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2007 UK tour. Acorn Antiques: The Musical! is a musical about an antiques dealer, based on the parodic soap opera of the same name by Victoria Wood. It premiered in the West End in 2005, and starred Julie Walters and Celia Imrie. The musical won the Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical and was nominated as Best ...
Acorn Antiques is a parodic soap opera written by British comedian Victoria Wood as a regular feature in the two series of Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, which ran from 1985 to 1987. Wood later adapted the concept into a musical, which opened in 2005.
Secondly, Acorn Antiques was briefly brought back for an episode in 2001, featuring the original cast and Nick Frost as an armed robber. [39] In 2005 it was revived by Wood as a West End theatre production Acorn Antiques: The Musical!, starring the original cast and directed by Trevor Nunn. [40]
Acorn Antiques The Musical! (original London cast, released 2006) The Rat Pack: Live from Las Vegas; Candide (PBS Live from Lincoln Center / Great Performances release) [3] Elisabeth (Austria) Jerry Springer the Opera (London; BBC Two release 2006) [3] Passion
Victoria Wood CBE (19 May 1953 – 20 April 2016) was an English comedian, actress, lyricist, singer, composer, pianist, screenwriter, producer and director. Wood wrote and starred in dozens of sketches, plays, musicals, films and sitcoms over several decades and her live comedy act was interspersed with her own compositions which she performed at the piano.
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Julie Walters. Dame Julia Mary Walters DBE (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Julie Walters, is an English actress. She is the recipient of four British Academy Television Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two International Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and an Olivier Award. Walters has been nominated for two Academy ...
8: Guys and Dolls. 6: Don Carlos, Hedda Gabler and Mary Stuart. 4: Coram Boy. 3: Acorn Antiques, Death of a Salesman and La clemenza di Tito. 2: Billy Budd, Heroes, H.M.S. Pinafore, Madama Butterfly, PUSH and The Big Life. The following three productions received multiple awards: 4: Billy Elliot and Hedda Gabler.