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.
