The Crown Premiere

Alex was interviewed at the Crown's Leicester Square premiere by HeyUGuys. The video:



Thanks to Uli!

Nocturne at the Yvonne Arnaud

Lovely evening at the fab @YvonneArnaud performing #Nocturne with #AlexJennings & #PatriciaHodge. It is always a joy to play there. @Fazioli_Pianos #composerportraits #Chopin pic.twitter.com/rKLLLHaJWC

— Lucy Parham (@LucyParham) November 26, 2017

The Crown

On 8 December the new series of The Crown becomes available, with Alex appearing again as the Duke of Windsor. The trailer is now available:

Nocturne

Alex appeared with Lucy Parham and Patricia Hodge in Nocturne, this time in London at St Johns Smith Square.

Thank you @StJohnsSmithSq for looking after us so well. #PatriciaHodge & #AlexJennings wonderful in #Nocturne & @MatthewStadlen great Q & A pic.twitter.com/DIo9lFMx73

— Lucy Parham (@LucyParham) October 30, 2017

Doctor Jennings

A full report on Alex receiving his honorary doctorate is at Conservatoire for Dance and Drama.

The Official Companion

Alex reads "The Crown: The Official Companion" (or "The Inside History) by Robert Lacey as a new audiobook.

More information and a clip at Hypable.

According to the review:

"The audio version in particular makes those characters come alive. The audio book is narrated by Alex Jennings, who plays the Duke of Windsor in the Netflix series. His voice is easy to listen to, making the sometimes dense historical text feel manageable. His voices and accents make the stories dance.

I especially love when he reads excerpts from The New York Times. Jennings dons his best American accent — which is very accurate — and puts on an entirely new character for listeners to enjoy."


The full review of the audiobook is also on Hypable.

The book itself is also available now,

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

Alex has received an Honorary Doctorate from Bristol University at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School's Graduation Ceremony at St Mary Redcliffe Church.

@bovts Alex Jennings receiving an Honor Doctorate from #UWEBristol pic.twitter.com/fWUIJ5UTeV

— Helen Millican (@HJMillican) October 8, 2017

The trumpeters are doing their warm up at BOVTS graduation ceremony #UWEBristol pic.twitter.com/3hftpybwSN

— Helen Millican (@HJMillican) October 8, 2017

Proud to be at St Mary Radcliffe Church for Bristol Old Vic Theatre School graduation #UWEBristol pic.twitter.com/KSIZvEyJnd

— Helen Millican (@HJMillican) October 8, 2017

Congratulations to #alumnus Alex Jennings who has received an Honorary Doctorate from @UWEBristol 👏🎓 https://t.co/duGgoZIxzH pic.twitter.com/43Vara8eIZ

— BOVTS (@BOVTS) October 25, 2017

Victoria

Alex returns as Uncle Leopold in the new series of Victoria, playing a more central role in the proceedings.

See:
The Express.

A Very English Scandal

Alex is currently filming a series for Amazon-BBC called "A Very English Scandal", about liberal party leader Jeremy Thorpe. Alex plays Peter Bessell. Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw play the leading roles.

For more information see Entertainment Weekly.

Or: Variety.

Or: The Telegraph.

Ryedale Festival at York Church

Alex is joining the Carducci Quartet for four events at the Ryedale Festival at York Church: The Press.

For more information and to book tickets for the final event this Sunday see the festival's website at Ryedale Festival.

Elégie in Winchester

View from the piano! The wonderful #AlexJennings rehearsing for our performance of #Elegie yday @WinchFestival @TRwinchester #Rachmaninoff pic.twitter.com/t09zMmyVmM

— Lucy Parham (@LucyParham) July 16, 2017

Rêverie

The recording of "Rêverie", the music of Claude Debussy played by Lucy Parham and the story told by Alex, is now available on iTunes, Spotify and Amazon!

For more information, see Lucy Parham's website.

RSC Image Library

The RSC has made images from its archives available online. This includes pictures of Alex in the 1988 production of "The Taming of the Shrew', and the 1996 production of "Much Ado About Nothing". More pictures are added, so more plays may follow shortly.

To have a look, go to the RSC Image Library.

Fahrenheit 451

This week Alex reads the book at bedtime on BBC Radio 4. The book is Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451", available on the BBC Player Radio for 30 days after broadcast.

To listen and for more information go to BBC Radio 4.

Thanks to Jen!

Elégie

Alex played Rachmaninov in Lucy Parham's "Elégie" last Saturday at the Old Granary Studio.

Happy time @theoldgranary yesterday.The wonderful #AlexJennings as #Rachmaninoff. Our 1st perf together since his @SydOperaHouse triumph! pic.twitter.com/q30aKsQrut

— Lucy Parham (@LucyParham) July 2, 2017

More concerts are planned, for information see Lucy Parham's website.

Essex Women's Institute

Alex spoke at a meeting to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Essex Women's Institute.

“It was great Alex Jennings made an appearance, he spoke at length about his mother and her role in the WI. “Overall, it really was a lovely afternoon to mark a momentous occasion.”

Read the full article at the: Daily Gazette.

Rêverie

Alex has recorded "Rêverie", the life of Claude Debussy, with pianist Lucy Parham. Alex narrates. For now the album is only available at Lucy's concerts, it will be officially released soon. For a list of Lucy's concerts see her diary.

The Halcyon

Alex appeared in The Halcyon. More about his character at Radio Times.

A Kind of Marriage

Alex took part in a rehearsed reading of a new play at the Donmar:

Performing rehearsed reading of new play "A Kind of Marriage" at Donmar Warehouse Mon 9th Jan; cast led by Alex Jennings as E.M. Forster

— Mark Farrelly (@MarkFarrellyUK) January 2, 2017

Thanks to Kate!

Sons and Daughters of the Soil

Emilia Fox and Alex were the readers on "Sons and Daughter of the Soil", an edition of Words and Music on BBC Radio 3 last week. The episode is available on iPlayer for another three weeks.

Thanks to Jen!