Simon Stone

You may not have because you've been up to your eyes in this play.

But in fact, there were several shows I very much enjoyed over the summer, including Arturo Uy at the RSC with Mark Gatiss and Simon Stone's bold version of the Oresteia at the Bridge and the all-female cast of Glengarry Glen Ross at the Old Vic, to name a few.

Did you see that, Jodi?

I saw the Glengarry Glen Ross and I had tickets for the Oresteia on two occasions.

And I know I'll regret that because I love Rosie Sheehy and lots of great.

Yeah, the cast were wonderful.

It's a pretty bold adaptation of the Oresteia, but there's always something stimulating in what Simon Stone does.

But let's catch up on what we've seen most recently that we might recommend.

Welcome and thank you for taking a break from all your screenings.

Can we start with the film that opened the festival? It starred Andrew Scott, Simon Stone's Elsinore.

What can you tell us about the film and why there's so much buzz around it, particularly for Andrew Scott's performance, I think?

I think we've all known for a while, anyone who's paying attention, that Andrew Scott is very talented.

Scott also served as a producer.

Simon Stone directed the film, with a screenplay by Stephen Rashford.

The British Film Institute identifies the opening presentations as the film Europe's premiere.

Its announcement places the festival between October 7 and October 18 with the opening gala at the Royal Festival Hall.

Reuters reports that the story is set in 1989 and follows Charleson as prepares to perform Hamlet while facing AIDS diagnosis.

Simon Stone directs, and Stephen Brasford wrote the screenplay.

Olivia Colman plays Dr. Margaret or Margaret Johnson.

The festival opened October seven and continues through October eighteen.

I assume, I don't know where the word comes from in the context of this film, but that's what it's called.

Directed by Simon Stone, starring Andrew Scott and Olivia Colman.

The true story of Ian Charlson, a gifted actor whose greatest challenge becomes his greatest triumph.

Facing his own mortality with unflinching honesty, wit and grace, Charlson delivers a courageous final stage performance that becomes a source of healing and inspiration for those around him.

Yes, yeah

... as a writer, and then Simon Stone as the-

Yeah

... director.

Really excited for you all to check it out.

Moving over next though, we have Elsinore, which is directed by Simon Stone, had its world premiere at Telluride.

It went on to win the International People's Choice Award over at Toronto, which was a bit of a surprise, I would argue.

Uh, most of the buzz has gone towards Andrew Scott as Ian Charleston.

there are a lot of books yeah the aristocratic family in times of uh you know upheaval and and changing yeah changing winds

this new adaptation of the cherry orchard is written directed by simon stone and features an all korean cast it's led by oh he's not korean the director simon stone obviously

not not a korean name

he's australian okay it would be stone simon then actually yeah it would be stone simon if he was korean um so chan dohyun is one of the leads she very famous actress she was in the film um secret sunshine by lee chang dong and then the male lead is park haesoo who is famously in squid game

not great not

great

super optimal actually i do think that certainly impacts the viewing experience and there are certain words and certain phrases because they adapted the korean from the super titles that simon stone wrote okay and which

is it i mean it is also a russian play though so every you know

Elsinore.

Director Simon Stone featuring Andrew Scott, Olivia Colman.

I'm sure you'll be able to see this, listener.

It screams Oscar bait, but also fantastic.

When they're...

That editor needs to go to jail.

Yeah, Simon Stone does a really great job directing this film.

It is something.