Perfect Nonsense: Telegraph Review

The Telegraph has given Perfect Nonsense 4 stars while stating the play would have made PG Wodehouse proud. Here's what was said about Matthew Macfadyen.

Matthew Macfadyen is equally fine as Jeeves, commanding, sepulchral and extremely strict in the matter of men’s trouserings, no matter how fraught the situation may be. He shines in a host of other parts too, including getting up in drag to play Bertie's ghastly former fiancée Madeline Bassett. Indeed in one delirious scene he simultaneously plays both a man and a woman in a comic coup of extraordinary dexterity and panache.

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Perfect Nonsense: Press Night Photos

Today was press night for Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense.  Wooller.com has posted several photos from rather event.  You can see them HERE.

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Perfect Nonsense: Meet the new Jeeves and Wooster (BBC Video)

Stephen Mangan and Matthew Macfadyen talk about their roles as Wooster and Jeeves in the West End play, Perfect Nonsense.

You can watch the video on the BBC website.

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Matthew Macfadyen: Mac The Knife

Matthew Macfadyen spoke with the Express, talking about the gore in Ripper Street (appropriate for the era and location) and that his children are more interested in Despicable Me 2 than in his stuff.

About being recognised on the street -

“I don’t get stopped in the street very often but it does happen a little more now,” he says. “Since this show started, people stop me and say they love it and I’m so glad they do. It’s a lovely feeling to get good feedback.”

Read the full interview HERE.

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Perfect Nonsense: Goodale On Creating The Perfect Jeeves & Wooster Play

Writer Robert Goodale spoke to Official London Theatre, explaining the evolution of how he came to bring Jeeves and Wooster to the stage.  About the casting, he goes on to say

Although I had absolutely nothing to do with Stephen Mangan’s or Matthew Macfadyen’s involvement, I did suggest the two of them during the casting process. Having worked with them both at the Royal Shakespeare Company, witnessed their extraordinary comic abilities and observed how well they got on together, there was no question in my mind as to how perfect a pairing they could be. So I was thrilled when they were approached and their performances have reached a height that no one could have predicted. 

Stephen is playing Bertie to perfection as an utterly charming simpleton with a touch of the vaudevillian front man that PGW had intended. Matthew is completely inscrutable as Jeeves and hilarious and extraordinary as all the other characters that he in turn has to play. It’s fascinating watching an actor allow his characters to evolve through raw instinct rather than just pulling their stock-in-trade out of the bag.

Read the full article HERE.

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