Exclusive St Trinian's Pics!

St Trinian's 2: The Legend Of Fritton's Gold is released on DVD and Blu Ray in the UK on 24th May 2010. And thanks to Ealing Studios we have some fab exclusive promos of David in action in the film to get you excited!

Click here to pre order your copy today!

Find out more about St Trinian's 2: The Legend Of Fritton's Gold and watch trailers and interviews in our St Trinian's 2 section here.

Plus visit http://www.sttriniansmovie.co.uk for more goodies!

Many thanks to Ealing Studios.

RSC Appeal Update

The RSC have sent an update on their Transform Our Theatres Appeal, which we have been helping to contribute to with our Seat For David Campaign.

They say:
£5.5m left to raise to reach Campaign goal of £112.8m
The fundraising campaign to Transform our Theatres steps up in its final year. Having received three significant gifts totaling £3.6m as well as further funds through our ongoing successful Public Appeal, the RSC has raised a total of £107.3m. With one year to go before the Campaign will close, we must push on with our fundraising and appeal to more people to help us raise the final £5.5m. With the help of some RSC Alumni we have created a trailer We're Coming Home to highlight the urgency and invite people to play their part in reaching our final goal.
Watch the new trailer here.


If you would like to know more about the Take A Seat For David campaign to help the RSC and maybe make a donation yourself then read on:

Visitors to David-Tennant.com are currently trying to raise funds to have a seat named after David Tennant in the new Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon. All money raised from this campaign will go towards the RSC's Transform Our Theatre Appeal

You may donate any amount, no matter how small, even a donation of £5 would help.

How do I Donate?

Donate Online: Email appeal@rsc.org.uk and tell them you wish to make a donation for the David Tennant Seat, they will then email you back with a link to donate.

Donate By Post: Cheques can also be sent to the following address:
Development Department Royal Shakespeare Company
The Courtyard Theatre
Southern Lane
Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire CV37 6BB

Again make sure that you mention the website and say that your donation is for the David Tennant Seat.

Donate On The Phone: You can call 01789 403476 and donate by credit or debit card. Again make sure you mention the site and that your donation is for the David Tennant seat.

Whatever way you choose to donate it is important that you make sure that you mention www.david-tennant.com when you make the donation to ensure that the RSC add it to the fund for David's seat.

More info on the Transforming Theatres Appeal is below:

Actor David Tennant lent his support to the Transforming our Theatres Appeal when he visited the site of the new theatre, the first time since performing Hamlet at The Courtyard Theatre last year. Following a tour of the new buildings, David took his seat in the main auditorium, which is currently under construction, to raise awareness of the Take a Seat appeal.

Over 500 seats have already been named in the auditorium, some for a favourite actor, director or to mark an anniversary, for an individual or to commemorate somebody’s life. Actors who have already had a seat named after them include David Suchet, John Thaw, Ian Richardson and Dame Peggy Ashcroft, so there’s plenty of opportunity for people to name a seat after a favourite actor.
The transformation of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre is due for completion at the end of 2010 at a cost of £112.8 million. There is still £10 million left to raise and there are a number of different ways that the public can contribute, from dropping their spare change in collection buckets to sponsoring a brick online.
Caroline Jones, Director of Development, said:
‘We’ve been overwhelmed with support for the project. Over 7,000 people from 43 different countries have made donations towards the re-building of our theatres in Stratford-upon-Avon. People haven given to the appeal for lots of different reasons, often it’s because of the important role that the RSC has played in their lives and now they’re pleased to be able to give something back.
‘We still have some way to go. Raising money in the current economic climate is tough but I’m confident that, with our track record of success and the excitement surrounding this project, we will reach our target. Naming a Seat in the new auditorium is a way to contribute vital funds to the project, as well as creating a strong association with the Company and our future. David’s support for the seat appeal means a lot to us.’
To find out more information about the Transforming Our Theatres project and how people can get involved visit www.rsc.org.uk/transformation

Watch Hamlet Online With Greatest Performances

Thanks to PBS' Greatest Performances fans in the USA can now watch Hamlet in full online here.

Hamlet Preview Video From BBC America

Hamlet is released on DVD and Blu Ray on 4th May 2010. Click here to pre order!

St Trinian's DVD Cover Revealed

The DVD cover for St Trinian's 2: The Legend Of Fritton's Gold has been revealed.
The film will be out on DVD and Blu Ray on 24th May 2010 across the UK.
You can pre order it online in our store here.

Hamlet Released On DVD & Blu Ray In The USA

Hamlet is set to be released on DVD and Blu Ray across the USA on 4th May 2010. We'll be working with BBC America to bring you an exclusive Hamlet giveaway and we'll have more info soon.
In the meantime Hamlet can be pre ordered in our USA store here.

Michigan Theatre To Show Hamlet

As part of its ongoing relationship with Lansing public television station WKAR, the Michigan Theatre, 124 N. Mechanic St., will show an episode of the PBS program “Great Performances” featuring a Royal Shakespeare Company production of “Hamlet.” The show will air at 8 p.m. Wednesday on the big screen. Doors will open at 7 p.m.The television adaptation recreates the English company’s 2008 production of William Shakespeare’s great drama. It features “Dr. Who” star David Tennant as Hamlet and “Star Trek: The Next Generation” star Patrick Stewart as Hamlet’s treacherous uncle, King Claudius.Admission is free. For more information, call the theater at 783-0962.More information on the program and a short trailer are available here.
Source: www.mlive.com

RSC Book Competition

We've got a very exciting new competition for you, and as today is Shakespeare's birthday it's rather fitting!

Thanks to the Royal Shakespeare Company and Oberon Books we have 10 copies of the fabulous new book, Something Written In The State Of Denmark, written by RSC actor and alumnus Keith Osborn.

'Following in the footsteps of Nick Asbury's bestselling Exit Pursued by a Badger, actor and Royal Shakespeare Company alumnus Keith Osborn tells the story of the company's extraordinary 2008/9 season in Stratford and London, with much drama on and off stage. Keith appeared in Gregory Doran's acclaimed productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Love's Labours Lost and, of course, Doran's Hamlet with David Tennant in the title role. Keith's blog was followed loyally by thousands of readers, the book contains some new material covering the early parts of the season and a short account of the BBC's filming of Hamlet in the summer of 2009, rounded out with many rehearsal and production photos taken throughout the season.'

If you'd like to win a copy of the book all you have to do is answer the following question:

On what date did David play his last performance of Hamlet in the Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon?

Send your answer along with your name and full address to rscbookcomp@david-tennant.com

Keith will be at the Courtyard Theatre tomorrow to sign copies of the book.

For more info click here.

And if you're not lucky enough to be one of our winners then you can also order the book from our online store here.

Edit: The competition closes on Monday 3rd May at 11:00am (UK Time) all winners will be notified by email.

New Labour Party Ads

David has provided the voice overs for more Labour Party political broadcasts featuring Peter Davison and Eddie Izzard.

Doctor Who Audios Free With The Telegraph

The Sunday Telegraph are giving away the Doctor Who exclusive to audio adventure Pest Control, which is read by David, free with their paper. Part One will be free on Sunday 25th April 2010 and Part Two will be free with The Telegraph on Monday 26th April 2010.

The Doctor and Donna face monstrous insects and a ruthless robot exterminator in this thrilling, exclusive audio story, read by David Tennant. The TARDIS is lost in battle on a distant planet. When the Doctor sets off in pursuit, Donna is left behind, and finds herself accepting a commission in the Pioneer Corps. Something is transforming soldiers into monstrous beetles, and she could be the next victim. Meanwhile, the Doctor steals a motorbike and stages a jailbreak. Well, how hard can it be to find the TARDIS, rescue Donna, and negotiate a peace? But that's before the arrival of a brutal and remorseless mechanical exterminator, bent on wiping out the insects. It may be that nothing can stop it, because this robot's solution for the infestation is very simple: kill everything. Featuring the Doctor and Donna, as played by David Tennant and Catherine Tate in the hit series from BBC Television, this story has been written specially for audio, and is read by David Tennant.

Thanks to The Telegraph.

Headway Essex Update

We know that there is a lot of interest from overseas fans in purchasing the fantastic merchandise that David has designed for Headway Essex.
Headway Essex would like to let all David’s fans know how much they value their support. However, selling their wonderful new merchandise overseas is not as straightforward as some may think. There is a lot of work going on behind the scenes at Headway Essex to resolve this, and they will find a solution to the complexities of Customs & Excise & VAT regulations, and will be setting up an appropriate and secure payment system and related terms & conditions in due course. Many large UK charities DO NOT sell merchandise overseas, but even though Headway Essex are a small charity they are working hard not to disappoint David’s fans who live overseas. Thank you for your patience with this and we will let you know as soon as there is any further news. :)

In the meantime fans from the UK can place orders here.

Brown Backs David As The Best Doctor

The new issue of the Radio Times has an interview with the Prime Minister Gordon Brown in which he admits that he thinks that David is the best actor to portray the role of the Doctor in Doctor Who:

John Pertwee, Tom Baker, David Tennant or Matt Smith?
“I think you know what I’m going to say here. Yes. David Tennant is the best.”

He also goes on to show a preference for Hamlet because of David's version of the part:

Hamlet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet?
“Hamlet [with David Tennant]. I saw it recently.”

You can read the full interview with Gordon Brown in the Radio Times which is on sale now.

The Road Ahead

David has provided the voice over for the new Labour Party Election Broadcast, 'The Road Ahead'.

You can view it above, it will also be shown on TV today.

David has previously starred in a Labour Party Political Broadcast in 2005.

Hamlet On PBS: Preview Video

As we previously reported, Hamlet will be airing on PBS' Great Performances on Wednesday 28th April at 8:00pm EST It had also been confirmed that the entire film will also be available to watch on their website.

PBS have now released further details and a preview video for fans to view here.

Shakespeare’s immortal “To be, or not to be” takes on a whole new meaning (and medium) as classical stage and screen actors David Tennant and (recently-knighted) Sir Patrick Stewart reprise their roles for a modern-dress, film-for-television adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) 2008 stage production of Hamlet. The production will be presented on PBS by the Great Performances series on Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at 8 p.m. EST (check local listings). Immediately following the broadcast, the film will be available online in its entirety on the Great Performances Web site.

Hamlet aired in the UK on Boxing Day at Christmastime 2009, and more than 900,000 viewers tuned in for the BBC broadcast. In an article in The Observer, Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown wrote: “Like many people, I had my love of Shakespeare reawakened by David Tennant’s TV portrayal of Hamlet over Christmas.”
Best known for his performance in the title role of the popular British TV series Doctor Who since 2005, Tennant made his debut in October as the host of MASTERPIECE CONTEMPORARY on PBS. His many other credits include his recent portrayal of Barty Crouch Junior in the big-screen blockbuster Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Tennant has also received numerous awards from the theatre community for his lead roles in several Shakespearean productions and other classic plays.
Veteran stage and screen actor Sir Patrick Stewart reprises his 2009 Laurence Olivier Award-winning role of Claudius in the screen version, which is directed by Gregory Doran, who also returns to reprise his stage direction of the production. Co-produced by Illuminations Television and the RSC for the BBC, in association with Thirteen for WNET.ORG and NHK, the adaptation recreates the tone and atmosphere of the stage production in a film-style interpretation shot in HD on location at St. Joseph’s College in Mill Hill, London. The production is produced for television by John Wyver and Sebastian Grant.