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David Tennant - Don Juan In Soho David Tennant returned to the West End stage to play a lothario in Patrick Marber’s Don Juan In Soho at the Wyndham’s theatre in London. The limited run started on Friday 17th March 2017 and ended on Saturday 10th June. Rehearsals started on Monday 6th February. The Press Night was Tuesday 28th March at 7pm. The performances were Monday to Saturday each week at 7.30pm with a matinee on Saturdays only at 2.30pm. The performance on Thursday 4th May was captioned and on Tuesday 9th May it was audio described. Link to purchase tickets. A limited number of £20 day seats were available from 10am at the box office on the day of each performance. Also TodayTix had a lottery for £20 front row for each performance. David Tennant played DJ who was described as 'the lordly DJ, a priapic lothario cutting a swathe through modern Soho.' The play was directed by Marber himself. Gawn Grainger played Louis and Adrian Scarborough played Stan. In February 2018 David Tennant won the Best Actor In A Play Award at the What's On Stage Awards for this role in Don Juan In Soho. Don Juan In Soho is a contemporary take on the classic Molière comedy Dom Juan. The play first premiered at the Donmar Warehouse in December 2006 when it was directed by Michael Grandage. The synopsis of the play according to Faber is: 'The infamous, amoral hedonist in a society entranced by sensation. Moliere's farcical, tragic, anarchic Don Juan (1665) is the inspiration for Patrick Marber's new play in which the action of the original is relocated to present day Soho, London. Whereas Moliere condemned his anti-hero to a literal Hell, Marber condemns him to a hell of his own making.' Unfortunately, due to music rights issues, there were no plans to film Don Juan In Soho during the run. David Tennant spoke about this at the beginning of May. Cast of Don Juan In Soho. Press reviews of Don Juan In Soho. Fan photos and videos of David Tennant at the stage door after Don Juan In Soho. Link to posts related to Don Juan In Soho on Blogger.com (usually with more detail). 2018 Unfortunately David Tennant didn't win the Best Actor Award at the IARA Awards as Jamie Lomas won. Updated 23/9 The winners of IARA Awards are announced tonight. David Tennant was nominated for the Best Actor Award for his role in Don Juan In Soho. Updated 22/9 David Tennant has been nominated for the Best Actor Award at the International Achievement Recognition Awards (IARA). David is nominated for his role in Don Juan In Soho. The 5th annual IARA Awards ceremony will take place on Saturday 22nd September at Hilton Hotel Canary Wharf in London. The winners of the IARA Awards are decided by a public vote and voting is open now. Updated 10/7 It was a year ago today that David Tennant played the final two performances of Don Juan In Soho. Updated 10/6 David Tennant won the Best Actor In A Play Award at What's On Stage Awards tonight. David did not attend the ceremony but he filmed a video and said "The What's On Stage Awards are a wonderful evening celebrating everything that's good about London theatre and I'm so chuffed to be winning this for Don Juan in Soho, thank you all so much. It was a real privilege doing a play about Soho in Soho." Updated 25/2 Unfortunately Don Juan In Soho did not win the Best Play Revival Award at the What's On Stage Awards tonight as Hamlet won. Also Adrian Scarborough lost out to Fraa Fee (for The Ferryman) for the Best Supporting Actor In A Play for his role in Don Juan In Soho. Updated 25/2 The winners of What's On Stage Awards are announced tonight. David Tennant and Don Juan In Soho were both nominated. Updated 25/2
December 2017 Don Juan In Soho is included in The Guardian's Readers' Favourite Theatre Of 2017. Updated 19/12 David Tennant and Don Juan In Soho have been nominated for What's On Stage Awards. David has been nominated for the Best Actor In A Play Award for his role in Don Juan In Soho. Don Juan In Soho has been nominated for the Best Play Revival Award. Voting is now open and closes on Wednesday 31st January. The winners will be announced at a ceremony on 25th February 2018. Updated 1/12
June 2017 A new photo of David Tennant collecting for the Red Cross on Saturday after Don Juan In Soho has been posted to Twitter. Updated 15/6 The Stage believes Don Juan In Soho confirmed David Tennant as a 'consistently bankable theatre star.' Updated 15/6 Today David Tennant plays the final two performances (his 85th and 86th) of Don Juan In Soho at Wyndham's Theatre in London. Updated 10/6 A photo of David Tennant collecting for #NightForLondon last night after the performance of Don Juan In Soho has been posted to Twitter. Updated 9/6 Photos of David Tennant with Matt Smith and Dame Helen Mirren after Don Juan In Soho last night. Updated 8/6 Evening Standard reports that there will be a collection for Saturday Night For London (for the British Red Cross) to be held after the performance of Don Juan In Soho on Saturday evening. Updated 7/6 A closer photo of David Tennant wearing his I Love London T-shirt on stage again last night has been posted to Twitter. Updated 7/6 Although the theatre does not allow photos to be taken of the cast on stage (including the curtain call), tonight David Tennant changed to a I Love London T-shirt at the end of Don Juan In Soho and a photo has been posted to Twitter. Updated 5/6 It's the final week of Don Juan In Soho: David Tennant plays performances 80 to 86. Updated 5/6 A photo of David Tennant with John Barrowman (who watched Don Juan In Soho last night) has been posted to Twitter. Updated 2/6
May 2017 This week David Tennant plays performances 73 to 79 of Don Juan In Soho. Updated 29/5 A video of David Tennant signing the door of Wyndham's Theatre for Don Juan In Soho. Updated 26/5 A photo of David Tennant with Good Morning presenter Richard Arnold has been posted to Twitter. He said that he interviewed David about Fireman Sam - The Movie, Broadchurch, Doctor Who and Don Juan In Soho. Updated 24/5 This week David Tennant plays performances 66 to 72 of Don Juan In Soho. Updated 22/5 Today some of the cast of Don Juan In Soho compete in West End Bake Off. Updated 20/5 Some of the cast of Don Juan In Soho will compete in West End Bake Off tomorrow. Updated 19/5 A photo of David Tennant with David Walliams (and his mother) after Don Juan In Soho tonight has been posted to Twitter. Updated 16/5 A photo of Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner with David Tennant after Don Juan In Soho last night has been posted to Twitter. Updated 16/5 This week David Tennant plays performances 59 to 65 of Don Juan In Soho. Updated 15/5 A photo of David Tennant backstage at Don Juan In Soho with Dominique Moore has been posted to Twitter. Updated 10/5 Delfont Mackintosh have a contest to win a poster signed by David Tennant and other members of the Don Juan In Soho cast. Updated 10/5 Tonight David Tennant plays the 53rd performance of Don Juan In Soho at Wyndham's Theatre in London. Tonight's performance is audio described. Updated 9/5 This week David Tennant plays performances 52 to 58 of Don Juan In Soho. Updated 8/5 David Tennant says that Don Juan In Soho can not be filmed for a live cinema broadcast. Updated 2/5 Last night at the stage door after Don Juan In Soho David asked the crowd to wish congratulations to a cast member who had missed that show as his partner had had a baby. Videos of David asking this have been posted (from different angles) here and here. Updated 2/5 This week David Tennant plays performances 45 to 51 of Don Juan In Soho. Updated 1/5
April 2017 A new photo of David Tennant (which was not used in The Guardian article) has been posted to Twitter. Updated 29/4 David Tennant and the Don Juan In Soho cast are now halfway through their run of 86 performances. Updated 29/4 New David Tennant photos and interview in The Guardian Weekend magazine about Don Juan In Soho. Updated 29/4 This week David Tennant plays performances 38 to 44 of Don Juan In Soho. Updated 24/4 A new photo of David Tennant from the rehearsal room of Don Juan In Soho has been posted to Twitter. Updated 21/4 This week David Tennant plays performances 31 to 37 of Don Juan In Soho. Updated 17/4 A promo reel of great comments about Don Juan In Soho has been posted to Twitter. Updated 15/4 Radio Times lists Don Juan In Soho as one of its 'must-see theatre shows.' The mini review/article has 4 stars and the title 'David Tennant is irresistible in Don Juan in Soho.' Updated 11/4 This week David Tennant plays performances 24 to 30 of Don Juan In Soho. Updated 10/4 New York Times review of Don Juan In Soho includes 'David Tennant has charisma to burn.' Updated 7/4 Metro has a 60 second interview with David Tennant about Mad To Be Normal, Don Juan In Soho and Bad Samaritan. Updated 7/4 The Spectator has a review of Don Juan In Soho with the title 'David Tennant is magical.' Updated 6/4 A new photo of David Tennant from rehearsals for Don Juan In Soho has been posted to Twitter. Updated 5/4 David Tennant answers questions from fans in the new issue of the Don Juan In Soho programme. Updated 4/4 Time Out has a new (but short) interview with David Tennant about Don Juan In Soho, Broadchurch and DuckTales. Updated 3/4 This week David Tennant plays performances 17 to 23 of Don Juan In Soho. Updated 3/4 The Observer has a 5 star review of Don Juan In Soho. The review is titled 'Tennant is dissolution personified in Patrick Marber’s brilliant update of his 2006 take on Molière' and includes 'Tennant’s relish of the part is contagious.' Updated 2/4 MP3s of David Tennant's interview on Loose Ends. In the interview David was asked about Mad To Be Normal, Don Juan In Soho, Doctor Who and Broadchurch. Updated 1/4
March 2017 Radio Times gives Don Juan In Soho a 4 star review. The title of its review is 'David Tennant is irresistible as Molière's infamous seducer.' Updated 31/3 MP3s of all the David Tennant sections on Absolute Radio today (plus videos and photos) where Don Juan In Soho was mentioned several times. Updated 31/3 South London Press also has a five star review of Don Juan In Soho. The review is titled 'David Tennant is delightfully despicable as the devilish scoundrel.' Updated 30/3 The Arts Desk awards Don Juan In Soho five stars. The sub-title of its review is 'David Tennant charms and excites in Patrick Marber’s energetic rewrite of Molière.' The review includes 'Tennant conveys the visceral delights of sexual pursuit, and of sexual conquest. He throbs with lustful thoughts in a production that almost stinks of sex, sex, and yet more sex. Nimble on his feet, with darting eyes and a mixture of intense gazes and smooth physical contortions, Tennant is always on stage and has a magnetic presence. In one key speech his whinnies of contempt as he excoriates the “me generation” are fab to behold. He brings out not only his character’s cruelty, but also his immense charm. You really do believe that he can be irresistible.' Updated 30/3 The Independent awards Don Juan In Soho five stars and its review has the title 'David Tennant is every bit as magnificent in the title role here as he was as Hamlet.' Updated 30/3 Financial Times (behind a paywall) has a four star review of Don Juan In Soho. Updated 29/3 The Mirror's review of Don Juan In Soho is titled 'David Tennant's Don Juan shows why he's one of the finest actors of his generation.' Updated 29/3 David Tennant talks about keeping Don Juan In Soho topical and his love for Shakespeare. Updated 29/3 What's On Stage has more photos of David Tennant and the Don Juan In Soho cast at the After Show party. Updated 29/3 David Tennant tells Evening Standard "I stay in character as Don Juan for my (first) curtain call." The newspaper explains it as 'The actor playfully shoved aside his co-star Adrian Scarborough, who plays his devoted servant Stan, to accept a standing ovation at the Wyndham’s Theatre last night. Tennant told the Standard said: “There are two curtain calls so I get to do one as Don Juan and one as me which I quite like. He has a lot less inhibitions than I have so it’s quite nice to enjoy that for a few seconds longer.”' The article includes a photo of David Tennant, Adrian Scarborough and Gawn Grainger from the After Show party. Updated 29/3 Round-up of press reviews of David Tennant in Don Juan In Soho. Updated 29/3 Evening Standard has a 3 star review of Don Juan In Soho with the title 'David Tennant has swagger and twinkly charm.' Its review includes: 'David Tennant is obviously the big draw in the title role, and he's a charismatic blend of swagger and agility, exuding twinkly charm and leaping around the stage like a tipsy gazelle.' 'It’s Tennant who dominates. He brings an exciting physicality and air of sexy mischief to the odious DJ.' Updated 29/3 The Times has a 4 star review of Don Juan In Soho with the title 'Rakish David Tennant does make a very good bad boy.' Updated 29/3 Photos of David Tennant at the After Show party for Don Juan In Soho. Updated 29/3 The first photo of David Tennant at the After Show party for Don Juan In Soho tonight has been posted to Twitter. Updated 28/3 Time Out awards Don Juan In Soho three stars. Its review includes 'David Tennant shines' and 'Tennant is megawatt charismatic.' Updated 28/3 What's On Stage also gives David Tennant in Don Juan In Soho four stars in its review. It describes David's performance as 'This is a performance full of sexy grace - Tennant's always leaping on chairs, or folding his hands into elaborate semaphore - but brave enough to reveal a corruption within.' The play itself it sums up as 'In the end, it is those central performances and the vicious wit of Marber's script that linger into the night, finding resonance in a play from 1665 to throw some light and a lot of laughter on the world in which we live today.' Updated 28/3 The first review of David Tennant in Don Juan In Soho tonight was by The Guardian which gave it four stars. The review included 'Tennant gives us a memorable portrayal of the desolation of hedonism' and 'What is unnerving, however, is Tennant’s capacity to make us empathise with an impenitent egotist driven by sexual obsession.' Updated 28/3 Tonight David Tennant plays the Press Night 11th performance of Don Juan In Soho at Wyndham's Theatre in London. This performance starts at the earlier time of 7pm. Updated 28/3 This week David Tennant plays performances 10 to 16 (including Press Night) of Don Juan In Soho. Updated 27/3 Video of David Tennant's interview on The Andrew Marr Show today. As well as talking about Don Juan In Soho, David was also asked about Broadchurch and Doctor Who. Updated 26/3 Production photos of David Tennant in Don Juan In Soho. Updated 23/3 The Don Juan In Soho script book will be available online in April. This book is already for sale at Wyndhams Theatre. That link also has (non spoiler) details about a couple of differences when David Tennant performs it on stage. Updated 23/3 Photos of the Don Juan In Soho cast (including David Tennant) celebrating Theo Barklem's birthday today have been posted to Twitter. Updated 21/3 New interview with David Tennant by What's On Stage about Don Juan In Soho. Updated 21/3 A lovely photo of David Tennant at the stage door tonight has been posted to Twitter. Updated 20/3 A limited number of tickets are now available for Press Night of Don Juan In Soho next Tuesday (28th). Updated 20/3 This week David Tennant plays performances 3 to 9 of Don Juan In Soho. Updated 20/3 Photos of David Tennant at the stage door last night. Updated 19/3 A lovely photo of David Tennant at the stage door tonight has been posted to Twitter. Updated 18/3 David Tennant and Patrick Marber interview in The Telegraph about Don Juan In Soho. Updated 18/3 Photos of David Tennant signing at the stage door after first performance of Don Juan In Soho. Updated 18/3 Scans of the David Tennant parts of the Don Juan In Soho programme. Updated 18/3 David Tennant plays the second preview performance of Don Juan In Soho at Wyndham's Theatre in London tonight. Updated 18/3 The first photo of David Tennant signing autographs after Don Juan In Soho tonight has been posted to Instagram. Updated 17/3 It's bad theatre etiquette to review a play before Press Night but some generic reports from the first performance of Don Juan In Soho are: David Tennant uses an English accent and is unshaven. His language is filthy at times! David Tennant also sings, dances and jumps over the furniture. He also revels more of his body than we've seen before! One of David Tennant's speeches was clearly updated for 2017, including one line which must have only been written today! Updated 17/3 A fun photo of David Tennant and some of the Don Juan In Soho cast after tech and dress rehearsals has been posted to Facebook. Updated 17/3 Tonight David Tennant plays the first preview performance of Don Juan In Soho at Wyndham's Theatre in London. Updated 17/3 From Friday (17th) TodayTix will have a lottery for £20 front row for each performance of Don Juan In Soho. Updated 15/3 A fun photo of the cast of Don Juan In Soho from the rehearsal room has been added to Twitter. Updated 14/3 Patrick Marber speaks about casting David Tennant in Don Juan In Soho. Updated 14/3 A photo of the outside of the Wyndham Theatre showing the Don Juan In Soho banners has been added to Twitter. They have also announced that a limited number of £20 day seats will be available from 10am at the box office on the day of each performance. Updated 14/3 Prop photos and a poetic update from Don Juan In Soho associate director Audrey Sheffield has been posted to Twitter. She tweeted that yesterday they did their fourth run through of the play. Updated 14/3 David Tennant starts technical rehearsals this week for Don Juan In Soho. Updated 13/3 David Tennant video interview from 5 Live about Broadchurch and Don Juan In Soho where he speaks about being "at the squeaky bum part of rehearsals!" Updated 12/3 Broadway.com has an interview with Adrian Scarborough about Don Juan In Soho. One question he was asked was 'What about acting alongside David Tennant: do you feel as if you're in the presence of a huge star? ' He replied 'No, you really don't, and I mean that in the best sense. What is so lovely is that David's feet are firmly on the ground and because the majority of his formative experiences were on stage, he just speaks a language of the theater very clearly. I find that literally captivating and very easy to get along with.' Updated 10/3 Three more photos of David Tennant in rehearsals for Don Juan In Soho have been posted to Twitter. Updated 8/3 Official London Theatre has an interview with David Tennant about Don Juan In Soho. Updated 7/3 Don Juan In Soho is Vogue's 'guilty pleasure of the season.' Updated 6/3 Rehearsal photos of David Tennant in Don Juan In Soho. Updated 3/3 Video of David Tennant's interview on The One Show tonight to promote Don Juan In Soho. Updated 2/3 Two fun rehearsal photos of David Tennant from Don Juan In Soho, which were shown on The One Show tonight, have been posted to Twitter here and here. Updated 2/3 David Tennant is a guest on The One Show on BBC One tonight at 7pm to promote Don Juan In Soho. Updated 2/3 David Tennant to be a guest on The One Show tomorrow (Thursday). This appearance is to promote Don Juan In Soho. Updated 1/3
February 2017 Video interview from Scotland Tonight from the press interviews on Sunday where David is asked about Mad To Be Normal, Broadchurch, Don Juan In Soho and Doctor Who. Updated 28/2 Heart Scotland has another audio interview with David Tennant about Broadchurch, Don Juan In Soho and Doctor Who. Updated 28/2 A new promo photo of David Tennant from Don Juan In Soho has been posted to Twitter. Updated 27/2 Video and loads of photos of David Tennant interview about Broadchurch on This Morning today. He was also asked about Don Juan In Soho (briefly). Updated 27/2 An interview with Patrick Marber about David Tennant in Don Juan In Soho describes David 'as you've never seen him before.' Updated 19/2 A poster on the London underground for Don Juan In Soho has been posted to Twitter. Updated 14/2 David Tennant's interview in The Times Magazine today. As well as life in general, David briefly discusses Doctor Who, Broadchurch, Mad To Be Normal and Don Juan In Soho. Updated 11/2 Rehearsals start today for for Don Juan In Soho. Updated 6/2 A close-up of David Tennant on the Don Juan In Soho banner has been posted to Twitter. Updated 3/2 A new photo of David Tennant on the Don Juan In Soho banner has been posted to Twitter. Updated 3/2 A video interview and photos of David Tennant and writer Patrick Marber discussing their upcoming play Don Juan in Soho. Updated 3/2 The full cast has been announced for Don Juan In Soho. Rehearsals start on Monday and the first performance is six weeks tonight. Updated 3/2
January 2017 It's not confirmed but we have been told that a cinema is running an advert showing that a performance of Don Juan In Soho will be broadcast live to cinemas. Updated 15/1
December 2016 Don Juan In Soho is one of BBC's upcoming 2017 theatre highlights. Updated 23/12 The Stage has an interview with Patrick Marber where he mentions Don Juan In Soho a few times. Updated 15/12 Chance to ask David Tennant a question to appear in the Don Juan In Soho programme. Updated 8/12
November 2016 Don Juan In Solo is What's On Stage's #1 top selling show this week. Updated 19/11 What's On Stage reports that Adrian Scarborough and Gawn Grainger will join David Tennant in Don Juan In Soho. Gawn Grainger will play Louis and Adrian Scarborough will play Stan. Updated 17/11 Time Out London describes Don Juan In Soho as 'one of their hottest tickets for right now.' Updated 8/11 The performance of Don Juan In Soho on Thursday 4th May will be captioned and on Tuesday 9th May will be audio described. Updated 7/11 David Tennant in Don Juan In Soho is one of What's On Stage's Top 5 Selling Shows this week. Updated 4/11 Tickets are now on sale for David Tennant in Don Juan In Soho. The limited run will start on Friday 17th March 2017 and end on Saturday 10th June. The Press Night is Tuesday 28th March at 7pm. The performances will be Monday to Saturday each week at 7.30pm with a matinee on Saturdays only at 2.30pm. Updated 2/11 David Tennant will return to the West End stage next spring to play a lothario in Patrick Marber’s Don Juan In Soho at the Wyndham’s theatre in London. Updated 1/11