A really excellent cast for TOLD LOOK YOUNGER now in place - Michael Garner (Jeremy), Robin Hooper (Oliver) and Christopher Hunter (Colin) with Simon Haines playing the Waiter(s). Very much looking forward to rehearsals!
Our associated documentary is now available online about stories of older gay men, featuring members from Opening Doors London (ODL):
Thank you, Philip Sandifer. Someone understands.
"Tat Wood, in About Time, notes that it is the first story in some time to have no references to previous stories. This is a telling detail that explains at least part of why the story is unloved. The fact of the matter is that Doctor Who has, ...
The crowd-funding page is up and running. Please take a look.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1844659833/told-look-younger-at-jermyn-street-theatre
Very much looking forward to working with Kinny and the Kats on their new show Mattress, Mattress.
The show goes into rehearsal in April and opens in mid-May. Congratulations to KK also on receiving Arts Council of England for their next programme of work which includes a revival of A Very Magi...
I'm delighted to learn that The Divine Comedy - Paradiso has been shortlisted for the 2015 Sandford St Martin Trust Radio Awards .
The Judging will take place in mid April and the winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony at Lambeth Palace on Wednesday 27th May.
Stephen Wyatt’s reworking of Dante’s The Divine Comedy (BBC Radio 4) was superb: contemporaneous yet loyal to the original, underpinned by Cal Knightley’s unearthly sound design.
Moira Petty's review of 2014's radio drama output in the latest edition of The Stage.
The full text of my speech to the ALCS AGM is available on the ALCS website.
My adaptation of Goncharov's Oblomov is currently available on BBC Radio 4 Extra. It's directed by the much missed Claire Grove and stars Toby Jones.
On Thursday 27th I'm guest speaker at the AGM of the Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society (ALCS) held in the radio theatre in Broadcasting House. The theme is radio drama and my starting point the black and white murder movie from 1934 - DEATH AT BROADCASTING HOUSE.
Postscript:
I'm happ...
On Thursday 13th November at 7.30 pm in the Waldegrave Room of St. Mary's University College, Stephen and his old friend, the novelist Christie Dickason, will be talking about Writing for Radio and Other Performance.
Further details can be found in the Richmond Literary Festival 2014 brochure....
Chesham Theatre Group are performing a stage version of Memorials to the Missing as part of a double bill at their theatre from 23th to 25th October.
Details on their website
My dramatisation of Dante's The Divine Comedy for BBC Radio 4 is available on c.d. from 18th September. Regrettably BBC Worldwide doesn't think my contribution important enough to mention it on the box.
Plans are nearly finalised for the unveiling of the Blue Plaque for Sir Fabian Ware, creator of the Imperial (now Commonweath) War Graves Commission. The ceremony will take place on 25th September at 12 in Wyndham Place, W1. Delighted to have been instrumental in creating this memorial to an inspira...