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Talking Shakespeare With David Tennant

Like many other performers and venues, the Royal Shakespeare Company has had to adjust to life without performance for now. Their solutions? Past performances streamed on the BBC, open-air performances in Stratford-upon-Avon and Gregory Doran’s Talking Shakespeare series.

For those unaware, Talking Shakespeare is a free-to-subscribers webinar series, in which Gregory Doran chats with various RSC actors (via Zoom, of course), for an hour at a time. The webinars take place every week on Monday afternoon, with previous guests including Sir Patrick Stewart and Dame Judi Dench. This week’s guest was, as the title suggests, David Tennant.

Good Omens World Premiere – Report

As far as premieres go, Amazon sure as Hell have zero idea what they’re doing (pun absolutely intended).

The Green Carpet was, admittedly, very pretty to look at. Amazon had lined up a thick green carpet (meant to look like grass, aka Eden), with apple trees set by its side. They also brought some signs, going from “have a nice doomsday” and “welcome to the end times” to parts of Agnes Nutter’s prophecies. Those signs were set next to the trees, giving a fairly complete Good Omens experience. It was hilarious to see the apples actually tied to the trees (clearly visible when you’re standing close to it), but from a distance it didn’t stand out, so it didn’t really change the general impression (as long as you weren’t too close). On one end of the green carpet they built a green stage; on another there was the Bentley and behind it, their version of Eden (lots of trees and greenery). It was beautiful to look at from afar – I have no doubt it looked stunning through the cameras.

Good Omens World Premiere – Gallery

Ann’s photos from the Good Omens World Premiere in London, May 28th.

Photos by: Ann Carter