His meeting with Walt Disney came to encapsulate his incredible life full of adventure and heartbreak. "Let's Go Fly a Kite" was his theme tune. I am deeply jealous of Miles Jupp's dressing gown in The Life I Lead, the solo play at the Park Theatre. The Life I Lead. Friday - Saturday, 7.45pm "Mr Banks. Really I’d like to play baddies.
But the genial narrative style fails to take these stories to the dark edge that's required; Jupp doesn't jump to other characters easily (as is often necessary in a solo play), and you're left wishing someone would join him on stage. He has also appeared in The Way Of The World at Northampton Royal Theatre, A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg at the Glasgow Citizens and Neville’s Island in the West End. Past productions. London Play. I’ve seen Miss Hoolie, Edie McCredie and Penny Pocket over the past year. I am deeply jealous of Miles Jupp's dressing gown in The Life I Lead, the solo play at the Park Theatre. So, pleasantly watchable without ever quite persuading us why we care. The director is Selina Cadell, a blue-chip actor and theatre director who is head of drama at the National Opera Studio. I didn’t like people mocking them for what they said. Click here to pre-order a delicious Buffet Box to enjoy before the show. We did that in the autumn — six weeks in Corfu and two months in a studio. The sheer scope of it. I speak to them quite often. up to email updates. Yes, because the royal family have given an enormous amount of work to actors, technicians, writers, directors and location scouts, and that’s a very important thing they’ve done. Get a weekly digest of our critical highlights in your inbox each Thursday! [Writer] James Kettle decided there was something about Tomlinson that reminded him of me and thought about doing a play. ■ Comedian and actor Miles Jupp, 39, talks about his new play, The Life I Lead, charting Disney’s most famous dad. I have no complaints.
Wikipedia; Add a production of this play; Edit this play; This is a duplicate of another play. Between showbiz asides that take in reminiscences of John Gielgud or Peter Sellers, Kettle's play promises a reveal of the other side of Tomlinson's life: an horrific ending to a first marriage, a son with autism, a Victorian father with secrets of his own. Smiles.
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