Tag: Lesley Manville
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NEWS: Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads to be Revived by the BBC
Filming is now underway for new productions of Alan Bennett’s critically acclaimed and multi-award-winning Talking Heads monologues. Having first aired on BBC Television in 1988 and 1998, ten original pieces of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads monologues will be re-made with the addition of two new ones written by Bennett last year. They are being produced by Nicholas Hytner’s London Theatre […]
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Review Round Up: Misbehaviour
We round up the reviews for this new comedy based on the true story of what happened at the 1970 Miss World Pageant. The Guardian: **** “Misbehaviour is not a #MeToo film as such, or only indirectly – it does not allude to the kind of abuse that has been rife in beauty pageants, and the […]
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Review Round Up: Long Day’s Journey into the Night,Wyndham’s Theatre
Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville reprise their roles from the Bristol Old Vic run of Richard Eyre’s production. Discover what critics are saying so far here: The Tyrones’ summer home, August 1912. Haunted by the past but unable to face the truth of the present, the Tyrones and their two sons test the bonds of […]
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Review Round Up: Phantom Thread
This latest film from Paul Thomas Anderson sees the director reuniting with Daniel Day-Lewis for his final film performance. Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews here. The Guardian: ***** “Day-Lewis gives a performance of almost ridiculously charismatic outrageousness, the sort only he could get away with.” The Independent: **** “The pleasure here lies […]
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First Look at… Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Wyndham’s Theatre
The first images from Richard Eyre’s production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night, now in previews at the Wyndham’s Theatre have been released. The Tyrones’ summer home, August 1912. Haunted by the past but unable to face the truth of the present, the Tyrones and their two sons test the bonds of a family caught in […]
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NEWS: Richard Eyre’s Production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night to Transfer to the West End
It has been announced that Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville will reprise their roles in Richard Eyre’s production of Eugene O’Neill’s play. Following a successful run at the Bristol Old Vic, it has been confirmed that Richard Eyre’s production will transfer to London’s Wyndham’s Theatre from the 27th January. The production will play a strictly limited ten […]