Perhaps somebody else aleady posted this but I didn’t see it.
Did you see Madness of George III, thought it was an amazing production, and that Mark deserves an award for his performance as the King? Then please go to the website and vote for him. But you must hurry. Nominations are accepted until the 30th November, and you can only vote once.
Even if you didn’t see it but love Mark anyway, please, do vote for him.
You can also vote for the play itself as Best Regional Play.
The legend #markgatiss as #kinggeorgeiii in #themadnessofkinggeorge that has been playing at @nottmplayhouse directed by @adam_penford a truly awesome production that I have been lucky to see twice! From shooting the portrait for the #postercampaign for the show to shooting the #behindthescenes#bts for the #ntlivescreening in over 2200 cinemas in 65countries this week. It’s been a pleasure and special to have a very small part of this. Thank you to all the cast and crew that helped me with creating these portraits as well as being so accommodating!
Born in County Durham in 1966, Mark Gatiss co-founded comedy team The League of Gentlemen, which began as a stage show before moving to radio then TV. He has written for Doctor Who since 2005 and co-created BBC One’s Sherlock, in which he stars as Mycroft. In 2016, he won an Olivier award for his role in Three Days in the Country at the National Theatre. He is currently starring in The Madness of George III at Nottingham Playhouse, and on 1 December will host a secret cinema night at Wonderland festival in Devon.
I went to see this the other the day with my husband, for his birthday, and I didn’t know what to expect. I’m a huge fan, obviously, of the one with Judy Garland and James Mason, and I know the Barbra Streisand-Kris Kristofferson one quite well. But I was absolutely blown away: I thought it was fantastically winning, and very tender. We were in bits by the end. There’s a very moving scene with his brother which was like a knife in my guts. I didn’t know Bradley Cooper had directed it until the end – I thought he did a terrific job.
I’m enormously excited about seeing this when I get back to London. I’m a big Sondheim fan. It’s just so intriguing, the idea of a gender-blind version of it, which Sondheim has given his entire blessing to. He seems to be thrilled at it, and it’s gone down a storm. If I’m out of London, I love coming back and looking at the posters on the tube – things have changed while you’ve been away and suddenly there’s loads of new things to look forward to. But that’s top of my list.
Adam Roche, who’s a chef by trade, has rediscovered and digested masses of out-of-publication biographies of Hollywood stars and made them into this. There’s an episode about Warner Brothers, and one about Walt Disney’s anti-communist witch hunts. There’s an unbelievable story about the actress Lina Basquette, who Hitler was obsessed with and who was actually flown to Germany because he wanted to make her a star. There’s one stage where she wants to commit suicide: I was listening on a running machine in a hotel in Cardiff and I jumped off it, just saying to myself, “No, no!”
Now I’m in Nottingham, at the Playhouse, and it’s hard to find a regular place to eat for the hours we work. But I’ve found this wonderful place: they do jacket potatoes and quiches, and they play Al Bowlly songs and old records – it’s sort of like going back in time. It’s really great tea and excellent food, so I thought I’d give them a bit of a bigging up. It’s charming: sort of chintzy inside, and it’s got two big windows facing the street, so it’s very light and airy. It just makes me feel very comforted.
I don’t go to many gigs these days, but I’ve been a huge fan of Sparks since I was a child. I got an email from my friend Edgar Wright, saying “do you want to have dinner with Sparks, they’re big fans of yours”, which I couldn’t believe. So we did, and then a couple of days later we went to see them play, and it was the most fabulous thing. The energy they both have is remarkable. Ron Mael just sat there playing the keyboard, and then at one stage suddenly got up and did a dance, like a statue coming to life. Everyone went crazy.
There are so many places in London I love but, because it desperately must be saved, I would choose this cinema. It’s under terrible threat to become a ticket office for Crossrail: that sort of cultural vandalism makes my blood boil. It’s so easy to get rid of something like that, and yet the impact on the cultural landscape is immense. What do we have to do next, lie down in the road? It’s one of my absolute favourite cinemas: it’s beautifully managed, it’s a lovely place to hang out, and the whole atmosphere is terrific.
I had a few goals this trip. 1. Hang out with my tumblr friends in RL. 2. See #themadnessofgeorgeiii #amazing 3. Have #markgatiss sign my #twohousemates poster. 4. Make him smile with some silly specs #missionaccomplished 5. #icingonthecake #uktrip2018 (at Nottingham Playhouse) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqBZsQyg6wi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=81ddh2wjkd28
We were thrilled to have actor and writer Mark Gatiss as the guest of honour at our 2014 Annual Lunch, where we presented him with the LGBT Humanism Award 2014. Shot and edited by Jon Bagge.
I’ll be on and off today but I will try to make sure I do an update if I can; Tumblr mobile has been wonky for me lately so I will do my best!
Today’s picture of Mark:
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