This week on my Twitter feed is another fairly subdued one, with the casting for Michael Grandage's just-announced West End season and the BBC's Hollow Crown series of Shakespeare adaptations the main source of excitement. I know, it's like a non-stop party round here ( Read more... )

While the Old Vic have been marking Terence Rattigan's centenary with his final play, Trevor Nunn at the TRH has looked earlier in the playwright's career. Written while Rattigan was serving on RAF bombers flying raids over Germany, Flare Path is named after the row of lights that help pilots take off and land, and aims to similarly illuminate what ( Read more... )

I was due to see The Empire the Monday-before-last, but Joe Armstrong, who plays the central character of Gary, was ill. The Royal Court can't afford understudies so another actor rehearsed the role at the last minute and performed a few shows with book in hand, but obviously this isn't ideal and I was sent an email offering to change my ticket for ( Read more... )

Well no, Jonas Armstrong wasn't in this play, but I'm using this avatar because Orphans stars the other J. Armstrong from Robin Hood - Allan-a-Dale himself, Joe Armstrong. Not that he's second prize by any means - in the unlikely event I was given the opportunity I'd find it hard to choose between them, and if Joe had done a nudie scene in a film I ( Read more... )