Luckily, I got in and I just basically was very lucky to get into a school that I saw as very me and I was very welcome there. It was a big deal to be around when they did the gala and all the old cast came up. Well it should be called West End Does Disney, but we don't have millions of pounds for the copyright so we had to skirt around that! You can smell the armpits and beer. He is married to Rachel, a secondary school teacher. Like the other night with Carrie [Hope Fletcher at her concert at Cadogan Hall], we hadn't sung together since we were in Les Mis and it was just so nice to sing with her again and we may be singing together again in this upcoming concert; that's on the cards. Here she is playing Susan Traherne, whose adventures in occupied France open David Hare’s 1978 play. And people who would like to work with me as well; that's very important. It sounds so corny, but that's my advice. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, I know, I'm a bit of a grammar freak, and technically it should be "The West End" because it's an area, but it's not as catchy. Can you tell us anything about what you're hoping to do with West End Does in the future? There will be some duets and it won't always just be boy and girl duets; it might be a couple of brilliant female singers together doing some mash-ups. One can’t see a macho writer like Mamet ever currying favour with the #MeToo lobby.
Anthony Ward’s colourfully cluttered set brings to life the Condomines’ claustrophobic living room.
Tell us a bit about West End Does and why it was created. The laughter, though, freezes in the throat when he interviews an intelligent actress – superbly played by Ioanna Kimbook – promising to turn her into the ‘Korean Audrey Hepburn’. These people I've kind of had in mind and asked them quite early on about their availability. FEATURE: SPOTLIGHT ON: Denholm Spurr – whose art mirrors his life. Me and my mum went to GSA and had a look around and I auditioned for a couple of other schools. We want it to be not quite a party, but a concert with a theme and things going on that aren't your average concert. I wanted to challenge myself to writing music because it's something I've always wanted to do. It'll just be a nice dressing room environment if nothing else! I didn't know anything about the school. Not to mention the fallout of an ill-advised hook-up the night before, brought on by jubilation at Labour’s Stephen Twigg ousting Tory MP Michael Portillo – recreated as a very funny parody of that steamy moment in 1997’s blockbuster movie Titanic. Married couple Charles and Ruth Condomine take part in a seance run by a ... is Rob Houchen, a sweet but ardent Romeo who sings divinely and with charisma. She's so Disney it hurts; she's actually going to Disney World this week! Darker, minor keys predominate, and many songs seem to ramble, like sung-through dialogue. What kind of things can we expect to hear? Do you have any advice for aspiring actors? Anthony McCarten’s play is a Vatican-based tango between these two antagonistic men, superbly played by Anton Lesser, as the acidulous Benedict, and Nicholas Woodeson. But I just love the venue. She goes mad, calling out the British establishment in the Suez Crisis, making embarrassing scenes and trashing her diplomat husband’s career (Rory Keenan, excellent).
Martha Plimpton dominates the action as Tracey, whose friendship with her black workmate Cynthia (the equally good Clare Perkins, above with Leanne Best) is horribly curdled. Houchen has also released two EPs, featuring covers and his own original music. There's kind of two sides to the coin. Is it an opera, is it a musical? You have to get used to being you and it's daunting but I think it's useful. There's a lot of pressure around not only being in the show, but also playing a character that so many people have played before. That’s one theory aired by Vanya and Sonia, step-siblings living aimlessly in their rural Pennsylvania home. It turned out to be fun and something I found I had a passion and a talent for. I did Titanic after Les Mis, and after Titanic, I had some spare time. And I've got some things lined up that I can't really say yet, but keep an eye out for it... Any dream roles that you would love to play? All this is a bit vague, and Dove suggests someone naive rather than damaged, but Fleming makes the most of the parental internal struggle.
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Published & edited by James Ledward. You also took part in the 30th Anniversary Performance. Ustinov Studio, Bath Until July 6, 2hrs 30mins. But you never really believe that Madame Arcati trusts her own psychic powers, which dulls the impact of the play’s paranormal shenanigans. I was extremely lucky to be there at that time, not only because of the campaigns they were doing but because when you're in Les Mis, there's a lot of press and a lot of different events. I know that a lot of people put on musicals in concert, but we wanted to do a series, not just about one specific musical. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. I was thinking "Who are we going to contact?". I like to keep my fingers in as many pies as I can.
What was going to the Guildford School of Acting like? Anthony McCarten’s play is a Vatican-based tango between these two antagonistic men, superbly played by Anton Lesser, as the acidulous Benedict, and Nicholas Woodeson as his earthier opposite. Meanwhile, this is terrific stuff. These small gigs are even more like that. Malkovich is wheedling, self-pitying and chillingly vile as Fein perpetrates a cruel sex crime. A good-natured, pacy production that successfully summons all of the play’s silliness – if not the entirety of its darker side. They invited me to sing there and it was just amazing to celebrate that show, which means a lot to me and means a lot to a lot of people in different parts of the world.
You can tell when people are friends, like the other night, and it just shows the family of theatre. Nevertheless, we’re ever in need of some levity, and Richard Eyre’s smooth production provides it – albeit in a show that fails to satisfyingly engage with the play’s disturbing underbelly. It'll just be me and a guitar and a piano. It was a very memorable night for me. I wanted a catchy title that could come before various types of things that we've got coming up. I've been a part of quite a few. I just wanted some kind of prefix that could be used in the series to do a lot of different themes and a lot of different ideas. I've got a little gig going on the 27 May at 'Above the Arts' in Covent Garden and tickets will go on sale this week. Only his complicit fixer (an unflappable Doon Mackichan) seems to know that Fein’s downfall awaits. I actually did a summer school programme and a guy who taught there said, "I teach at this school called GSA". Of the cast, Fein’s bent doctor (Teddy Kempner) and the office gofer (Alexander Arnold) are mere cartoons. It all happened really fast to be honest. He even gives his vegetative mother pep drugs so she can be wheeled out as the nominal owner of his felonious film company. The sound in that place is phenomenal. When I was there, I was in Frankfurt and I got the call. There's pressure that you put on yourself, or at least I did. You've done several concerts at Cadogan Hall already, like being a guest at Carrie Hope Fletcher's and in The Railway Children. We might even do some more, you never know, but at the moment there's four events already coming up this year. It’s fictional, but every single punter will be thinking of one man. You've released two albums and a few singles. We wanted to start with that theme because not only with the sound that the hall has but with the people that I have involved, it's just a perfect theme. Flavored yogurts are full of added sugar, with its links to weight gain, high blood pressure, inflammation, and heart disease. NSAIDs: Do they increase my risk of heart attack and stroke? I'm very pleased to have them on board. The musical version premiered in 2005. Gielgud Theatre, London Until July 20, 2hrs 15mins.