16-583: Hi-Life is a 1998 American Christmas romantic comedy film written and directed by Roger Hedden and starring Katrin Cartlidge , Charles Durning , Daryl Hannah , Moira Kelly , Peter Riegert , Campbell Scott and Eric Stoltz . At Christmas-time, a generally disliked out-of-work actor finds himself in debt for $ 900 to a local bookie, who threatens to start breaking bones if he doesn't pay. Knowing he won't get much sympathy, he tells his girlfriend that he needs money for an emergency abortion for his sister. Soon
32-488: A bartender and a friendly bar customer starts hitting everyone up for the cash. Meanwhile everyone is roaming amongst Christmas parties and spreading the word. In the end, everyone meets back at the bar and only then does the actor's ploy stand revealed. The film has an 83% rating on Rotten Tomatoes . Katrin Cartlidge Katrin Juliet Cartlidge (15 May 1961 – 7 September 2002)
48-546: Is a receiving and producing theatre in the Central Saint Martin's complex at King's Cross. It holds 360 in a variety of configurations, has an orchestra pit and a full flying tower and is equipped to high professional standards. It aims to present all aspects of the performing arts. Productions by students of Drama Centre London were presented there, and work by students of other colleges of the University of
64-548: The Sarajevo Film Festival , an annual bursary is awarded by "an elected curator, chosen by the (Foundation) Trustees from a wide and eclectic number of Katrin Cartlidge’s friends and colleagues...(to) a new creative voice... While the new talent nominated each year will be a filmmaker, it is anticipated that the choices will be as varied and extraordinary as Katrin’s own choice of filmmakers and friends from across
80-755: The Yevgeny Vakhtangov and Jacques Lecoq traditions. It offered a theatre-based training incorporating both modern and classical texts; and prepared actors for the demands of screen acting, for which it had a two-year postgraduate course. In September 2005, it launched its MA Acting course (formerly 'European Classical Acting') including residencies at both the Vakhtangov Theatre Institute in Moscow and Imalis Center for Ancient Hellenic Theatre in Epidaurus, Greece. The Drama Centre
96-704: The Western theatrical tradition that began with the Greeks, on which the school placed great emphasis. When the school was founded, it was England's only drama school with an acting class, and was considered the first Method drama school in Britain. Because of its rigour, the school's nickname was "Trauma Center". Like most drama schools, Drama Centre placed a particular emphasis on the work of Konstantin Stanislavski , also training students in improvisation through
112-559: The arts." Mike Leigh: "She took to the improvisation and character work instantly, easily and with extraordinary commitment and imagination. Other than in the Royal Court Young Peoples Theatre, she had had no formal training, but you would never have guessed it. ( Drama Centre London turned her down, and that put her off). She often talked to me about [a] move into directing. I am in no doubt that we have lost not only one of our greatest actors but also one of
128-544: The lead roles, Hannah, at the ages of both 20 and 30, and in Topsy Turvy she was a madam in a Paris brothel . She was due to play the lead role in Polish director Lech Majewski 's 2004 film The Garden of Earthly Delights —that of an art historian dying of cancer —but she left shortly before production began. Cartlidge won a role in 21 Grams but was replaced by Charlotte Gainsbourg due to her death. Cartlidge
144-708: The most interesting new directors of the future." Following her death, British singer Morrissey dedicated a performance of his song " Late Night, Maudlin Street " at the Royal Albert Hall to Cartlidge, describing her as a "brilliant person and fantastic actor". Tracy Letts dedicated his 2003 play Man from Nebraska to Cartlidge, stating "Man from Nebraska is dedicated to the memory of my dear friend Katrin Cartlidge". Film Television Television film and short works Drama Centre London Drama Centre London (often abbreviated as Drama Centre )
160-626: The school's founding was to bring some of the major developments in American and European theatre to the training of British and international actors. Its approach articulated Stanislavski's system , with the movement work of Rudolf Laban and the character typology of Carl Jung to produce a 'movement psychology' for the analysis and development of characters. Its work also drew on the English tradition, particularly that of Joan Littlewood and Theatre Workshop . These approaches were taught as part of
176-710: Was a British drama school in King's Cross , London, where it moved in 2011 after a major reshaping of the University of the Arts London . It was part of Central Saint Martins , a constituent college of the university. Following a review in 2020, the school closed with the graduation of its final students in 2022. Whilst in operation, Drama Centre London was a member of the Federation of Drama Schools , it offered BA (Hons) and MA acting courses. Drama Centre London
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#1732782859401192-546: Was also filming Dogville at the time of her death and was replaced by Patricia Clarkson . Cartlidge died at the age of 41, owing to complications from pneumonia and septicaemia . The impact of Cartlidge's sudden death saw the creation of the Katrin Cartlidge Foundation by the trustees Mike Leigh , Peter Gevisser, Simon McBurney , Chris Simon, and Cat Villiers. The patrons include Lars von Trier and Cartlidge's sister Michelle . Established at
208-625: Was an English actress. She first appeared on screen as Lucy Collins in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1982–1983), before going on to win the 1997 Evening Standard Film Award for Best Actress for the Mike Leigh film Career Girls . Her other film appearances included Leigh's Naked (1993), Before the Rain (1994), Breaking the Waves (1996) and From Hell (2001). Cartlidge
224-851: Was born in London, to Derek, an English father and Bobbi, a German-Jewish refugee mother. She was educated at the Parliament Hill School for Girls in Camden . Her work on Manchevski's Before the Rain and on No Man's Land made her well known in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Balkans . Sophie, in Mike Leigh's Naked , was her first leading role. Cartlidge worked in two more Leigh films: in Career Girls she played one of
240-576: Was founded in 1963 by a breakaway group of teachers and students from the Central School of Speech and Drama , led by John Blatchley, Yat Malmgren and Christopher Fettes. It was originally on Prince of Wales Road, Chalk Farm , but moved first to Back Hill, Clerkenwell in 2004, then to King's Cross in 2011. From 1999 to 2020, it operated as an integral school of Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design , offering degree programmes in acting, directing and screenwriting. A principal aim in
256-661: Was the first British drama school to introduce some of the great classics of the Spanish, German and French repertoires, a precedent reflected in connections between many schools in the UK, US, Russia and China. In March 2020 UAL announced that they were to close the Drama Centre, following an unfavourable review of the centre's provision for academic development, quality assurance and equal opportunities. Students currently enrolled would complete their training. The Platform Theatre
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