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3 articles from 2008

17 August 2008 12:30 AM, PDT | From NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news

'Apart From the known and the unknown, what else is there?" asks the playwright Harold Pinter.

This Is what I know. When you ask to go backstage to congratulate any or all of the cast members in the musical "Xanadu," you are advised that they dress and undress together in a very small space and there's no room for anyone to "visit" with them.

So last week, when some of us wanted to greet Whoopi Goldberg after the show, we and our menfolk had to stand near the stage, still in the audience,

By LIZ SMITH

4 July 2008 12:36 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Little Britain star David Walliams is to make his West End debut - the comic has signed to star in a new production of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land.

The star will appear alongside acting veteran Michael Gambon for a four-month run at the Duke of York's Theatre in London.

The production will open on 27 September.

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18 March 2008 12:17 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

British actor Danny Dyer can't wait for his tenure on the London stage to end - because he is sick of the low wages.

The Football Factory star is earning less than $800 (GBP400)-a-week for his part in Harold Pinter's The Homecoming at the ­Almeida Theatre in the British capital.

But the small pay package isn't the only aspect of theatre the 30-year-old is struggling with - he insists repeating the same lines night after night is boring.

He says, "I've got one week left (of the show) and I'll be honest with you, I've had enough. I struggle with saying the same thing every night to be honest.

"When you make movies you're spoon-fed everything and then you've got to tread the boards for 300-odd quid (pounds) a week. You have to earn your stripes. But it's killed me money-wise."

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3 articles from 2008