As has been mentioned in the 'upcoming projects' thread, Captain Jonathan Archer himself is appearing on the UK stage in a play called Terrible Advice, at the Menier Chocolate Factory. He is making his UK stage debut in the play, which runs until 12th November.
https://www.menierchocolatefactory....ticle_id=178E2BEC-BF8E-49F0-B005-D2FB4574507F
The play is a four-hander, written by American actor Saul Rubinek, who appeared in TNG's The Most Toys. Although the play is set in California, Scott is the only US actor in a cast which features Caroline Quentin (Men Behaving Badly, Jonathan Creek), Sharon Horgan (Pulling, Free Agents) and Andy Nyman (mostly theatre credits, also Dead Set). The play is directed by Frank Oz, best known to the sci-fi community as the voice of a certain small green Jedi Knight.
I was lucky enough to get the last two tickets for Saturday 1st Oct when in London for a fleeting visit that weekend. It's a very enjoyable, if bleakly humourous play, somewhere between an evil universe and older Friends and Neil LaBute's early stuff.
Nyman, who looks not unlike Rubinek in the play, is a middle-aged teacher, who constantly f*cks his life up, in particular his love life. Bakula is his best friend, an ageing jock and stud (think a less likable Sam Malone in Cheers), who is in a relationship with Quentin - she just doesn't want to be alone, he doesn't want to be without a roof over his head. Nyman's character is in a relationship with Horgan's infertile character, who is friends with Quentin. But might Scott and Sharon have a secret in their past that will upset the other two?
With an opening scene where Scott delivers a fairly explicit talk to Andy about cunnilingus and how to check if one's partner is a little smelly 'down there', this isn't Enterprise or Quantum Leap! But Scott plays against type brilliantly and gets many an out-loud laugh. He also manages to bring some humanity to a character who could have been totally unlikable. All of the cast are superb and work well together. Rubinek, who was there in the theatre with his family the night I went, has crafted some sharp one-liners and cringeworthy scenes, even if there's not an awful lot of plot.
This is a good chance for UK ENT fans to catch that show's captain in a fairly intimate theatre (though the intimacy of the theatre meant that it was sweltering hot the night I was there!) and see how good a stage actor he is (FWIW, I never really cared for him in ENT, even though I liked QL). Plus female and gay fans might care to note that he gets his shirt off - and my god, he's in good shape!
https://www.menierchocolatefactory....ticle_id=178E2BEC-BF8E-49F0-B005-D2FB4574507F
The play is a four-hander, written by American actor Saul Rubinek, who appeared in TNG's The Most Toys. Although the play is set in California, Scott is the only US actor in a cast which features Caroline Quentin (Men Behaving Badly, Jonathan Creek), Sharon Horgan (Pulling, Free Agents) and Andy Nyman (mostly theatre credits, also Dead Set). The play is directed by Frank Oz, best known to the sci-fi community as the voice of a certain small green Jedi Knight.
I was lucky enough to get the last two tickets for Saturday 1st Oct when in London for a fleeting visit that weekend. It's a very enjoyable, if bleakly humourous play, somewhere between an evil universe and older Friends and Neil LaBute's early stuff.
Nyman, who looks not unlike Rubinek in the play, is a middle-aged teacher, who constantly f*cks his life up, in particular his love life. Bakula is his best friend, an ageing jock and stud (think a less likable Sam Malone in Cheers), who is in a relationship with Quentin - she just doesn't want to be alone, he doesn't want to be without a roof over his head. Nyman's character is in a relationship with Horgan's infertile character, who is friends with Quentin. But might Scott and Sharon have a secret in their past that will upset the other two?
With an opening scene where Scott delivers a fairly explicit talk to Andy about cunnilingus and how to check if one's partner is a little smelly 'down there', this isn't Enterprise or Quantum Leap! But Scott plays against type brilliantly and gets many an out-loud laugh. He also manages to bring some humanity to a character who could have been totally unlikable. All of the cast are superb and work well together. Rubinek, who was there in the theatre with his family the night I went, has crafted some sharp one-liners and cringeworthy scenes, even if there's not an awful lot of plot.
This is a good chance for UK ENT fans to catch that show's captain in a fairly intimate theatre (though the intimacy of the theatre meant that it was sweltering hot the night I was there!) and see how good a stage actor he is (FWIW, I never really cared for him in ENT, even though I liked QL). Plus female and gay fans might care to note that he gets his shirt off - and my god, he's in good shape!
