Ed Stoppard Fans

Long time no update, but according to this, Ed will be part of the cast of The Undeclared War. More info:

Set in a post-COVID 2024 in the run up to a British general election, “The Undeclared War” tracks a leading team of analysts buried in the heart of GCHQ (the UK’s version of the NSA) secretly working to ward off a foreign cyber-attack on the country’s electoral system.

The cast includes Hannah Khalique Brown, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Simon Pegg, Academy Award winner Mark Rylance, Adrian Lester and Alex Jennings.

Nuremberg is available to audiences both on Radio 4 as an eight-part drama beginning 2.15pm on Friday 27 August, and as an extended 16-part podcast only on BBC Sounds featuring additional detail about what was happening historically. The drama comes ahead of the 75th anniversary of sentencing.

Geeksweat welcomes highly esteemed film, stage and television actor Ed Stoppard to our inspiration interview and find out what the mindset is of a seasoned actor with twenty years of industry experience.

Having made a name for himself as Hamlet (English Touring Theatre), Sir Hallam Holland (Upstairs Downstairs), Brian Epstein (Cilla), William The Conqueror (1066: A Year To Conquer England), Lord Daniel Hervey (The Frankenstein Chronicles), Philip IV of France (Knightfall) we delve into the craft and creativity of an elegant actor.

In part 1, TJ and KingDom find out more about the intensity of preparing for roles, working on an Oscar winning feature film and what makes character acting such a joy to behold.

In part 2, we get inside the mind of Ed and his connection with the Sci-Fi genre, discuss the cinematic loopholes of films about the future and learn more about what New London life is all about.

Spending lockdown in Israel, playwright James Inverne decided to put together an audio recording of his 2018 play A Walk With Mr Heifetz and stream it online for free, but soliciting donations for two Israeli charities - the AICF (America Israel Cultural Foundation) and Meir Panim.