Ambition is a sin: Wolf Hall/Bring Up the Bodies

Turning a novel into a play is always something difficult and complicated. It is even more so when you have to adapt a novel set during the intrigue of the Tudor court of Henry VIII through the political intelligence of Thomas Cromwell. But Mike Poulton as adaptor and Jeremy Herrin as director have done a…

Read not Dead: an exciting season finale

The project Read Not Dead was founded in 1995 with the intent to bring to light surviving plays produced between 1567 and 1642. A wonderful opportunity to spend the Sunday afternoon in  company of great plays and a stunning cast because, not everyone can get a script at 10 am in the morning and be…

To win a war you have to start one: The Normal Heart

A terrific cast brings on TV one of the greater movies of the year: The Normal Heart. Directed by  Ryan Murphy (Glee show running) it’s a message of intolerance and fear but, most of all, it’s a heartbroken and moving story about the struggles to fight a battle that no one has any interest in seeing through to the…

Gossip Girl goes mental

Chace Crawford is back on set. The former Gossip Girl‘s star has in fact been hired to take part in the thriller Eloise,  a new movie whose filming bagan on May 5th in Michigan. The film is set in a defunct insane asylum known as Eloise. Four friends break into the abandoned institution in hopes of…