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SAMANTHA MURRAY Sammy trained at the Royal Ballet School and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Her recent credits as choreographer include Victoria, Endeavour ITV, Dickensian BBC1, work with Imelda Staunton and Michael Ball on the BBC 2 Christmas Musical That Day We Sang , A Young Doctors Notebook for Sky Arts, The Hour for BBC TV, Mr. Selfridge for ITV and a television Panto featuring John Bishop for ITV, Christmas 2012. Other credits include BBC single drama Eric & Ernie, Giddy Kipper (Victoria Wood’s Little Cracker) for Tiger Aspect, the TV film Ballet Shoes and the Victoria Wood 2009 Christmas television Special. Theatre choreography includes Talent at the Menier Chocolate Factory and That Day We Sang at The Royal Exchange and The Opera House Manchester, part of the Manchester International Festival; both written and directed by Victoria Wood. Her credits as assistant choreographer/assistant director include The Pirates of Penzance, Miss Saigon, Crazy For You and Me & My Girl all for Aarhaus and Odense Theatre, The Three Musketeers for Joop Van Den Ende Productions Holland and the stage musical Tonight’s The Night, assisting Stephen Mear. She was resident director on the national tour of Singin In The Rain in which she played Dolores and she was was assistant choreographer on Acorn Antiques at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, and resident director on the show’s national tour. Directors: K. Gardner, A. Herrity Company Reg. No: 05101914 Registered Address: 47 Westminster Palace Gardens, 1 - 7 Artillery Row, London SW1P 1RR _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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Woodward, Edward (1930- ) British Actor
Wood, Victoria dos. Wood said from the start there would only he two 1994 Victoria Wood Live in Your Own Home series of dinnerladies, and she was as good as her 1998-2000 dinnerladies word, neatly rounding up all the loose ends in the final couple of episodes. She confessed that the sitcoms Made -for-Television Movie were the hardest writing she had ever attempted, but 1994 Pat and Margaret once again she had risen to the challenge. DICK FIDDY Television Specials (selected) See also British Programming 1979 Talent 1980 Nearly a Happy Ending Victoria Wood. Born in Prestwich, Lancashire, En- 1981 Happy Since I Met You gland, May 19, 1953. Attended Bury Grammar School 1988 An Audience with Victoria Wood for Girls; University of Birmingham, B.A. in drama 1992 Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast and theater arts. Married: Geoffrey Durham, 1980; one 2000 Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings son and one daughter. Worked on regional television 2001 Victoria Wood's Sketch Show Story and radio, 1974-78; theater writer; formed television comedy partnership with Julie Walters; star of her own series and one -woman stage shows, writing her own Stage (selected) material; appeared in numerous television series; au- Talent, 1980; Good Fun, 1980; Funny Turns, 1982; thor of several books. D.Litt: University of Lancaster, Lucky Bag, 1984; Victoria Wood, 1987; Victoria 1989, University of Sunderland, 1994. Recipient: Pye Wood Way up West, 1990; Victoria Wood: At It Colour Television Award, 1979; Broadcasting Press Again, 2001. Guild Award, 1985; British Academy
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