Tag: Shakespeare

TOP Damian Lewis Moments 2025: Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year – Live!

One of my favorite traditions on Fan Fun is writing the Top Damian Lewis Moments of the Year. And every single year, Damian somehow makes this job both very easy and completely impossible at the same time — because how do you even choose?

He acts. He sings. He plays sports. He lends his voice to art work. He supports charities. And in May 2025, he gave us a moment that felt very special: Shakespeare, live, under the stars, in Regent’s Park. I envy everyone that was there that night in the most positive way!

Yes. Let’s talk about that night. Continue reading “TOP Damian Lewis Moments 2025: Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year – Live!”

Throwback Thursday to Damian Lewis at the Royal Shakespeare Company

I was lucky enough to see the Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5 documentary during its opening days at the IFC in New York at a special screening, which was followed by a Q&A with director Raoul Peck. One of the highlights of the evening was getting to ask a question myself — I asked Mr. Peck about how he brought together the film’s striking imagery with Damian Lewis’ narration, and his answer gave a fascinating glimpse into the creative process behind this award-winning documentary. I’m pasting his answer below for those interested in the behind-the-scenes magic.

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Damian Lewis’ Song of the Week: Pentonville Prison

“I was riding home one night on my motorbike. I was in North London. I was on Caledonian Road. I was outside Pentonville Prison. Next thing I knew was I was flying through the air and going straight to the windscreen of a car. This is called Pentonville Prison.” – Damian Lewis

In his Instagram post about his upcoming shows in Ireland, Damian has said that new songs from his second album, out next spring, will get an outing as well as the songs we know and love from Mission Creep. It is one of those new songs that I would love to dive into today: Pentonville Prison. And before I get into it, if you missed the previous “Song of the Week” posts, you can find them all here.

Now, Pentonville is an actual prison on Caledonian Road in Barnsbury, North London. But don’t worry—the track isn’t about Damian doing time. Instead, it’s inspired by a motorbike accident he had right outside the prison many years ago. Continue reading “Damian Lewis’ Song of the Week: Pentonville Prison”

Throwback Thursday to Damian Lewis as Hamlet At Open Air Theatre *UPDATED*

Damian Lewis returned to Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park in Allie Esiri’s brain child Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year – Live! last weekend, thirty-one years after he played the title role in Hamlet.

I assume it was a happy experience for Damian to be on the Open Theatre stage again, and so I would like to celebrate his return to Open Air Theatre by revisiting him as a 23 year old kid, ahem, actor, in Hamlet!

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Happy Shakespeare Day with Damian Lewis!

source: dailymail.co.uk
source: dailymail.co.uk

Happy Shakespeare Day! We are celebrating the great man’s life and influence on English language today.

If you wanna have your own personal Shakespeare party, I highly recommend you to download The Love Book App and have Damian Lewis read Sonnet 130: My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun directly to your ears! Or if you want to party with us here then let’s travel back to a special Shakespeare party kicked off by a certain Damian Lewis!

Better yet, get the app and party with us, too 😀

April 23, 2014 Wednesday. I have  to sit in front of my computer all day at work so I just let myself indulged in everything Shakespeare for occasional procrastination, from finding out about words that we owe to him, e.g. bedazzled, fashionable, pageantry to New York Public Theater’s celebration tweets with favorite Shakespeare quotes and verses, and to a extremely special birthday party at Guildhall Library — Complete Reading of Shakespeare’s Sonnets — kicked off by a certain someone 🙂 Continue reading “Happy Shakespeare Day with Damian Lewis!”