Big success for online play reading service
More than 26,000 students logged on to the read through of Macbeth featuring Joe Lycett’s Shakespearean debut.
The comedian made a cameo as The Porter in the first full performance staged ReadThrough, which uses professional actors to offer live, online renditions of curriculum texts to help bring them to life for pupils.
Doctor Who’s Pearl Mackie played Lady Macbeth with Nari Blair-Mangat in the title role and Uncle’s Esther Smith as Malcolm,
A total of 624 schools signed up for last week’s reading.
In a statement, the founders of ReadThrough said: ‘We have been overwhelmed by the level of interest, which has been quite something for our small team to manage.
From The Delightful Sausage, Tommy Tiernan, Kiri Pritchard-Mclean and Anuvab Pal
Radio 2 is to pilot four new comedy shows from The Delightful Sausage, Tommy Tiernan, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Indian comic Anuvab Pal.
Pal has written a series set in colonial Darjeeling, where a magistrate must grapples with the responsibilities of his new post.
The cast of The Empire features Stephen Fry, Michelle Gomez Rasika Dugal as Sapna and Anuvab Pal as Harbans and as Mrs Campbell.
Meanwhile Delightful Sausage – Christopher Cantrill and Amy Gledhill, pictured - are making a travelogue based on UK getaways.
In the pilot of Staycations, the Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated double act stay a Dracula-themed B&B, sampling some eye-watering cuisines and having a truly unforgettable stay at a Yorkshire holiday camp.