The Old Vic: Speed-The-Plow by David Mamet
Director: Matthew Warchus
Bobby Gould: Jeff Goldblum
Charlie Fox: Kevin Spacey
Karen: Laura Michelle Kelly
Speed-The-Plow is a fast-paced, hard-hitting show about the nature of Hollywood screen writers in the usual David Mamet take-no-prisoners style. To be honest, despite the big names (Kevin Spacey and Jeff Goldblum) this is probably one of my [...]
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Review: Speed-The-Plow by David Mamet
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Review: The Lover / The Collection by Harold Pinter
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Comedy Theatre: The Lover / The Collection by Harold Pinter
Director: Jamie Lloyd
The Lover
Richard: Richard Coyle
Sarah: Gina McKee
John: Charlie Cox
The Collection
Harry: Timothy West
James: Richard Coyle
Stella: Gina McKee
Bill: Charlie Cox
Having previously stage managed Harold Pinter’s The Lover (along with The Betrayal) in school; I was very excited to see a professional cast do the same show. Luckily, [...]
Royal Academy of Arts: From Russia
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Royal Academy of Arts: From Russia
I visited the Royal Academy of Arts for research into my character in The Cherry Orchard. They were showing French and Russian Master Paintings from 1870-1925. This is exactly the time when Luybov Ranevskya was both in France and Russia. I learned a lot from the paintings and the audio [...]
Review: Happy Now by Lucinda Coxon
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National Theatre: Happy Now by Lucinda Coxon (World Premiere)
Director: Thea Sharrock
Michael: Stanley Townsend
Kitty: Olivia Williams
Johnny, Kitty’s husband: Jonathan Cullen
Miles: Dominic Rowan
Bea, Miles wife: Emily Joyce
June, Kitty’s mother: Anne Reid
I went to see Happy Now with my mother while she was visiting me in London. We were very lucky to get the last two available tickets, [...]
