Cast of Bingo incl. Patrick Stewart
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:50 am
Beautiful day out in Chichester 22nd May. Saw the final night performance of Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death at the Minerva Theatre.
Oh. Em. Gee. Beautiful theatre. Tiny tiny tiny. Maybe 250 seats.
Finally finally got Patrick Stewart to sign my Hamlet programme. He was polite but curt, as usual. So happy to get him to sign this. We'd seen him earlier in the evening as we were getting drinks & collecting tickets before the show. It was funny because we saw a gentleman in a baseball cap & jeans run up the stairs near us and my friend went "Oh I thought that was Patrick for a second!" and I lauged, saying how any older looking man in a cap immediately makes us think it's Patrick. We sat down near the ticket office waiting for return tickets to come in (thankfully one did). I went off to get a drink and when I came back, I passed the guy again & heard his voice. It WAS Patrick! I laughed and came back to tell the girls, and he ended up standing right next to us with his son, Daniel. I was tempted to ask him to sign it then (after he was about to leave, would never interrupt) but never got the chance. Thankfully did after the show though. I've got 3 IPs (3 different plays) and a TTM autograph from Patrick now. I'm happy - and I'm done!
Also got the following to sign my Bingo programme:
Ellie Haddington - Very nice & excellent performance as Old Woman. Prof. Doherty in Doctor Who (Last of the Timelords).
Richard McCabe - Brilliant (probably scene stealing) as Ben Jonson. Commented on the fact I saw his Toby Belch in Twelfth Night "Oh another drunkard!"
Jason Watkins - a delight to talk to. Herrick in Being Human.
Alex Price - Gilbert in Being Human, Francesco in Doctor Who (Vampires in Venice).
Also went to the pub afterwards and, as is usual, found the cast to be having last-night drinks. Even Patrick. Stayed for an hour or so before heading back to B&B.
Scans to follow.
Oh. Em. Gee. Beautiful theatre. Tiny tiny tiny. Maybe 250 seats.
Finally finally got Patrick Stewart to sign my Hamlet programme. He was polite but curt, as usual. So happy to get him to sign this. We'd seen him earlier in the evening as we were getting drinks & collecting tickets before the show. It was funny because we saw a gentleman in a baseball cap & jeans run up the stairs near us and my friend went "Oh I thought that was Patrick for a second!" and I lauged, saying how any older looking man in a cap immediately makes us think it's Patrick. We sat down near the ticket office waiting for return tickets to come in (thankfully one did). I went off to get a drink and when I came back, I passed the guy again & heard his voice. It WAS Patrick! I laughed and came back to tell the girls, and he ended up standing right next to us with his son, Daniel. I was tempted to ask him to sign it then (after he was about to leave, would never interrupt) but never got the chance. Thankfully did after the show though. I've got 3 IPs (3 different plays) and a TTM autograph from Patrick now. I'm happy - and I'm done!
Also got the following to sign my Bingo programme:
Ellie Haddington - Very nice & excellent performance as Old Woman. Prof. Doherty in Doctor Who (Last of the Timelords).
Richard McCabe - Brilliant (probably scene stealing) as Ben Jonson. Commented on the fact I saw his Toby Belch in Twelfth Night "Oh another drunkard!"
Jason Watkins - a delight to talk to. Herrick in Being Human.
Alex Price - Gilbert in Being Human, Francesco in Doctor Who (Vampires in Venice).
Also went to the pub afterwards and, as is usual, found the cast to be having last-night drinks. Even Patrick. Stayed for an hour or so before heading back to B&B.
Scans to follow.