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Film

Rome churches shut to Angels and Demons
Kevin Spacey heads up cast of Shrink

Commercials

Emma Watson replaces Keira Knightley as new face of Chanel

Theatre

John Cleese planning a stage version of A Fish Called Wanda

British TV

ITV Productions developing detective drama set in Brighton based on ‘Roy Grace’ novels [free registration required]
Matthew Horne says a third series of Gavin & Stacey is probable

US TV

Michael Shanks filming episodes of Burn Notice [via Kaballa, no link]
DB Sweeney and others join cast of Crash
First Bones episode to shoot in the UK
Full US Top Gear line-up announced
Marla Sokoloff to star in YA NBC mini-series
Wizard’s First Rule gets a showrunner
Four new cast members for ER
William Hurt joining cast of Damages
Casting on Knight Rider, Terminator: TSCC and Numb3rs
Fox helping to develop Canadian cartoon

Monday’s “RTD OBE” news

16 June 2008 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who/Torchwood

It’s RTD OBE now
Which evil genius might that be (spoiler alert)
Russell T to write one of the new Torchwood episodes
John Barrowman to be a judge on Canada’s How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?
Gareth David-Lloyd trying to crack Hollywood

Awards

Winners of the Monte Carlo TV festival [free registration required]
John Pilger’s War on Democracy wins Best Documentary at One World Media awards [free registration required]

Theatre

Kevin Spacey to teach theatre at Oxford

Film

Eva Mendes to star opposite Nicolas Cage in Bad Lieutenant
The first seven minutes of Wanted
Aaron Ashmore joins Val Kilmer in The Thaw

British TV

Maggie Thatcher drama gets BBC4 third highest ever ratings [free registration required]
Noel Edmonds to ‘mend broken Britain’ for Sky One
BBC preparing to launch integrated next generation iPlayer [free registration required]
Chris Morris goes to CERN
New DVD label for stand-up comics launches, with Stewart Lee as first disk

US TV

AMC adds more dramas, include adaptation of Carter Beats The Devil, to roster
Janel Moloney and Patrick Breen to star in Captain Cook’s Extraordinary Atlas
Life on Mars makes the move to New York
Jason Bateman makes first-look deal with Fox
NBC picks up John Wells’ LAPD pilot
More BSG next season plus TV movie prequel

Where: Apollo Victoria Theatre, London
When: 7.30pm Mondays–Saturdays, 2.30pm matinees on Wednesdays and Saturdays
How long: Two hours 50 minutes with a 20 minute interval
How much: £15-£60 (concessions available)
Tickets from: 0844 826 8400 or www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Okay, I’ll admit that musicals aren’t really my thing. But when you get given a "dinner and theatre" Red Letter Day by a nice person, there’s not much to choose from except musicals: Wicked seemed the best option by far.

I’m glad I went though, since despite the "tourist trap" rep and obvious singing and dancing, it’s quite a fun evening out.

Continue reading “Review: Wicked”

Rob Brydon at Cardiff Millennium Centre

13 June 2008 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Planning ahead? Like a laugh? Then you’ll be delighted to hear that there are still tickets to see Rob Brydon at the Cardiff Millennium Centre on December 8th. Get them while you still can, since the 1st December tickets have now sold out.

Review: Fat Pig (again)

12 June 2008 Rob Buckley 12 Comments

Okay, I’ve already reviewed this. I know. But my wife wanted to see it, and she was gutted when we couldn’t use the free tickets Fat Pig‘s PR guy offered us – two hours before the performance was due to start, mind – so I thought I’d treat her to dinner and the theatre yesterday. Cos I’m nice.

The thing about both movies and TV shows, though, is that they’re always the same. Once recorded, they’re immutable. But theatre changes every night. The actors can improve or vary their performance, be tired one night and turn in a dodgy performance, get bored, or ad lib, for example. Mistakes can be fixed – or new ones can turn up.

So two weeks on, is Fat Pig better or worse?

Continue reading “Review: Fat Pig (again)”

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Review: Fat Pig (again)

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