As my production interests and my academic concerns are both focussed, albeit not exclusively, on live events for the cinema, I am acutely aware of how rapidly the field is developing. To help myself, if no-one else, keep up to date more
In just over a fortnight I jet off to Brisbane for a week to take up the Lloyd Davis Memorial Fellowship at the University of Queensland. I’m honoured by the invitation and very much looking forward to visiting a city more
Picturegoing is a splendid online resource compiled and curated by the estimable Luke McKernan, who also runs another richly interesting blog under his own name and in his spare time is the British Library's more
Discussions about adapting stage plays for the screen, whether broadcast live or recorded 'as live', have moved on apace over the past couple of months. There have also been a number of further cinema broadcasts, including a successful presentation by more
If it's Wednesday, it must be the live broadcast day of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Live from Stratford-upon-Avon broadcast of Henry IV Part II. We're back at the Boar's Head tavern, which is where Falstaff, Hal more
On Friday the Royal Shakespeare Company launched the trailer for their new productions of Henry IV Parts I and II: Following November's successful showing of Richard II, these new stagings will be broadcast in cinemas for Live more
At lunchtime on Sunday I sat in the front row of Screen 2 at the Barbican watching - for the first time on a big screen since November - Richard II Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. Tonight I sat in the 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
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
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