The Dark is Rising

A recommendation from the Guardian:

"An ideal Christmas book will thrill both adults and children – John Masefield’s classic The Box of Delights falls into this category – and the very best example is The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper. Originally published in 1973, it is one of those books whose reputation grows year on year: a heady mix of Arthurian myths, time travel and a boy born to save the world. “Tonight will be bad ... and tomorrow will be beyond imagining” is the line that throws young Will Stanton, last of the Old Ones, headlong into a world of snow and danger, fire and floods, in what is still as satisfying a winter’s tale as can be found. As a bonus, Alex Jennings, the world’s best audiobook reader, does the Audible edition." Full piece at: The Guardian.

Munich

Judging by this tweet by Robert Harris, Alex is back at work...

Munich filming. Coming from #Netflix 2021 pic.twitter.com/EVOjZDTVBh

— Robert Harris (@Robert___Harris) December 1, 2020

Thanks to Phil!

Signed Lady in the Van Script

The auction for the script signed by various cast members and offered by Alex to raise money for East Anglia's Children's Hospices is still running. The bid now stands at GBP 225. Bidding closes Sunday evening, December 6. It is also possible to make a donation to the charity if you can't afford to bid on the script. I'm sure Alex will be grateful... Check the auction website for all the details and the chance to bid!

Peter Pan

Alex is one of the readers on a new audiobook of Peter Pan. The book was recorded to raise money for the Peter Pan house, a project initiated by Joanna Lumley. More information at: the BBC.

The Forgiven

Alex will appear in "The Forgiven", alongside Matt Smith, Jessica Chastain and Ralph Fiennes. Filming took place in Morocco at the beginning of 2020 but was interrupted by the pandemic. It was resumed recently and is now finished. The film is in post-production.

Lady in the Van Script auctioned for charity

For the celebrity bottom drawer auction Alex says he "has donated "a signed working script of the movie 'The Lady in the Van', in which I play Allan Bennett .... pretty much the whole cast signed it - starting with Maggie Smith, Alan B, Frances de la Tour, Roger Allam, Clare Foy, James Corden and me". The money raised in this charity auction will benefit East Anglia's Children's Hospices. Bidding starts tomorrow, 27 November and ends on Sunday 6 December. For more information, or if you want to bid, check their Auction website. Thanks to Phil!

Small Axe

Alex appeared as Judge Clarke in Steve McQueen's acclaimed series Small Axe. Still available on BBC iPlayer.

Have you tuned into Small Axe on @BBC yet?

You might spot #bovtsgraduates Alex Jennings (pictured), Antonia Thomas or Marcus Fraser. Or you might revel in the wonderful production design by Helen Scott!

There are five films to catch, each airing on Sundays.

📸 BBC Pictures pic.twitter.com/93lo7smAnN

— Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (@BOVTS) November 22, 2020

Bottom Drawer Auction

Alex Jennings is donating a #celebritybottomdrawer treasure to our online auction on the 27th November!

To see whats available, or find out more about how to bid, head to our website or online brochure! https://t.co/GeKhNP1Ra2 pic.twitter.com/9aRgo0h5vp

— CelebrityBottomDrawer (@DrawerBottom) November 20, 2020

Tom Stoppard

This week Alex will read from Hermione Lee's new biography of Tom Stoppard on BBC Radio 4. For more information and to listen see BBC Sounds.

At Home

Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds is organizing an At Home series, interviews with actors hosted on Zoom. Alex will appear on 26 August with Libby Purves. I'm not sure at this moment when tickets will go on sale. The series is organized to support the theatre.

Tickets now available through Theatre Tokens.

Small Axe Trailer

The trailer for Small Axe has been released. Alex is in the second episode, Mangrove.

The Deal

'the promise of night-scented streets
and the recklessness of summer.
You wonder what you would give
in exchange for this.'

Alex Jennings reads The Deal by Hugo Williams, from the collection Lines Off #ShareAPoem pic.twitter.com/Djve7u3fmH

— Faber Books (@FaberBooks) May 25, 2020

Thanks to Kate!

Wonderland

You can listen to Alex reading 100 seconds from Alice in Wonderland at Soundcloud.

Wonderland Challenge

Alex is one of the readers on the Wonderland Challenge, just one minute. Many more great readers in there.

The trailer:


All the recordings will be at Wonderland Challenge.

The aim of the readings is to raise money for the NHS.

Thanks to Kate!

Piazza News

Unfortunately, the season of "The Light in the Piazza" at Sydney Opera House has now also been cancelled.

More information at the website of Sydney Opera House

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to Alex!

Here's Eliza. And Higgins.

Higgins

Just in case you feel like watching something:

Southbury Child Update

All performances of the new play have been cancelled, but they will be rescheduled, hopefully early next year.

Southbury Child Cancelled

Unfortunately, because of the Corona virus. Message from the Bridge Theatre:

The Southbury Child

Alex will play the lead role of David Highland in a new play by Stephen Beresford at the Bridge Theatre. The play will be directed by Nicholas Hytner.

For more information and tickets see the website of The Bridge.

Mincemeat

Spymaster: #AlexJennings joins #OperationMincemeat film as #JohnMasterman deputy chief of MI5 he ran the DoubleXX section & oversaw daring operation which used a drunk’s corpse to fool the Germans. Film stars #ColinFirth & #MatthewMacfadyen .Based on ⁦@BenMacintyre1⁩ book. pic.twitter.com/8DldwIHHdk

— Baz Bamigboye (@BazBam) December 19, 2019