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2 unusual facts about Emma Thompson


Aidchild

Lonely Planet calls Aidchild's Equation Café “first class,” and Oscar winner Emma Thompson says it is “possibly the best shop on the planet”.

Penny Dwyer

The other performers in The Cellar Tapes were Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, Tony Slattery and Paul Shearer.


ADC Theatre

Many famous actors acted in the theatre at the start of their careers, including Sir Ian McKellen, Emma Thompson, Dan Stevens, Rebecca Hall, Hugh Laurie, Hattie Morahan and Tilda Swinton.

Kelly Marcel

Marcel is credited for the screenplay of the 2013 drama film Saving Mr. Banks, "a behind-the-scenes look at how the popular Disney film "Mary Poppins" came to be," starring Tom Hanks as Walt Disney and Emma Thompson as P.L. Travers.

Philippe Gaulier

Former students at the school include the theatre director Simon McBurney, whose company Theatre de Complicite has been influenced by Gaulier's work, and the actors Emma Thompson, Marcello Magni, Kathryn Hunter, Cal McCrystal and Sacha Baron Cohen.


see also

Cambridge Footlights Revue

It was written by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie with Penny Dwyer, Kim Harris, Katie Kelly, Jan Ravens, Paul Shearer, Tony Slattery, and Emma Thompson and performed by Fry, Laurie, Dwyer, Shearer, Slattery, and Thompson.

Henry Plantagenet Somerset

Henry was the second son of Colonel Charles Henry Somerset and Christina Emma Thompson and was born at Fort Armstrong in Kafraria, Cape Colony (South Africa) on 19 May 1852 where his father was a serving officer with the 72nd Highlanders.