Soon to be seen on the big screen in the extraordinary sci-fi epic CLOUD ATLAS, actor BEN WHISHAW is now busy prepping for his 3/13 West End committment to a new play called PETER AND ALICE. Written by Tony Award-winner JOHN LOGAN (RED), the play combines fantasy and reality with a chance meeting between the real-life inspirations for J. M. BARRIE’S PETER PAN and LEWIS CARROLL’S ALICE IN WONDERLAND at the opening of a literary exhibition in 1932 providing the setting. Not only do DENCH and WHISHAW share a common love of the stage but, as fate would have it, she plays “M” to his “Q” in the upcoming JAMES BOND thriller SKYFALL.
We spoke with WHISHAW a few days ago and he talked briefly about PETER AND ALICE. (CLICK ON THE MEDIA BAR FOR AUDIO)
CLOUD ATLAS opens in theaters 10/26
SKYFALL opens in theaters 11/9
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Rev Stan
October 20th, 2012 at 1:23 am
Peter and Alice is playing on London’s West End not Broadway in March http://www.michaelgrandagecompany.com/whats-on/#peter-and-alice_page0
Hollywood Outbreak
October 20th, 2012 at 7:26 am
fixed…thanks!