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Christmas hasn't really begun until you've shouted 'F***K OFF' to a roll of Sellotape...
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Thanks Chichester. THE UNFRIEND has been a BLAST !!!
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Small memory of Ian Holm’s mischief . His 1997 Lear at the NT was his 1st time onstage for many years . On 1st night , just as we were walking on for the division of the kingdom scene, he tapped me on the shoulder and said ‘what’s the first line?’
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A year ago next Tuesday we started rehearsals for THE UNFRIEND at Chichester . 174 shows on we finish tomorrow in town. It's been a blast ...
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THRILLED beyond words that we're getting a west end run...
Steven Moffat’s comedy The Unfriend - directed by his regular collaborator
@Markgatiss
runs from 15 Jan for 12 weeks at
@CriTheatre
- now you know
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There are mornings when you decide to live a better life. And there are others when you find yourself watching Holiday On The Buses while eating cold beans out of the can....
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THRILLED to be able to announce I play his Dad in this series...
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I’ve just seen
@Stan_And_Ollie
. Believe me, I’m the sternest critic - but it’s beautiful. Tender , meticulous, an elegy to male friendship. Stan & Babe extraordinarily deftly realised..
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Explaining John Edrich’s significance to my wife. ‘He’s like Joni Mitchell to you’ I say. .�� ‘Can he sing?’ she asks. ‘No. Can Joni face Michael Holding in fading light at Old Trafford ?’ I reply...
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Spellbinding....
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Thank God I kept this for just such an emergency..,,
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What I'm doing eight times a week. A privilege to be part of...
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Spine tingling to hear Florence Nightingale herself utter the word ‘Balaclava...’
This is the stuff that makes my hair stand on end. I just love the sound archives.
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"Backstairs Billy" Press Night. An actor prepares...
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An unfeasible statistic....
Susan Stranks is 81 today, Happy Birthday Susan 🎂
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The funeral of my dear friend Stephen Greif tomorrow. I can't be there, but I will miss his warmth, generosity and laughter more than I can say. That deep rich chocolate voice across the lunch table as he responds to some new bungle or mishap .... "Mikey Mikey ..."
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To the young woman who found my wallet on a seat on the northbound platform at Swiss Cottage, and waited with it for me, knowing I'd retrace my steps once I realised at my destination... THANK YOU !
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This is Lincoln. He works at the theatre. Every Wednesday night he mixes supreme cocktails after the show. His artistry in this regard is so great he has nearly 1 million Instagram followers. Top man...
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Six years ago today the London a Olympics commenced . Britain was a confident outgoing liberal and welcoming place - a classy country to say you’re from ... how times change...
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Top marks to my dresser , eagle-eyed Rose, for spotting me about to go onstage last night with my RSC door-opening lanyard still hanging round my neck ...
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Hard to imagine a more romantic approach to a stage door ...
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Teenagers in our road keep asking me if I’ve ever known anything like this before in my life... as if I’d been in the trenches during the 1916 Somme offensive ..
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First Preview this afternoon. Full house. Bring it on...
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Hugely thrilled to be asked to give the speech at Alan Ayckbourn’s 80th birthday shindig in Scarborough last night. A great man and a true friend...
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The perfect combo gift for my 65th Birthday . Born Feb 4th 1957 !!
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This morning in Stratford on Avon High St I was offered a free eye test by a male employee of Specsabers. ‘No thankyou madam ‘ I replied . Nothing, not a titter . I hope audiences will be easier to please...
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The perfect vignette of the life of a touring actor - last night I came across an understudy eating an M & S jelly trifle with a shoehorn
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I was thinking of watching Prince Harry's appearance on TV tonight... but then I thought 'Why should I? He never watches any of mine..."
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That's the end of them then...
A previously unknown population of lions has been discovered in remote Ethiopia. Here are the camera trap photos.
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I suppose it’s all right now to announce that I’m appearing in series 3 of The Crown.....
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Very pleased to say I passed 11 pm last night round a dinner table with friends old and new from Britain France Germany Switzerland Portugal Sweden and Hungary. And I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way...
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You've got to haven't you... today of all days.
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Paddy Power please remove your offensive betting on the outcome of the Oscar Pistorius trial.
http://t.co/ePWAM7lekw
via
@UKChange
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My home for the next ten weeks. The Bridge Theatre , not the actual bridge. JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN previews on Saturday.....
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Tickled to death to have a piece in today's edition of THE TIMES...
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I like the quote I heard yesterday . ‘The earth is not waiting for us to save it. It is waiting for us to respect it…’
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What are the two most unlikely names you've ever seen in the cast credits at the end of a movie? Mine are Anne Bancroft and John Junkin
@TalkingPicsTV
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Sheer genius, both in the writing and the execution. Note the SPEED with which it's delivered...
Coronation Street (21st March 1962). Minnie, Ena and Martha at the laundrette. Another example of Jack Rosenthal's wonderful comic touch.
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I find myself unexpectedly tearful at the news. That man has cast a dark pall over the planet for too long.
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‘Manhunt’ on ITV quietly compelling. Wonderful understated performance by Martin Clunes...
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Only 2% of actors make a living. How do you become one of them? Thoughts by me...
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Well worth a couple of minutes of your time…
We're proud that
@ZebSoanes
, newsreader, author and voice of The Shipping Forecast is supporting our
#HopeAfterStroke
campaign.
Zeb had a stroke this year. Here he talks about the importance of finding hope and how small steps are crucial for recovery.
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Just seen ‘Death Of A Salesman’ at the Young Vic. Searing, revelatory production of a tumultuous play , graced by performances of extraordinary rawness and truth. One of the two or three greatest evenings I’ve ever spent in a theatre...
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11 degrees ... I’ve told my wife if I die of cardiac arrest I’ve bequeathed her my collection of cricket books. She says Oxfam will be delighted ...
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A candid snap of me during the filming of Mike Leigh’s Topsy Turvy … on Film 4 tonight at 10.45 pm
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One of the younger actors in our company observed today 'As an actor you have the worst seat in the house... the inside of your own head..' He'll go far...
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Of all the myriad delights this weekend , none so sweet as hearing Stan Laurel rightfully mentioned by best director as one of the greats
@BAFTA
awards
@Stan_And_Ollie
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The memorial service for Ian Holm at St Paul’s church yesterday. An exquisite celebration of a peerless actor….
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'Mr Johnson to the stage immediately please, Mr Johnson to the stage immediately please...'
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Now I know I'm growing old. I've just bought a fleece from a garden centre...
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Today I met one of my greatest schoolboy heroes... John Snow...
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Press Night of JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN. An actor prepares....
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Happy Birthday to Chicago The Musical !! Great days in the tux...
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Emma Chambers was one of my dearest friends for many years. Quirky, unpredictable, funny, generous and utterly unique. we had some great times. Unthinkable that she's passed away at such an early age. RIP darling Emm xxx
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My God! Laurence Olivier AND Noel Coward in a 1965 black & white thriller
@TalkingPicsTV
'Bunny Lake Is Missing.' Fascinating to see the two of them in a film of which I know nothing...
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Ugly scenes of violence and anti social behaviour on Swanage beach this morning...
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Tonight on BBC 4 I shared the screen - briefly - on the “Sondheim at the BBC 4” retrospective with Ethel Merman , Eartha Kitt , Sammy Davies Junior , Sarah Vaughan and Matt Monroe … my dad would have been very proud ….
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I dreamt last night I was in a new play at the Chichester Festival Theatre. The good news is it was with Robert Hands and David Suchet. The bad news is the play was called 'Courgettes...'
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I worked with Haydn Gwynne several times and was onstage a few years ago in the reunion of the Donmar cast of COMPANY to witness her perform this.. "Ladies Who Lunch". A good friend and a mighty talent ...
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Commenting on a guest saying how Starbucks has transformed Britain, Jeremy Vine replies 'So did the Luftwaffe.' Sadly the guest ignored it
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@Excalibah
Ah me. So sorry to read this Matthew, deeply deeply dismaying - but these are deeply deeply dismaying times. Glad you’re ok - Take care x
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Me and my bro about to eat six months worth of Nachos at the ball game...
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Found myself walking behind Keith Starmer on Hampstead Heath today . Two young ladies passed in the opposite direction -‘he’s not bad looking is he?’ said one to the other...
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Actors... when you’re on set , and they’re holding the umbrella over you ... always remember they’re holding it over wigs, costumes and make-up...
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My friend and mentor Ben Benison has passed away .. one of the most inspirational men I have ever met . Unique , a wonderful inspiring teacher and later a true friend . The world is poorer for his passing. RIP Ben ..💔
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Tickled to death to be part of this fabulous new play...
Introducing the full cast for
#BackstairsBilly
Michael Grandage brings Marcelo Dos Santos's brand new comedy to the West End for a strictly limited season.
Duke of York's Theatre | From 27 October | Tickets On Sale Now
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One of the many wonderful things about
@TalkingPicsTV
is that you're never more than 24 hours away from John Gregson...
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Thank you Rod at the tube... he wouldn’t even take twenty quid ...
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So very sorry for everyone currently in shows , pantos , plays and musicals who’ve seen their best efforts dashed by the tier upgrade . Thoughts with you ....
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Company - Donmar - Not Getting Married via
@YouTube
… what memories I have of my time in this production…
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Dear Oliver Dowden, have you even begun to grasp the scale of our arts crisis? | Michael Billington
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A curious phenomenon has occurred. Our TV blew up and after a week's hiatus we bought a new, improved, larger one. But 6 days further on it's still in its box, while we enjoy novel pleasures such as conversing, reading, & listening to music.
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So sad to hear of the death of Ronald Harwood . I worked with him on his play Poison Pen at Manchester Royal Exchange - lovely man, generous of spirit, and fabulous company...
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Last night I backed our car into a parking bollard. This afternoon I got a repeat cheque for Foyles' war Series 1 for the identical amount to the estimated repair bill .Makes you think...
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Final day of JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN. What a wonderful job it's been, with a fabulous cast, crew and creatives...
@_bridgetheatre
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Roy Hudd has died. The news really couldn’t get much worse. A repository of knowledge and wisdom about bygone days of British showbiz. I will now always rue my shyness in not talking to him when we briefly shared a radio studio green room ...
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Before covid is over I’m determined to see one of my books on an interviewees shelf ...
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My first trip into town since lockdown and the first person I pass after parking the car is Kevin Spacey ... there’s a metaphor there somewhere....
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That's what I call an entrance down to an auditorium....
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