I first read Gerald Durrell’s Gothic horror story, when in Vienna, aged 14. (Couldn’t look in the mirror for a week!) Now about to direct my stage adaptation - The Shadow in the Mirror - at the stunning Mill at Sonning Theatre, this autumn…
#ghoststories#thrillers#theatre
Well, m’lud. On Behalf of My Client… Lawyers-turned-writers @imranmahmood777@guymorpuss Abigail Dean and actor turned author @DBrucelockhart plead the case for fictional villains. Nicola Williams is in the chair.
#theaksonscrime
@ambiedollaz Breakfast.
A decent pillow?
A cup of tea…
Ear plugs.
Hmmm…
Oh, and a good book (such as my novel ‘Second Skin’, out in paperback this month in all good bookshops and Amazon, naturally!)😀🍷
Great to be back in the rehearsal room with our fantastic cast! We open on 20th March, and run ‘til 19th April. Do book soon, as tix are selling fast!🎸🍺 https://t.co/mBAJUXD8fj
Wilko: Love and Death and Rock And Roll 🎸⚡️the amazing, uplifting true story of Wilko Johnson.
This play with live music is transferring to @swkplay Borough for Mar - Apr 2025.
Tickets on sale now!
https://t.co/KiMpIreuya
Lockhart's memoirs of his time plotting against Lenin in Russia was made into a film in 1934. Leslie Howard played "Stephen Locke" in a highly fictionalised story. Film was pretty woeful, but it made Lockhart some money!
#Historywriters#Russia#FilmNoir#spy#Hollywood