The Circle & Star opens in December

For the past few months I have been working flat out on a new project. Those that know me well will know that I have always wanted to run my own venue and now that dream is becoming a reality.

From December 9th we open the doors of The Circle and Star Theatre in Hampstead. For half a century it was The Pentameters Theatre and I have been working with our landlords Urban Pubs and Bars to completely renovate the space and bring it into the 21st Century.

The Circle and Star will have brand new sound and lighting, cameras for streaming and recording shows and, most importantly, 4 toilets for our guests. We are launching with a raft of fundraising shows from some huge names : Matt Lucas, Dave Walliams, Mel Giedroyc, Guy Chambers, David Arnold, Jay Rayner, Liane Carroll.

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IT’S NewSHOWREEL TIME

I try to update my showreel every couple of years to include the latest TV work. I have been busy with a few musicals and this summer’s Crucible at The Globe so it was well timed that a couple of good television things came out at around the same time; ‘I Fought the Law’ on ITV with Sheridan Smith and ‘Testament’ which is modern retelling of the Book of Acts, both these parts are a world apart. Oh, I also added the ubiquitous Heinz ad on there too.

VICTORY TO THE MIMERS

Two years after wrapping, the short film I co-wrote with our director James Green called 'Victory To The Mimers' is now streaming online!

It is a bitter-sweet dramedy about the Mimers Strike and a comment on the state of publicly funded arts. It features myself and Lee Ingleby playing my brother and Toto Bruin as my daughter.

Watch it on Youtube, via the BIFA Qualifying platform @directorsnotes