Ashley Gillard
@ashgillard.bsky.social
Grumpy, fat, short bloke • Acts when requested, sings if required, dances with rejection
I hope A Question of Attribution - Alan Bennett's play about Anthony Blunt - gets re-shown on TV again following the death of the GREAT Prunella Scales, because, yes, headlines will justly focus on her Fawlty 'T work (genius), but just watch it - its an UNCANNILY precise and inhabited performance
October 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I hope A Question of Attribution - Alan Bennett's play about Anthony Blunt - gets re-shown on TV again following the death of the GREAT Prunella Scales, because, yes, headlines will justly focus on her Fawlty 'T work (genius), but just watch it - its an UNCANNILY precise and inhabited performance
Open the schools, for God’s sake #CelebrityTraitors
October 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Open the schools, for God’s sake #CelebrityTraitors
Reposted by Ashley Gillard
Reposted by Ashley Gillard
From eating on stage to compulsory standing ovations to invisible animals… Exeunt writers on their pettiest theatre gripes
Exeunt’s (Mostly) Irrational Theatre Dislikes
A piece from the archive...
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October 17, 2025 at 9:31 AM
From eating on stage to compulsory standing ovations to invisible animals… Exeunt writers on their pettiest theatre gripes
Inspired by @reviewofdeath.bsky.social's upcoming review, I thought I would be brave, sit down, and work my way through all 12! episodes of 60s Doctor Who's most ambitious, sprawling and epic story: The Daleks' Master Plan
(Loose Cannon Productions, Graham Strong, David Holman, et al., take a bow)
(Loose Cannon Productions, Graham Strong, David Holman, et al., take a bow)
October 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Inspired by @reviewofdeath.bsky.social's upcoming review, I thought I would be brave, sit down, and work my way through all 12! episodes of 60s Doctor Who's most ambitious, sprawling and epic story: The Daleks' Master Plan
(Loose Cannon Productions, Graham Strong, David Holman, et al., take a bow)
(Loose Cannon Productions, Graham Strong, David Holman, et al., take a bow)
Me when I'm tired of making small talk in any social situation #CelebrityTraitors
October 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Me when I'm tired of making small talk in any social situation #CelebrityTraitors
No greater feeling than completing the filmography of one of cinema’s greats on @letterboxd.social
October 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
No greater feeling than completing the filmography of one of cinema’s greats on @letterboxd.social
Uh-oh, lads, he’s listening to Szell’s Haydn again
September 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Uh-oh, lads, he’s listening to Szell’s Haydn again
Roses are red,
I think you’re ace,
I think you’re ace,
September 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Roses are red,
I think you’re ace,
I think you’re ace,
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My first ever day on a film set I had a one on one scene with Robert Redford. The movie was Spy Game: he was charming and kind and gallant. And beautiful. America… poor crisis ridden America- you’ve lost a true old fashioned icon.
Here’s a sketch of him from the film.
Here’s a sketch of him from the film.
September 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
My first ever day on a film set I had a one on one scene with Robert Redford. The movie was Spy Game: he was charming and kind and gallant. And beautiful. America… poor crisis ridden America- you’ve lost a true old fashioned icon.
Here’s a sketch of him from the film.
Here’s a sketch of him from the film.
Fascinated to see how High Noon translates on the stage
Also, cowardly casting Billy Crudup and Denise Gough who are a mere 11 years different in age, when originally Gary Cooper was 51 and Grace Kelly was 22(!)…
Also, cowardly casting Billy Crudup and Denise Gough who are a mere 11 years different in age, when originally Gary Cooper was 51 and Grace Kelly was 22(!)…
September 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Fascinated to see how High Noon translates on the stage
Also, cowardly casting Billy Crudup and Denise Gough who are a mere 11 years different in age, when originally Gary Cooper was 51 and Grace Kelly was 22(!)…
Also, cowardly casting Billy Crudup and Denise Gough who are a mere 11 years different in age, when originally Gary Cooper was 51 and Grace Kelly was 22(!)…
Mozart
Tchaikovsky
Vienna Phil
Welser-Möst
👌🏻
Tchaikovsky
Vienna Phil
Welser-Möst
👌🏻
September 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Mozart
Tchaikovsky
Vienna Phil
Welser-Möst
👌🏻
Tchaikovsky
Vienna Phil
Welser-Möst
👌🏻
Reposted by Ashley Gillard
Vivien Leigh won the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical in 1963 for Tovarich (her only nomination). She played an exiled Russian aristocrat disguised as a maid in 1920s Paris.
"Wilkes Barre, PA" was the show's big showstopper: the infatuated son teaches the maid how to dance the Charleston.
"Wilkes Barre, PA" was the show's big showstopper: the infatuated son teaches the maid how to dance the Charleston.
March 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Vivien Leigh won the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical in 1963 for Tovarich (her only nomination). She played an exiled Russian aristocrat disguised as a maid in 1920s Paris.
"Wilkes Barre, PA" was the show's big showstopper: the infatuated son teaches the maid how to dance the Charleston.
"Wilkes Barre, PA" was the show's big showstopper: the infatuated son teaches the maid how to dance the Charleston.
Reposted by Ashley Gillard
There’s an obvious way to challenge Nigel Farage. But Keir Starmer won’t do it | Rafael Behr
There’s an obvious way to challenge Nigel Farage. But Keir Starmer won’t do it | Rafael Behr
Labour’s reluctance to name Brexit as the cause of so many problems hasn’t stopped Reform’s rise. It’s time to try the truth, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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August 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM
There’s an obvious way to challenge Nigel Farage. But Keir Starmer won’t do it | Rafael Behr
Apparently it’s Monday again
August 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Apparently it’s Monday again
Nuns and shadow-less empresses(?!) were the order of service at tonight’s prom
Spectacular Strauss and gorgeously played and sung (Carolina López Moreno!!!) Puccini from Pappano and the LSO
Spectacular Strauss and gorgeously played and sung (Carolina López Moreno!!!) Puccini from Pappano and the LSO
August 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Nuns and shadow-less empresses(?!) were the order of service at tonight’s prom
Spectacular Strauss and gorgeously played and sung (Carolina López Moreno!!!) Puccini from Pappano and the LSO
Spectacular Strauss and gorgeously played and sung (Carolina López Moreno!!!) Puccini from Pappano and the LSO
“and the other was a soldier, a bold grenadier”
RIP Terence Stamp
RIP Terence Stamp
August 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
“and the other was a soldier, a bold grenadier”
RIP Terence Stamp
RIP Terence Stamp
Elaine Stritch spotted filming scenes for ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ in New York City today
July 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Elaine Stritch spotted filming scenes for ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ in New York City today
Can't wait to see it in person next year
July 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Can't wait to see it in person next year
