Evenings 7.30pm
Matinee Saturday 2.30pm
Thu 19 — Sat 21 Mar
Ustinov Studio
Two Halves of Guinness
- 19 - 21 March
Event Information
Evenings 7.30pm
Matinee Saturday 2.30pm
Thu 19 — Sat 21 Mar
Sir Alec Guinness’ commanding performance as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars secured his fame for future generations.
Yet after a distinguished career as one of Britain’s greatest actors, the double-Oscar-winning star of over 70 films feared he would only be remembered as a Jedi Knight.
Two Halves of Guinness reveals a mysterious life story worthy of the darkest Ealing Comedies, revisiting his most memorable characters and encountering a galaxy of stars along the way.
Zeb Soanes (Classic FM, BBC Radio 4) stars as Alec Guinness in a play written by Mark Burgess and directed by Selina Cadell (Eddie Izzard's Great Expectations, Hamlet; Miles Jupp in The Life I Lead). Over a 25-year career at the BBC, Zeb Soanes was an authoritative newsreader and the reassuring voice of the Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4 and presented the BBC Proms. He is now the host of Relaxing Evenings on Classic FM.
Two Halves of Guinness marks the 25th anniversary of Sir Alec Guinness’ death.
Thursday 19 - Saturday 21 March
Evenings 7.30pm
Matinee Saturday 2.30pm
Tickets £29 / £20 discounts
A booking fee of £3 per ticket applies
ZEB SOANES
Over a 25-year career at the BBC, Zeb Soanes was an authoritative newsreader and the reassuring voice of the Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4 and presented the BBC Proms. He is now the host of Relaxing Evenings on Classic FM.
Radio drama includes: Beautiful Dreamers, The Symphony for all Creation (BBC Radio 4); Dead Girls Tell No Tales (BBC Radio 4); All Mouth and Trousers (BBC Radio 4); Dr Who: The Library in the Body (Big Finish)
As an author he created the best-selling Gaspard the Fox series of children’s books, illustrated by James Mayhew and adapted as narrated orchestral works with music by Jonathan Dove CBE.
Concert work includes: BBC Concert Orchestra; Britten Sinfonia; Hallé Orchestra; Orchestra of the Swan; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Royal Northern Sinfonia; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Septura; St Martin-in-the-Fields; The King’s Singers; Ulster Orchestra; Voces8
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