Back at the National Theatre
Thought I’d drop a quick post to let you know what’s been happening of late. Those of you that follow me on Twitter will already know that for the past few weeks I’ve been back at the National Theatre working on a new series of plays.
The series is called Double Feature, and we perform two short plays per night. There are four plays in total and they will eventually alternate each night. They are:
- Edgar & Annabel by Sam Holcroft
- The Swan by DC Moore
- Nightwatchman by Prasanna Puwanarajah
- There Is A War by Tom Basden
We’ve just finished three previews of the first two plays and are about to start technical rehearsals for the next two. The plays are being staged in the National Theatre’s Paint Frame which has been transformed into a unique performance space. This is the first time the space has been used to stage theatre and everyone is really excited about the project.
We have a four piece band drawn from the Duke Special gang. Our MD is Ben Castle and we are joined by Phil Wilkinson and Mark Edwards. We’ve got some great music and I’m getting a chance to play my Dano 63 again which has been great fun.
I really love working at the National on the Southbank. It’s one of my favourite parts of London. I’ve also been taking the opportunity to take lots of photos with the wonderful Hipstamatic for iPhone (my latest obsession). Here’s a few choice pics from the last couple of weeks…
The press nights are in a couple of weeks so there’s still a little while to go with previews. Hopefully see some of you there in the near future. The Double Feature runs until September 10th.
Until next time 🙂
ps. I had another lovely review for The Knowledge of Things To Come on Guitar Jar last week. You can read the review Here.
