Colin Morgan in 'Vernon God Little' (theater)
(More 'Colin outside Merlin' entries.)
oconel found an interview with Colin by Tola Sarumi. That link is now however down but tenshunts had made a transcript.
leviathans_moon pointed out in this post the following Young Vic promo vids:
(direct link)
(Colin is in it from 1:15)
(direct link)
(Colin is in this from 3:00)
Pictures from the play:
The following 2 pictures are by Keith Pattinson.
The following 3 pictures are from here (now here)
(click following picture for a larger version which is from here.)
The following 26 pictures are from here.
The following 4 pictures are from the Young Vic Theatre Facebook. Thanks to lagolindari for posting them at bradleycolin!
Two pictures from here:
4 pictures from the gala performance after party May 10th 2007 from here.
Some reviews:
Telegraph.co.uk:
Colin Morgan, still at drama school and making a sensational professional stage debut, captures all the vulnerability, confusion and gallows humour of the adolescent hero who finds himself in no end of trouble, before making the happier discovery that trouble is the one sure way of getting girls. By the end you feel like cheering him on to a happy ending.
The British Theatre Guide:
Fans of the novel should delight in seeing it re-created in front of their own eyes and everyone should enjoy witnessing Colin Morgan's unspoilt performance in the title role, helped by the whole ensemble.
London Evening Standard:
Colin Morgan, who has not even graduated from drama school and takes the title role in a stage debut of dazzling conviction, inhabits this limbo world. He is by turns phlegmatic and cynical, disparaging and disconsolate, even defiantly dancing at death's door.
Sean in the Stalls:
Vernon is played skilfully by Colin Morgan (in his professional debut); he has just the awkward physicality needed to portray a 15 year old boy.
What's on Stage (.com):
Most of the evening’s vociferous approbation belonged to newcomer Colin Morgan whose stamina-demanding performance is comfortably inflated alongside those of his foul-mouthed co-stars who frame this cruelly black comic tale of gross exploitation, mass murder and media misrepresentation most brazen.
What's on Stage (.co.uk):
Full of restless energy and youthful charisma from start to finish, Morgan is an absolute delight and carries the weight of the production on his shoulders with ease and a certain swagger, in what is his major stage debut.
The Guardian:
Colin Morgan as Vernon effortlessly sustains the hero's mood of baffled innocence.
Interview with DBC Pierre, the writer of the book which the play is based on.
The Independent:
DBC Pierre: [...]he's thrilled by the young actor Colin Morgan, who plays Vernon. "He's absolutely spot on. I think it's the first time I've had an image in my head of Vernon. I didn't really picture him for the book. If you look in the text, all you know is that he has long eyelashes and dodgy hair."
Q&A session with the writer of the play, director and cast
What's on Stage
oconel found an interview with Colin by Tola Sarumi. That link is now however down but tenshunts had made a transcript.
leviathans_moon pointed out in this post the following Young Vic promo vids:
Click to view(direct link)
(Colin is in it from 1:15)
(direct link)
(Colin is in this from 3:00)
Pictures from the play:
The following 2 pictures are by Keith Pattinson.
The following 3 pictures are from here (now here)
(click following picture for a larger version which is from here.)
The following 26 pictures are from here.
The following 4 pictures are from the Young Vic Theatre Facebook. Thanks to lagolindari for posting them at bradleycolin!
Two pictures from here:
4 pictures from the gala performance after party May 10th 2007 from here.
Some reviews:
Telegraph.co.uk:
Colin Morgan, still at drama school and making a sensational professional stage debut, captures all the vulnerability, confusion and gallows humour of the adolescent hero who finds himself in no end of trouble, before making the happier discovery that trouble is the one sure way of getting girls. By the end you feel like cheering him on to a happy ending.
The British Theatre Guide:
Fans of the novel should delight in seeing it re-created in front of their own eyes and everyone should enjoy witnessing Colin Morgan's unspoilt performance in the title role, helped by the whole ensemble.
London Evening Standard:
Colin Morgan, who has not even graduated from drama school and takes the title role in a stage debut of dazzling conviction, inhabits this limbo world. He is by turns phlegmatic and cynical, disparaging and disconsolate, even defiantly dancing at death's door.
Sean in the Stalls:
Vernon is played skilfully by Colin Morgan (in his professional debut); he has just the awkward physicality needed to portray a 15 year old boy.
What's on Stage (.com):
Most of the evening’s vociferous approbation belonged to newcomer Colin Morgan whose stamina-demanding performance is comfortably inflated alongside those of his foul-mouthed co-stars who frame this cruelly black comic tale of gross exploitation, mass murder and media misrepresentation most brazen.
What's on Stage (.co.uk):
Full of restless energy and youthful charisma from start to finish, Morgan is an absolute delight and carries the weight of the production on his shoulders with ease and a certain swagger, in what is his major stage debut.
The Guardian:
Colin Morgan as Vernon effortlessly sustains the hero's mood of baffled innocence.
Interview with DBC Pierre, the writer of the book which the play is based on.
The Independent:
DBC Pierre: [...]he's thrilled by the young actor Colin Morgan, who plays Vernon. "He's absolutely spot on. I think it's the first time I've had an image in my head of Vernon. I didn't really picture him for the book. If you look in the text, all you know is that he has long eyelashes and dodgy hair."
Q&A session with the writer of the play, director and cast
What's on Stage