Nominees for the Evening Standard Theatre Awards include Benedict Cumberbatch (Frankenstein) and Charles Edwards (Much Ado About Nothing at the Globe) for Best Actor; Kristin Scott Thomas (Betrayal) for Best Actress; and Rob Ashford (Anna Christie) for Best Director.
The Drama on 3 Cock, an adaptation of the Royal Court theatre production, premieres next week. Andrew Scott, Ben Whishaw and Katherine Parkinson star. The following are currently available on iPlayer: The Tales of Max Carrados read by Arthur Darvill and The Wire The Thank You Present, starring Roger Allam and Reece Dinsdale.
Sunday 13 November 2011
Monday 7 November 2011
Charles Edwards. Theatre - Much Ado About Nothing. Theatre - Happy Days in the Art World. Television - Holy Flying Circus.
Charles is on the longlist for the Evening Standard Theatre Awards in the best actor category for his portrayal of Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing at the Globe. The shortlist will be announced this week.
Publicity for the Glasgow and New York performances of Happy Days in the Art World includes a review from the Scotsman, and articles from Standard Culture and the New York Times.
Several reviews of Holy Flying Circus (broadcast on BBC4 last month) have commented positively on Charles' performance as Michael Palin - some quotes are below. In other press, The Northern Echo has an interview with Charles.
Guardian
"Charles Edwards is extraordinary as Michael Palin... It's as if Palin has hopped off the travelator of time in his mid-thirties and hopped backed on again, 32 years later."
GQ
"The cast is magnificent: Charles Edwards is an uncanny Michael Palin and Green Wing's Darren Boyd almost matches John Cleese moustache-for-moustache."
pauseliveaction
"Of all the Pythons, the two captured most brilliantly are Michael Palin (I can’t praise Charlie Edwards enough) and John Cleese (Darren Boyd channelling Basil Fawlty, which is weird but works)."
Herald.ie
"Charles Edwards as Michael Palin was more Palin than Palin himself, and perfectly captured the quiet charm, self-deprecating humility and all-round nice guy-ness that caused the other Pythons to sarcastically, but always affectionately, label him The Nicest Man in the World."
Scotsman
"Charles Edwards as Michael Palin and Darren Boyd as John Cleese were superb."
Mint Magazine
"Spot on performances particularly from Charles Edwards in the central role as Michael “The Nicest Man in the World” Palin who gave the play its heart..."
Publicity for the Glasgow and New York performances of Happy Days in the Art World includes a review from the Scotsman, and articles from Standard Culture and the New York Times.
Several reviews of Holy Flying Circus (broadcast on BBC4 last month) have commented positively on Charles' performance as Michael Palin - some quotes are below. In other press, The Northern Echo has an interview with Charles.
Guardian
"Charles Edwards is extraordinary as Michael Palin... It's as if Palin has hopped off the travelator of time in his mid-thirties and hopped backed on again, 32 years later."
GQ
"The cast is magnificent: Charles Edwards is an uncanny Michael Palin and Green Wing's Darren Boyd almost matches John Cleese moustache-for-moustache."
pauseliveaction
"Of all the Pythons, the two captured most brilliantly are Michael Palin (I can’t praise Charlie Edwards enough) and John Cleese (Darren Boyd channelling Basil Fawlty, which is weird but works)."
Herald.ie
"Charles Edwards as Michael Palin was more Palin than Palin himself, and perfectly captured the quiet charm, self-deprecating humility and all-round nice guy-ness that caused the other Pythons to sarcastically, but always affectionately, label him The Nicest Man in the World."
Scotsman
"Charles Edwards as Michael Palin and Darren Boyd as John Cleese were superb."
Mint Magazine
"Spot on performances particularly from Charles Edwards in the central role as Michael “The Nicest Man in the World” Palin who gave the play its heart..."
Wednesday 2 November 2011
Samuel West - Television - Great British Story. PBI 30th anniversary gala. Radio - Bomber. Film - Hyde Park on Hudson.
Sam plays Samuel Pepys in the Great British Story, which has been filmed in Cape Town. The seven episode series is being produced by Nutopia for Sky Atlantic. The production will feature drama reconstructions and documentary interviews (Sam Starbuck, The Production Managers Association, Cape Town Film Studios; via United Agents).
Tickets are on sale for the Peace Brigades International 30th anniversary gala on 21 November. Simon Russell Beale, Juliet Stevenson and Sam will perform at the event (PBI).
Bomber will be repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra on Remembrance Day, 11 November (BBC Press Office).
Olivia Williams mentioned Sam in her "Diary" for the Evening Standard:
Tickets are on sale for the Peace Brigades International 30th anniversary gala on 21 November. Simon Russell Beale, Juliet Stevenson and Sam will perform at the event (PBI).
Bomber will be repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra on Remembrance Day, 11 November (BBC Press Office).
Olivia Williams mentioned Sam in her "Diary" for the Evening Standard:
The end-of-shoot party for the film Hyde Park on Hudson that I've just finished was at the Ecology Pavilion in Mile End Park, a haven of inner-city wetland bio-diversity most days, but last Sunday afternoon transformed into a fabulous disco-quiz-night-kids'-crèche-buffet-piss-up for the cast and crew. My children went twitching with Sam West while I made some elementary mistakes on the dancefloor.
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