Last week I saw on consecutive nights the National Theatre's production of Christopher Marlowe's Edward II and Headlong's 1984 (above, in a production photograph by Tristram Kenton). The former, now closed, was directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins, the more
Earlier this month I was delighted to make a very modest contribution to a conference in Oxford about Louis MacNeice, radio writer and producer co-organised by my Screen Plays colleague Dr Amanda Wrigley. Amanda and Professor 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
I said that I am not going to post a 'review' of Richard II, which opened to a wonderful reception last night in Stratford-upon-Avon (with live cinema broadcasts on and after 13 November). And I'm not. Nor am more
On the day before the press night of Richard II, I am starting a page that I hope will be helpful to us all across the coming month and more. The cinema broadcast Live from Stratford-upon-Avon, in the more
If it's Thursday, it must be the first preview of Richard II. My posts from Stratford-upon-Avon towards the live broadcasts to cinemas have been appearing mostly on Mondays, but from now on there will be more than a 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
How fascinating to see three different productions of the same great play in one week. Last Friday I watched a preview of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts adapted and directed by Richard Eyre at the Almeida (until 23 November). Over more