Award-winning actress to launch film events.AWARD-winning actress Alison Steadman will visit Liverpool later this month to launch a new series of filmbased special events. The Liverpool-born star of Mike Leigh's Life is Sweet will attend a screening of the film at FACT on September 29. Steadman was awarded Best Actress from the National Society of Film Critics Award in 1991 for her portrayal of Wendy, whose husband decides to run a fast food van. She will also take part in a question and answer session at the launch of Clapperboard Presents, a new monthly initiative to re-visit and celebrating the groundbreaking work of local film talent. Funds raised will go to the Clapperboard Youth Project. Steadman says: "It's an honour for me to be returning to Liverpool. "Not only to this great city but to support the Clapperboard Youth Project which aims to bring both new and existing talent together in these monthly events that will raise much needed funds." Later Clapperboard Presents events will also focus on the work of Rita Tushingham, Willy Russell William Martin Russell (born 23 August 1947 in Whiston, Merseyside) is a British playwright, author, lyricist and composer. Life Russell comes from a working class background. , David Morrissey, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Neil Fitzmaurice Neil Fitzmaurice (born in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom) is a British writer and actor best-known for his role as Ray-Von in Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights, which he also co-wrote. , Christine Tremarco, Jimmy McGovern Jimmy McGovern (born 1949) is a BAFTA award-winning English television scriptwriter from Liverpool. He is particularly known for writing powerful and thought-provoking dramas often based around hard-hitting social issues or controversial real-life events. , Stephen Graham, John McArdle and Ian Hart. Tickets, priced pounds 10 (pounds 7 concs) available from the FACT box office. CAPTION(S): Alison Steadman |
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