Sky News Blog and Indie Film Night

Published by: Douglas McFarlane on 19th Jul 2009 | View all blogs by Douglas McFarlane

IN THIS UPDATE:-

INDIE FILM NIGHT
SKY NEWS
UK RADIO BLOG
REGIONAL THEATRE REVIEWS

It's been a good week. I've been on Sky News Live, closed the deal on the Indie Film Night, watched an early Quentin Tarantino film and had a good old laugh in a comedy club.

Hope you had a good one too.

Douglas
http://www.uktheatre.tv
http://www.ukfilm.tv

>>>>INDIE FILM NIGHT

UK Film Network and Raindance have teamed up to bring you the best in independent film.

The opening night will be 2nd September at a venue which is near London Bridge/Tower Bridge, so easy to get to if you are London based.

We are still finalising the programme of what's on that night but feel free to register your interest at this stage.

Host: UK Film Network
Date: Wednesday, 02 September 2009
Time: 19:30 - 21:30
Location: Shortwave Cinema
10 Bermondsey Square, London, SE1 3UN
Entrance fee: £5

Join us here:- http://www.ukfilm.tv/events/profile/9

Or email here:- editor@ukfilm.tv

>>>>SKY NEWS

Twitter Joke Falls Flat On US Star

Uktheatre.net's Douglas McFarlane chews the online fat with Martin Stanford. The pair discuss the stories garnering the most interest online, including how a Twitter fake wound up a movie star.

Watch on Sky:- http://tinyurl.com/lquhbx

>>>>UK RADIO BLOG

Britpop mixed with theatre and film. On air.

Listen on Live 365:- http://www.live365.com/ukradioblog

>>>>REGIONAL THEATRE REVIEWS

The reviews just keep coming from our fantastic regional review team. We have a carefully selected and talented review team in Edinburgh, Dublin, Glasgow, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Southampton and New York. And we’re coming soon to a city near you.

Read them all here: http://www.uktheatre.tv/magazine or select your favourite from below.

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Deceptions – 6th July 2008, Richmond Theatre

Published by: TREMAYNE (Potter) on Saturday 18th July 2009 05:07pm

Deceptions – 6th July 2008, Richmond Theatre

Scene 1 opens with a wall with bricked-in windows, suggesting a mental asylum. A central pillar, almost tube-like in shape, has stark white light shining through it. The scene is between the only two characters of the play, the therapist (Julia Smythe) and her patient ( Adrian Wainwright). She realizes why her patient has impotency issues. The love he holds is channelled through to his mother with whom he still lives because of her suffering from depression and the fact that she receives no attention from either her husband (an MI6 Agent) or her daughter.

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"The Norman Conquests" is a wry sophisticated comedy, in the inimitable Ayckbourn style. By Lucy Komisar

Published by: Lucy Komisar on Saturday 18th July 2009 12:07pm

Alan Ayckbourn's "The Norman Conquests" is an ultra-sophisticated comedy that verges perilously close to sitcom, then skirts around it. The round-robin of three plays is what the clever British author posits against the normal sequential serial, a "Rashomon" style retake of the same events from the viewpoint of different locations rather than different people. The Old Vic Theatre Company gives the tri-part event an engaging revival, returning it to Broadway after 35 years. It is not the slightest bit dated.

Written by Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Matthew Warchus.

The Old Vic Theatre Company at Circle in the Square, 50th Street between Bway & 8th Avenue.

212-239-6200

Opened April 23, 2009; Closes July 25, 2009.

Round & Round the Garden reviewed by Lucy Komisar April 13, 2009.

http://www.uktheatre.tv/magazine/read/andquot;the-norman-conquestsandquot;-is-a-wry-sophisticated-comedy-in-the-inimitable-ayckbourn-style.--by-lucy-komisar_247.html

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THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION - now a smash hit stage play

Published by: Douglas McFarlane on Saturday 18th July 2009 12:07pm

BOOK NOW OPENS 4TH SEPTEMBER

The new smash-hit play The Shawshank Redemption tells the gripping story of Andy Dufresne, who is sent to the notorious Shawshank Prison for murdering his wife and her lover. Stripped of his life, family and freedom, Andy is forced to endure a spirit-crushing routine, but with his quiet strength and inner courage, there is one thing he never loses - and that is hope.

Based on the short novel 'Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption' by Stephen King, this iconic story also inspired the ever popular film. This unforgettable tale of courage, friendship and daring to hope stars Kevin Anderson (Sleeping with the Enemy, member of the acclaimed Steppenwolf Theater Company) and Reg E. Cathey (The Wire, OZ).

Don't miss this uplifting story full of drama, humour and salvation

PREVIEW PRICES JUST £10 - £35

(valid 4 - 12 September only)

TO BOOK
http://www.lovetheatre.com/uktheatrenet/whats_on/london/shawshank_redemption_the

OR CALL 08707 60 60 33

WYNDHAM'S THEATRE, LONDON

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DUET FOR ONE

Last chance to see the talented Juliet Stevenson and Henry Goodman in Duet For One. Ends 1st August.

DUET FOR ONE follows Stephanie Abrahams, a brilliant concert violinist, who seemingly has it all, but is forced to re-evaluate her life when struck down by an unforeseen tragedy

http://www.lovetheatre.com/uktheatrenet/whats_on/london/duet_for_one

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God Only Knows

Published by: Steve Burbridge on Monday 13th July 2009 06:07pm

The Customs House, South Shields

(Sunday 12th July, 2009)

After bluffing his way into a highly-paid teaching job at the Christ Church Academy, funded by a local millionaire and former criminal, newly-qualified biology teacher Simon, played excellently by Sean Kenney, finds himself becoming further embroiled in a web of deceit that soon spins out of control and threatens to ruin everything that he holds dearest.

http://www.uktheatre.tv/magazine/read/god-only-knows_242.html

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The Tart and The Vicar's Wife

Published by: Steve Burbridge on Monday 13th July 2009 01:07pm

The Tyne Theatre & Opera House, Newcastle

Although the title may conjure up images of a traditional farce, ‘The Tart and The Vicar’s Wife’ is much more than just that. It is also an often harrowing and heart-rending drama.

Glenda and Robert Parry were the typical successful couple – him an affluent executive, her the glamorous ‘trophy wife’ – until Robert emerges unhurt from a potentially fatal car crash and decides to devote his life to God and become a vicar.

Click for more details and tour dates

http://www.uktheatre.tv/magazine/read/the-tart-and-the-vicarand39;s-wife_241.html

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Turkish Delight - The Opera , Battersea Barge 23rd June 2009

Published by: TREMAYNE (Potter) on Saturday 11th July 2009 11:07pm

Last year’s original version of Turkish Delight – The Opera had an anti-climatic ending, in contrast to what was a strong first half. The writers were advised to balance the plot out. They have quite clearly taken this suggestion on board but the level of intensity is still hard to sustain. This is partly due to its very few quiet, reflective moments. It is like a thriller made up solely of car chases, comedy with jokes every few seconds or a sexual film containing no foreplay. In short, there is too much light and not enough shade, making the piece hard to recognise as a whole. However the individual songs are made up of some great harmonies. There is a plot, we just can’t see it ,partly because of the way it’s staged but also because the audience needs to be exposed to the quiet, reflective parts to make sense of the high-octane action that has just taken place.

http://www.uktheatre.tv/magazine/read/turkish-delight----the-opera--battersea--barge-23rd-june-2009_240.html