Tweets!

The official Twitter account for "What You Will" at the Apollo is @WhatYouWillLND.

More "What You Will" Reviews

British Theatre Guide has a review of "What You Will", written by Anita Butler.

Another review on the Scottishfraggle weblog.

And Greg Jameson reviews Roger's show on Entertainment Focus.

What's On Stage Q&A

After the performance of "What You Will" last Wednesday Roger answered questions from members of the audience. A podcast of the Q&A can be found at the What's On Stage website.

Masterclass

On 25 September Roger conducted a masterclass at the Haymarket Theatre in London.

Masterclass at Theatre Royal Haymarket.

Almost Perfect

Roger plays Kai Lee in the new film "Almost Perfect", written and directed by Bertha Bay-Sa Pan, which opens on September 21. She talks about the film at Cinema Beach. You can also find the trailer for the film here.

"What You Will" Opening Night

Judi Dench and Ian McKellen attended the opening night of "What You Will" at the Apollo Theatre. The three worked together with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Roger and Ian recently worked together on "Waiting for Godot".

Pictures at What's On Stage.

"What You Will" Reviews

"For any Londoners who missed Rees’s 2010 outing in Waiting for Godot opposite Sir Ian McKellen, this may be the first opportunity in a long while to watch this likeable, vital actor in anything more substantial than The West Wing or Grey’s Anatomy. It’s a chance worth taking. This may not be the didactic equal of Callow’s The Man From Stratford, but it’s a lot more fun and a good deal shorter – surely both virtues of which Shakespeare himself would have approved."

Alexandra Coghlan reviews Roger's show for the Arts Desk.

Michael Billington reviews the show for The Guardian:

"As anyone who saw him play the title role in Nicholas Nickleby will recall, Rees had a great gift for physical speed and swiftness of thought on stage. Lithe as ever in his middle years, he retains those attributes. Even if he occasionally lapses into the odd habit of unearned emphasis on a single word ("But, soft, what light through yonder window breaks"), it is still a pleasure to hear him speaking Shakespeare's words with darting urgency. He is also very moving when he talks about his late father's impact on his Hamlet, and very funny on his apprenticeship in the back row of the Shakespearean chorus (his "four years as a mime artist with the RSC"). It is pleasant to spend time in Rees's engaging company, but I yearned to know more about how the modern actor gets to grips with playing Shakespeare."

The full review is at: The Guardian.

"What You Will" Interview

Matt Wolf interviews Roger on the occasion of his return to the London stage with "What You Will" for Broadway.com. One of the things they talk about is the way the show came about:

Roger: "I was doing an evening of modern poetry for the Folger Library in Washington DC, run by my friend Beth Emelson, and she said to me, “You really ought to be doing something on Shakespeare since we’re the nest of everything Shakespearean here at the Folger.” It’s a place where you can actually hold David Garrick’s script for Hamlet in your hand. So I found myself assembling materials and some anecdotes, and the result has proved to be lovely; people quite like it.
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You can read the full interview at Broadway.com.

20 Questions

In the run up to the opening of "What You Will" at the Apollo Theatre in the West End Roger has answered 20 questions for What's On Stage. The interview can be read at 20 Questions.

Elementary

Roger will appear in the new CBS Sherlock Holmes drama "Elementary". The series stars Jonny Lee Miller as Holmes and Lucy Liu as his partner Joan Watson. The series premieres on September 27. More information at Entertainment Weekly.