Rev Stan's theatre blogtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-866731504961185392012-05-28T08:55:19+01:00I have an expensive theatre habitTypePadTheatre related stuff on TV and Radio May 28 - June 3tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133ec96767e970b016766dc0eb0970b2012-05-28T08:55:19+01:002012-05-28T08:55:19+01:00Compiled by Poly Gianniba. Slim pickings this week, the only theatre related content known in advance are reviews for the production of Antigone at the National Theatre. The reviews are featured in the following programmes: Night Waves, BBC Radio 3, Wednesday May 30, 10pm Front Row, BBC Radio 4, Thursday...Rev Stanhttp://theatre.revstan.com/2012/05/theatre-related-stuff-on-tv-and-radio-may-28-june-3.htmlSouthwark Playhouse's Hairy Ape oozes atmospheretag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133ec96767e970b0168ebceb1b6970c2012-05-27T17:12:39+01:002012-05-27T17:12:39+01:00Think I'm becoming a bit of a Eugene O'Neill fan. After Anna Christie at the Donmar last year, A Long Day's Journey Into The Night last month and now Hairy Ape I think he can slot in nicely with Miller and Williams for writing with an eye for the rawest...Rev Stanhttp://theatre.revstan.com/2012/05/the-hairy-ape-southwark-playhouse.htmlTheatre related stuff on TV and Radio May 22 -27tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133ec96767e970b0168ebaccc7f970c2012-05-22T07:24:43+01:002012-05-22T07:24:43+01:00Compiled by Poly Gianniba Tuesday May 22 7:15pm on BBC Radio 4: Front Row interviews John Simm about his role in Harold Pinter's Betrayal at the Sheffield Crucible. Wednesday May 23 7:15pm on BBC Radio 4: Front Row reviews Chariots of Fire at Hampstead theatre. Thursday May 24 7:15pm on...Rev Stanhttp://theatre.revstan.com/2012/05/theatre-related-stuff-on-tv-and-radio-may-22-27.htmlSix Actors In Search Of A Director: The dullest play of the year?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133ec96767e970b0167669f04df970b2012-05-20T10:59:53+01:002012-05-20T10:59:53+01:00Steven Berkoff's new play Six Actors In Search Of A Director at the Charing Cross Theatre is 80 minutes of my life I'm never going to get back. According to the blurb on the website (the programmes hadn't made it from the printers when I was at the theatre yesterday)...Rev Stanhttp://theatre.revstan.com/2012/05/six-actors-in-search-of-a-director-the-dullest-play-of-the-year.htmlRadio plays on stage in Live From at the Criteriontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133ec96767e970b01676693c155970b2012-05-18T06:58:15+01:002012-05-18T06:58:15+01:00Live From the Criterion is a grand idea for those wanting a bite of theatre without having to sit down to a whole meal. But it's novelty isn't merely that it starts at 5pm and is over by 6 but also that it is a radio play and performed as...Rev Stanhttp://theatre.revstan.com/2012/05/radio-plays-on-stage-in-live-from-at-the-criterion.htmlNot quite theatre but here's a clip of the BBC's Richard II with Ben Whishaw and Patrick Stewarttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133ec96767e970b0163059a60cf970d2012-05-17T07:23:37+01:002012-05-20T10:19:11+01:00Series includes Richard II, Henry IV parts one and two and Henry V and is due to start airing on BBC at the end of June. (Richard is brilliant, I've seen the whole thing). This is the Hollow Crown speech. (And this is it on YouTube if the video below...Rev Stanhttp://theatre.revstan.com/2012/05/not-quite-theatre-but-heres-a-clip-of-the-bbcs-richard-ii-with-ben-whishaw-and-patrick-stewart.htmlTattoos, braces and bovver boots - it must be Titus Andronicustag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133ec96767e970b0168eb8d2774970c2012-05-16T21:33:07+01:002012-05-16T21:33:07+01:00Titus Andronicus was Shakespeare's answer to the popular blood and guts tragedies his contemporaries were churning out; the Jacobean theatre equivalent of Slasher Films I suppose. It has a typically complicated plot but all you really need to know is that it is all about revenge. Stabbing, hand-severing, tongue removing,...Rev Stanhttp://theatre.revstan.com/2012/05/tattoos-braces-and-bovver-boots-it-must-be-titus-andronicus.htmlCritics top 10 theatres vs minetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133ec96767e970b0163058c503a970d2012-05-16T07:33:56+01:002012-05-16T19:04:26+01:00Shenton and Coveney have been writing about their favourite theatres and both drawn up lists of 10 (although my idea of an actual list is below). Both seem to have plenty of grand old theatres in their top choices which doesn't much surprise me but my choices reflect primarily view...Rev Stanhttp://theatre.revstan.com/2012/05/critics-top-10-theatres-and-mine.htmlTheatre related stuff on TV and Radio May 14 - 20tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133ec96767e970b016305845767970d2012-05-13T19:56:03+01:002012-05-13T19:56:03+01:00Compiled by Poly Gianniba Monday May 14 7:15pm on BBC Radio 4: Front Row, Mark Lawson interviews actors Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths, starring in a new staging of Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys. 10:45pm on BBC Radio 3: The Essay, in five programmes this week, writers from Sierra Leone,...Rev Stanhttp://theatre.revstan.com/2012/05/theatre-related-stuff-on-tv-and-radio-may-14-20.htmlDestructive Detroit at the Nationaltag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133ec96767e970b0168eb7806b6970c2012-05-13T09:36:17+01:002012-05-13T09:36:17+01:00Detroit is a play about the decay of the suburban dream. Ben and Mary live in a nondescript suburb. They are ordinary. Take pride in their home but like their own lives it has its flaws - a patio door that sticks and a garden umbrella that collapses randomly. Ben...Rev Stanhttp://theatre.revstan.com/2012/05/destructive-detroit-at-the-national.html