Very successful first performance in St. Mary in the Castle, Hastings.on Sunday 27th. Congratulations to the whole team!

My monologue THE STANDARD BEARER is being performed by Neil Dickson on February 19, 2017 @ 6:00 p.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle Hollywood. Julian Sands again directs - and introduces the evening.

The Loves of Mars and Venus will be at the Courtauld Gallery on Sunday 5th March at 4 pm.

Here's a link to the Facebook page.

Evelyn Nallen writes:

Booking can’t be done at the Courtauld. People will have to pay to get into the Gallery and then what’s on (guided tours etc and us) is free....

The first three public performances of The Loves of Venus and Mars have now been announced - February 26th in St Mary in the Castle, Hastings @ 6pm; March 2nd in the Fitzwilliam College Auditorium, Cambridge @ 8pm and March 5th at the Courtauld Gallery, the Strand, @ 4pm. See my November 23rd 2016...

Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler hated each other on sight and then sat down together to write the screenplay of DOUBLE INDEMNITY, the greatest film noir of all time. But then nothing is black and white in this tale except the movie itself... Hedley England (producer) and Simone Vause (director...

Just about to start work on the script for a fascinating project - the story of the first English ballet, The Loves of Venus and Mars, created by John Weaver in 1717. Very much looking forward to working with Evelyn Nallen (producer/composer), Jenny Miller (director), Chris de Wilde (designer)  and...

Working with the hugely talented Kinny Gardner on the script of the latest Krazy Kat show Rapunzel. Details of the tour can be found on the Krazy Kat website.

A thumbs-up on Radio 3's Record Review from Jeremy Sams for the cd of the two Debussy EA Poe operas, where he says he "absolutely adored" Devil in the Belfry.

Here's the link. The review begins at 02.20.

Rob Orledge's reconstructions of Debussy's two Poe operas is now available on cd. I wrote the libretto for The Devil in the Belfry.

Lynn Bayley has written a very informed and appreciative review which is available on her website.

 

 

Looking forward to working with Kinny Gardner and Krazy Kat theatre on a new version of The Very Magic Flute, the work with which I began my role as KK dramaturg over ten years ago.

The double CD of the Gottingen performances of Usher and Le Diable will appear with PAN CLASSICS on 16 May.

The Advanced Radio Drama Course I'm taking for New Writing South got off to a very promising start this month with a very keen and talented group of writers. Looking forward to working with them and the distinguished radio producer Martin Jenkins over the next eight weeks.

Rob Orledge's reconstruction of Debussy's one act opera based on Poe's The Devil in the Belfry with a libretto by me was performed in concert in Gottingen in December 2013. The recording is now scheduled for release by leading German record company Note 1 later this year.

The script of my comedy TOLD LOOK YOUNGER is now available for sale on Amazon.

Working with Kinny on polishing the script for the latest Krazy Kat show THE SINGING RINGING TREE which goes into rehearsals next week. Details on the Krazy Kat website.