{"id":23753,"date":"2025-09-15T12:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/23753\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T12:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:49:09","slug":"daisy-ridley-ambika-mod-set-for-pride-prejudice-table-read-for-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/23753\/","title":{"rendered":"Daisy Ridley, Ambika Mod Set for Pride &#038; Prejudice Table Read for Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/ambika-mod\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ambika-mod\" data-tag=\"ambika-mod\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ambika Mod<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/daisy-ridley\/\" id=\"auto-tag_daisy-ridley\" data-tag=\"daisy-ridley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daisy Ridley<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/morfydd-clark\/\" id=\"auto-tag_morfydd-clark\" data-tag=\"morfydd-clark\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morfydd Clark<\/a> are among the names taking part in a special one-off table read of \u201cPride and Prejudice\u201d in London to raise money for Medical Aid for Palestinians. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe event is being arranged by the Cinema for Gaza group, which last year helped raise more than \u00a3250,000 ($316,00) for the charity through an auction of items and personal experiences from names such as Josh O\u2019Connor, Tilda Swinton and Jonathan Glazer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe table-read will be hosted by Nish Kumer and is set to take place on Oct. 12 at the Troxy in East London. Alongside Mod, Ridley and Clark, others involved include Jameela Jamil, Susan Wokoma, Mawaan Rizwan, Priya Kansara, Amar Chadha-Patel, Jeff Mirza, Shazia Mirza and Asim Chaudhry. More names are set to be announced for what is described as a \u201cfun and imaginative tribute to Austen\u2019s enduring tale,\u201d being directed by \u201cWe Are Lady Parts\u201d creator Nida Manzoor.|<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cIt is the 250th anniversary of Austen\u2019s birth as we lift the curtain on a single man with a large fortune in want of a wife,\u201d reads the description. \u201cRoll up to witness the unsuspecting Mr. Bingley going toe-to-toe with the Bennett family, as Mr Darcy puts his foot in his mouth every time he encounters the vexing, intriguing Elizabeth Bennett. Enjoy withering wit, some top-notch repressed flirting, and hard-won happy endings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAccording to Cinema for Gaza, \u201cevery penny raised on the night will go directly to Medical Aid for Palestine\u2019s lifesaving work, including their polyclinic in Gaza, which is continuing to operate despite Israel\u2019s bombardment, siege, and forced displacement orders.\u201d It asserted that the clinic has been supporting hundreds of patients a day, providing vital healthcare such as psychosocial support, physiotherapy, and medication for chronic conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ambika Mod, Daisy Ridley and Morfydd Clark are among the names taking part in a special one-off table&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[24474,24475,156,24476,409,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-23753","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-ambika-mod","9":"tag-daisy-ridley","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-morfydd-clark","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-new-zealand","14":"tag-newzealand","15":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}