The Motive And The Cue
@MotiveandTheCue
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#TheMotiveAndTheCue from @nationaltheatre & @nealsteetproductions.
Joined May 2023
WINNER! Congratulations to Mark Gatiss who has won the @oliverawards for Best Actor for his portrayal as Sir John Gielgud for The Motive and The Cue. #TheMotiveAndTheCue #OlivierAwards
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In 1985, theatre legend Sir John Gielgud received a Special Award at the @OlivierAwards. Nearly 40 years later, theatre legend Mark Gatiss took home the Olivier Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Sir John Gielgud. #OlivierAwards #TheMotiveAndTheCue.📸: Pamela Raith
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Top Guest! @TomCruise meets the cast of #TheMotiveandTheCue following last night’s performance. Thank you for joining us at the Noël Coward Theatre.
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We’re delighted to announce #MarkGatiss has been nominated for Best Actor in a Play at this year’s @olivierawards for his performance of John Gielgud in #TheMotiveAndTheCue
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We are thrilled to have won Best New Play at this year’s #CriticsCircleTheatreAwards. Hats off to our playwright #JackThorne. #TheMotiveandtheCue
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"From now on, everything.is up to you, the audience and.Uncle Will.". There's only one more performance before the curtain falls on #TheMotiveAndTheCue at the Noël Coward Theatre. Congratulations to the entire company for an incredible run.
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“He was the defining Hamlet of his generation.". ICYMI: #MarkGatiss, #JohnnyFlynn and #TuppenceMiddleton spoke with @BBCRadio4 about their roles in #TheMotiveAndTheCue. 📻
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An incredible West End welcome for this week's Opening Night of #TheMotiveandTheCue. Don’t miss the ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘Unmissably Extraordinary’ (Telegraph) production, now playing at London’s Noël Coward Theatre until 23 March only.
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We’re honoured to have been nominated for Best New Play at this year’s @olivierawards for #TheMotiveAndTheCue
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JUST RELEASED: #TheMotiveAndTheCue company in action. Now Playing at London's Noël Coward Theatre. 📸: Mark Douet .🎟️:
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He picks up a piece of discarded cloth. He carefully wraps it.over himself. He stands straight, and suddenly he’s the Prince of Denmark. #JohnGielgud #MarkGatiss #TheMotiveAndTheCue . 📸 : Daniel Krikler
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Congratulations to #SamMendes who has been nominated for Best Director at this year’s @olivierawards for #TheMotiveAndTheCue
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Mark Gatiss gives 'the performance of his life’ as Sir John Gielgud @thetimes #TheMotiveAndTheCue
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"Vulgar - that's my catchphrase" . #MarkGatiss shares his favourite line from #TheMotiveAndTheCue
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Congratulations to our very own #MarkGatiss who has been awarded the 2023 Outstanding Contribution to.British Theatre Award at this year's UK Theatre Awards.
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He steps forward. He becomes a Prince. He takes a deep breath. #RichardBurton #JohnnyFlynn #TheMotiveAndTheCue . 📸 : Daniel Krikler
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#TheMotiveAndTheCue has officially entered its FINAL WEEK of performances in London's West End. Book now:
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"It’s what the play is all about, is the clash of the old and the new, and Burton was desperate to try and make it feel alive and relevant . which Johnny Flynn does so brilliantly in the show." . ICYMI: #MarkGatiss spoke with @timesradio all things #TheMotiveAndTheCue 📻
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We are thrilled that #TheMotiveAndTheCue has been nominated for TWO @EveningStandard Theatre Awards including Best Play and Best Actor. ✨
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Behind the scenes of #TheMotiveAndTheCue . 📸 taken by #DanielKrikler on the 1960s Yashica electro 35 camera used as a prop in the production.
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"I don’t think there is.any other art form in the world.where minds meet so beautifully.". #TheMotiveAndTheCue
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Our #TheMotiveAndTheCue leads share their first memory of seeing Hamlet live on stage. What was the first Hamlet you saw? 🎭
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Inside the rehearsal room of #TheMotiveandtheCue. Don't miss this award-winning play in the West End - performances begin 9 December at the Noël Coward Theatre. 📸: Mark Douet
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We are thrilled to have just won Best New Play at this year's @EveningStandard Theatre Awards. Hats off to our playwright Jack Thorne. #TheMotiveandtheCue opens in the West End this December. ✨
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Time is running out to see #TheMotiveAndTheCue at London's Noël Coward Theatre. Book Now | Must End 23 March.
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"I know what it is to have people.dance around me and, for once, I.was happy to dance around you." . #TheMotiveandTheCue
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Stunning ✅.Transcendant ✅.Phenomenal ✅. How would you sum up #TheMotiveAndTheCue using one word? 🤔
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'Tuppence Middleton is scene-stealing as Elizabeth Taylor.' @timeoutlondon #TheMotiveAndTheCue
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Johnny Flynn gives 'a career-defining performance' as Richard Burton @broadwayworlduk #TheMotiveAndTheCue
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House Full. Curtain Up. #TheMotiveandtheCue is now playing at the Noël Coward Theatre. #FirstPreview
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‘That is what we will make. A new Hamlet for our time, held on our shoulders.’ Just released: the brand-new West End trailer for #TheMotiveAndTheCue, 'London's hottest new play' (Deadline).
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"I do like first nights. The discovery of what’s ahead.". Wishing #TheMotiveAndTheCue company the best of luck on their first performance TONIGHT.
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ICYMI: #MarkGatiss discusses the key to unlocking the essence of Sir John Gielgud on @BBCRadio4. 📻 #TheMotiveAndTheCue
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'A thrilling rollercoaster of high drama' Sunday Times. 1964: Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under John Gielgud’s exacting direction.
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Behind the scenes of #TheMotiveAndTheCue . 📸 taken by #DanielKirkler on the 1960s Yashica electro 35 camera used as a prop in the production.
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A Tour de Force love like no other. ❤️.Don't miss Johnny Flynn and Tuppence Middleton as one of Hollywood's most iconic couples in #TheMotiveAndTheCue. #ValentinesDay
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Star In The City! 🤩.#SarahJessicaParker gave a gushing review of #TheMotiveandTheCue. Thank you for joining us.
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'Johnny Flynn is truly magnificent as Richard Burton.' WhatsOnStage. #JohnnyFlynn talks about playing legendary Hollywood star Richard Burton in #TheMotiveandtheCue. Performances begin next week at the Noel Coward Theatre.
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We're honoured to have made the shortlist for Best New Play, Best Direction, and Best Casting Direction at the #WOSAwards. Vote for #TheMotiveAndTheCue 👉
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Behind the scenes of #TheMotiveAndTheCue . 📸 taken by #DanielKrikler on the 1960s Yashica electro 35 camera used as a prop in the production.
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Day 1 - "The Play's The Thing". Day 14 - "Foul Deeds Will Rise" . Day 25 - "A Prince, Out Of The Star" . #TheMotiveAndTheCue
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#TheMotiveAndTheCue tickets are NOW ON SALE. This fierce and funny new play by Jack Thorne, directed by Sam Mendes transfers to the Noel Coward Theatre from 9 December. 🎟️ 🎟️. @NationalTheatre @NealStProds
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"He wasn't shy of giving an interview and being quite candid about everything. And I'm completely in love with him.".ICYMI: #JohnnyFlynn talks about taking on the role of #RichardBurton to @BBCRadio3's Private Passions. #TheMotiveAndCue
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'I think Gielgud does love him and can love him and writes very affectionately about him in his own diaries.' . #JohnnyFlynn talks with @BBCRadio4 all things #RichardBurton and #TheMotiveAndTheCue . Listen here 📻
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"What goes on in a rehearsal room when you make theatre, and – if there is conflict – is that really such a bad thing?" . #MarkGatiss, #JohnnyFlynn and #TuppenceMiddleton speak with @BritishVogue about #TheMotiveAndTheCue. Read the full article here 👉
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"I get to say f*** you to Gielgud. so I'm enjoying that." . #JohnnyFlynn tells us his favourite #TheMotiveAndTheCue zinger
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Tuppence Middleton is Elizabeth Taylor. 15 Weeks Only | Noël Coward Theatre. Book now:
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'Mark Gatiss is superb as Sir John Gielgud.' Financial Times. #MarkGatiss discusses his role as Sir John Gielgud, a titan of the British stage, in #TheMotiveandtheCue. Performances begin next Saturday at the Noel Coward Theatre.
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Don't miss the "unmissably extraordinary" (@telegraph). #TheMotiveAndCue is the show everyone is talking about. MUST END 23 March.
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'The actor is stuck with the character, but the character is also stuck with the actor. We need to find a place where these two meet.'. #TheMotiveAndTheCue
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Mark Gatiss is Sir John Gielgud . 15 Weeks Only | Noël Coward Theatre. Book now:
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Introducing the full West End cast for #TheMotiveAndTheCue at the Noël Coward Theatre. Strictly limited season begins 9 December.
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'I gave my Lear at twenty-seven. 1931. The Old Vic. A bit too young yes, but I’d played everyone else by then and I needed the challenge.'. #JohnGielgud #TheMotiveAndTheCue
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ICYMI: #JohnnyFlynn spoke with @ClaudiaWinkle on @BBCRadio2 all things #TheMotiveAndTheCue . Listen here 📻
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"That is what we will make, a new.Hamlet for our time, held on our.shoulders" . #TheMotiveAndTheCue
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‘It was a play about the rehearsal process, the rehearsal process of which was one of the greatest experiences of my life.’ – Jack Thorne. Jack Thorne & Sam Mendes discuss #TheMotiveandtheCue at the @eveningstandard theatre awards. Performances begin next week.
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Just ONE WEEK to go until the curtain rises for #TheMotiveAndTheCue at the Noël Coward Theatre.
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"It's genuinely the best part I'll ever have" . Mark Gatiss on playing #SirJohnGielgud with @RadioTimes. #TheMotiveAndTheCue
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Johnny Flynn, Mark Gatiss and Tuppence Middleton discuss the famous Broadway production of Hamlet at the heart of Jack Thorne's award-winning play. Don't miss #TheMotiveAndTheCue in the West End - performances begin this Saturday.
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The Motive and The Cue is officially open at the Noël Coward Theatre. ✨. @nationaltheatre @NealStProds. 📸: #PiersAllardyce
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Behind the scenes of #TheMotiveAndTheCue . 📸 taken by #DanielKrikler on the 1960s Yashica electro 35 camera used as a prop in the production.
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"The play is yours. From now on, everything is up to you, the audience and Uncle Will" . Wishing the best of luck to our #TheMotiveAndTheCue company on their Opening Night tonight.
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Don't miss the hit production of #TheMotiveAndTheCue - performances begin next week at the Noel Coward Theatre. 🎟️ 🎟️
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"I gave my Lear at twenty-seven. 1931. The Old Vic. A bit too young yes, but I’d played everyone else by then and I needed the challenge." John Gielgud . #TheMotiveAndTheCue
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Behind the scenes of #TheMotiveAndTheCue . 📸 taken by Daniel Krikler on the 1960s Yashica electro 35 camera used as a prop in the production.
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"He gave writer Jack Thorne two books about John Gielgud directing Richard Burton as Hamlet on Broadway in 1964: that became The Motive and the Cue". Read the full article here 👉
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8 WEEKS left to see #TheMotiveAndTheCue. Do not miss this ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'UNMISSABLY EXTRAORDINARY' production (Telegraph). Book Now 👉
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Johnny Flynn is Richard Burton . 15 Weeks Only | Noël Coward Theatre. Book now:
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Don't miss London's 'hottest new play' (@deadline) . #TheMotiveAndCue is the show everyone is talking about.
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Not long left to book for the ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘Unmissably Extraordinary’ #TheMotiveandTheCue. MUST END 23 March | Noel Coward Theatre
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Our #TheMotiveAndTheCue company celebrate their #OpeningNight in London’s West End. @nationaltheatre @NealStProds. 📸: #PiersAllardyce
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