To Clapham Picturehouse last night for the NT Live broadcast of Othello with Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear. Excepting only the sound bleed from the bar next door through much of the second half, this was a triumph. An exceptional more
With apologies for its late arrival (blame this blog's server), this is a further post about the preparations for the RSC's Live from Stratford-upon-Avon broadcast of Richard II to cinemas on 13 November in the UK (and later more
Today is the start of week four of rehearsals for the RSC's Richard II. The cast are beginning to work with director Greg Doran on the detail of each scene, starting this morning with Act I Scene 1. In parallel, more
Released today, the Richard II trailer... more about this, and further news from the production, on Monday.
To the Gate Notting Hill tonight for an NT Live encore screening of the Manchester International Festival Macbeth. I was away when this production with Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston was shown live in cinemas, and more
For the past year and more, we have hugely enjoyed working with the academic team putting together Shakespearean London Theatres. The ShaLT project is dedicated to telling 'the full story behind the vast theatrical scene that more
I want to tell you a story. It's short and, I hope, a bit quirky. Maybe it has connections with #Dream40 this weekend, but if it does those links are quite oblique. Rather, take it as a little more
Sometime after midnight: 'Sweet friends, to bed.'
The rain stayed away, the moon shone bright, Act V was played for us, and the iron tongue of midnight tolled on cue.
'So, good night unto you all.'
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So this is the easy bit. Easy to experience, that is, if you are in Stratford-upon-Avon, are lucky enough to have an invitation, and are prepared to be awake and alert at 2am. It's most certainly not easy to create, more
(There is quite a bit of cooking and gardening too.) To the pleasing Picturehouse in Stratford-upon-Avon for Pompeii Live. This is a live-to-cinema broadcast from the British Museum blockbuster and yet another offering in the increasingly crowded more