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Bill Nighy as Oliver Lucas in The Vertical Hour
Bill Nighy has won a Theatre World Award for his performance as Oliver Lucas in David Hare’s The Vertical Hour.
The Theatre World Award is the oldest award given for a theatre performance On or Off-Broadway, and it is only given once as it is given for a […]
Bill Nighy nominated for Distinguished Performance of the year
Bill Nighy adds another nomination to his already long list. He has been nominated for a Distinguished Performance of the year, the oldest theatrical honors in America, for his role as Oliver Lucas in The Vertical Hour.
The Drama League Awards are the oldest theatrical honors in America, beginning in 1935 and predating the Tony Awards […]
Bill Nighy’s doodled original Davy Jones script on auction
Bill Nighy has donated his original Pirates of the Carribean : Dead Men’s Chest script to support the High Tide festival and you can now bid on it on Ebay here..
The script is filled with comments and doodles from Bill, and an absolute collectors item. But, before you run over there, know that it is […]
Courttv - Q&A with Bill Nighy and The Thing
Courttv has a nice interview with Bill Nighy, about Notes on a Scandal, The Vertical Hour, New York, and about the possibility of playing a rocker again (which is definitely not denied by Bill).
Here is Bill about The Thing in New York and London:
I like the fact that that you’re allowed to say […]
More Nighy News on Notes and The Vertical Hour
A shortish interview with Bill Nighy about Pirates and Notes on a Scandal in Dailynews.
About playing Richard in Notes on a Scandal:
“When we shot the scene where I confront her with the affair, I hit a level of anger I’m not accustomed to reaching for.”
WNYC has a wonderful audio interview with Bill Nighy about Notes […]
Bill Nighy on the Charlie Rose show
The Charlie Rose show is hosting an hour with Bill Nighy, tomorrow the 25th of January. For New Yorkers, it will air in New York City on Thirteen / WNET New York at 11:00 p.m.
For non New Yorkers : you can hopefully watch the show online after it has been broadcasted on the website.
Bill Nighy […]
The Times : This charming man
(Music Box Theatre, New York)
Another nice interview with Bill Nighy in Sunday’s The Times.
About Dylan, the Vertical Hour, football, being successful, and Matzo-ball soup without the, ehrm, balls.
This Charming Man.
Read it here.
Notes on a co-star
Filmstew has an article/interview with Bill Nighy about The Vertical Hour and Notes on a Scandal.
“We’re open now, it’s a hit [and] we’ve sold out, thank God,” says Vertical Hour co-star Nighy during a recent interview with FilmStew. “There is a God. I wasn’t quite sure before now, but I know. I got through it […]
Bill Nighy talks
If you are a Bill Nighy fan, your year can’t start any better than with this.
So - make yourself a cup of Yorkshire tea, find a good chair, sit back, and press play, and hugely enjoy 25 minutes with Bill Nighy, talking about his career, theatre and film, acting, being mellow and not the […]
The Journal news : The Time is Nighy
An interview with Bill Nighy about The Vertical Hour, but also about Bill the actor.
Read the whole article The Time is Nighy
Videointerview with Julianne Moore with a little bit of Bill
CBS Early Show : Interview with Julianne Moore.
Great to see Julianne defending Bill Nighy when the interviewer again tries to define Bill as the guy with the Octopus face in Pirates. She does a good job there, he is much more than that.
More Nighy and the Vertical Hour
Nighy is physically curious as he thrusts his hands in his pockets, slinks his lean frame into Ann Roth’s costumes or shuffles around Scott Pask’s verdant set, which Brian MacDevitt illuminates with clever stealth.
New York Press
And more and more rumours and hopes that The Vertical Hour will transfer from Broadway to London.
Bill Nighy Q&A on broadway.com
Do you like the character?
Yeah. I do. I mean, I hate to talk about characters as if they exist, because it’s only me playing them [laughs]. I’ve never been “in character” in my life. You go to work, and you have to pretend.
Read the interview on Broadway.com
Hear Bill Nighy in the Vertical Hour
The NY times has 2 minutes of Billiciousness from the Vertical Hour, accompanied by pictures from the play.
Speakers on and go for it.
The Vertical Hour reviews - “He is, of course, wonderful”
Bill Nighy in the Vertical Hour
After the official opening yesterday, the first reviews of The Vertical Hour are showing up. While the play itself gets mixed reviews, Bill Nighy gets raved in nearly all of them. (Click the links for the full reviews)
(This post will be updated when new reviews come in - last updated […]
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