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Dateline: 22nd September, 2006
24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala The line up of well-known theatre names who will be taking part in the Old Vic's 24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala on 8th October, in which well-known actors, playwrights and directors come together to write and rehearse six short plays and subsequently perform them on the Old Vic stage within 24 hours, has been announced. They include actors Clare Higgins, Patricia Hodge, Greta Scacchi, Tamzin Outhwaite, Alexander Armstrong, Tom Hardy, Adrian Lukis, Nichola McAuliffe, Clarke Peters, Rachael Stirling, Dominic West and Alicia Witt. Writers include Simon Farquhar, Bryony Lavery, Colin Teevan and Sally Wainwright, and directors include Nikolai Foster (resident director at Sheffield Theatres), Josie Rourke and Bijan Sheibani. All proceeds from the gala go to Old Vic New Voices, which nurtures new talent and develops new work, and which also organises the non-celebrity version of The 24 Hour Plays, which is aimed at budding theatre professionals aged 18-25. Kevin Spacey, Artistic Director of the Old Vic, said, “The actors are in for a hell of a time and we’re incredibly grateful to them for supporting Old Vic New Voices’ vital work to develop new writing and young talent at our theatre.” Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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