Friday, December 5

Tag: Tanya Franks

A Role to Die for – Marylebone Theatre  
London

A Role to Die for – Marylebone Theatre  

How do you cast the next James Bond?  pick a random actor, man or choose to embark on a journey of stereotypical negotiation, whilst battling egos and judgemental decision making you might say no easy task. Come in A Role to Die for the Marylebone Theatre ‘has been expecting you’. Don your black dinner attire and join HQ and become an insider to the best kept secret ever, who will be the next Bond. Jordan Waller’s play written five years ago was based on his personal experience of having casting difficulties, “when a famous actor and Knight of the realm pulled out last minute and ruined everything “. From a flippant remark of thank God they weren’t casting James Bond! A Role to Die For was created a perfect subject for a play. Waller’s exploratory process of Bond was one of traditi...
Calendar Girls The Musical – Hull New Theatre
Yorkshire & Humber

Calendar Girls The Musical – Hull New Theatre

I remember buying the original Women’s Institute nude calendar way back in 1999. It might be worth something now - but, alas, it probably went to the great recycler in the sky. Calendar Girls The Musical brought the story of the calendar’s inception to the Hull New Theatre on Tuesday evening. All the action takes place in the village hall of the small Yorkshire village of Cracoe. Under a fabulous vaulted ceiling (a remarkable stage design) we witnessed seven local ladies attending their usual WI meeting. Some took the proceedings seriously, others found them a bit mundane. This motley tight-knit group - Annie Clarke (Tanya Franks), Ruth (Maureen Nolan), Jessie (Lyn Paul), Chris (Amy Robbins), Marie (Paula Tappenden), Celia (Marti Webb) and Cora (Honeysuckle Weeks) -  are thro...