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<title>Stuart Allen Photos / Blog</title><link>http://www.stuartallenphotos.com/index.html</link><description>News and updates...</description><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:creator>Stuart Allen</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright &#xa9;2009 Stuart Allen</dc:rights><dc:date>2012-05-03T08:42:56+01:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 10:04:34 +0100</lastBuildDate><item><title>Photos of Idris Elba Masterclass</title><dc:creator>Stuart Allen</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-05-03T08:42:56+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.stuartallenphotos.com/blog_files/photos_of_idris_elba_masterclass.html#unique-entry-id-93</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.stuartallenphotos.com/blog_files/photos_of_idris_elba_masterclass.html#unique-entry-id-93</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[To start the afternoon off Idris selected some audience members to read a scene from &lsquo;Monty Python and the Holy Grail&rsquo;.  The idea of this according to Idris is some people spend so much time dreaming of being an actor instead of doing.

...He talked about advantages of going to drama schools and the fact that it made him work harder because he had not go the drama school route.  He also talked about once your off the ground as an actor how to keep things moving and the doors open.

Part of the way through Idris did some one on one sessions with actors from the audience.

...Idris was asked about Ridley Scott's &lsquo;Prometheus&rsquo; film which Idris is due to star in but said he could not give out any information about that.  He then talked about BBC1's Luther series and how being an executive producer on it as well as led actor allows him more creative input.

Idris Elba with audience members reading a scene from &lsquo;Monty Python and the Holy Grail&rsquo; &copy;2011 Stuart Allen.

...Idris Elba with audience members reading a scene from &lsquo;Monty Python and the Holy Grail&rsquo; &copy;2011 Stuart Allen.

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When talking about actors he admires, he said 'Peter O&rsquo;Toole is extraordinary on stage.

...Whilst talking about live performance Ralph said 'Some nights it clicks and some nights it doesn&rsquo;t, but no one knows why.

...Geoffrey Coleman and Ralph Fiennes &copy;2011 Stuart Allen.

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These designs include Roman Polanski's musical version of The Dance of the Vampires, The Ship and The Big Picnic both in the Harland and Wolff Shipyard in Glasgow as well as Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and designs for The Beggars' Opera, Regent's Park Theatre in 2011.  Also his designs for The National Theatre, The Mysteries, Undiscovered Country, The Critic, Pygmalion, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, All My Sons.  For The Royal Court his designs for The Duchess of Malfi, Man is Man, Hamlet, Kafka's Dick and Hitchcock Blonde.  Productions at the Royal Shakespeare Company include Julius Ceasar (also New York), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Olivier Award) Twelfth Night, Richard III, Richard II and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

In the West End he has designed The End of the Rainbow (also UK tour 2011, Minneapolis Guthrie and Broadway 2012), All My Sons (available on Digital TV), Carousel, I Claudius, Mutiny!, Kiss Me Kate, A Streetcar Named Desire, My Night With Reg, Lenny, The Breath of Life, The Woman in White, Betrayal, The Last Confession and The Importance of being Earnest.

...William talked about the advantages of using CGI in set design compared to using models, which include being able to show different lighting states.

...William Dudley, background image, design from Roman Polanski's The Dance of the Vampires.

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