Happy 30th birthday to us!

15th June 2012

We are 30 years old today!! Illuminations was incorporated on 15 June 1982. We were sort of aware of that but could not quite remember the exact date. But my colleague Linda Zuck has just looked out the paperwork and more

‘ ‘Tis but the time’

15th June 2012

We are thrilled to confirm that our television film of the RSC's production of Julius Caesar, directed by Greg Doran, will be broadcast on BBC Four at 8pm on Sunday 24 June. As you can imagine we will be blogging more

After you’ve gone

12th June 2012

The emerald-green grass is sodden from the rain that has fallen through the day. But the sky shows a patch or two of bright blue. Richly pungent from a wealth of flowers, the air is full of noises from unseen more

Today’s ten Julius Caesar thoughts

2nd June 2012

Apologies (and how familiar is this) for the lack of posts. We have been preparing the final part of the filming of the RSC's new Julius Caesar, which we are doing this weekend in Stratford-upon-Avon's Royal Shakespeare Theatre. I'll try more

The Space: 21 days later

21st May 2012

Time for another update on the pop-up arts offering The Space (go here and here for earlier bulletins). This is the Arts Council England initiative with the BBC which I gather is likely - after more

‘A tongue shriller than all the music’

19th May 2012

This is the RSC's neat and punchy new trailer for the stage production of Julius Caesar: How odd - and interesting - it is to see a trailer for something with which, through the film version, we are so closely associated, more

The NPG’s big, fat Coronation, or…

18th May 2012

... the 1970s were not in widescreen. Let's return to a favourite topic for this blog, even if it is one that I know comes across as a little arcane. Yes indeed, this is another post about frame ratios (see more