Rehearsals and debut performance in Leeds, 2011. Professional photographs by Samuel Payne.
Author Archives: GregoryJ
Picture Gallery!
Check out the brand-spanking-new-look website!
Just added a gallery full to bursting with all our sexy fizzogs. Super images taken by our splendid photographer and all-round good egg Samuel Payne.
http://buerkthenewsical.com/gallery/
More performance dates coming soon!
Excellent Theatre in London: Love, Question Mark and The Changeling
I’ve recently been very privileged with my position as theatre critic for Entertainment Focus to see some excellent and original theatre. Love, Question Mark is currently running at the Tabard Theatre, and it’s written and directed by Robert Gillespie, who we were very privileged to chat to about his show. The Changeling is at the Southwark Playhouse and is a fast-paced Jacobean tragedy. Stunning performances in both, and great showcases of what theatre is (or should be) all about.
Here’s my reviews:
http://www.entertainment-focus.com/theatre/articles/love-question-mark
http://www.entertainment-focus.com/theatre/articles/the-changeling
If you prefer, you can read them here too:
Why I Paint Dogs
They are the height of beauty – dogs.
Expressive and individual faces convey the personality beneath.
And what perfect creatures! Dogs light up any room they are in. Like an open fireplace, dogs provide a focal point and your eye is drawn to them.
Roger Moore
I was delighted to meet Roger Moore last night at Network’s event to mark the 40th anniversary of The Persuaders! and its release on DVD and Blu-ray.
For such a huge star, Roger Moore is a wonderfully warm, charming and self-deprecating man. He asked everybody their name, shook hands and posed for photographs. Interviewed by Barry Norman, he claimed the secret of his success is that he’s been very lucky.
He’s an inspirational figure, and a valid lesson to the prima donnas in the entertainment industry who refuse to talk about their early successes. He’s also impeccably well-mannered and charming. It was a real honour to meet him.
Lazy Afternoon Doze – Saffy On My Bed
Oil on canvas, painted summer 2010. The fastest I have ever produced a painting, completing it within 24 hours over two sittings. I’ve gone for light effect rather than reality. It was an attempt to capture Saffy having a mid-afternoon doze on my bed, warming herself to the sunshine coming through the window. It is on the wall of my parents’ house in my old bedroom.
Buerk! The Newsical
More news on the Yorkshire-hit Buerk! The Newsical soon!
See www.buerkthenewsical.com for further details.
EF interview with Anneke Wills
A link to my interview with the gorgeous 60s icon Anneke Wills.
http://www.entertainment-focus.com/tv/articles/interview-anneke-wills
Saffy in the Lake District
I painted this three years ago. The original hangs in my parents’ dining room.
My Dissertation
Anyone interested in Roman History may like this. It’s a rough draft of my final dissertation.
How successful was the governor Agricola in securing Northern Britain as a Roman province?
Introduction
The most important and detailed source we have on Agricola’s career is the biography of him, The Agricola, written by his son-in-law, Tacitus, several years after Agricola’s death. It is therefore problematic to use written sources alone to ascertain how successful or otherwise Agricola had been in his post as governor of Britain; since any account written by a close relative is bound to be biased in his favour. Especially if, like Tactitus in this case, the historian follows the standard pattern of latin biographies and praises his subject arguably beyond his worth.