Fisayo Akinade
Also Known As: Fisayo, 피사요 아키나데
Biography: Fisayo Akinade is a stage, film and television actor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hackney, London, England, UK
Birthday: December 28, 1987
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Gender: Male
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The Personal History of David Copperfield
Overview: A fresh and distinctive take on Charles Dickens’ semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal History of David Copperfield, set in the 1840s, chronicles the life of its iconic title character as he navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive place within it. From his unhappy childhood to the discovery of his gift as a storyteller and writer, David’s journey is by turns hilarious and tragic, but always full of life, colour and humanity.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-07
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National Theater Live: The Crucible
Overview: A witch hunt is beginning in Arthur Miller's captivating parable of power with Erin Doherty (The Crown) and Brendan Cowell (Yerma). Raised to be seen but not heard, a group of young women in Salem suddenly find their words have an almighty power. As a climate of fear, vendetta and accusation spreads through the community, no one is safe from trial. Lindsey Turner (Hamlet) directs this contemporary new staging, design by Tony award winner Es Devlin. Captured live from the Olivier stage of the national theater.
Genres: History Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-01-26
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The Vote
Overview: On 7 May, churches, school halls, and back rooms of community centres will be turned into polling stations, staffed by council workers and volunteers. A church polling station is the backdrop for a real-time play for theatre and TV, called The Vote, staged at the exact moment in which the action is set - the last 90 minutes before polls close.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-07
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The Girl with All the Gifts
Overview: In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into thoughtless, flesh-eating monsters. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save humanity.
Genres: Action Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-23
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Shakespeare Lives: The Works
Overview: A short film set in modern times with Shakespeare's language.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-22
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Overview: At the tyrannical court of Athens, pitiless dictator Theseus plans his wedding to Hippolyta, a prisoner of war, while young Hermia is sentenced to death by her own father for loving the wrong man. Meanwhile, in the town below, an amateur theatre group rehearses. And beyond Athens, in the wild woods, dark forces are stirring...
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-05-30
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National Theatre Live: Saint Joan
Overview: Josie Rourke directs Gemma Arterton as Joan of Arc in Bernard Shaw's electrifying classic. Performed at the Donmar Warehouse, and part of the NT Live series of broadcasts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-16
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The Isle
Overview: 1840 and another ship crashes on the rocks of an almost deserted island in Scotland. Three sailors survive the wreck and make it to shore where the few locals take them in as they wait for the mainland boat to come for them. But the sailors' survival story has only just started as they uncover the strange past of the once vibrant island.
Genres: Thriller Adventure Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-02-08
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Martin's Close
Overview: A young squire accused of murdering a young girl that did not return his feelings of love reveals a supernatural secret at his trial.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-24
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National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra
Overview: Caesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But at the fringes of a war-torn empire the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony have fallen fiercely in love. In a tragic fight between devotion and duty, obsession becomes a catalyst for war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-06
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National Theatre Live: Barber Shop Chronicles
Overview: For generations, African men have gathered in barber shops to discuss the world. These are places where the banter can be barbed and the truth is always telling. Follow along as we leap from a barber shop in Peckham to Johannesburg, Harare, Kampala, Lagos and Accra over the course of a single day.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-09
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Romeo & Juliet
Overview: An adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy set in modern-day Italy where two young lovers strive to transcend a violent world where Catholic and secular values clash.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-28
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