“Sensitive and engaging,” “beautiful,” immensely thoughtful”: Take a look at the incredible reviews for new online play Moment of Grace, then watch for yourself at The Actors Centre website until 9 August.
NEWS: Moment of Grace to be streamed by The Actors Centre
Moment of Grace, a new drama inspired by the monumental action taken by Princess Diana when she visited a London AIDS ward in the 1980s, will be streamed by The Actors Centre later this month. The production premieres on 31 July and will be available to watch until 9 August.
WATCH: Moment of Grace releases evocative new teaser trailer
When to touch was to heal. At a time when shaking hands feels like a distant memory, Bren Gosling’s play, inspired by a symbolic act of taboo-breaking compassion, has defied its own challenges to transform from acclaimed stage production to film. Watch the trailer and find out more.
“Moment of Grace is a play about a pandemic, and here we are in the midst of another one” Bren Gosling on his new drama
“We have grabbed this opportunity with both hands to make something original – not a film of a staged version of the play BUT a new hybrid production.” When COVID-19 ended hopes of a London season for new HIV drama Moment of Grace, writer Bren Gosling set about recreating it for the screen. Find out more in his fascinating interview…
COVID-cancelled show Moment of Grace searches for streaming partner
Moment of Grace, a new drama exploring the monumental action taken by Princess Diana when she visited a London AIDS ward, has been transformed from an award-winning stage show into a film in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. Producers are hoping to bring it to screens soon.
‘12% of people living with HIV are undiagnosed’: Aaron Vodovoz on why, 25 years on, Lonely Planet is still relevant
Aaron Vodovoz stars alongside Alexander McMorran in Steven Dietz’s 1993 two-hander Lonely Planet, which he also produces. The production, directed by Ian Brown, transfers to the West End’s Trafalgar Studios next week after an acclaimed run last year at the fringe Tabard Theatre. Love London Love Culture’s Emma Clarendon talked to Aaron about his upcoming role and why the AIDS-era play is still so relevant.
ANGELS IN AMERICA – National Theatre
The play has flown home to the National, where it was staged 25 years ago (as the world premiere in fact). And in a world where Reaganism now looks like a moderate American political approach, the world of 1985 America seems not so distant after all.
Reflections on AIDS, Angels, Rent and a PhD
As I write this, the curtain is about to rise on the first major revival of Angels in America in nearly a decade, it’s the fastest selling show in the National Theatre’s history and it’s got a cast of stars (Andrew Garfield, Denise Gough, Nathan Lane, Russell Tovey) who frankly are making it a pretty big deal.
TEXT OF THE DAY: The Pitchfork Disney
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
THE HIV MONOLOGUES – Ace Hotel
Diagnosis, dread, death, devotion, Patrick Cash has written five interlocking, thoughtful monologues that explore HIV from the most human perspective.
AS IS – West End
As one sits in the Trafalgar Studios waiting for Andrew Keates’ production of As Is to begin, there is an awareness of a gentle backdrop of conversation that eventually distils into individuals speaking of when they learned of their AIDS diagnosis. Gradually it builds, with statistics about the numbers of people dying or infected beginning to get louder. Perhaps the most uncomfortable soundbites are the (1981) news stories declaiming in loud American voices the menace of “The Gay Plague” along with vox pop interviews of members of the public saying how “they only have themselves to blame”.
AS IS – West End
Sometimes as a reviewer, you sit in a theatre space and you just feel this is going to be an incredibly important piece of theatre. As Is is one of those such occurrences. Written by William M. Hoffman and directed by Andrew Keates, this is billed as “the first AIDS play”.
Review: POSITIVE (Waterloo East Theatre)
It’s unfortunate that this piece doesn’t meet the minimum 3-week run to be considered for the Off West End awards because there’s much to appreciate in POSITIVE. I was initially put off by the predictable gushing from the gay websites at yet another ‘gay play’ but this one wanders nicely off-piste with some almost off-colour […]
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Review: POSITIVE (Waterloo East Theatre)
It’s unfortunate that this piece doesn’t meet the minimum 3-week run to be considered for the Off West End awards because there’s much to appreciate in POSITIVE. I was initially put off by the predictable gushing from the gay websites at yet another ‘gay play’ but this one wanders nicely off-piste with some almost off-colour […]
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Review: Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (Camden Fringe)
It would be like pissing on a grave to be overly critical of ‘Elegies’, the song cycle of AIDS victims interspersed with thirty-two heartfelt blank verse monologues charting individual experience of the fatal disease. But a little bit of wee did come out when we reflected on the wasted opportunity of staging this electrically important […]
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