Monthly Archive: March 2015

BBC RADIO 3 29th March, 9.45 p.m.

BBC RADIO 3 29th March, 9.45 p.m.

Sharon Oakes (top left)  pictured with some of the cast recording Fanny and Alexander.   At Maida Vale Studios recording the two part radio version of Fanny and Alexander for Radio Three Drama with some of the cast. Adam Thomas Wright, Allan Corduner, Sheila Reid and Mark Bazeley. Produced and Directed by BBC Scotland’s Gaynor McFarlane First episode is on tomorrow night.  I get to do a lot of swearing!!! The Telegraph and The Independent have favourable reviews and Financial times says enjoyably bitter sweet. see details here:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05ns9lx Broadcast Sunday 29th March and Sunday 5th April 2015. 21.45 p.m.  

BEST WISHES FOR SHAMAN AT THE TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL

BEST WISHES FOR SHAMAN AT THE TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL

  THE SHAMAN TFF 2015 NARRATIVE SHORT Release Year: 2015 Runtime: 18 minutes Directed By: Marco Kalantari Country: Austria, Japan Screening as part of Shorts: Interference |  SCREENING TIMES SAT 4/18 9:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-11 MON 4/20 8:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-10 FRI 4/24 2:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-10   SAT 4/25 10:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-9 Drama, Thriller, Science Fiction

MORE OFFICIAL SELECTIONS FOR LADY LUCK FILM

MORE OFFICIAL SELECTIONS FOR LADY LUCK FILM

  LADY LUCK has been selected for the WORLDFEST, HOUSTON, film festival.   Have a look at the link. http://worldfest.org/shorts-schedule/?e=62007&b=9      Also Lady Luck has been entered into the 2015  Julien Dubuque International Film Festival April 23rd to 26th.

BBC RADIO 3 FANNY AND ALEXANDER

Fanny and Alexander is in this weeks Radio Times Choice.  Tune in at 9.45 p.m.  on Sunday 29th March for the first episode of Fanny and Alexander, the second and final episode is on Easter Sunday the 5th April.   Many thanks to Sharon Oakes, Dramatist, Gaynor Macfarlane, Director and the cast and BBC Maida Vale . Alexander ………………………… ADAM THOMAS WRIGHT Fanny ……………………………….. HOLLIE BURGESS Emilie …………………………………. LISA DILLON Helena …………………………………. SHEILA REID Gustav/Carriage driver ………………. STUART McQUARRIE Oscar ………………………………. JUSTIN SALINGER Alma/Aunt Elsa ……………………….. JESSICA TURNER Maj …………………………………. RHIANNON NEADS Ismael ………………………………… CARL PREKOPP Isak/Cleric/Servant …………………… ALLAN CORDUNER...

BBC RADIO 3 – FANNY AND ALEXANDER

Drama On 3: Fanny And Alexander Ep 1/2 Sunday 29 March 9.45pm-11.00pm BBC RADIO 3 Fanny And Alexander is a beguiling drama by Ingmar Bergman about childhood, where imagination is found to be a passport out of dread and into mystery. Adapted for radio by Sharon Oakes, with songs composed and performed by Carl Prekopp. Through the eyes of ten year-old Alexander, listeners hear the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling theatrical family living in turn of the 20th century Sweden. Bergman intended for this story to be his swan song, and it’s the legendary director’s warmest...

ACADOMIA

ACADOMIA

And ,  here is the ENGLISH version of the Acadomia advert , directed by Jeppe Ronde and produced by Les Gaulois.  

ACADOMIA

Here is the longer version of the Acadomia Advert.  French version. Director Jeppe Ronde

POETRY COMPETITION

Today I went to a poetry reading. I entered a poem into the Barnet Poetry Competition, for 2014,  run by Barnet Borough Arts Council and got a third placing.  I got a cash prize and all the winners poems are published in The Barnet Poetry Anthology. It is open to all and they have an adult section and a junior section.  The Judge was Katherine Gallagher. Here is the poem. WEALTH When I was a child, I needed to be wealthy, I would much rather have fortune, Than to be prosperous or healthy. When I was a teen, I wanted...

ACADOMIA ADVERT

ACADOMIA ADVERT

The short version of the Acadomia advert has just gone on the internet.  I loved doing this.  This one is in French, the English one comes out later. Have a look.  I got to be a astronaut.  

TRAILER RELEASE FOR THE SHAMAN

TRAILER RELEASE FOR THE SHAMAN

Featuring in the Tribeca Film Festival in New York  in April. THE SHAMAN The dark year 2204, in a world that has seen 73 years of continuous war. The face of conflict has changed. People kill people but they now rely on giant, intelligent battle machines to fight. Meanwhile, mankind has re-discovered the arts of magic and Shamanism and the Generals on both sides use well-trained spiritual warriors to face the threat of machines. Shamans have special senses; they are experts in all aspects of the “unseen” and the “beyond”. They believe that every person, animal, plant and object has...