The Southbury Child

The Southbury Child
1 July to 27 August 2022 at the Bridge Theatre

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Hymn

Alex will appear at the Salisbury Festival on Sunday 29 May in the production Hymn. The festival's website gives the following description of the production:

"Best known for his film scores, Fenton writes extensively for the theatre. In this
work he draws on musical references including Elgar, Delius and several well known hymns. Alex Jennings will present the role of Alan Bennett in this performance, following on from his recent appearance in Alan Bennett's play The Habit of Art at the National Theatre, where he played Benjamin Britten. The evening is completed with a performance of Ravel's String Quartet, followed by a Q&A."

The music will be performed by the Medici Quartet.

For more information see the Salisbury Festival Website.

Monday, April 18, 2011

Small Gods

"Small Gods" will be repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra from this Friday. For times of broadcasts see BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Thanks to Jen.

Saturday, April 02, 2011

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Alex will play the part of Caractacus Potts in a new production of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" to be broadcast on Radio 4 Extra, tomorrow Sunday 3 April.

This is Ian Fleming's classic tale of a car saved from the scrapyard, which takes the Potts family on a magical adventure. Also stars Imogen Stubbs, and it was directed by Charlotte Riches from BBC Drama, Manchester.

The play will be broadcast at 9am, 4pm and 5am and will then be available on the iPlayer.

BBC Radio 4 Extra is the newly relaunched BBC Radio 7.

Thanks to Jen!