October 2024 Investigating Rebus Gray O’Brien isn’t the first actor to play Ian Rankin’s detective John Rebus and almost certainly won’t be the last. The character is an established fan favourite who has been portrayed on stage, radio, TV and online by a range of actors including Ken Scott, Brian Cox, Charles Lawson, John Hannah... Continue Reading →
September 2024 ‘It’s a play about the freedom to dream, to aspire and to own rather than be owned’ JN Benjamin talks to Joi Gresham and Director Tinuke Craig about A Raisin in the Sun “It took us fifty-odd years to learn that it wasn’t really about what we thought it was about,” says Joi... Continue Reading →
September 2024 Being in a top-rated, much loved television series can be both a boon or a bother for an actor who becomes identified with a particular character and find directors reluctant to cast them in a different sorts of role. Happily Jack Ashton, best known as the Rev Tom Hereward in Call the Midwife,... Continue Reading →
September 2024 SISTERLY FEELINGS When the opportunity to audition for a new production of Little Women at York Theatre Royal arose, Laura Soper knew which of the sisters she wanted to play - Beth. Forget Amy, Meg and Jo. Beth was role that Laura, a former member of the theatre’s Youth Theatre, desired. “I auditioned... Continue Reading →
August 2024 Mum’s the word… Yorkshire actress Kate Hampson is all set to play Marmee in York Theatre Royal’s new production of Little Women next month, and it isn’t her first brush with Louisa May Alcott’s classic coming-of-age story… That happened at school when a group of students chose to perform a play version of the novel as their... Continue Reading →
July 2024 Around the World in 80 Days-ish will soon be playing at York Theatre Royal (18 July-3 August) and actor and acrobat Maria Gray’s trip around the world has not been without delays. But now third time lucky she’ll set off to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days. Or to be precise ‘80-ish’ days…... Continue Reading →
May 2024 Simole8’s critically acclaimed and multi-award-winning stage adaptation of Herman Melville’s classic novel “Moby Dick” will play York Theatre Royal next month (6th-8th June). Guy Rhys plays Captain Ahab in this fun, fast and joyous production that transports audiences right to the heart of the hunt for the most famous whale on earth and here,... Continue Reading →
April 2024 A bold and innovative adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s tragic, fiery and controversial (in its time) novel, Tess of the D’Urbervilles, is touring the country thanks to Ockham Razor’s artistic directors Charlotte Moony and Alex Harvey. Here, the pair explore the reasons and process behind bringing the classic Hardy novel to the stage in... Continue Reading →
March 2024 Joseph Marcell will soon be arriving in York once again following a previous run with “Alone in Berlin” back in 2020. This time, he’s playing Sir Peter Tearle in a new touring production of “The School for Scandal” which plays York Theatre Royal from 23-27 April. Marcell was most recently seen in Chiwetel... Continue Reading →
March 2024 Taking a chance – and having a chat – with actor Rachel Stockdale Rachel Stockdale is bringing her funny and politically powerful show, “Fat Chance”, to Leeds Playhouse next month (April 5-6). The show is a one woman play written and performed by Rachel - a 'fat, benefit class northern actor' - who explores... Continue Reading →
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