Hamlet has been nominated for Best Shakespearean Production for the 2012 What’s On Stage awards! Plus Kyle Soller, seen in our productions of Government Inspector and The Glass Menagerie, has been nominated for London Newcomer of the Year.
Separately, Michael Sheen and Bill Mitchell’s The Passion for the National Theatre of Wales has been nominated for Theatre Event of the Year.
Congratulations to all the nominees. We have our fingers crossed for you.
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Tagged award, Government Inspector, Hamlet, The Glass Menagerie
Congratulations to Kyle Soller for winning Outstanding Newcomer at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards! Kyle wins the award for his performances in The Glass Menagerie and Government Inspector here at the Young Vic, as well as The Faith Machine at the Royal Court. Well done Kyle!
Here are a few photos of Kyle in action:
You may recognize Simon from Shakespeare’s Globe’s productions of Love’s Labour’s Lost, In Extremis, Antony & Cleopatra and Romeo & Juliet; Traverse Theatre / Southwark Playhouse’s Markings, TV show The Bill or The Changeling on BBC Radio 3.
Tell us about your character
Khlopov is in love with one of the other characters… he’s bright but thinks he’s always one step behind everyone else. He’s very insecure and has a speech defect…
Favourite word?
Palimpsest.
Proudest moment?
Getting my degree (1st class honours!!)
If you could have a room full of any one thing, what would it be?
Yorkshire pudding & gravy.
If 28 hour days existed, what would you do with the extra four hours?
Play more computer games.
Favourite holiday?
Norway, 1990.
Weirdest quirk?
Picking other people’s spots.
Favourite play?
Anything by Chekhov.
If you had one super power, what would it be?
Flight.
Do you have any regrets?
YES!!!
Favourite midnight snack?
Welsh rarebit. Or cheese on toast. Or left over curry.
Next up is Louise Brealey, much envied for all the frocks she got to wear for Government Inspector! You may have seen her on stage – Country Music (West Yorkshire Playhouse) , The Stone and Sliding with Suzanne (Royal Court), Pornography (Traverse), Uncle Vanya (English Touring Theatre), Arcadia (Bristol Old Vic/Birmingham Rep); on TV - Law and Order, Sherlock, Casualty, Hotel Babylon; on the big screen - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Reuniting the Rubins; or heard her on radio – BBC Radio 3′s The Wall, BBC Radio 4′s Fair Stood the Wind for France.
Tell us about your character
Marya is the only daughter of Doon (Mayor’s wife) and Julian (Mayor). She has some splendid frocks.
Favourite word?
Louche (French for both suspicious and cross-eyed).
Proudest moment?
A story by my small niece.
If you could have a room full of any one thing, what would it be?
Rembrandts.
If 28 hour days existed, what would you do with the extra four hours?
Learn bass guitar.
Favourite holiday?
Normandy 1999.
Weirdest quirk?
Dessert first.
Favourite play?
Uncle Vanya.
If you had one super power, what would it be?
I’d like to fly.
Do you have any regrets?
Should not have worked in a sandwich factory during university holidays.
Favourite midnight snack?
Chicken legs.
Great reviews are pouring in for Government Inspector! Here are some…
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
‘A zany, zesty new version… magnificent and bizarre.’
What’s on Stage
★ ★ ★ ★
‘Thrillingly original… Barratt’s delivery is perfectly judged.’
Evening Standard
★ ★ ★ ★
‘Kyle Soller is extraordinary’
The Guardian
‘Doon Mackichan is magnificent’
Daily Express
And check out the production photos!
Government Inspector, 3 June - 9 July (c) Keith Pattison
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Tagged Government Inspector, production photos, reviews
Next up, the hilarious Bruce MacKinnon who plays the town’s judge! Perhaps you’ve seen him in… Women Beware Women (National Theatre); The Office (BBC 1); The Catherine Tate Show; Smack the Pony (Channel 4); Rome (HBO); Miss Marple – The Body in the Library (ITV); Vanity Fair (dir. Mira Nair) or The Duchess (dir. Saul Dibb)?
Tell us about your character
I am playing the judge in town. He loves animals, dead or alive and has an unhealthy obsession with Borzoi Pedigree Puppies.
Favourite word?
Plinth.
Proudest moment?
Being pulled up from the audience to assist Paul Daniels in a magic trick (aged 6).
If you could have a room full of any one thing, what would it be?
Talisker Whiskey.
If 28 hour days existed, what would you do with the extra four hours?
Sleep.
Favourite holiday?
Cyprus 1983 – I went on a banana boat. It was amazing.
Weirdest quirk?
I manage to look like every character created by Dr. Seuss… apparently.
Favourite play?
Loot by Joe Orton.
If you had one super power, what would it be?
To fly.
Do you have any regrets?
None. My life is amazing. I am amazing.
Favourite midnight snack?
Glass of milk and a Kit Kat Chunky.
Government Inspector has started and is running until 9 July. Read more or buy your tickets here!
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Jack in rehearsals (photo: Keith Pattison)
Sorry for the slight break… it’s madness over here with Government Inspector taking over our Main House!
Next up is Jack Brough! His TV credits include: Navelgazing Presents; Toyboize (Dave); The Impressions Show; After You’ve Gone; Bleak House; My Family; Little Britain; Green Green Grass; People Like Us (BBC); Harry Hill’s TV Burp; Hardware; Suburban Shootout (C5). We are proud to say that this is Jack’s theatre debut!
Tell us about your character
Dobchinski is a stupid, greedy, annoying, clumsy, overweight, oaf of a man who speaks with a lisp. In real life I’m nothing like him. I don’t have a lisp.
Favourite word?
FOC (Free Of Charge)
Proudest moment?
My wedding day and the birth of my children were amazing but the dad’s wheelbarrow race at last year’s sports day was a sweet victory.
If you could have a room full of any one thing, what would it be?
Something useful like diamond encrusted iPhones.
If 28 hour days existed, what would you do with the extra four hours?
Invent the world’s first 28 hour watch.
Favourite holiday?
August Bank.
Weirdest quirk?
Pauline?
Favourite play?
Sinderella by Jim Davidson.
If you had one super power, what would it be?
To answer questionnaires brilliantly and in a non-facetious manner.
Do you have any regrets?
I’ve had a few.
Favourite midnight snack?
Nigella Lawson (recipes, we assume!).
Government Inspector has started and is running until 9 July. Read more or buy your tickets here!
Posted in 2011/2012 Season, Government Inspector
Tagged 11 Questions, cast, Government Inspector
Buffy Davis in rehearsals for Government Inspector
For the lovely people who keep coming to see our works, you may recognize Buffy from when she was last here with us performing also a Richard Jones work – Annie Get Your Gun. She’s also performed in Rose Tattoo and Sunday in the Park with George at the National Theatre, plus a whole host of TV shows and movies (plus video game voiceovers!)
Tell us about your character
I play 2 characters in the show. Avdotya, the housekeeper of the mayor – she adores him but is rather less fond of his wife! Avdotya chooses not to speak, though you ought to know she is celebrating her birthday! The locksmith’s wife on the other hand is very verbose….
Favourite word?
Goblin
Proudest moment?
Reaching the end of that courageous climb up the Eiffel Tower.
If you could have a room full of any one thing, what would it be?
Air.
If 28 hour days existed, what would you do with the extra four hours?
Meditate
Favourite holiday?
Nothing can beat the paradise that is Hawaii – surfing and skiing all in one day.
Weirdest quirk?
Inability to stand still.
Favourite play?
Anything starring Buffy Davis.
If you had one super power, what would it be?
Telling the truth – especially on questionnaires.
Favourite midnight snack?
Once in a blue moon… green cheese.
Government Inspector runs from 3 June - 9 July. To see Buffy star alongside The Mighty Boosh‘s Julian Barratt, Smack the Pony‘s Doon Mackichan, Young Vic’s The Glass Menagerie‘s Kyle Soller plus many others… buy your tickets now!
Posted in 2011/2012 Season, Government Inspector
Tagged 11 Questions, cast, Government Inspector
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