Hints and tips:
...It’s orchestrated, however, with lovely precision by Warchus, on Mark Thompson’s chic, white set, and deftly played by his fine cast....
...Nancy Carroll, Oliver Chris, Rufus Sewell and Rachel Redford compose a cast to give your eye-teeth for, and all four take David Leveaux’s direction with skill and commitment....
...Richard and Linda Thompson reconciling after 30 years to sing “Go, Leave”....
...I only ask because Rufus Wainwright opened this richly generous and rewarding gig with what could have been an alternative audition....
...Elsewhere, however, Thompson steps out from his parents’ shadows, notably on “Over and Over”, an ornate exercise in self-pity on which he resembles another member of a famous folk dynasty, Rufus Wainwright...
...Pretty much all were present: Kate’s children Rufus and Martha Wainwright, her sisters Anna and Jane, and Anna’s children; both Richard and Linda Thompson, their children and at least one grandchild....
...(Wainwright’s children Rufus and Martha clearly qualify, but Thompson trumps him with Teddy, Kamila, Jack and a guitarist grandson, Zak.)...
...My company Left Bank Pictures recently completed three films starring Rufus Sewell as an Italian detective, Aurelio Zen, based on a series by the late crime novelist Michael Dibdin....
...Roy Cornelius Smith introduced a gutsy heldentenor as Haman, deftly seconded by Margaret Thompson as Zeresh....
...McBurney’s foray into opera is part of a push to bring new directors to “rejuvenate” the form – Rufus Norris, Mike Figgis and Terry Gilliam are all appearing at ENO this season....
...His partner – wearing a straw boater – explained that Rufus was dressed as Puccini. “I’ve always loved opera,” Rufus told me, “and I come to your place, too.”...
...There are the folk die-hards, who clearly treated this as bring-your-family-to-work day: Martin Carthy and Eliza Carthy are here, as are Richard Thompson and Teddy Thompson....
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