A closer look at Hamlet’s Programme: A shoutout to charities

Note: This is a spoiler-free description of what’s inside the 2nd edition of the “Hamlet Souvenir Programme” avail. to buy for £8.50 at The Barbican Theatre in London or at the Barbican Online Shop with additional shipping fees. How do you define “spoiler-fee”, you may ask. That’s to say any visual details specifically regarding costumes; […]

An „embarrassment of riches“ at his request

Numbers. Numbers are great. Love numbers. The number “38”, thirty-eight, is possibly your best bet this Saturday. You’re probably familiar with the upcoming date already but let’s just give it another mention because nearly thirty eight years ago, on July 19th 1976 a “sturdy nine pounder” Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch was born to his very […]

A Helping Hand in Hope: ALS/MND Association – Benedict Cumberbatch Birthday Fund

  “It’s a terrifying prospect to have a completely functioning mind inside a body that locks you in, that keeps you stationary.” – Benedict Cumberbatch   http://vimeo.com/82024808     In 2013,  Vertigo Films released Hawking: A Brief History of Mine,  an authorized documentary about Stephen Hawking, the famous English theoretical physicist and cosmologist. The film opened […]