Harold Pinter has always been a great influence on me, and a great inspiration. Below are some statements of his which I return to occasionally to aid my thinking. Pinter is of course primarily talking about writing, but his thoughts can just as easily concern actors,...
Read MoreHarold Pinter's The Homecoming is one of my favourite plays and I have longed to play the part of Lenny and have a crack at his magnificent speeches. Last night however, I had a dream in which I was to stage the play. But I...
Read MoreSometimes we need to replenish the stocks. And so, we turn towards those who warm us, who help us make sense of what it is we're doing, who make us feel less alone, and who inspire us...
Read MoreIn yesterday's post I was not defending the use of phones during a performance as some of the messages I received seemed to think. My point was that it's impact is exaggerated and the irascible way that theatres deal with the issue is a symptom...
Read MoreI recently watched an old, Italian giallo from the early 1980s, called A Blade In The Dark. It's about a sound artist who is holed up in a country mansion in order to work on the soundtrack for a new movie. Strange things start happening,...
Read More[twitter-follow username="ejamesdevereaux" scheme="dark"] Following on from my piece last week on Idealism, I wanted to define better what I thought idealism actually was, and came up with the following; Idealism is belief in an idea, which goes beyond career, or accolade, or material gain, and it is...
Read MoreA forthcoming Daniel Day-Lewis performance is always turned into a huge event by the media - we were told his turn in PT Anderson's There Will Be Blood was the performance to define cinematic acting for all time. Then there is the psychophantic re...
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"Look for the truth and tell it" - Harold Pinter Dirk Bogarde is a great actor. A great actor. He shows us that a person walking through a hallway can be a work of art. Admittedly, I know less about his earlier work, when he...
Read MoreThe clip is from the film version of Harold Pinter's The Caretaker, it's a play I've always longed to do. The work you do is a reflection of who you are, and they say we tend to employ people who are the same as us....
Read MoreBeing independent has nothing whatever to do with money, or lack thereof. It has got nothing to do with the means of production. Independence is about how you think. We're currently seeing the proliferation of filmmakers who describe themselves as...
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