Topic: David Haig

The Madness Of George III (Apollo Theatre, London). . . . . . Gets my royal approval. . Rating: . . David Haig, as mad King George, nearly gives ...

The Madness of George III, Apollo - review

It's always tough for an actor to step into a part indelibly associated with another performer.. . There's a particularly tricky task at the moment...

The Madness of George III, Apollo Theatre

By Charles Spencer. 4:02PM GMT . Comments . . If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. Alan Bennett's wonderful play has finally arrived in the...

Bending Timber

Born in Malaysia and raised in England (where he got a degree in history at Oxford), David Haig moved to New Zealand in his early 20s after his parents emigrated there. Haig teaches regularly at the Centre for Fine Woodworking in Nelson ...

Dream Rocker

David Haig's curved rocking chairs can be found in 15 countries on four continents. He's built so many that it has become his signature piece.

Joinery for the Ages

David Haig's rocker balances delicate, graceful lines with uncanny strength and durability.
We might not have seen Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey Appleby on our TV screens for 22 years now but that doesn't mean they wouldn't be equal to the current-day political situation. Indeed, in this welcome new instalment of the ...

Farcical antidote to seasonal goodwill in Loot

As an antidote to our annual dose of Christmas goodwill and spiritual smugness the Tricycle offers Joe Orton's ingenious blast of bad-taste satire, a mocking Wildean piece from the 1960s whose extravagantly farcical plot is too absurd to accept with a ...

Public to vote for theatre awards

Nominations for Britain's only theatre awards voted for by the public were announced yesterday, with The Sound of Music leading the musical charge and Rock 'n' Roll carrying the play banner.More than 2,000 people took part in the nomination ...

My Boy Jack

If Daniel Radcliffe wanted to prove himself in a role other than Harry Potter, he might have considered a better choice than My Boy Jack. Although he does strong, introspective work, everyone else in the film is elbowed out of the frame ...