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Gina Yashere

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Gina Obedapo Yashere (born 6 April 1974) is a British comedian of Nigerian descent. Yashere was born in Bethnal Green, London, England. Before becoming a comedienne she worked as a lift (elevator) maintenance technician. Her mother is an immigrant from Nigeria.

Hope and Glory (TV Series)

Neverwhere (Novel)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Neverwhere is the companion novelization by Neil Gaiman of the television serial Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman and Lenny Henry. The plot and characters are exactly the same as in the series, with the exception that the novel form allowed Gaiman to expand and elaborate on certain elements of the story and restore changes made in the televised version from his original plans. Most notable is the appearance of the Floating Market at Harrods (in the novel) rather than under Battersea power station (the tv series). This was changed due to the management of Harrods changing their mind about proposed filming. The novel was originally released by BBC Books in 1996, three episodes into the television series run. It was accompanied by a spoken word CD and cassette release, also by the BBC. The novel enjoyed great success, whereas its television roots did not receive as much international exposure as the novel.

Neverwhere

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Neverwhere is an urban fantasy television series by Neil Gaiman that first aired in 1996 on BBC Two. The series is set in "London Below", a magical realm coexisting with the more familiar London, referred to as "London Above". It was devised by Neil Gaiman and Lenny Henry, and directed by Dewi Humphreys. Gaiman later adapted the series into book form. Richard Mayhew, a Scot living in London, encounters an injured girl named Door on the street one night. Despite his fiancée's protests he decides to help her, but that unfortunately also means that he suddenly ceases to exist for regular people and becomes real only to the denizens of 'London Below', whose inhabitants are generally invisible and non-existent to the people of 'London Above'. He loses his house, his job and nearly his mind as he travels London Below in an attempt to make sense out of it all, find a way back, and help Door survive as she is hunted down by hired assassins.

Warehouse Theatre

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Warehouse Theatre is a professional producing theatre with one hundred seats in the centre of the London Borough of Croydon, based in an oak-beamed former cement Victorian warehouse. It is acclaimed for its commitment to new writing, including its annual International Playwriting Festival, in partnership with the Extra Candoni Festival of Udine in Italy and Theatro Ena in Cyprus. Youth theatre is also important, with the resident Croydon Young Peoples' Theatre (CRYPT) and including an annual collaboration with the Croydon-based Brit School. Within the building there is also a popular CaféBar.

Lenny Henry

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Lenworth George "Lenny" Henry, CBE (born 29 August 1958) is an English actor, writer, comedian and occasional television presenter. Henry, the son of Jamaican immigrants, was born at Burton Road Hospital in Dudley in 1958. He was a pupil at St John's Primary School and later The Blue Coat School in Dudley, before completing his education at W.R. Tuson College (now Preston College).