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ANET DIBLEY is a
UK tour familiar face to TV UK tour
Alex is the main man-dolin Jthe amazing eyes shot Haunted? Pull And you thought British
viewers – the actress with

to fame in the 1980s when she
starred in sitcom The Two of Us
AKING ON the lead role in the Alex (The Borgias, Mr Sloane) is with romance, heartache, poetry, a with Nicholas Lyndhurst.
Tfirst major stage production of still practising the instrument for lot of music and singing. It’s going She went on to appear as alcoholic estate agents were awful!
bestselling novel Captain Corelli’s at least an hour a day. to be an amazing show.” Lorna Cartwright in EastEnders, The Others one
Mandolin gave Alex Mugnaioni the He said: “I’ve had to learn how The play previews at Leicester in another BBC soap, Doctors, in
chance to do more than just act – he to play quite well in that time – it Curve from April 13-20 then Coronation Street, Broadchurch
also learnt to play the mandolin. helped a bit that I knew how to play tours until the end of June, visiting and on stage in National Theatre OLLOWING A critically- and I adore Jack Lemmon.
More than four months in and the guitar. venues including Bath, Newcastle, productions including Guys and Facclaimed West End run, David The idea of playing Shelley,
“Harry Blake wrote the original Birmingham, Edinburgh and Dolls. Mamet’s Olivier and Pulitzer Prize- the part he played, was a
music for the play – it’s really lovely Glasgow. Alex is hoping de Berniere Now she’s treading the boards Dibley's governess has a ghastly time winning black comedy Glengarry massive draw. It’s every
Playlist and I need to be good enough to do will attend the show’s opening again in a UK tour of Henry James’s Playlist Glen Ross is touring the UK. actor’s dream, I think, to do
The stage show stars Nigel
Top 10 his music justice.” Louis de night. captivating psychological thriller in Henry James's pyschological thriller Top 10 Harman (EastEnders, Shrek The Mamet. You get to swear a
He said: “I hope he does. He The Turn of the Screw.
lot and it’s not about being
from
Adapted
Berniere’s much-loved novel, Alex has been involved in the process of Janet stars in the lead role as The Musical) as ruthless Ricky Roma subtle. It’s about BOOM!
stars in Captain Corelli’s Mandolin creating the show a little bit. He has Governess, played in the famous and Mark Benton (Shakespeare BANG! and you can go for
as the title character. An epic love seen some of the workshops and film version (titled The Innocents) on inside the head. That’s fascinating to & Hathaway, Waterloo Road) as it and lose your temper. The
story set on the Greek island on apparently is very pleased with it.” by Deborah Kerr – which Janet has me as an actor. salesman Shelley ‘The Machine’ characters are all snakes
Cephalonia, it follows the lives Talented Alex, whose career to never seen. “The play is very clever and very true to Levene. really. None of them are
of Dr Iannis (Joseph Long), his date includes touring North and She revealed: “Someone gave it the novella. Tim Luscombe’s adaptation It’s set in 1980s Chicago in the nice. I love that friction and
beautiful, strong-willed daughter South America with the Globe to me on DVD and it’s still in its retains the ambiguity of James’s original. dog-eat-dog world of purveying the fire in the dialogue.”
Pelagia (Madison Clare) and Theatre's production of Much wrapper. I don’t want to watch it yet “It’s completely intriguing and leaves real estate and focuses on four RUTHLESS: Shelley (Benton) and Ricky (Harman) He added: “When we
Captain Antonio Corelli, during Ado About Nothing, said he has no because I don’t want to be swayed you wondering what is the actual truth? increasingly desperate employees join the play Shelley’s
the Italian and German occupation definite work plans after the tour by Deborah Kerr’s performance. People will have differing opinions about who will do anything, legal or we are much more polite.” right at the bottom of the board.
of the island in World War II. ends. I’m going to see it when we finish that.” otherwise, to sell the most property. This is the first time Harman has He’s called Shelley ‘The Machine’
Alex described it as ‘an He explained: “I don’t know as the tour in June.” Harman said: “Ricky is a brilliant joined a tour that changes theatre Levene because in his heyday he
incredible epic.’ yet – that’s the life of an actor. I Set in 1840, The Turn of the Screw nce the tour ends Janet said there part to play and it’s incredibly venue weekly. was number one. But he’s well past
He said: “There’s a huge amount have a theatre company, Chaskis is about a young governess who Ois an option to continue into the challenging. He is very bright, He said: “Touring theatre is those glory days.
in the book which is probably why Theatre, so I might do a show with agrees to look after two orphaned autumn – in between she’s going to Rome street smart. He presents himself as wildly important. I think it’s the “You wouldn’t get an office like
it’s not been adapted for the stage them.” children in Bly, a seemingly idyllic MRS GROSE: Played by Maggie McCarthy with her husband, former actor Tyler a happily married man, but he can lifeblood of theatre.” this nowadays. You wouldn’t get
before – people must have been a bit Having had such an intensive country house. But shortly after Butterworth [the son of Carry On films be one of the lads too. He can be He played Dennis Rickman in away with it. The play really shines
shy of being able to get everything introduction to the mandolin, Alex her arrival, she realises they are stalwart Peter Butterworth and actress whatever he needs to be to make a EastEnders from 2003 to 2005 and a light on the dark side of men, the
into a stage production.” revealed that he will continue to not alone. There are others – the and impressionist Janet Brown]. sale, and he’s very good at it. is still recognised most from the useless, ineffectual side. It’s full of
He added: “The film version learn the instrument. ghosts of Bly’s troubled past. The “Peter was in the Fleet Air Arm during “Morally his compass is a long soap. that bravado I think a lot of men
[starring Nicolas Cage and He said: “I think I will carry on, Governess will risk everything to the war and became a prisoner of war. way off, but if you get caught in his He said: “One day I’d like to sit have. The macho thing. But with
Penelope Cruz] it would be silly not to. It’s such a keep the children safe, even if it My husband does a talk about his father tractor beam you think he’s really down and watch an episode. I was Shelley, in particular, you get to see
is very literal, lovely thing to be able to do." means giving herself up to ‘The ‘The Real Peter Butterworth.’ cool. It’s only afterwards you realise always working, so I never watched another side. You find out why he’s
ours is very n Go to: captaincorelli’smandolin. Others’. “For Tyler’s 60 birthday I bought he’s probably been speaking a load that much of it. Maybe one day I desperate.
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metaphorical, com for tour details. Years later, confronted by us tickets to see the Royal Marines in of rubbish and he’s just taken 40 can go back and direct an episode to “He is, I think, the most human
the past, she is compelled to concert at the Royal Albert Hall,” she grand from you.” be part of that gang again, because because you see his foibles and it’s
account for what actually said. He added: “His moral flexibility they’re a really special bunch.” not all macho with him.”
happened to her and the makes him really interesting to The 1992 film version of n Glengarry Glen Ross tours
innocents under her play. Playing these kinds of guys Glengarry Glen Ross starred Al to Milton Keynes, Glasgow,
ALEX MUGNAIONI learnt to MAESTRO: protection. JANET DIBLEY stars as The – where everything is said in your Pacino, Jack Lemmon and Alec Richmond, Brighton and Cardiff.
Guitar
play the mandolin for his role player Alex Governess in Henry James’s face and confrontationally – is Baldwin. Go to: glengarrywestend.com for
in Captain Corelli’s Mandolin. is now quite he tour kicked off thriller The Turn of the Screw, brilliant because, as British people, Benton said: “I love the film more details.
He said these 10 tracks have accomplished Tlate last month and now touring the UK. Here’s her
helped him get to grips with it: on the is now at the second Top 10 Playlist: Books
mandolin,
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Verdi – just getting it all out of my particular roles stand out for Janet. Joni Mitchell
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