Richard E Grant is due to star in a West End revival of Otherwise Engaged this autumn. It will do a four week tour including Bath, Brighton, Milton Keynes and one other town, before opening at the Criterion Theatre on Piccadilly Circus at the end of October. Details below:

Simon Gray’s Otherwise Engaged is incomparably his best play, adult and literate, challenging and very, very funny. – Sunday Telegraph

Performances:

Monday 10th October at 7:30pm
Tuesday 11th October at 7:30pm
Wednesday 12th October at 2:30pm, 7:30pm
Thursday 13th October at 7:30pm
Friday 14th October at 7:30pm
Saturday 15th October at 2:30pm, 7:30pm

A B C D E Mon – Friday evening £23.00 £21.00 £18.00 £14.00 £11.00 Saturday evening £25.00 £23.00 £19.00 £15.00 £12.00 Wednesday & Saturday matinee £17.50 £15.00 £13.50 £10.00 £10.00

Internationally acclaimed actor Richard E. Grant (Gosford Park, Withnail and I, The Scarlet Pimpernel) and one of the UK’s greatest playwrights Simon Gray (Quartermaine’s Terms, Butley, A Common Pursuit) join forces in this award-winning play.

Witty, urbane, sophisticated and selfish, publisher Simon Hench is a man of taste and discretion, who is accustomed to keeping himself at a graceful distance from the messy distractions of his family and friends. He has a problem though – well, several actually – only he just doesn’t know it yet. Settling in for an evening with his new recording of Wagner’s Parsifal, Simon is besieged by a deluge of unwelcome visitors, and his usually cool demeanour begins to buckle as life finally catches up with him.

Richard E. Grant leads an impressive cast in this vibrant, modern day comedy of manners. Wickedly sharp and thought provoking, this is the theatrical event of the year. Book now!

Contains one scene of partial nudity.

Groups Discount Available

Subscribe and Save!

MKT Friends
Mon £7.50 off, Tue £3 off,
Wed mat (concs only) £5 off
price bands P, A, B & C

SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE. BOOK NOW FOR ALL 4 DRAMAS THIS SEASON & SAVE £16 (£4 PER TICKET. APPLIES
TO PRICE BANDS P,A & B on selected performances)

Tickets are also on sale for Otherwise Engaged – Monday 17 to Saturday 22 October at the New Victoria Theatre, Woking performances.

Thanks to Sue W. for the news.

Unfortunately it seems that Richard’s appearance on Nigella was/is non existent as REG had to fly out to Canada today to work on “Above And Beyond” (which he reported on last week). There’s no news on whether he’ll appear on Nigella’s program at a later stage.

Thanks Denise.

Info just in from Emma Brunjes:

Richard E Grant is a guest on Nigella Lawson’s new ITV1 daytime show, Nigella. He is recording his appereance on Monday 4 July. Audience tickets are available at www.tvrecordings.com or by calling 020 7598 7279. Richard’s fans can get Priority tickets if they quote “Richard E Grant” when they make their booking or by emailing comments@tvrecordings.com once they have booked their tickets.

It would be great to advertise this on your site. More information about the show is below.

I look forward to hearing from you,
Emma

The necessary details:

TV Recordings.com, 4a Exmoor Street, London, W10 6BD
Tel: 020 7598 7242
Fax: 020 7598 7223
Mob: 07966 533 756
www.tvrecordings.com

Free tickets for Nigella Lawson’s new daytime TV show. Want to be in the studio audience of the new ITV1 lunchtime show? Want to meet the nation’s most glamorous cook, debate with stars and win fantastic prizes?

Free tickets for Nigella Lawson’s brand new ITV1 lunchtime TV show are now available.

The queen of the kitchen is back but this time with more than just fabulous food. Nigella invites you to join her and her celebrity friends which include Val Kilmer, Brooke Shields, Charlotte Church, Richard E Grant, Stephen Fry, Neil Morrissey, Kirsty Young, Eamon Holmes, Boris Johnson, Meera SyalL & Dermot Murnaghan as they chat over the kitchen sink, whilst she prepares one of her delicious recipes. They will take on just about everything, from current affairs to agony aunt dilemmas to sport or this season’s must have handbag!

Be prepared to vote on the issues of the show and be in with a chance to win anything from funky kitchen gadgets to luxurious holidays. You are also invited to enjoy a couple of glasses of wine before the show. There is no better way to spend 90mins of your day!

If you’d like to take feature on the dilemma’s section of the show or you have friends or family you think might benefit from Nigella’s advice book your ticket and e-mail comments@tvrecordings.com with your dilemma.

Live daytime recordings are at Capital Studios in Wandsworth from Tuesday 21 June to Tuesday 26 July*

TO BOOK TICKETS log onto: www.tvrecordings.com or call 020 7598 7279

So act fast if you want to go!

The latest from REG:

Hi Cam
I am filming in Newfoundland, Canada at the moment – “Above And Beyond” set during the second world war playing Don Bennett, a real life pilot who pioneered and organised the supply of bomber planes to fly from Gander airport to Britain. It’s a four hour mini series.

Wah-Wah has been chosen to open the Edinburgh film festival on the 17th August and will have a gala screening as well as public screenings. Followed by a special presentation screening at the Toronto film festival in mid-September. The main cast and I will all attend these festivals and do question and answer sessions with the audiences.

Would be grateful if you could post this update on the site.
Hope all is getting better for you on the home front.
Chin chin
richard

I’ve also asked REG about the special screening of Wah-Wah that he mentioned quite a while back now. Stay tuned for that…

C21 Media Net – Friday 24th June, 2005

By Ed Waller

Shooting starts this week on Above & Beyond, a new drama that unites Pope Productions, Shaftesbury Films and CBC Television of Canada and UK co-financier/distributor Power.

Being filmed in Canada, the (2×90′) miniseries is due to air on CBC in November. It follows a daring WWII plan by newspaper tycoon Lord Beaverbrook to build bombers big enough to fly into Europe directly across the Atlantic from Newfoundland.

As well as Joss Ackland (K-19: The Widowmaker) and Richard E Grant (Withnail & I), the series stars Ken Welsh (The Aviator, Hound of the Baskervilles), Liane Balaban (New Waterford Girl, Seven Times Lucky), Jonathan Scarfe (ER) and Allan Hawco (The Eleventh Hour, Bliss).

Written by Lisa Porter and John W Doyle and directed by Sturla Gunnarsson, the show’s producers are Paul Pope and Scott Garvie and the executive producer for Power is Justin Bodle.

“This is a fresh and inspiring take on one of the most compelling events of the Second World War,” said Bodle. “It was little short of a miracle that more than 20,000 aircraft were successfully delivered to Churchill as a result of this plan. In this the 60th anniversary year marking the end of World War II we have a chance to bring to life one of the most thrilling and ingenious missions by Allied Forces.”