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6:30pm: Alvin Rakoff: I’m Just The Guy Who Says Action
From TV’s Armchair Theatre, the BBC Shakespeare and Z Cars, to notable theatre and big screen productions, the 94-year-old Emmy-winning director (and longtime Chiswick neighbour of Richard Briers) has seen it all.
Speaking to Festival director Torin Douglas about his newly published memoirs, Alvin Rakoff shares memories of working with Laurence Olivier, Peter Sellers (below, filming Hoffman) and Michael Caine; giving breaks to Sean Connery and Alan Rickman and directing award-winning TV classics A Voyage Round My Father and A Dance To The Music of Time.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Theatre, ArtsEd, 14 Bath Road, £10
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What they say about I’m Just The Guy Who Says Action:
Stephen Fry: “Alvin Rakoff is exactly who you want to find sitting next to you on a long train journey. The stories that pour from him are so gaspingly glorious that the journey will flash by – Rakoff has known and worked with all the legends, liars and loons in showbiz history and his recall is perfect. I never wanted the ride to end.”
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Joanna Lumley: “It races off the page like a thriller: a vastly entertaining masterclass. Should be required reading for anyone who even thinks of joining the profession.“
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– Alvin Rakoff: Award-winning Director Writer
– Listen: Interview with Antonia Quirke, The Film Programme, BBC Radio 4.
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– Alvin Rakoff in Bedford Park, W4 below:
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