The Independent posted a preview for Reading Room, presented by the London Contemporary Dance Theatre. Alan Rickman and Miranda Richardson will be participating in this.

Richardson, a friend of Lunn’s who will also be narrating one of the London performances, says they will by no means be the main attraction. “The dancers will be doing the majority of the work,” said Richardson. “I’ve been at rehearsals and they are amazing to watch.”

The piece explores the relationship between physical and verbal communication through contemporary dance and oral readings. It will be narrated by the aforementioned actors in a series of performances across the country. Samuel Beckett’s last prose work, Stirrings Still, poems by Raymond Carver and Billy Collins, and an original work written and pre-recorded by the late Anthony Minghella, will provide the texts that will accompany the work of five dancers.

Reading Room will be at Southbank Centre in London on June 5 and 6. There will be various performances across the UK until June 28.

Alan Rickman attended a charity performance of Motherland at the Young Vic Theatre in London this evening.  You can see the pictures over at the SnitchSeeker gallery!

Thanks SnitchSeeker!

Today is Alan Rickman’s birthday! Alan plays Professor Snape in the Harry Potter films and has been seen in MANY other movies.

Let us all wish him a Happy Birthday with many more to come!

Happy Birthday Alan!!!

Entertainment Weekly has a new interview out with Alan Rickman when he attended the Sundance Film Festival! In it he kinda talks about Harry Potter. Ha ha.

Okay, I think your wranglers are giving me the signal, but I have to say, even before I got to the end of the Harry Potter books —
Before you go any further, I never, ever talk about that character. Number one, because it’s not fair on kids who haven’t read to the end. And for me to say anything — there’s a bit of it that just should be left innocent. It’s real storytelling, what she’s done, and I’m part of that. So I just never talk about it.

When do you go back to shoot Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince?
They’re shooting six [now], and I start shooting my part of it beginning of February.

It’s a bigger part for you this time.
Ahh…. There’s important stuff. [Smiles]

A number of Harry Potter cast members have stepped up to help the Bush Theatre from a grants cut. Daniel Radcliffe, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Alan Rickman, Frances de la Tour, Gemma Jones, and Miriam Margoyles have all stepped up to help.

They are among more than 150 actors and directors publicly backing the tiny west London venue’s fight against Arts Council England’s proposal to reduce its funding by £180,000.

If the cut is implemented it would “seriously diminish” the Bush’s capacity to do its work and serve audiences, the supporters say.

Thanks DanRadcliffe.com!

As you remember, I posted that some Harry Potter stars were nominated for Golden Globes. And some won!

• Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama –> Julie Christie – Away From Her
• Best Motion Picture – Musical  or Comedy —> Sweeney Todd (Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter and Timothy Spall)
• Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television –> Jim Broadbent � Longford