Last night saw the first round of Richard II Live from Stratford-upon-Avon Encore screenings. Which meant that I woke up to another round of wonderfully enthusiastic #RSCRichardII Twitter responses. The RSC has had a brilliant response to its more
Slowly trying to make sense of last night. In many ways the broadcast was immaculate - it looked great and, in the OB truck, it sounded great. There were no significant problems in Stratford but I know that a small more
This is the post I'm using to chronicle events up to Wednesday evening; you can also follow how things are unfolding via @livefromSuA, @TheRSC and @Illuminations. 6.11pm Everyone is returning and we're about to more
Uncertain as I am about whether the details of the RSC Richard II Live from Stratford-upon-Avon production schedule are really of any interest, I took a stab at chronicling that on Sunday, and I'll continue that today. Later today we will run more
First day of the new month, and just twelve to go until the Live from Stratford-upon-Avon broadcast to UK cinemas of the RSC's Richard II (full details and links to ticket sales here). On Sunday the more
On Thursday evening Arena premiered the first of two films looking back at the history of the National Theatre. I am going to wait for the second to air before posting about them, but I do want to look today at more
Unsurprisingly perhaps, I have been posting a lot recently about Richard II. As a consequence of that, today's weekly post is rather shorter than usual. I should perhaps say that we had an excellent time at the opening night on more
Now how do I write this latest post in my Richard II series? On Friday last I and others watched a full run of the play in the rehearsal room. On Thursday the production has its first preview. So I more
'On Saturday night I saw (and heard) the future of arts programmes.' It is some five and a half years since I started my blog post Live from the Met with that line. The occasion was the first live High Definition more
Press features for Richard II get into gear this evening, Tuesday, with the appearance of David Tennant and director Greg Doran on BBC Radio 4's Front Row at 7.15pm. I will post an iPlayer link once that goes more