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Dateline:
11th April, 2004
Fiennes, Noble and
Hamlet?
According to a report in the Daily Mail, Ralph Finnnes and Adrian Noble
are in discussions about a possible production of Hamlet which
will, of course, star Fiennes. Fiennes has played the part before (he
won a Tony for the Broadway transfer of the Almeida production in 1995)
and Noble directed Kenneth Branagh in the role at the RSC in 1992.
Shakespeare's Birthday
at the Globe
Shakespeare’s Globe will be opening its doors and welcoming the
whole of London to celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday on Friday 23
April.
This special birthday party, organised in collaboration with the Greater
London Authority (GLA) and Innovision Media, will offer members of the
public free access to the Globe Theatre. Street artists and performers
will entertain visitors in and around the Globe, celebrating the origins
of theatre in 16th century England when acting companies performed on
the streets and in the inns of London.
For the first time, members of the public will have the opportunity
to step out onto the Globe stage and see the theatre from the point
of view of an actor. There will even be a chance to deliver a line of
Shakespeare on the stage after receiving some helpful advice from a
Globe actor. Guided tours will be available throughout the day, offering
insights into the story of the first Globe and the working theatre of
today.
The site will open at 9am on 23rd April, with special celebrations
beginning at 11am when Ken Livingston, Mayor of London, will officially
launch the party.
Paxman to Chair Spearshaker
Talk
Broadcaster and writer Jeremy Paxman will chair the 2004 Spearshaker
Talk panel invited to discuss the work of Samaritans in Britain today,
with particular reference to the suicides of Romeo and Juliet. This
annual event is organised by the theatre to celebrate Shakespeare's
birthday in 1564, and provides an important link between the Globe season
and issues affecting society today.
Other speakers are psychiatrist and broadcaster Dr.Raj Persaud, historian
Alexander Murray, Outside Edge Theatre director Phil Cox, Globe Theatre
director Tim Carroll and Simon Armson, chief executive, Samaritans.
The Spearshaker Talk is the first of a series of joint events, including
a fundraising evening on 15 September, designed to raise awareness of
Samaritans' work in this their 50th anniversary year. Globe artistic
director Mark Rylance said "Shakespeare is about the human condition
and so is Samaritans. The emotional themes dramatised in our Season
of Star-Crossed Lovers have strong resonance in the issues dealt with
by Samaritans every day."
To stimulate discussion amongst the panel and audience, key scenes
from Romeo and Juliet between Friar Lawrence and the title characters
will be enacted by members of the cast. The Spearshaker Talk - already
sold out - will be followed by the annual Spring Blessing of the theatre
and an Italian banquet on stage.
Kipling Play to Tour
My Boy Jack, David Haig's play about the conflict in Rudyard
Kipling's household over his desire for his son to fight in the trenches
in World War I, is to tour. Starring Haig himself and Belinda Lang,
it opens at the Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford, on 14th April and will then
tour to Bath, Cheltenham, Nottingham, Oxford, Richmond, Brighton, Norwich,
Cardiff and Cambridge.
New Peebles Venue Opens
A new theatre venue, the Eastgate Theatre and Arts Centre, in Peebles,
Scotland, was officially opened by the Princess Royal on Wednesday 7th
April. It is run by Mary Shields who worked at Edionburgh Fringe venue
the Assembly Rooms for seventeen years, most recently as associate director.
She is currently in negotiation with a number of Fringe companies to
preview their Edinburgh shows at the Peebles venue.
Nicholas and Tamm Tour
with Mixed Feelings
Paul Nicholas and Mary Tamm are to tour in Eric Chappell's Mixed
Feelings, a new comedy. It opens at the Malvern Festival Theatre
on 13th April and then goes on to Woking, Blackpool, Bromley, Richmond,
Cambridge, Brighton and Plymouth.
Mamma Mia!
It's Five!
Mamma Mia!, the Abba musical, celebrated its fifth anniversary
last week.
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