First Night (2010)
Adam is a rich industrialist, who aspires to a more cultured world. Spurred on by playful jibes that he is little more than a city suit living the capitalist's dream, this frustrated amateur opera singer decides to throw an opera in his lavish country retreat. Once his friends see him belting out the notes, he feels sure it will spell the end to their shallow taunts. In fact, it might even help him win the hand of a female conductor he has been pursuing whom - it just so happens - is the first to be recruited for his showpiece
Director: Christopher Menaul
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Richard E. Grant as Adam |
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Peter Basham as Biker |
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Sarah Brightman as Celia |
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Edyta Budnik as Bertha |
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Susannah Fielding as Debbie |
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Oliver Dimsdale as Phillip |
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Laura Power as Stella |
| Directing | Christopher Menaul | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Holly Waddington | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Production | Jonathan Evans | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lucy Samworth | Hairstylist |
| Production | Stephen Evans | Producer |
| Production | Selwyn Roberts | Producer |
| Writing | Christopher Menaul | Writer |
| Camera | Tim Palmer | Director of Photography |
| Production | Simon Crowe | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Phoebe De Gaye | Costume Design |
| Production | Romilly Evans | Producer |
| Production | Alan Latham | Producer |
| Writing | Jeremy Sams | Writer |
| Art | Neesh Ruben | Set Decoration |
| Editing | St. John O'Rorke | Editor |
| Art | Stuart Walker | Production Design |
| Production | Michael Woodward | Executive Producer |
| Art | Diane Danklefsen | Art Direction |