Andrew Scott is undoubtedly one of the most watchable and clever actors in the UK.
I first noticed him in two scorching performances at the National Theatre including as the lead in Ibsen’s vast rambling epic, EMPEROR AND GALILEAN in which he brilliantly played a charismatic leader from youthful idealism to self-doubt and introspection; holding his own amidst a huge cast and towering set which could easily have engulfed an actor of his age. In the last few years he’s attained celebrity status as Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes’ arch enemy in the Benedict Cumberbatch re-boot of the detective’s adventures on TV.
I have seen three Mike Bartlett plays this year - the career-defining performance of Tim Piggott Smith as King Charles lII in New York; Love, Love, Love, probably the best production of a play I've seen at a drama school - brilliantly directed by Sarah Esdaile at LAMDA; and, tonight, Bull at the Young Vic. Mike Bartlett is one of the finest writers of the day; to say I am a fan is a gross understatement.
Billy Elliot - The Musical has announced that it will close in London’s West End next year. The hit musical will play its final performance at the Victoria Palace Theatre on 9 April 2016.
I’m nuts about the HBO TV series GAME OF THRONES so I was very excited to discover this comedy sketch show, promising to parody it. I caught up with it two nights after press night and have been intrigued since to notice a couple of rave reviews on the internet.
I know many of you will have already considered how much Shakespeare’s MACBETH could be improved by the insertion of interpretive dance and hip-hop music.