UK Theatre Network - The Royal Edition
November 3rd, 2007 at 7:35 am
Well well.
Some weeks are good, others are great, then there are the simply
fantastic. I would put this week into the latter category. I was
fired up after watching Into The Woods about
escaping the norms of society and breaking the shackles of the 9
to 5, and the theme continued with You Can't Take It
With You, a classic play set in the 1930s, which
had a similar detached look on society. Then an invite came
in to film the opening ceremony of Pinewood Studios by HM
The Queen and HRH The Duke Of Edinburgh. I quickly accepted
and headed over to the studio where the Bond films are made. A
short film of the event is in post-production.
Enjoy your week.
Douglas McFarlane
Editor and Royal Correspondent ;-)
UK Theatre Network
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The Queen arrives at Pinewood Studio
Picture by Douglas McFarlane
You Can't Take It With You
Money, that is. It seems to be a subconscious
theme of my chosen entertainment recently. Into The Woods was
about escaping the norms of society and a similar thread runs
through this Pulitzer prize American comedy.
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ABIGAIL'S PARTY
The heart-stopping moment at the end of Mike Leigh's wonderfully compelling Abigail's Party still has the power to shock and overwhelm, even of those who have seen the play several times. The seventies' suburban comedy of ill manners, you see, has simply not prepared us for it.
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Oh What a Lovely War Octagon Theatre, Bolton 26 October 2007
The
story of Oh What a Lovely War's genesis almost
overshadows its reputation as a play - you sometimes get
the impression that there are more documentaries about
how it was created than actual revivals of the finished
piece.
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The Flags Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester 25 October 2007
If only all new plays were like The Flags, Bridget O'Connor's hilarious black comedy about a pair of self-deluded lifeguards who wish they on Baywatch and not merely "the second worst beach in Ireland". |
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Sean Penn heads into the
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