A Few of my Favourite Things: Simon Callow

Matthew Hurt's one man play The Man Jesus, starring Simon Callow, is coming to the West End later this year as part of a UK tour.

The show, which premiered at Belfast's Lyric Theatre last year, looks at key moments in the life of Jesus, with Callow delivering a "moving account of biblical stories including the revival of Lazarus, the wedding at Cana and the journey to Jerusalem."

We caught up with Simon to find out a few of his favourite things…

What/who is your favourite…

Film?

Chimes at Midnight – Welles' masterpiece, radical and profoundly Shakespearean.

Place to relax in London?

Hampstead Heath, where I take the dogs and see the seasons change, week by week, against a backdrop of the ever-morphing London skyline.

Restaurant?

Driftwood in Cornwall. Sublime food, staggering views and a real sense of otherness: Cornwall is quite mythic.

Holiday destination?

Amalfi: the sea, the cliffs, the food, the glamour.

Play/Musical that you have seen?

Henry IV, because all human life is there, a titanic panorama of Britain.

Theatre to visit?

Bayreuth. Austere, almost holy, with Wagner's turbulent master/monsterworks swarming across that fabulous stage.

Theatre to work in?

Harold Pinter: not small, but intimate,with a perfect acoustic that means I can murmur lines to someone in the back row of the gods.