you will, almost certainly, catch the missus, or mister,  “at it” with Roger from accounts or Diane from HR. After all, such information is invaluable to any good family lawyer in the divorce courts!

Also invaluable for people who cannot keep hold of their phone, keys, car or any other worldly possession, the iFind will help even the most scatter-brained souls keep on top of things.  The tiny microdots feed a GPS signal to the Microdot app (free to download on iTunes) or home computer, enabling users to keep track of their subjects every move or simply relocate that umbrella from the coffee shop on the high street.

“Many people seem to think that tracking friends and family members without their knowledge is in some way ethically wrong,” says RED5 founder Jonathan Elvidge. “This couldn’t be further from the truth. Any truly concerned family member surely has a moral responsibility to track their children or spouse without them knowing. After all, they will only have their best interests at heart!”

The iFind Trackable GPS Microdot system is fully compatible with all major smartphone platforms, including Apple iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone.

**LEGAL DISCLAIMER**

RED5.co.uk cannot be held responsible for any perfectly justifiable retaliations against sneaks, stalkers or “Peeping Tom’s” caught red-handed mis-using the iFind Trackable GPS Microdot system for their own nefarious ends.

**LEGAL DISCLAIMER ENDS**

Available now from Red5.co.uk, the microdots are available individually for £5.95, or in packs of 5 £10.95 or 10, £12.95 – for the forgetful, would-be stalkers and cuckolded mooks everywhere!

UEFA EURO 2012

MARCO BALICH WILL BE THE CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OPENING AND CLOSING CEREMONIES

The Filmmaster Events President, after the recent victory of the Rio 2016™ Olympic Ceremonies,

is one of  the most prominent figures  around the world in Show and Ceremony productions.

Milan, March 29, 2012 - After an international competition, UEFA awarded the task of creating and producing the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the UEFA European Football Championship 2012 to Filmmaster Events/Filmmaster Group, one of the international leaders in the production of great events and spectacular ceremonies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Filmmaster Events is guided by Marco Balich, the creator of the ceremonies for the Olympic and Paralympic Games held in Turin in 2006 and winner, together with the Brazilian society SRCOM, of the executive production of the Olympic ceremonies of Rio 2016™.  The first production for the Rio 2016™ will be the Flag Handover from the London 2012 Olympic  Games. 

The opening ceremony will take place on 8 June at the National Stadium in Warsaw in Poland before the kick-off of the opening match between Poland and Greece. The closing ceremony will take place in Kyiv on 1 July at the Olympic Stadium. More than 800 volunteers will be involved in the opening and closing ceremonies at UEFA EURO 2012.

Recruiting of volunteer performers for the UEFA EURO 2012 ceremonies has already started and the open positions include dancers, gymnasts, actors, acrobats. People who want to be part of the team must have energy for an event that will be watched by people all around the world.

Marco Balich is the creative director and executive producer of great events and ceremonies, one of the most prominent figures in the global live entertainment scenario. He designed many international events such as the Flag Handover in Salt Lake City, the Turin 2006 Olympic Ceremonies, the Carnival of Venice, Mexico City’s 2010 Bicentennial Ceremonies, the New Delhi Commonwealth Games’ Opening Ceremony, the 75^th Anniversary of Shakhtar Donetsk FC in Ukraine, and the inauguration of the Juventus FC Stadium in Turin.

To take part in the organizing team as a volunteer performer please visit: www.castinguefa.com and www.castinguefa.com/blog. 

Tower Bridge Launches New Animated Attraction

Exciting New Show that brings the Story of Tower Bridge to Life

     As Modern Technology meets Victorian Innovation - Open 01 May 2012

Tower Bridge proudly invites visitors to an audience with Her Majesty Queen Victoria, along with her faithful subjects Sir John Wolfe-Barry, the Victorian civil engineer who designed Tower Bridge, and its architect Sir Horace Jones, to experience the story of the bridge in an exciting new show that opens at the world-famous London landmark this spring.

Using the latest techniques in visual effects, this immersive experience features top stars from stage and screen, including Cally Lawrence (Coronation Street, Law & Order UK) as Queen Victoria,Sebastian Abineri (The Bill, Kingdom) as Horace Jones and Robert Benfield (Sherlock, Emmerdale) as Sir John Wolfe-Barry, to tell the fascinating story of Tower Bridge in an entertaining and light-hearted way that will appeal to all ages.

The Experience:

• On arrival at the North Tower of Tower Bridge, visitors are guided to engineer
  Sir John Wolfe-Barry’s Victorian ‘ virtual’ study - a realistic three-walled set created by 3D mapping (with a  floor-to-ceiling height of approx  4.5 metres
  and a back wall width of around 4 metres).
•  The audience enter the newly themed area and the four-minute show commences, using a projected figure of Sir John Wolfe-Barry in conversation with Her Majesty Queen Victoria and architect Sir Horace Jones, who are both depicted as talking portraits (animated plasma TVs).
• This exciting new initiative uses the latest developments in 3D mapping –
  a technique that projects images onto a 2D plane which has a textured surface creating the illusion of depth in a dynamic way. In this instance, we are projecting a textured visual effect of Sir John Wolfe-Barry’s study, as well as incorporating ‘Magic Lantern’ illustration and animation.
• No additional cost for the visitor.

This imaginative show was devised and created by Eddie Saul, Creative Projects Manager at Tower Bridge, and developed by innovative film and media company, ay-pe http://www.ay-pe.com/, whose previous work includes an animated pop-up book for Windsor Guildhall, the Scotch Whisky Experience in Edinburgh and an epic CGI film of Housesteads Roman Fort for English Heritage.

Ay-pe’s Creative Director, Richard Playford, comments: “This is a great opportunity to create a unique piece of immersive media theatre to help interpret and complement this truly iconic structure.”

Tower Bridge’s Creative Projects Manager Eddie Saul adds: “Sir John Wolfe-Barry will be able to pull books from shelves, open them up and have animations pop from the book to cover the whole expanse of the wall. He can even click his fingers to transform the space into the Tower Bridge Engine Room. The possibilities are endless!”

Tower Bridge

• Tower Bridge was the creation of architect Sir Horace Jones and civil engineer Sir John Wolfe-Barry. It took eight years to complete and was officially opened on 30 June 1894 by the Prince and Princess of Wales (the future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra).
• Tower Bridge Exhibition is open every day from 10.00am to 6.30pm (April-Sept) and 9.30am to 6.00pm (Oct-March) with last admission half an hour before closing. Admission prices for Tower Bridge are adults £8, children aged 5-15 £3.40, under 5s free and concessions £5.60. The nearest underground stations are London Bridge or Tower Hill.

www.towerbridge.org.uk

Backstage Academy supports jobs and growth in the entertainment industry

Interested in a career in the entertainment industry? Backstage Academy launches a diverse range of short courses tailored around essential skills for the live events production industry

(March 29th 2012, South Kirkby, Yorkshire, UK) – Backstage Academy, a new industry-led training centre designed to deliver high quality, relevant and practical training in different backstage skills, has launched a range of short courses for Spring 2012.

Based at the famous LS-Live rehearsal studios in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, the Academy benefits from its unique links to some of the world’s leading productions and production personnel, tailoring courses to suit the evolving demands of the sector. Courses take place in its state-of-the-art training centre and Apple Authorised Training Suite, adjacent to the studio where the likes of Kylie, Dizzee Rascal, P!nk, Robbie Williams, Lady Gaga and Tinie Tempah have all rehearsed.

Backstage Academy is perfectly positioned to handpick the best tutors in the business with a wealth of real life experience spanning the fields of concert production, TV, theatre, film and corporate hospitality.

The courses cover a range of backstage skills, from rigging and stage pyrotechnics, to the SPA Event Safety Passport (which everyone on site at the Olympics must have this year) and Apple based technologies like Pro Tools and Final Cut for audio and video editing.

Robin Watkinson, COO, Backstage Academy commented: “Britain is going to host many exciting events this summer what with the Queen’s Jubilee and the Olympics celebrations coming up and we’ve tailored a programme of courses that can help event organisers and crew ensure they have the skills to make their live event creative, dynamic and above all safe.”

The value of the events sector to the UK economy is expected to rise from £36.1 billion in 2011 to £48.4 billion in 2020* and the economic benefit of Meetings and Events from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is forecast to be £1.8 billion, reinforcing Britain as a world leader in the production of major events*. The Academy has designed its range of courses to support skills development and ensure the many people putting on events this year and into the future are fully qualified to do so.

Tony Powell, a student on the Stage Pyrotechnics course said: “It was a very useful course, we learnt a lot about different pyrotechnics, their uses and a lot of common sense things that you need to be reminded of. At the end of the day the group had to wire up some pyrotechnics in the big studio to be set off in a certain order. Everyone joined in to do the final show which was quite impressive!”

*  Britain for Events’ ‘Opportunities for Growth in the UK Events Industry’ report

*  Business Visits & Events Partnership’s ‘Meetings and Event Manifesto for Britain’

Short courses commence from mid April and run through until the end of May. In certain circumstances for group bookings, some of the short courses can be delivered off site. For more information, click here.

BFI secures major collection of over 20,000 Central Office of Information films following its closure

The BFI National Archive will acquire the entire moving image archive of the Central Office of Information (COI) when it is formally wound up on 31^st March 2012.  This is the largest single collection ever to be acquired by the BFI and all available rights to the material will also pass to the BFI.

 

Amanda Nevill, Chief Executive, BFI said, “The COI films are wonderful and important examples of British filmmaking. Often quirky and eccentric these films over the last 66 years tell a rich and diverse stories about British life. The fact that they were used so effectively by Government departments really demonstrates the power that film has in capturing the nation’s attention and influencing Britain and we are very proud that the BFI National Archive is the films new guardian.”

 

The BFI has enjoyed a close working relationship with the COI and already holds a large number of COI titles, as part of the Public Records collection preserved in partnership with The National Archives, some of which have been released in a popular series of BFI DVDs: The COI Collection volumes 1 – 6 since 2010.

 

The latest addition to the BFI’s DVD releases of films from the COI collections will be released in time for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with a major collection: Volume Seven: The Queen on Tour presents a wealth of wonderful colour footage of the Queen and the Royal Family travelling the world on official visits between 1953 and 1971. The COI – with unprecedented access to the royals – produced the 'official' record of royal tours and state visits and also commissioned and supervised a variety of retrospectives of the Queen and her family.

 

Highlights from this extraordinary collection of films, many of which were shot in exotic locations, include: Royal Destiny (1953), a look at the Queen's early life, made in her coronation year; The Queen's State Visit to Iran (1961), a fascinating film of the royal visit to Iran eight years after a British-and American-backed coup installed the Shah; Sierra Leone Greets the Queen (1962), a colourful account of the Queen's visit in the year of independence; and Britain Welcomes the Emperor and Empress of Japan (1971), a record of the controversial state visit from Emperor Hirohito and his wife.

 

Many of the UK’s most distinguished filmmakers have worked for the COI such as Peter Greenaway, Ken Loach, Humphry Jennings and Hugh Hudson. Memorable public information campaigns are still resonant decades after their original screenings.

 

The COI collection charts the attitudes and preoccupations of British society through every decade since 1946 and provides a unique insight into Government’s changing priorities for public information, from simple messages telling children how to cross the road through to more hard-hitting information about how to survive a nuclear bomb.

 

Originally shown in cinemas, later on television, the films reflect many of the important social issues of their day.  Many early COI films dealt with the many consequences of post-war reconstruction. The 1970s saw classic characters  like Charley the Cat, Tutfy the Squirrel and the Green Cross Code Man (Dave Prowse) promote personal and road safety, and more recent films have covered important subjects such as climate change and internet safety.

 

As the successor body to previous Government bodies with film interests - at the General Post Office with its famous GPO Film Unit, then the Ministry of Information and its Crown Film Unit, the COI was set up in 1946.  This rich tradition of British public service filmmaking, preserved and curated by the BFI, yielded over 45,000 titles which add up to an irreplacable picture of British life and manners interpreted through creative filmmaking.

 

The COI collection will be preserved in the BFI’s state-of-the-art Master Film Store and will continue to be made widely available on multiple platforms. A selection of COI films can be viewed at the BFI’s MediathequeS at QUAD Derby, Wrexham Library, Newcastle Discovery Museum, Cambridge Central Library, BFI National Library and BFI Southbank, London. Some key titles are also available on the BFI’s YouTube channel, www.YouTube.com/BFIFilms. Significant collections are also available to view by students and academics who can access moving image materials through the InView project and screenonline.

S.O.S. – The Titanic Centenary

At BFI Southbank in April 2012

 

April 2012 marks the centenary of the tragic sinking of the Titanic along with the loss of 1,517 passengers. The intervening years and countless tales of heroism to emerge from the disaster have caused the event to gain near mythical status in film and television; the distinct lack of footage from either the disaster and of the ship prior to its departure only fuelling the intrigue. BFI Southbank gathers together many of the filmed dramatisations of the disaster for a commemorative season that spans interpretations of the event from Britain, (Atlantic 1929, A Night to Remember 1958) and the US (Titanic 1953) via a unique take on the disaster from the propaganda machine of Nazi era Germany (Titanic 1943).

 

Other highlights of the centenary are set to include an exclusive preview of ITV’s upcoming series, Titanic (2012), written by Julian Fellowes followed by a Q&A with the writer, director and cast members that will kick of BFI’s celebrations on 20 March, the newly re mastered version of James Cameron’s Blockbuster Titanic 3D (2012) opening at BFI IMAX on April  5, an illustrated lecture from author Join Charles Barr on Alfred Hitchcock’s abandoned Titanic Project, a specially curatedMediateque collection and a Mezzanine display marking the event.

 

Shortly before midnight on 14 April 1912, the maiden voyage of the White Star Line’s beacon of luxury and progress, RMS Titanic, ended in tragedy when she struck an iceberg and sank in the early hours of 15 April. Less than a third of the vast liner’s passengers and crew survived, prompting international outrage. A century later, this unprecedented maritime catastrophe maintains its grim fascination, not least for generations of filmmakers drawn into the tangled web of fact and fiction now firmly embedded in our popular culture.

 

The earliest newsreel reactions to the tragedy embraced poetic license from the off, piecing together the story for a public now hungry for the moving image in ingenious, if morally rather suspect, ways. Lavish dramas immortalised the putative heroes and villains of April 1912, from the rich and famous (John Jacob Astor IV, ‘Unsinkable’ Molly Brown Bruce Ismay) to the humbler likes of Wireless Operator Jack Phillips and his Captain, Edward J Smith.

 

While Rank’s A Night to Remember (1958) remains for many the definitive screen portrayal, the Titanic canon encompasses, among others, an almost forgotten multi-language epic (Atlantic, 1929), a 1943 Nazi propaganda vehicle championed by Goebbels, and James Cameron’s 1997 box office behemoth (now re-launched in 3D, naturally), not forgetting IMAX explorations of the wreck and a legion of documentaries unpicking the minutiae of the sinking and myriad conspiracy theories. Two major new mini-series produced to coincide with this anniversary offer a reminder that among the defining events of the 20th century, the Titanic endures as the most potent symbol of man’s fallibility - and the cinematic lure of the sea.

 

TV Preview: Titanic + Q&A

Deep Indigo-Sienna Films-Mid Atlantic Films-Lookout Point-ITV Studios 2012. Dir Jon Jones. With Linus Roache, Celia Imrie, Toby Jones, Geraldine Somerville, Maria Doyle Kennedy. Episode One: 46min

As we look towards our Titanic season in April, we present this new production, written by Oscar-winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes. Titanic is the extraordinary re-telling of that doomed voyage, weaving action, mystery and romantic narratives featuring fictional and historical characters, before coming together in an explosive finale. While James Cameron’s 1997 film was primarily a love story between the two central characters, BAFTA-winning producer Nigel Stafford-Clark was inspired by the hundreds of untold stories of those aboard, and the drama provides a unique portrait of the society which gave birth to the liner, and which was heading as obliviously towards its own nemesis in 1914 as Titanic was towards its iceberg.

Screening followed by a panel discussion & Q&A with Julian Fellowes, producers Nigel Stafford-Clark and Simon Vaughan, director Jon Jones and cast members (check BFI website for panel confirmation). Presented in association with BAFTA Tickets £10, concs £6.75 (Members pay £1.50 less)

Tue 20 March 18:20 NFT1

 

Titanic 3D

An IMAX 3D Experience

USA 2012. Dir James Cameron.With Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane. 194min

James Cameron’s epic romance – set against the ill-fated maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic – launched the careers of DiCaprio and Winslet, broke boxoffice records and won 11 Academy Awards in 1998. The digital remastering from Super 35 to stunning IMAX 3D – supervised by Cameron himself – results in a larger aspect ratio than the original and is therefore best enjoyed on the biggest screen in Britain.

Opens 5 April

 

Atlantic

UK 1929. Dir EA Dupont. With Madeleine Carroll, Franklin Dyall, John Longden,Monty Banks, Donald Calthrop. 90min. PG

German émigré Dupont followed silent classic Piccadilly with a costly sound adaptation of Ernest Raymond’s 1915 play The Berg. A thinly-veiled retelling of the Titanic disaster – direct reference to which was forbidden by the White Star Line –Atlantic is something of a curate’s egg. Among the earliest British sound films and the first produced in multiple languages (English, German, and later French), this all-but-forgotten entry in the Titanic canon boasts spectacular sets and a gripping finale.

*Introduced by season curator Simon McCallum; **Extended introduction by Archive curator John Oliver

Wed 11 Apr 20:40 NFT3*

Sun 15 Apr 16:00 NFT2**

 

The Debris Field - Salvaging the Titanic in Word, Sound and ImageThe Debris Field is a new multi-media production written and performed by poets Simon Barraclough, Isobel Dixon and Chris McCabe. The evocative poetic text is accompanied by original music from Oli Barrett of Bleeding Heart Narrative, and film by Jack Wake-Walker. The poets will take you on a resonant tour of the cultural debris of this iconic event, exploring ideas of luxury and labour; courage and folly; life and loss; and human ambition in the face of nature’s power. A key historic event explored with striking poetic, musical and visual impact.

Sat 14 April 19.30pm The Blue Room £6

 

Titanic

Germany 1943. Dir Herbert Selpin [& Werner Klingler (uncred)]. With Sybille Schmitz, Hans Nielsen, Kirsten Heiberg, EF Fürbringer. 85min. EST

Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels casts a sinister shadow over this budget-busting production, almost as troubled as the disaster it depicts from its fervently anti-British perspective (complete with fictional German hero). Original director Selpin died in custody after failing to toe the party line; Goebbels eventually banned the film entirely. UFA star Sybille Schmitz was shunned as a collaborator, her sad decline inspiring Fassbinder’s Veronika Voss (1982).

+ In Nacht und Eis

Germany 1912. Dir Mime Misu. With Ernst Rückert, Otto Rippert, Waldemar Hecker. c36min. With live piano Accompaniment

The earliest surviving dramatisation of the Titanic tragedy, thought lost until its rediscovery in the 1990s and restored by the Deutsche Kinemathek.

Wed 18 Apr 18:20 NFT2

Wed 25 Apr 20:30 NFT2

 

Titanic

USA 1953. Dir Jean Negulesco. With Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck,

Robert Wagner, Brian Aherne, Thelma Ritter. 97min. PG

Surprisingly it took some four decades for the Titanic story to get the full Hollywood treatment. Thankfully audiences were in safe hands with co-writer Charles Brackett (awarded the 1953 Academy Award for Best Story & Screenplay), and the indomitable Barbara Stanwyck as a first-class passenger fleeing her selfish socialite husband (Webb). Will he redeem himself in Titanic’s hour of need? Look out, too, for Thelma Ritter in a Molly Brown inspired supporting role.

Introduced by an Archive curator

Tue 24 Apr 20:40 NFT2

Sat 28 Apr 18:40 NFT2

 

A Night to Remember

UK 1958. Dir Roy Ward Baker. With Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres, Honor Blackman. 123min. New digital restoration. PG.

For many filmgoers and historians, A Night to Remember has never been bettered in its exciting yet heavily researched recreation of the Titanic’s fate. Based on Walter Lord’s book, the film moves the focus from first class by drawing on the experiences of crewmen like Second Officer Charles Lightoller (a landmark role in More’s career) and exposing the rigid class structure that shaped events before and after the fatal collision. Haunting moments – children’s toys sliding eerily, crockery crashing to the floor – superbly evoke the simple human horror of that freezing night.

Mon 16 Apr 20:20 NFT2

Introduced by John Graves, National Maritime Museum

Fri 13 – Sat 28 Apr Studio & NFT3

See calendar for times

 

Special Event:

Hitchcock’s Titanic Project

Join Charles Barr (author of English Hitchcock and the BFI Film Classic on Vertigo) for this unique presentation, shedding light on the Titanic film which was to have been Hitchcock’s first Hollywood assignment in 1939 before Selznick replaced it with Rebecca. Hitchcock had described it as a ‘marvellously dramatic subject for a motion picture’; a specially edited sequence draws upon shipboard extracts from his other films in order to show ‘what might have been’. This event marks the Titanic centenary and looks ahead to the BFI’s major project for later in 2012, The Genius of Hitchcock.

Wed 11 Apr 18:20 NFT3

ALL NEW PEOPLE

Zach Braff (star of TV sitcom Scrubs) transfers his self-penned debut theatrical play to the London West End after a brief run on Broadway in early Autumn of last year.  Only this time, Braff is taking the lead role of Charlie, previously performed by Justin Bartha (The Hangover).
 
When we first encounter Charlie, he is smoking a cigarette whilst standing on a chair with a noose around his neck.  Charlie is at his lowest ebb, he is about to commit suicide.  And then there is a knock at the door, and Charlie's plans to a turn for the better.
 
Emma (Eve Myles -Torchwood) is a British girl attempting to sell the beach house for the summer, the beach house Charlie says belongs to his parents.  Emma initially wants to ask Charlie why he wants to kill himself, yet he is reluctant to be close to anyone.
 
Emma calls in reinforcements, Myron (Paul Hilton) a fireman who is also the local drug dealer who joins the slowly growing party.  The third knock at the door presents a prostitute, Kim (Susannah Fielding) who is a gift to Charlie from an old friend in Manhattan.
 
Set in the bleak midwinter of Long Island, the cold and bitterness of the outside elements try to exact upon the people inside this one set play.  Braff has written a play that is at times laugh out loud funny and at times quite gripping with the emotional pull nearly the end of the conclusion.
 
Braff's play revolves around the fear of something to the central character (in the same vein of Neil Simon or Woody Allen, those other Jewish doyen writers), in this respect it is about Charlie's fear of growing older as he has hit the 35 year old milestone.  He has a stressful job as an air-traffic controller and his lapse into philosophical thinking at the desk led to the death of six people due to his mistake.


Charlie also has a fear of being alone, yet he is quick to shun away any attention he receives from his three visitors (they can be considered ghostly; the prostitute represents his past, Myron his here and now and Emma the possibility of future - a debt to Dickens perhaps).  The vigour and unexpectedness of the three guests leads to a wave of profanity in a plea for privacy, yet only once does he calm down does the comedy come out of the character's themselves, once we get over the initial set up of preventing Charlie's suicide.  The play morphs from a situation comedy to that of one driven by character.


The ending although slightly ambigious, can be deemed to be relatively happy for all concerned considering the real-time events that have taken place previously.


Braff is having fun with the format, and you can see the time he spent watching each performance in New York has paid dividends - Charlie whilst being the reason we are here, is the straight man of the piece - the best lines are reserved for Hilton and Fielding, in characters that could have been one-dimensional yet projected into something else.  Braff also delights in destroying the set - cornflakes, broken glasses, a broken art display lay strewn over the stage by the end; he also has a good ear for a joke, such as the running gag of him booby-trapping the apartment like Home Alone.  That joke works, because Braff is writing as a man who remembers how big that film was and the cultural significance of the work on the audience he is writing for.  The audience is mostly all 20-40 year old white anglo-saxons who are enjoying the fact they are seeing a famous sitcom character in the flesh.


However, if you expect anything resembling the manic frenzy of a Scrubs episode, you shall be severely disappointed.


Braff has a real presence on stage, never over-reaching for our attachment to his character; yet his work as writer is the star here. For acting plaudits, you need to look at the supporters - all have a dark secret and they all act their socks off.  Myles shows she has bones for comedy, Fielding gives her bimbo blonde a neat twist but Hilton, a RSC veteran, is amazing in his role as the cyncial Myron; he is having fun with Braff's words giving different connotations to the words on the page with real panache.


All New People is a debut theatrical work by a special talent; go see it for an engaging night out in the West End that is not a musical and is not a farce.
 
It runs at the Duke of York's Theatre on St. Martins Lane, for a strict 10 week run from 22nd February. 


http://duke-of-yorks.official-theatre.co.uk/
www.allnewpeople.co.uk

Harry Potter....

Warner Home Video Debuts Monumental Box Set

for Devoted Harry Potter Fans 

HARRY POTTER WIZARD’S COLLECTION

New Limited and Numbered Collection Is Largest Ever for Warner Bros.

31-Disc Collection Features All Previously Released Content Plus More Than 4 Hours of Never-Before-Seen Exclusive Material

Boasts All Eight Movies in Blu-ray™ and DVD

All disc versions feature UltraVioletÔ Digital Copy

Presented in Gorgeous Giftbox Packaging with Eight Must-Have Pieces of Collectible Movie Memorabilia That Can’t be Found Anywhere Else

Available from 10^th September

Burbank, Calif., March 22, 2012 – The magical film franchise that enchanted Muggles around the world is now available in a spectacular limited-edition collectible box set. The most comprehensive Harry Potter movie collection yet, the Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection, featuring all eight films, exclusive never-before-seen content and must-have memorabilia, will be available on 10^th September from Warner Home Video.

This new limited and numbered 31-disc collection contains all eight Harry Potter movies on
Blu-ray, DVD and UltraViolet Digital Copy and more than 37 hours of special features including all previously released materials and more than 10 hours of new to disc bonus content, and more than 4 hours of never-before-seen material. Witches and wizards that think they’ve seen everything will marvel at the all-new special features including the final two “Creating the World of Harry Potter” features titled “Story” and “Growing Up”. Many other, yet to be revealed, features are also included.

The Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection will also allow fans to conjure up every available version of all eight films. In addition to the theatrical release of every film, the collection also includes the extended versions of  Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; and the 3D versions of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows –- Parts 1 and 2.

Beautifully packaged in a stunning gift box measuring 32.4cm x 26.4cm x 28.6cm and weighing 19 lbs, the Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection is the largest collection ever released by Warner Bros. and contains eight artistic and authentic film memorabilia that are essential for anyone who has ever dreamt of being accepted to Hogwarts. The collectibles are exclusive to the set, and each item along with the rest of the contents of this epic collection will be revealed to anxious fans in an online campaign on www.harrypotter.com beginning today.

Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection will be available for £259.99 RRP.

Films Included in Collection – All on Blu-ray, DVD and UltraViolet Digital Copy

·         Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Theatrical Version and Extended Cut

·         Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Theatrical Version and Extended Cut

·         Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

·         Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

·         Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

·         Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

·         Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 2D and 3D Versions

·         Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 2D and 3D Versions

Special Features for Hours of Entertainment

·         Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection Bonus Disc

• Nearly 4 hours of features including:
• All New! “The Harry Potters You Never Met” – watch how thrilling stunts from the films were performed, and learn about the tricks behind the major stunts in the series
• Additional features to be revealed on www.harrypotter.com

·         Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Bonus Disc

• Over 2 hours of features including:
• All New! “Creating the World of Harry Potter, Pt. 7: Story”
• And many more to be revealed on www.harrypotter.com.

·         Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Bonus Disc

• Over 4 hours of features including:
• All New! “Creating the World of Harry Potter, Pt. 8: Growing Up”
• All New! Extended “A Conversation with JK Rowling and Dan Radcliffe” - with 15 minutes of new footage
• And many more to be revealed on www.harrypotter.com.

·         Exclusive Premiums

o   Exclusive memorabilia including a Map of Hogwarts, concept art prints, catalogs of props and posters, all designed by the graphic designers from the films will be revealed in detail onwww.harrypotter.com.

ULTRAVIOLET™ DIGITAL COPY

Warner Bros. is taking Digital Copy to a whole new level. The Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection UltraViolet Digital Copy includes a Standard Definition Digital Copy of all 8 Harry Potter main feature films. Special features not included.  Limited Time Offer. Restrictions and limitations apply.  Go to ultraviolet.flixster.com/info for details.