Harriet Walter & Guy Paul: Words Laid Bare Theatre & Performing Arts

Harriet Walter and Guy Paul, delight with the shortest short stories by Brian Doyle. Accompanied by Jamie Safir on piano.

“Rarely have I seen two actors perform with greater delicacy, lightness of touch, and mutual consideration: they are simply a joy to watch.” -Laura Barnett, Author

“Jamie is one of those pianists who seem to inhabit the piano.” –London Jazz News

“Your writing tells us that the little things are not little. You combined prose and poem (and prayer, you said) to bear witness to the miracles around us. You strummed the English language like a guitar, plucked it like a harp, banged it like a drum. For example: “Such extraordinary ordinary succinct ancient naked stunning perfect simple ferocious love.” Nine adjectives for love may seem excessive, but maybe not. In May 2017 you died of a brain tumor. You were sixty years old. You said that your writing is not about you but about us. “Please,” you implored, “reach for each other. Drop the masks. Don’t be cool.” –From “The Salt Seas Of The Heart: A Tribute To Brian Doyle” by Carol Ann Fitzgerald, Sun Magazine

Dame Harriet Walter starred in the all-female Shakespeare Trilogy at the Donmar, Kings Cross, playing Brutus, Henry IV and Prospero. She played Elizabeth I in Schiller’s Mary Stuart, winning the Evening Standard award for Best Actress and a Tony Award nomination when the play transferred to Broadway where she met her husband, and partner in this show, Guy Paul. Notable TV and film appearances include the The Crown (Clemmie Churchill), Law and Order: UK, Downton Abbey, London Spy and Harriet Vane in Lord Peter Wimsey, The Sense of an Ending, Mindhorn, Denial, and Star Wars: the Force Awakens.

Guy Paul can be seen on film in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Fifth Estate and Hyde Park on Hudson. He’s also known for his performances on Broadway, performing in everything from Twelve Angry Men to Private Lives, and The King and I to Mary Stuart with Harriet Walter. Paul can be seen on TV in the next season of Father Brown and is currently filming the upcoming Showtime series, Patrick Melrose, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. You can catch Paul on iPlayer in BBC radio’s A Portrait of a Gentleman.

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