Take A Seat at the Donmar Warehouse - new campaign video

 

The Donmar Warehouse is currently undergoing essential building works,

getting ready to reopen in September 2021. They shared a new video with

Eddie Redmayne in support of their new campaign. Eddie popped in to

see the work in progress at the Donmar and got behind the Take a Seat

campaign to help the theatre get back into shape by September. Take a look

at the video and find out what Eddie got up to on his visit to the theatre.

"For me, this theatre the Donmar is not only one of the greatest theatres in the world

but also the most intimate. You can literally hear the audience breathe and they can see

every bead of sweat. It genuinely feels like you're kind of in your living room with

your family, just like performing for them."

So how many seats there gonna be? About 250.

"When I was doing 'Red', there was a moment in the play where Alfred Molina

and I had to prime this massive canvas with bright red paint. I was coming to

work one day on the tube and this lady opposite me kind of tapped me on the

knee and she pointed to this massive red blotch of paint on her handbag and

she said 'you did this' and I went 'I'm so sorry!' and she said 'no-no, I kept it

as a souvenir from my night at the Donmar.' You only get that intimacy here."

"You guys too can be a part of the Donmar family and join me in helping

support this beautiful theatre as it emerges from the pandemic. All we need

now are some seats with your names on them... Thank You."

Find out more here

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New video - Tribute to Michael Grandage

Michael Grandage who directed Eddie in ‘Red’ and ‘Richard II’ at the 

Donmar Warehouse, was awarded the Equity Award for Services to Theatre 

Sunday night (March 4, 2019) at the 19th Annual WhatsOnStage Award.

Eddie Redmayne in Shakespeare's Richard II. directed by Michael Grandage
Donmar Warehouse

Eddie's most successfus theatre project is John Logan's play 'Red' directed by
Michael Grandage at the Donmar and the Golden Theatre on Broadway in NYC

In the new tribute video Jude Law, Judi Dench, Isley Lynn, Lynette Linton, 

Eddie Redmayne, Rufus Norris and Felicity Jones spoke about his work and 

the impact it has had on the industry and emerging generations of artists.

“I’d always been obsessed with the Donmar Warehouse...The place that he had 

made it, is so filled with - it was a jewel - magic and excitement. You could brush 

shoulders with actors you admired, and you felt an intimacy and a closeness, but 

at the same point the theater seemed to punch so above its weight. He thinks 

about an evening and an event, and what someone, who is paying for the babysitter 

and playing - you know - to come out to the theater and go over dinner, and what 

that whole evening means, and he gives it a sense of - there’s always a touch and 

it’s always laced with - glamour, his evenings.” - Eddie Redmayne

WhatsOnStage article

Eddie Redmayne explains that ‘mating dance’ scene - iTunes Q&A panel November 2016

‘I was reading this one scene. “Jacob hides behind a thing, and then Newt 

performs mating dance and then…” I went back down it and was like, 

“Newt performs mating dance? David?”’ - Eddie Redmayne

Watch the clip to see Eddie’s reaction for yourself! (via Pottermore) 

More about this in my old posts:

Eddie on that mating dance scene - video from Pottermore

Fantastic Beasts Q&A at Apple Store Soho, New York

I posted these gifs on tumblr in March 2017 and decided to post the gifset here
too. Tumblr's new automatic system flagged my post as adult content. I appealed
and got it back. If you are on tumblr and you have flagged posts that are vanished 

from your blog, you can find them on your dashboard (among your posts) and
you can appeal (ask for review by people), or edit the posts, and get them back.

Goldderby article published on Eddie's Birthday ranked his 10 best movies
The author told a story about him, when he was in NYC in 2010.:
“…In 2010 I happened to be walking past the theater in New York where
Red was playing. Alfred Molina who was the above the title star of the
play was signing autographs in front of the theater as his limousine waited.
As I walked further along I saw Redmayne seemingly walking home 
from the theater alone carrying a well-worn suitcase that he was 
having trouble keeping closed. It was sort of fascinating to see an actor
who at the time of the play was thought of as not famous enough to merit
a car to drive him home make it to the Oscar podium only four years later”

Theatre World Awards June 8th, 2010

Theatre World Awards are the oldest awards given for outstanding Broadway and 

Off-Broadway debut performances. The Theatre World Award winners have been 

chosen by the Theatre World Awards committee.

Eddie redmayne and Alfred Molina (source: iloveeddieredmayne)

Eddie Redmayne Web Gallery

The Award goes to Eddie Redmayne - 100th post

timessquaregossip.com: THE 66TH ANNUAL THEATRE WORLD AWARDS

The Theatre World Awards presentation were held at New World Stages, 340 West 50th
Street, in an invitation-only ceremony, Tuesday, June 8, 2010 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Photo Coverage: 66th Annual Theatre World Awards - Arrivals

(most photos source eddieredmayne.ru)

 iloveeddieredmayne

The revival of the  play 'Red' runs from 4th May to 28th July 2018 at the Wyndham’s Theatre 

in London’s West End, directed by Michael Grandage with Alfred Enoch playing Ken,
and Alfred Molina reprising his original role as Mark Rothko. (wikipedia)
The press night will be held on 15th May (source and review)