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Matthew Macfadyen
He has worked with Ridley Scott and starred opposite Keira Knightley, but Matthew Macfadyen doesn’t lead a life of celebrity, he tells Caroline Bishop. Private Lives
Amanda and Elyot are made for each other. It is obvious from the start of Noël Coward’s comedy about relationships that the divorced pair should never have married their tiresome new spouses. Stage return for Campbell Moore
Stephen Campbell Moore and Jemima Rooper are to join David Suchet and Zoe Wanamaker in Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, which plays at the Apollo theatre from 19 May. Nominees celebrate “seriously alive” West End
Anthony Head is taking his hosting of this year’s Laurence Olivier Awards very seriously indeed. “I do see a lot of award ceremonies where it’s an opportunity for somebody to knock everything,” he said today. “And I don’t want to knock this, I feel we should celebrate. This year, for the first time in a decade, theatre is really on its feet and we should shout it from the rooftops.” Allam to play Falstaff in Globe season
Roger Allam is to make his debut on the stage of Shakespeare’s Globe this summer, when he takes on the role of Falstaff in the Dominic Dromgoole-directed productions, Henry IV Part I and Henry IV Part II. Court announces Posh cast
Laura Wade’s new drama Posh, about an elite Oxford University dining society, boasts a cast of 14, including Leo Bill, Fiona Button, David Dawson, Kit Harington and Henry Lloyd-Hughes. Random
Theatres don’t usually look like furniture shops. But arriving at the venue for the Royal Court’s new venture, that is exactly what it looks like. In fact, the venue is a disused lot at the Elephant & Castle shopping centre, and the venture is Theatre Local. Pilkington joins 39 Steps
Dianne Pilkington, currently appearing as the good witch Glinda in the musical Wicked until the end of March, is to join the cast of The 39 Steps from 26 April. |
