Elissa Blake December 2, 2013 It’s 10am and Hugo Weaving is stretched out on a sofa at the end of the Sydney Theatre Company Wharf, overlooking a glittering Walsh Bay, underlining passages of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. He looks every inch the diligent, thoughtful actor he’s reputed to be. “I’m finding the script absolutely thrilling […]
Sydney Morning Herald Elissa Blake November 3, 2013 Samuel Beckett’s existential comedy is just the latest of the classics to enthral its versatile star. On the boards: Hugo Weaving is preparing for the role of Vladimir in Waiting For Godot. Photo: James Brickwood It’s 10am and Hugo Weaving is stretched out on a sofa at the end […]
Daily TelegraphApril 24, 2012 PLAUDITS keep rolling in for Sydney Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of Uncle Vanya, with the play picking up two high-profile US theatre awards this week. At a ceremony in Washington, Cate Blanchett won the Helen Hayes Award for outstanding lead actress in a non-resident production, while Hugo Weaving was awarded outstanding […]
Gay News NetworkGarrett BithellApril 3, 2012 Sydney Theatre Company’s latest production is a classic tale of revenge, seduction and power, writes Garrett Bithell. In Christopher Hampton’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses, from the famous novel by Choderlos de Laclos, the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil manipulate everyone around them with the precision of […]
SMHElissa BlakeApril 3, 2012 A ROLE as meaty as the arch seducer Valmont in Les Liaisons Dangereuses doesn’t come up often. When it does, you grab it. Hugo Weaving considers himself fortunate to have performed it once, in Richard Cottrell’s production for Nimrod Theatre in 1987 at the Seymour Centre. To get a second crack […]
SMHElissa BlakeMarch 31, 2012 Les Liaisons Dangereuses marks director Sam Strong’s Sydney Theatre Company debut, but already there is talk of the former lawyer running the place. Sam Strong is a quiet achiever among today’s crop of theatre directors. So quiet, he’s slipped under the radar while riskier – some might say flashier – directors […]
The AustralianStephen RomeiMarch 29, 2012 IT’S cocktail hour on an Indian summer day and I’m waiting for Hugo Weaving in the cool chrome-and-leather bar of the Sydney Dance Company cafe. He’s running late so I cradle a crisp sauvignon blanc and sweat on some last-minute questions for one of Australia’s most successful actors. As I […]
Sydney Theatre CompanyMarch 26, 2012 It is such a thrill to have the wonderful Hugo Weaving back working at STC on our soon-to-open production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses. He has worked with us on more than 20 productions, readings and workshops, and here we remember the good times… Hugo’s first show with us was back […]
SMHElissa BlakeMarch 25, 2012 Dangerous games are afoot as Hugo Weaving plays an iconic lothario. Hugo Weaving is looking fit and sparkly-eyed as he emerges from rehearsals at the Sydney Theatre Company. He’s given up coffee and says he’s never felt better. ”I used to have two double espressos a day. I gave that up, […]
The AustralianMatthew WestwoodFebruary 25, 2012 HERE’S a conversation-starter for the dinner table tonight: who would be best as Valmont in Dangerous Liaisons? Who best resembles the brazenly manipulative, devilishly charming, sexy-as-hell Vicomte de Valmont in the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos and adapted for stage and screen by Christopher Hampton? In the 1988 film, […]