Favourite ACTOR you have seen performing live

[The Large One]

This follows on from a conversation with Superphil about his disdain and dismissal of live theatre - and how I believe he's missing out on a fine art form.

So while I asked for one, I am now going to say five.

I saw a performance of 'Waiting For Godot' at the Theatre Royal in Brighton a couple of years back with Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Patrick Stewart, Simon Callow and Ronald Pickup. What a line-up.

I also saw a musical (not normally a big fan of those at all) at the National Theatre with David Suchet. It was a big song-and-dance spectacular, with Suchet in the middle. He has such a presence, you just couldn't take you eyes off him.

What about you?

 

[El Presidente]

John Thaw, who hit me with his SHOE in an Arthur Miller play at the Royal Exchange when I was in the front row.

Alan Rickman, who was incredible.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Ralph Fiennes.

 

[father_and_son]

I saw Robert Lindsay play Hamlet a long time ago and he was brilliant. Shame all his sitcom acting is so poor!

 

[severnside gull]

Back in the early 70's I recall regularly seeing Larry Olivier "perform" on the train up to London.

 

[Hiney]

Luis Suarez

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Al Pacino in Glengarry Glen Ross on Broadway.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

Peter O'Toole in Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell which had its debut at the Theatre Royal prior to West End.
Extraordinarily powerful, mesmerising portrayal of a Soho legend

 

[Acker79]

I feel like my list is so pathetic. Most of the shows I see don't involve big stars. The stars that spring to mind I've seen would be:

Nicholas parsons (in the rocky horror show)
Colin baker (Peter Pan)
Griff Rhys jones (Oliver)

Then I get into less famous people...
Rolf Saxon (jerry springer opera - he's the CIA operative who works in the room tom cruise hangs into in mission impossible)
David bedelia (rocky horror show - was in casualty, maitre d in batman begins, was in the DVD/televised version of the jerry springer opera)

 

[Pevenseagull]

Derek Jacobi, Richard II,
Peter O'Toole: Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell,

 

[rcf0712]

David Bowie, Ben Drew, Prince.....

 

[hitony]

Luis Suarez

Now were talking!! PROPER actors!

 

[Lord Bracknell]

The young Julie Christie - but that was probably just lust.

 

[Nibble]

Peter O'Toole in Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell which had its debut at the Theatre Royal prior to West End.
Extraordinarily powerful, mesmerising portrayal of a Soho legend

O/T I had a fling with Jeffrey Bernard's daughter. She was fit and she was bonkers. Unsurprisingly that girl could drink. A lot. Massive tits.

Best actor live?

Anthony Hopkins reading Dylan Thomas on stage above a pub in Cardiff. He was pissed but very good.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

I seem to remember seeing Sir John G in Brighton when I was young. Probably before he hit the heights of Arthur.

 

[Godstar]

John Malkovich - Slip of the Tongue (He was brilliant, the play was a bit...meh!)

 

[The Merry Prankster]

Jacobi's King Lear.

Superphilistine more like. See what I did there?

 

[hart's shirt]

Sir Michael Gambon playing the role of Eddie Carbone in Miller's A View From The Bridge.

Masterful.

 

[wallyback]

Brian Dennehy playing Wily Loman in Death of a Salesman - I have never seen so many grown men crying in the audience Very moving performance.

 

[Icy Gull]

Julie Christie at the Chichester Festival Theatre. Some really dreadful play set in the South of France, the name of which escapes me. I only went to see my first childhood crush in the flesh though, so that hardly mattered. She was still very sexy I have to say and quite tiny.

My wife assured me that Miss Christie had had some very good plastic surgery, I just laughed at her jealousy

Tim Currie in the Rocky horror show many moons ago not long after the show started, loved it.