Yearly Archives: 2006
Stage Tickets Up for Grabs
March 28, 2006
We've a pair of tickets for Playbox's stage production of His Dark Materials to give away, courtesy of the group. The first staging of the play outside of the National Theatre's incredibly successful run, Playbox's imagining of HDM will star … Continue reading
Pullman on Hawking
March 28, 2006
Last February, Philip Pullman attended a lecture given in Oxford by Professor Stephen Hawking on cosmology and our understanding of the origins of the universe. Mr. Pullman was invited to make some remarks after dinner in response, and you can … Continue reading
A treasure house for well-thumbed pages
March 25, 2006
Philip Pullman writes in The Times today of his love of libraries and the necessity to preserve them in an increasingly internet dominated age, praising the Love Libraries movement launched this week. “Libraries of every sort are treasure houses. I … Continue reading
Open Auditions for Lyra to be Held
March 14, 2006
Screen Daily is reporting that open auditions for the part of Lyra in the upcoming His Dark Materials film will be held. The producers say they are looking for a girl “who embodies Lyra's loyalty, bravery and mischievous nature” and … Continue reading
Stagecoach York Production of HDM
March 13, 2006
Anna from Stagecaoch Youth Theatre company writes to tell us of the company's stage production of His Dark Materials, on this April. The cast will comprise of over 40 young people, with the youngest playing daemons and children as young … Continue reading
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