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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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, [...]

The hour we knew nothing of each other by Peter Handke at The National Theatre Director: James MacDonald There were 27 actors in the hour we knew nothing of each other playing 450 characters. A remarkable feat in itself, but what had really inflamed my curiosity was that this play, written by a “great experimental figure [...]