• Hiya

  Hope you are well today.  Just a quick notebook newsletters to share some of the news and reviews of theatre and film where you are. Manchester, Milton Keynes, Glasgow, New York and London.  I've also been on the evening programme of Sky News to comment on breaking quirky stories on the Internet. Here's my blog, http://uktheatrenet.blogspot.com/, which you may not have seen if you aren't signed up to alerts@uktheatre.net 

  I enjoyed PS I Love You with my Paisley pal Gerard Butler and I was pleased to be in the screening of Sleuth with Branagh, Caine and Law answering questions (see review below). Also check out UKFILM.TV for trailers of Shrooms which looks like it could be the next Blair Witch.

  On Bebo http://uktheatre.bebo.com you will find Never Forget preview, featuring the music of Take That, I was asked to review the new DVD and I created a little feature with some of the best bits. On Facebook you will find Iranian comedian Omid Djalili - he's a funny guy and his PR company allowed me to edit some of his work and it's currently on my profile at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=671926912 - I've got more comedy and films to bring in the coming weeks and I'll also keep looking for theatre productions to promote.

  I got a confirmed YES from the "prominent politician", so I now need to start approaching the broadcasters to see if I can get funding to do it. At least with the experience of Film London earlier this year, I know what to expect and will not be going in cold.
  
  Have a great week.

  
  

  Douglas McFarlane
  Editor, UK Theatre Network
  www.uktheatre.net 

   

   

  What's On
  Title	Description	Date
  A Conversation at Manchester Royal Exchange	Revival of a powerful piece of drama from Australia's leading dramatist	11/23/2007
  Blair On Broadway	With a premise that is a plausible as it is ridiculous, Blair on Broadway begins with a few words from the man himself. As leaving Prime Minister, Blair has decided against a boring book tour, choosing instead to star in a show on Broadway about his time in power: “well I’ve always wanted to crack America,” he explains while the opening song describes him as ‘the greatest actor of his age’.	11/23/2007
  Romantic Comedy	Tom Conti brings the tour of Romantic Comedy to Milton Keynes Theatre	11/22/2007
  Aspects of Love	Right from the start, this wonderful Lloyd Webber musical sets itself up as a sophisticated, enthralling performance. With terrific, operatic singing and a magnificent (as always) live orchestra, this is a non-stop musical extravaganza	11/20/2007
  The Piano Men by Jim Witter	Written and performed by the extremely talented Jim Witter, a Canadian pianist/tenor with many a funny tale to tell, the show was, in effect, a musical chronicling of the Seventies and a look back at the achievements, the people, the headlines, the fashion, the music and even the toys which shaped an entire generation. It is a salute to arguably two of the biggest and most influential artists of that period, Elton John and Billy Joel.	11/20/2007
  Pinocchio – A Christmas Panto!	It’s Christmas and in Verucca’s toy store everyone is busy, especially Geppetto, the toy-maker.	11/20/2007
  Strong Women Storm Broadway	New York stages are filled with strong women these days, and while it might be expected in serious drama, they are also asserting themselves forcefully in musicals and classic comedy — forms that speak to the popular culture.	11/19/2007
  Palestinian Martyrs and Traitors	NEW YORK - In a new play by a Palestinian-American woman, two characters say in unison: “Oppression is like a coin maker.	11/19/2007
  Sleuth	A great British movie.	11/19/2007
  Baby Talk	A wide ranging play on pregnancy by the collective Crescent Theatre Workshop	11/19/2007

  Five Minute Theatre - NEVER FORGET	Based on the music of TAKE THAT and featuring "Want You Back For Good" and "Could It Be Magic".	11/18/2007
  Desperately Seeking Susan, Novello Theatre, Aldwych	Eighties revival hits the West-End in this musical: an adaptation of the hit film which starred Madonna with a Blondie soundtrack. Go figure.	11/18/2007

  November 24th, 2007 at 5:55 am

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