Episode 23 - David Haig - The Amplify Podcast
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The Amplify Podcast is a new strand in our Playcast series. \\xa0
Our Amplify Producer, Craig Gilbert, has been holed up in his makeshift bedroom studio talking to a host of exciting artists of national and international renown. \\xa0
These conversations cover career and process as well as offering a few exciting ideas to explore from home during this time of Social Distancing.\\xa0
In the first episode of the Amplify Podcast Craig talks with writer and actor David Haig.
David\\u2019s stage plays include My Boy Jack and The Good Samaritan (both for Hampstead Theatre, London) and Pressure (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh, and Minerva Theatre, Chichester). My Boy Jack was filmed for ITV, starring David, Daniel Radcliffe and Kim Cattrall, and broadcast in November 2007.
His distinguished acting career includes West End appearances in Yes, Prime Minister (a transfer from Chichester); Art, Dead Funny (a transfer from Hampstead), Journey\\u2019s End, The Country Wife and The Sea. At the National Theatre he appeared in Alan Ayckbourn\\u2019s House/Garden, and at the Royal Court in Hitchcock Blonde and The Recruiting Officer. He has worked extensively for the Royal Shakespeare Company, playing, amongst others, Angelo in Trevor Nunn\\u2019s production of Measure for Measure. He won the Olivier Award for Best Actor for Our Country\\u2019s Good at the Royal Court, and received nominations for Mary Poppins and Donkeys\\u2019 Years, both in the West End.
His television and film appearances include Yes, Prime Minister, Mo, The Wright Way, Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Thin Blue Line, Talking Heads and Crime and Punishment.