Theatre

An archive of blog entries about plays and theatre production.

Thursday’s news

19 April 2007 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

Doctor Who

  • GM food an influence on the Daleks?

Film

British TV/Theatre

  • The BBC’s iPlayer will be Mac-friendly [free registration required]
  • E4’s commissioned its first original sitcom. It’s about teenagers. Surprised?
  • Dad’s Army hits the stage again. [free registration required]

US TV

  • House is becoming more and more like Hugh Laurie [spoilers]
  • The ‘doomed list’ is published. About to die are Raines, Standoff, Studio 60, Close to Home, The Black Donnellys and… Veronica Mars

Monday morning post-weekend, worried-about-global-warming news

16 April 2007 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

That was a little too hot, don’t you think?

Doctor Who

Film

Theatre

British TV

  • There’s going to be a new series of The Mr Men
  • Drop the Dead Donkey‘s writers turn to semi-improv comedy for the BBC [free registration required]

US TV

Tuesday’s post-Easter news

10 April 2007 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Everyone have a nice Easter? Not too many hot cross buns, I hope.

Doctor Who

  • The Shakespeare Code (which I still haven’t watched. Sorry) got ratings of 6.8 million, peaking at 8.1 million

Film

Radio

  • Lauren Laverne quits XFM [free registration required]

British TV

  • HBO and the BBC are teaming up to film plays, starting with Caryl Churchill’s A Number starring Tom Wilkinson and Rhys Ifans
  • Will Ferrell would love to be on Extras

US TV

  • Spoilers for the second season of Kyle XY
  • Brit Stephen Moyer’s found himself a new pilot, after losing Company Man
  • Drive is mostly green-screen work
  • Traveler is finally going to air on May 30
  • Why 30 Rock has been renewed and Studio 60 won’t be
  • A US version of British show Top Gear is being developed
  • Andy Barker PI has been cancelled

“Only five minutes to write this article” news for Thursday

22 March 2007 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

What can it all mean?

Doctor Who

  • Review of the first two episodes of the new series by OTT. Plus did you know sweet FA once went to a Star Trek convention dressed as Dax?
  • Review of the launch party
  • Clips available from the Weakest Link‘s Doctor Who special
  • And there’s more to come

Film

  • John Carpenter discusses the new Escape from New York prequel (it turns out)
  • Russell Crowe is making his directorial debut in features with a drama about surfers
  • Gordon Brown hits the evil film industry where it hurts, again
  • Batman will be in the Justice League movie
  • The Nancy Drew movie gets a sequel

Art

  • Rescued Francis Bacon art is up for auction

Theatre

  • Aaron Sorkin is creating a musical based on the Flaming Lips’ “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots”

British TV

  • The Apprentice will get re-packaged as a podcast [subscription required]

US TV

Tuesday’s news

13 March 2007 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Ooh. No train to catch today. Time for some leisurely news.

Film

  • Talks are on for Constantine 2. Why?
  • Gerard Butler is to be Snake Plissken in an Escape from New York remake. Maybe.
  • Watchmen stuff

Commercials

  • Oh goody. Another Coke Zero ad, this one with Wayne Rooney. Sounds better than the last one, though. [free registration required]

Theatre/Doctor Who

British TV



US TV

  • Which shows are doomed and which shows are coming back next season
  • An interview with Malcolm McDowell about his appearance in Heroes
  • A great big blow-by-blow account of a crucial scene in the next episode of Heroes
  • Spoilers from Kristin, including an unexpected promotion to series regular for one Heroes character next season; some deceased Lost characters are back in flashbacks; plus Ugly Betty stuff.
  • Life on Mars has been pushed back, because they’re having trouble finding a lead.
  • Moves are afoot to cut back on the Law & Order franchises
  • Eliza Dushku comes back to Fox for a soapy drama about nurses
  • Christina Applegate, Jean Smart and Amy Brenneman get pilots. Plus Melanie Griffiths gets a recurring role in Viva Laughlin!
  • So Rob Morrow, Fisher Stevens and Chad Lowe go skiing. And they get lost. It’s not a joke, but it is funny.