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After a veritable drought of information, it turns out that Ed’s been keeping busy with rehearsals for Noel Coward’s Hay Fever, which is opening this week at Chichester Festival Theatre. If you see it, please do pop along to the forum to let us know what you thought of it!

Whatsonstage.com has an interview with Ed on his past, present and future, which you can read here.

Hay Fever runs until 2nd May, you can book tickets from the Chichester Festival Theatre website.

The press night of A Midsummer Night’s Dream received glowing reviews – read them on the play’s page.

Also recently uploaded is an interview with Ed from the Official London Theatre Guide about his time at the RSC and what the future holds. Read it here.

The run of Hamlet has now finished…. and what an eventful run it was!

But there’s no rest for Ed, as previews for A Midsummer Night’s Dream start at the Novello on Thursday. The play runs until the 7th of February, and you can buy tickets from the Novello website or in person at the box office.

David Tennant has now returned to the title role in Hamlet at the Novello. This means that Ed is once again playing Laertes.

The RSC Hamlet page has the following information for people going to see the play:

We will be assessing David’s return to each Hamlet performance this week on a day by day basis. Please check our website www.rsc.org.uk from 12 noon each day for an update for that evening’s performance. Alternatively, please call the RSC Box Office on 0844 800 1114 or the Novello Theatre Box Office on 0844 482 5135. The production ends its run at the Novello Theatre on 10 January.

Why not treat yourself to a trip to the theatre? David Tennant is still out of Hamlet, although currently hopes to be back for the last week of the run. He’s quoted on the RSC site as saying “I am very sorry to disappoint anyone who booked to come and see me in Hamlet, but confident that you will be far from disappointed by Edward Bennett’s performance in the title role. He is one of British theatre’s most promising talents and an opportunity to see his Hamlet, alongside the brilliant ensemble of actors that I have had the great pleasure of working with all year, is very exciting.” So you don’t just have to take my word for it – Ed’s Hamlet is fantastic!

Also recently commenting on Ed’s change in role is Michael Boyd, Chief Artistic Director of the RSC, when asked about an understudy taking on a lead role:
It’s like three-dimensional chess. You can’t screw up the production. You have to be roughly in the same place at the same time. But you also have to inhabit the role. Edward Bennett, for instance, is completely different to David Tennant – he has a different metabolism and he has been doing brilliantly as Hamlet.

Read the whole interview here.

New articles added to Press section, new images added to the Gallery including screencaps from After You’ve Gone and the Othello interview DVD.

Press section updated with some more articles from the past week, including Ed’s account of his new routine.

Some new shots of Ed as Hamlet have been released on the RSC site and added to the Gallery, and a few other images have finally been put up too. Signing up to the gallery is fast and simple, and allows you to submit your own images to be displayed – as well as being able to comment and rate the photos which are already there.

The Times have a lovely interview with Ed today. Read it in the new Press section of the site.

It has been confirmed that David Tennant will not be returning to Hamlet before Christmas due to a prolapsed disc which he is soon to receive surgery to correct. Read the RSC statement.

David Tennant said today: “It is hugely disappointing for me to have to miss these performances. My back problem has progressed to the point where it is currently impossible for me to carry on without surgery. I want to get back onstage as quickly as possible and I am very grateful to Ed who has courageously got to grips with the role but in a much shorter time. It’s a fantastic achievement.”

Best wishes to David at this time.

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