Wishing you a very happy and romatic Valentine's Day!!!

The first month of 2014 has gone! How time flies!!! Have a lovely February!!!

Jonathan with his students filming showreels (January 23/2014). Beautiful picture!

Showreels filming at East 15 has begun! Good luck to you Jonathan and your students!

This picture is dark, but you can see Jonathan on the right side of the picture.

Jonathan F. on TV

"Poirot"  on ITV3 at 6:45pm Sun, 26 January and at 1:55am Mon, 27 January.

Have a nice beginning of the week! All the best to Jonathan! I hope the new year is treating you well!!!

This picture is from "An ideal husband". I like this film :)

Happy New Year 2014! I wish you a joyous and wonderful New Year from the bottom of my heart! I wish you the best of health so that you can prosper in every single endeavour of your life! May this year be the one in which all your wishes come true. The one in which your dreams may turn into reality and all your fears may fade away. Happy New Year 2014! Dear Jonathan, I wish you the best of luck, joy and every success in your future projects!!!

May 31st December be the end of your sorrows and 1st January 2014 be the beginning of your joys!

Merry Christmas! I wish you all the happiest of Happy Holidays and hope you all have a fantastic, restful break.

I love the winter weather. I love it when it's snowing and the sun is shining. I like the cold, but not FREEZING so I can't feel my face. I think Jonathan knows how cold it is in the ice-storm. The “Watchtower” was shot in December 2008 in Iowa. He said back then “One time it got so cold the camera froze- literally”. So I wish you a Merry Christmas holiday with sunshine (not rain or storm), but hopefully we will all have a white Christmas!

This is the "Watchtower" screenshot. Would love to see this short film, but don't know where to find it :(

I watched Victoria and Albert yesterday. Jonathan is so great playing Prince Albert. Would love to see him playing a romantic character again. And he will be great in a comedy. I think he's got a good sense of humour.

Christmas Holiday

Today was my last day of work before Christmas break! (Sorry to those who have to work now til 5pm or later ). I wish everyone a safe and joyful holiday break, and it doesn't matter if you're going away on vacation or staying, like me, at home.
I want to share this nice and sunny picture with you!

Picture from the past

This is one of my favorites photos of Jonathan (actually, all photos of Jon are awesome :)) He looks great in this black shirt. Black is a classic colour, simple, but stylish. I think black can evoke strong emotions, Jon looks powerful and sophisticated.
Have a great week! Have a great Christmas shopping!

Covington Cross was a fun TV show that followed the lives of the Grey Family living at their castle Convington Cross in medieval times

Nice picture :)

The Black Death DVD III

I'm watching "The Black Death" at the moment. Interesting movie about terrible desease. The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. I like historical movies - they manage to drag us away to another time and, for the most part, teach us a little about our ancestors, history. A few years ago I watched BBC series about Egypt, about various archaeological discoveries in that country. It was really interesting and entertaining.
Jonathan is a very versatile actor and has acted in various roles. He is true actor as he can play any role. He looks accurate and believable in historical clothes :) "Pompeii" and "The Nuclear secrets" are my favorite too.

Jon as Louis Heyligan, musician and philosopher

Jonathan on TV II

I've just found this - Jonathan as Julian Felspar will be on Alibi channel on December the 8th at 4 pm (New Tricks - Couldn't Organise One)

Jon with Ronald Pickup (from New Tricks)

Jonathan on TV

For those who have ITV3 channel... Sparkling Cyanide will be on December the 31st (New Year's Eve !) at 3.55 pm and on January the 1st at 7.25 am (if you still be awake on the first day of the New Year!).

The Black Death DVD II

I've just received a package from Peter Nicholson.:) It didn't take a lot of time, like he promised. Will watch it this weekend. Have a lot of work to get done at the moment.

The True Gentleman

Since there is no news about Jonathan... I've decided to post this last year's picture, that  I truly love. Jonathan looks good in a suit, confident and sophisticated. He deserves the BAFTA award for being a talented actor :)

The Black Death DVD

Two days ago I found a person who has The Black Death DVD. It’s Peter Nicholson, The Black Death director (and Pompeii’s). I asked him if he knows where I can watch The World’s Worst Century documentary on the Internet. He was really nice chatting to me on the Facebook. I didn’t expect him doing this and I was surprised, when he said that he has this DVD and he will make me a copy. I’m really grateful to him. This morning he wrote that he made a copy and will post it to me this week. I’m looking forward to it.

And his Dartmoor Killing project is coming along well. He really hopes to be able to announce big news before Christmas.

The Black Death Documentary

Thank you, Flo, for the link!

The World's Worst Century

The "World's Worst Century" was released in 2004. That is a movie (with Jonathan in it) I haven't seen. And there is so little information about it. As I understand it wasn't released widely on DVD. I only know that this is a three part history series considering the fourteenth century which saw traumatic upheavals such as wars, epidemics and revolts. The series has 3 episodes: Agincourt, The Peasant's revolt and The Black death. Jonathan is playing Louis Heyligan. And I don't even know in which episode. I would love to see it. I've got two interests - Jonathan (of course :)) and I like to watch historical documentary. The problem is - where to find this series.

The Class of 89 reunion

Next year, in 2014, Jonathan will celebrate the Class of 1989 the 25th reunion at Central School of Speech and Drama. And it’s already written on a school website:  “A 25 year reunion for the Class of ‘89 will take place in 2014”

http://www.cssd.ac.uk/events/alumni/class-88-reunion

It’s a nice and exciting event, I think. I attended my 10^th University reunion (how time flies!) a couple of years ago.  It was fun.

This picture is from Alumni Newsletter published in January 2010. I think it’s the 20^th reunion (this picture quality is not very good)

Marcel Proust - The Guermantes Way (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0076qkb) Hurry up! 11 hours left to listen

The Winter's Tale (performing on stage)

It was a really beautiful performance. Still think a lot about my trip to Sheffield :) and about Jon :)

Take a look (this page has a lot of beautiful photos from the stage)

http://markdouet.photoshelter.com/gallery/The-Winters-Tale-at-Sheffield-Theatre/G0000MAAkPrpbpJc/

The Winter's Tale rehearsal photos I

These photos were taken by Mark Douet in September. Photos are great with a good quality.
 This one is my favorite. Jonathan with flowers around his neck (very romantic!). Other pictures are available here http://markdouet.photoshelter.com/gallery/The-Winters-Tale-at-The-Crucible-Rehearsal-Photos/G0000Ly4S5HLtx6Y

The Winter's Tale rehearsal photos II

Rehearsing ...

The Winter's Tale rehearsal photos III

Jonathan listening to Paul Miller (with Clair Price and Daniel Lapaine)

Have a nice week!

With this beautiful picture wishing a Happy Monday and a great week ahead!

Marcel Proust - In Search of Lost Time

Here is a link to the BBC Iplayer http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0076qkb

This play will be available to listen for the next 7 days.

I'll definitely enjoy Jon's smooth, like velvet, voice :)

My likes

Still haven't watched all showreels, because I've been busy this weekend, but I like Luke Sheperd / Chloe Todd and Eleonora Cucciarelli / Alan Grant showreels. Emma-Jayne John and Emma Spearing were really nice in their videos.

But I'm not a professional, don't judge me too hard. 

Showreels

Have been watching East 15 MA graduates showreels today. Fascinating! These showreels were directed by Jonathan. I wonder, who writes the script for the showreel, who’s idea is this? Jonathan’s? Haven’t watched all of them, later I will decide which one I like more. http://vimeo.com/east15/videos

JF on BBC Radio 4 Extra

This is the link I promised

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0076qkb

Marcel Proust - In Search of Lost Time

The Guermantes Way

First broadcast: Wednesday 13 November 2013

Duration: 1 hour

I'm curious

What are you going to do next, Jonathan? Going to work or going on vacation? I think you deserve to take time off from work and to go on vacation, where it doesn't rain :)

Jonathan is on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Jon is on BBC Radio with a Michael Butt's dramatisation of Marcel Proust's classic series of novels ("In search of Lost Time"

Series 1 - 3. The Guermantes Way). November 13 at 10.00-11.00 am (UK time). Repeat on November 13 at

3pm and on November 14 at 3am.

Marcel's boyhood crush on the Duchess of Guermantes develops into a massive passion.

 Originally broadcast in 2005.

Marcel as a Young Man (Jonathan Firth).

I'll put link later when it's available on BBC Radio.

To Jonathan

Acting on stage is difficult. It takes more than just skill, but lots of preparation and hard work, as well (especially,  when you have to say the same lines over and over again and to remember to include intonation and expressions at the same time). You’re talented Jonathan, and I wish you every success in your theatre career . Enjoy your performance! It’s a final week of The Winter’s Tale J It was a pleasure watching you performing on stage! Thank you!

The Winter's Tale Q&A session (October 24)

After the play on October 24^th, there was a Q&A session with the director and actors for anyone who wanted to stay and ask questions. Very interesting, what have they been talking about. This picture is not very clear, but you can spot Jonathan on the right side.

The Winter's Tale final week

The Winter’s Tale moves into its final week, the Crucible tracked the progress of this production http://storify.com/crucibletheatre/the-winter-s-tale

Lovely picture

I took this picture from the FB Fans page (maybe I don't have a right to take it. If so, tell me, and I will delete it. But I just can't resist Jon's smile).  I really like it. This picture was taken before the matinee on October the 26th.

 I think I'm the only one who went to Sheffield and didn't manage to meet with him. Why am I so unlucky? Going to cry into my pillow right now :(

P.S. But I'm glad I saw him performing on stage. Excellent acting and beautiful man. :)

Great performances from all the main players

Another review from the Counterfeit Magazine

http://www.counterfeitmag.co.uk/arts/winters-tale/

P.S. Speaking of the Winter's Tale - winter's time - don't forget - the clocks go back an hour tonight :)