Rupert Graves by Eleanor Howarth for Pinter at the Pinter
ETA: second picture found by the wonderful @justbecause05 (see here)
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Rupert Graves by Eleanor Howarth for Pinter at the Pinter
ETA: second picture found by the wonderful @justbecause05 (see here)
Pinter 5
Well that was confusing, but that’s Pinter I guess. Rupert was brilliant, in the first play (it was a set of three short plays) he did not speak for most of it but he still drew your eye with his expressions and presence. He used his comic ability in the second play, having the audience laughing often. And the gravitas that he brought to the final play as a father speaking to his son from beyond the grave was so very moving.
And he looked pretty cute :)
Whole Cast of Pinter Five.
Rupert Graves, Jane Horrocks, Colin Mcfarlane, Emma Naomi, Luke Thallon and Nicholas Woodeson, with director Patrick Marber
Happy Silver Fox Saturday!
Here’s a gorgeous laughing Rupert courtesy of Jamie Lloyd Co on Twitter [x]
From Colin McFarlane to the cast of Pinter Six very early on Sunday morning (or late on Saturday night!) [x]:
Sending love from all at #Pinter5. Bet we’re drunker than you are #Pinter6 !! So wonderful to reach this point together! We’ll see you at #Pinter7 press
Somebody’s had a shave!
Susie Graves on Twitter:
He found Victoria Station at last! Fantastic run of Pinter 5 with a lovely company, but nice to have this one home tonight.
Rupert Graves, Emma Naomi and Colin McFarlane warming up for the last performance of Pinter Five today! [x]
Happy Silver Fox Saturday and congratulations to Pinter Five for their press night (or, more accurately, afternoon) yesterday!
All the reviews so far are largely positive and most agree that while the plays themselves might be tricky (too unpolished, short or written for radio and therefore harder to stage), the cast are wonderful with what they’re given, and more than a few recognise Rupert’s most prominent - and memorable - role in the first play, The Room and his comedic talents in the second, Victoria Station.
(Links are all to Twitter - sorry, but Tumblr will have a hissy fit if I go direct!)
“a profoundly sinister [turn] from Rupert Graves...” [Time Out]
“Jane Horrocks and Rupert Graves shine...” [Ought To Be Clowns]
“Bert (an expressive Rupert Graves)... Rupert Graves is delightfully absent as the oddly reticent and literal cabbie... the combination of Soutra Gilmour’s imaginative staging, Patrick Marber’s considered direction and excellent performances from an ensemble cast of established stars and exciting newcomers, means this Jamie Lloyd season really is the theatre gift that keeps on giving.” [MyTheatreMates]
“ Victoria Station is a joy; Graves superbly shades from blank incomprehension, to bewilderment to something ineffable that might be love, or loss, or complete despair. It is Graves' night in the acting stakes. He's magnificent too in Family Voices...” [What’s on Stage]
“Patrick Marber’s direction brings out the simmering undercurrent of violence. The last few minutes are almost unbearably tense, as Graves, silent throughout, nears the point of explosion. [In Victoria Station] MacFarlane is great, as is Graves as the driver, but the insistence on the piece being played for comedy makes it feel tonally out of step with the other two plays. [In Family Voices] ...there’s an inevitably static quality to the piece that the quality of the performances can’t override. ” [The Stage - full text below]