THE STANDARD BEARER

Neil Dickson is performing my monologue THE STANDARD BEARER at the Waterloo East Theatre on Monday 26th September at 7.30. He's been directed by the multi-talented Julian Sands, whose show about Harold Pinter's poetry directed by John Malkovich is currently touring after a very successful run at the Edinburgh Festival. Neil and Julian have previously presented this piece in West Hollywood to great acclaim. All welcome!

Update on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 11:55AM by Stephen Wyatt

Thanks to Neil and Julian and the staff of the excellent Waterloo East Theatre for a very memorable evening on 26th September. There was such a good turnout that a second performance by Neil had to be added for those who couldn't get into the first performance.

TINNISWOOD

Delighted to read that my play GERONTIUS about the relationship between Cardinal Newman and Father Ambrose St John has made the short list for the Tinniswood Award for the best radio script broadcast in 2010.

MR RIPLEY

My dramatisation of The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith is being repeated on Friday 2nd September at 9 pm on BBC Radio 4. This kicks off a repeat of the Complete Ripley and my versions of The Boy Who Followed Ripley and Ripley Under Water can be heard on 23rd and 30th September respectively at the same time.

The Complete Ripley Radio Mysteries are also available for sale from BBC Audio via Amazon and other outlets.

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

My radio play, Double Jeopardy, with Patrick Stewart and Adrian Scarborough, is now available for download from AudioGO. Among other sites, it can be obtained via Amazon.

BRIAN DESMOND HURST

In 1976/7 I helped the Irish film director, Brian Desmond Hurst, put together his memoir, Travelling the Road. Recent years have seen a revival of interest in Brian and his films which include Scrooge, Malta Story, Dangerous Moonlight and Theirs is the Glory. I recently participated in a radio documentary for RTE about Brian's story. It's narrated by Brian's great-nephew, Allan Smith and produced by Adam Fowler. The documentary called An Irishman Chained to the Truth can be found on the RTE website - http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/

STRANGERS ON A FILM

Clive Swift has just been cast as Alfred Hitchcock in my radio play, Strangers on a Film, which records in late August. He joins Patrick Stewart who again plays Raymond Chandler. The play is about the writing of the screenplay for Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train and broadcasts on Radio 4 at the end of September.

PARADISE TOWERS DVD

My copy of the Paradise Towers dvd arrived today in the post. They've done a really good job with the extras and I'm relieved to discover that I didn't make a complete idiot of myself in the interview and commentary. The story will no doubt continue to inspire very mixed reactions. Some people like it. Some seem to be still apoplectic with rage over it twenty five years on. Hopefully there'll also be some people out there discovering it for the very first time.

PJ HARVEY INTERVIEW

I was intrigued to read in an interview in the Observer with PJ Harvey for 24th April that one of the main inspirations for her recent album Let England Shake was my radio play Memorials to the Missing. The interview can be found on the Observer's website.

DR WHO ON DVD

According to Amazon, the DVD of Paradise Towers is being released on July 18th in the UK and August 9th in the States. We're also recording an audio commentary to accompany the eventual DVD release of THE GREATEST SHOW IN THE GALAXY in early May.

A VICTORIAN MIKADO

Stephen has written the script for Krazy Kat Theatre's new show A VICTORIAN MIKADO. It opens at the New Theatre Royal Plymouth on 4th May and then tours throughout May. Details on the Krazy Kat website.