Ambassadors: Video Clip of Episode 1

Ambassadors with Keeley Hawes and Matthew Macfadyen (as the Prince of Darkness) begins tonight on BBC Two! Here's a clip from the first episode!

Ripper Street S2: Video Clip of Episode 1

This coming Monday, the opening episode of the second series will begin in the UK on BBC One. Here's a clip of Reid and his men quelling a riot in the cells of Leman Street

Perfect Nonsense: The Richmond Magazine Review

Perfect Nonsense has closed in Richmond and moved on to Brighton, with the first showing on 22 October. The Richmond Magazine has posted a review which you can read in its entirety HERE.

One of the best moments in a night that’s filled with many delights for fans of the genre is when Macfadyen simultaneously plays the roles of the gruff Sir Watkyn and the manipulative ingenue ‘Stiffy’ Bing, no mean feat.

Director Sean Foley (who also performed in the Morecambe & Wise homage The Play What I Wrote) maintains a brisk pace throughout with both Mangan and Macfadyen possessing strong comic timing that keeps their double act working effectively. Mention  too should also be made of Mark Hadfield who plays all the other roles, from Aunt Delia to the ever-expanding and absurdly menacing figure of Roderick Spode whose towering presence is only punctured by the revelation of his dodgy practises, something unearthed – of course – by the omniscient Jeeves. As a show it’s aptly named for what it offers is pure froth but it’s delivered with such aplomb even the valet himself might tacitly approve.

(thanks for finding and sharing the review, Jodi)

Matthew Macfadyen Interview for John Lewis Christmas 2013 Edition

Thanks to Beccy who found a four page interview with Matthew Macfadyen in the free John Lewis Christmas 2013 Edition of their magazine. Fortunately, it is also online.

You can read it HERE.

Perfect Nonsense: The National Brain Appeal Pyjama Party

A fabulous photo of Matthew with Stephen Mangan has been shared by the Evening Standard. It is part of a fundraiser for The National Brain Appeal, a charity close to Stephen Mangan's heart. Read the article in full on the website.

Classic comedy stars Jeeves and Wooster - in the form of Stephen Mangan and Matthew Macfadyen - have donned pyjamas and nightcaps to party in a good cause. The actors, who are playing PG Wodehouse’s famous characters in a new play Perfect Nonsense, took time out from performances at Richmond Theatre this week to relax in support of The National Brain Appeal Pyjama Party.

The appeal, which Mangan has supported since his father died of brain cancer, is holding a week-long series of events starting tomorrow [october 19] to raise funds for the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Queen Square, London, the UK’s largest centre for patients with conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord, muscles and nervous system. Mangan, channelling his character, the upper-class twit Bertie Wooster, encouraged others to take part. “What ho! Jeeves and I, as you can see, are preparing for the National Brain Appeal Pyjama Party. Were others not to join us, if not actually disgruntled, we would be far from gruntled.”

Perfect Nonsense: The National Brain Appeal Pyjama Party
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