Andrew Scott to star in Old Vic’s livestreamed play Three Kings | Stage | The Guardian
One year on from his award-winning run in Noël Coward’s Present Laughter, Andrew Scott will return to the Old Vic theatre in London to perform a new livestreamed play. Three … Continue reading
Judi Dench | The Old Vic | Happy Birthday!
‘The girl with the week’s biggest break’ Dame Judi Dench returned to The Old Vic 60 years after she made her professional stage debut as Ophelia at 22. She discusses … Continue reading
Archive Interview • FAITH BROOK • The Colour of Poppies • Jermyn Street Theatre • 2004
FROM THE ARCHIVE When I first heard that Faith Brook was to be back on stage to perform in her solo show at the Mill Studio in Guildford, I knew … Continue reading
Archive Interview • Hugh Bonneville • 2004
FROM THE ARCHIVE Hugh Bonneville is not only a sublime actor but a charming and erudite chap with a fine line in drollery. He sounds a little wary at the start … Continue reading
Director Howard Davies dies aged 71 – WhatsOnStage.com
Director Howard Davies has died at the age of 71. Directors, playwrights and the theatre community took to Twitter to pay tribute to the man who worked extensively at theatres … Continue reading
Archive Interview • PETER EYRE • Richard II @ The Old Vic Theatre, London • 2005
Peter Eyre languorously tucks into his toasted cheese Panini, snatching a lunch break between rehearsals of Trevor Nunn’s latest production at the Old Vic, Richard II. Just down the road … Continue reading
Did You Know…? | DAME SYBIL THORNDIKE: An Indefatigable Dame • 2008
Did you know that when John Gielgud was arrested for soliciting in 1953 – the basis for critic Nicholas de Jongh’s play, Plague over England, the then landlord of the famous … Continue reading
Archive Interview • RONALD PICKUP • Look Back in Anger • 2006
Whichever way you look at it, Ronald Pickup’s credits are extensive. In Peter Hall’s Bath season programme, his biog for Look Back in Anger runs to two columns. Google him … Continue reading
Ralph Fiennes in ‘The Master Builder’
Originally posted on pilar221b:
Matt Trueman: London Theater Review Ralph Fiennes likes a challenge. He picks his parts like a pole-vaulter pushing himself higher. Last year, it was Jack Tanner…
Archive Interview • FAITH BROOK • The Colour of Poppies • Jermyn Street Theatre • 2004
When I first heard that Faith Brook was to be back on stage to perform in her solo show at the Mill Studio in Guildford, I knew I would be … Continue reading
The Life and Times of Fanny Hill – Madame Guillotine
In a week where everyone is talking about the release of the Fifty Shades of Grey film (did anyone actually like that book? I haven’t read any of them and … Continue reading
Working Title Acquires Theatrical Rights to Library of ‘Famous Five’ Author Enid Blyton: Report
Archive Theatre Review • ELAINE STRITCH AT LIBERTY & DOROTHY FIELDS FOREVER • Old Vic/King’s Head • 2002
Elaine Stritch – At Liberty If you are tired of tin-pot stars fashioned through the medium of small screen follies, then don’t miss the other pair of dames on the … Continue reading
Archive Theatre Review • CORIOLANUS • RSC @ The Old Vic • 2003
Japan in the early twentieth century — a turbulent place of military incursions and unstable social order. A state of transition exists as the power is shifted from the ruling élite to … Continue reading
Archive Interview • Hugh Bonneville • 2004
Hugh Bonneville is not only a sublime actor but a charming and erudite chap with a fine line in drollery. He sounds a little wary at the start of our telephone … Continue reading