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June 2011

This page looks at the June 2011 David Tennant items which were on the middle frame of the website (it covers all sections in chronological order).

Thursday 30th June 2011
Peter Lord (co-Owner and Creative Director of Aardman Animations) tweeted that David Tennant recorded his final session of The Pirates! yesterday. Updated 30/6
David Tennant Treat 4 Today. Updated 30/6
Wharf.co.uk says that David Tennant will attend the UK Fright Night screening at the O2 on Sunday 14th August. This will be the UK premiere screening of the movie. Updated 30/6
Benjamin Cook has posted an audio clip of David Tennant talking about Nicholas Courtney online here. Updated 30/6
Doctor Who Magazine #436 is published today. David Tennant is mentioned on the front cover and it includes his Nicholas Courtney tribute inside. Updated 30/6
Tonight David Tennant plays the 46th performance of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 30/6

Wednesday 29th June 2011
David Tennant Treat 4 Today. Updated 29/6
The Itch Of The Golden Nit premieres in Leicester Square today (David Tennant has a cameo role). It's on TV on Saturday. Updated 29/6
Tonight David Tennant plays the 45th performance of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 29/6

Tuesday 28th June 2011
David Tennant Treat 4 Today. Updated 28/6
Today Empire Magazine posted an article with four new posters from Fright Night (including one of David Tennant here). However the article says that David is among the actors expected at ComicCon but that is most unlikely (unless it is a video link) as he is on stage in Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 28/6
Writer Chris Chibnall today tweeted that David Tennant's drama United will be released in theatres in Australia in August. Updated 28/6
Click here for a detailed review of David Tennant's production of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 28/6
Tonight David Tennant plays the 44th performance of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 28/6
David Tennant reading The Fir Tree is available from today from the BBC Learning website. Updated 28/6
David Tennant is in the final round of the TV Choice Awards for Best Actor for his performance in Single Father. The drama has also got through to the final round for the Best New Drama Award. Click here to vote and here for an article in The Scotsman about the awards. Voting ends at midnight on Friday 8th July. Winners will be announced on 13th September and there does not appear to be a limit to how many times you can vote but just remember to click the "submit vote" button right at the end for your vote to count. Updated 28/6

Monday 27th June 2011
David Tennant Treat 4 Today. Updated 27/6
Tonight David Tennant plays the 43rd performance of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 27/6
This week David Tennant plays the 43rd to 49th performances of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 27/6

Sunday 26th June 2011
David Tennant Treat 4 Today. Updated 26/6
David Tennant has signed a Tenth Doctor drawing in aid of charity. Click here for more details. Updated 26/6

Saturday 25th June 2011
David Tennant Treat 4 Today. Updated 25/6
Tonight David Tennant plays the 41st and 42nd performances of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 25/6

Friday 24th June 2011
David Tennant Treat 4 Today. Updated 24/6
There is a Kaiser Chief album reportedly chosen by David Tennant. (Apparently they said that he really chose it although a second one has now been removed.) Click here to view it. Updated 24/6
Tonight David Tennant plays the 40th performance of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 24/6

Thursday 23rd June 2011
David Tennant Treat 4 Today - the Jo Whiley interview. Updated 23/6

Tonight David Tennant plays the 39th performance of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 23/6

Wednesday 22nd June 2011
David Tennant Treat 4 Today. Updated 22/6
David Tennant is mentioned on the front cover of Doctor Who Magazine #436 which is published next Thursday (30/6) in respect of his tribute to Nicholas Courtney. Click here for a photo of the cover. Updated 22/6
Click here for a review by someone who obviously didn't enjoy much about Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 22/6
David Tennant was interviewed briefly on the Jo Whiley show last night. Click here to listen to it (his section starts at 18 minutes 50). Updated 22/6
Tonight David Tennant plays the 38th performance of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 22/6

Tuesday 21st June 2011
Tonight's Evening Standard has a full page advert for David Tennant's Much Ado About Nothing. This is the first advert which has been run for the production. Updated 21/6
David Tennant Treat 4 Today. Updated 21/6
TNT Magazine give Much Ado About Nothing four stars and have posted a brief review. Updated 21/6
Tonight David Tennant plays the 37th performance of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 21/6

Monday 20th June 2011
Click here for some new photos of all the cast of Much Ado About Nothing (including one new picture of David Tennant). These were taken fro the beginning of the run so some things have changed. Updated 20/6
David Tennant Treat 4 Today. Updated 20/6
Tonight David Tennant plays the 36th performance of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 20/6

Sunday 19th June 2011
David Tennant Treat 4 Today. Updated 19/6
TheaterNewsOnline's review of Much Ado About Nothing says that people were laughing too much during the play! Updated 18/6

Saturday 18th June 2011
David Tennant Treat 4 Today - the review of Much Ado About Nothing from the News Of The World. Updated 18/6
The Telegraph reports that David Tennant has two cameo slots in The Itch Of The Golden Nit. The video also briefly shows him. Updated 18/6
The Guardian looks at the plots, sub-plots and various previous productions of Much Ado About Nothing. (David Tennant's version is mentioned). Updated 18/6
Today David Tennant plays the 34th and 35th performances of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 18/6

Friday 17th June 2011
David Tennant Treat 4 Today Updated 17/6
The Metro has posted a text from someone wanting David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor to carry the Olympic torch (as in Fear Her). Updated 17/6
Tonight David Tennant plays the 33rd performance of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 17/6

Thursday 16th June 2011
David Tennant Treat 4 Today Updated 16/6
An interview with Nigel Lindsay reiterates that David Tennant helped him as a Scottish voice coach for Shrek The Musical. Updated 16/6
The BBC report that the Isle Of Man film industry is losing money (it mentions David Tennant's movie The Decoy Bride). Updated 16/6
Click here for a video of the Q&A about This Is Jinsy Q&A (with a photo of David Tennant in the background). Updated 16/6
The Morning Star has given the 33rd review of Much Ado About Nothing and say that David Tennant is "particularly skilful in comedy." This review has been added to the Reviews page. Updated 16/6
Tonight David Tennant plays the 32nd performance of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 16/6

Wednesday 15th June 2011
David Tennant Treat 4 Today - Updated 15/6
David Tennant's Much Ado About Nothing production (with a photo) is mentioned in an article by The Guardian titled "Do we stage too much Shakespeare?" Updated 15/6
The Oxford Times reviewed Much Ado About Nothing last night and say "the feelgood factor could not be any higher." They also mention that he wore an eye patch during that performance and claim that it was due to an operation earlier that day. However he did not wear the eye patch during tonight's performance. This 32nd review of the play has been added to the Reviews page. Updated 15/6
The David Tennant narrated documentary Stealing Shakespeare won at the Royal Television Society (Yorkshire) Awards last night. Updated 15/6
Exeunt Magazine gives Much Ado About Nothing five stars and describes it as "easily one of the funniest and most exciting productions in the West End." This 31st review has been added to the Reviews page. Updated 15/6
Tonight David Tennant plays the 31st performance of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 15/6

Tuesday 14th June 2011
David Tennant is one of the contributors to a tribute to Nicholas Courtney in Doctor Who Magazine 436 which is published on 29th June. Updated 14/6
The British Shakespeare Association (of which David Tennant is an Honorary Associate) write about him appearing in Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 14/6
David Tennant Treat 4 Today - Updated 14/6
The Saffron Walden Reporter has a review of David Tennant's audio version of Much Ado About Nothing from a few years ago. Updated 14/6
Tonight David Tennant plays the 30th performance of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 14/6

Monday 13th June 2011
David Tennant Treat 4 Today - Updated 13/6
This week David Tennant plays performances 29 - 35 of Much Ado About Nothing starting with the 29th tonight. Updated 13/6

Sunday 12th June 2011
David Tennant Treat 4 Today - Updated 12/6

Saturday 11th June 2011
Now that David Tennant and the cast have played the 28th performance of Much Ado About Nothing they are now a quarter of the way through the 112 performance run of the play. Updated 11/6
David Tennant Treat 4 Today - Updated 12/6
The Much Ado About Nothing Reviews page now has links to 30 reviews of the production. Updated 11/6
Tonight David Tennant plays the 28th performance of Much Ado About Nothing. There is no matinee today as they played one on Wednesday instead (because of Catherine's availability). Updated 11/6

Friday 10th June 2011
David Tennant Treat 4 Today - Updated 10/6
Friday Night Is Music Night on BBC Radio 2 tonight celebrates 50 Years Of The RSC at 8pm which may or may not include David Tennant. Updated 10/6
The Stage has a review of a book called Murder Most Foul which analyses various versions of Hamlet over the centuries including. David Tennant's portrayal. Updated 10/6
Voting ends today for the TV Choice Awards. David Tennant has been nominated for the Best Actor Award for Single Father, plus both Twenty Twelve and Ask Rhod Gilbert have been nominated in comedy categories. Updated 10/6
Tonight David Tennant plays the 27th performance of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 10/6

Thursday 9th June 2011
David Tennant Treat 4 Today - Updated 9/6
There's a great review of David Tennant's Much Ado About Nothing by IndieLondon.com. This review has been added to the Reviews page. Updated 8/6
Tonight David Tennant plays the 26th performance of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 9/6

Wednesday 8th June 2011
David Tennant Treat 4 Today - a scan of the review which appeared in the Culture magazine of The Sunday Times newspaper in which Christopher Hart compares the David Tennant / Wyndham Theatre version of Much Ado About Nothing with the production which is currently playing at The Globe. Updated 8/6
For today only you can buy David Tennant's first Big Finish Doctor Who audio Colditz for £5. Updated 8/6
Mark Shenton from The Stage has written an article about seeing Much Ado About Nothing after reading the Press Night reviews (which is how most people will see the play). Updated 8/6
The Sun has an article (with photos) about Fright Night which contains the phrase "David Tennant looks frightfully camp " Updated 8/6
Today David Tennant plays the only Wednesday matinee of Much Ado About Nothing of the run (plus there is another performance tonight). This is because Catherine Tate can't perform a matinee on Saturday this week. Updated 8/6

Tuesday 7th June 2011
David Tennant Treat 4 Today Updated 7/6
4 new David Tennant DVD or CD releases have been announced for the next few months: United, Twenty Twelve, LA Without A Map and How To Break A Dragon's Heart. Updated 7/6
Tonight David Tennant plays the 23rd performance of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 7/6

Monday 6th June 2011
The David Tennant / RSC version of Hamlet won the Best Film Or DVD Award at the Falstaff Awards. Updated 6/6
Londonist has an item about how to get tickets for David Tennant's Much Ado About Nothing (plus there are hospitality tickets available for most performances). Updated 6/6
David Tennant Treat 4 Today Updated 6/6
It's the final chance this week to vote for David Tennant in the TV Choice Awards. He has been nominated for Best Actor, plus both Single Father and Twenty Twelve are up for awards. Updated 6/6
The Telegraph has an article with the great title "David Tennant proves too daunting an adversary for Sir Jonathan Miller." Updated 6/6
Last night a new Fright Night trailer was aired in America during the MTV Awards. This trailer had far more David Tennant shown in it. Updated 6/6
This week David Tennant plays performances 22 to 28 of Much Ado About Nothing. The matinee is on Wednesday this week for the only time during the run. Updated 6/6

Sunday 5th June 2011
David Tennant Treat 4 Today Updated 5/6
The Good Review has an interview with Tom Bateman who plays Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing and he talks fondly about David Tennant. Updated 5/6
The David Tennant Quiz tonight is at 9pm and is about the Doctor Who episode Blink. Updated 5/6

Saturday 4th June 2011
The Guardian has posted a comparison between David Tennant's and The Globe's versions of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 4/6
David Tennant Treat 4 Today Updated 4/6
Today David Tennant plays the 20th and 21st performances of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 3/6
Metro has the news about David Tennant appearing in an episode of This Is Jinsy. Updated 4/6

Friday 3rd June 2011
Links to all the reviews of Much Ado About Nothing (and some photos) have been added to the Press Night round-up page. Updated 3/6
PopMatters believes that David Tennant will be the real star of Fright Night. Their article concludes "The real breakout of this flick will be David Tennant, likely the biggest scene-stealer and wit of the cast whose appeal as both a charming ham and keen dramatic actor will be on full display." Updated 3/6
David Tennant's Much Ado About Nothing is one of the 5 Critics' Choices in tonight's Evening Standard (with a photo). Updated 3/6
David Tennant Treat 4 Today - The Times review of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 3/6
Peter Lord, director of The Pirates!, today tweeted "Working every day with the wonderful voice of Mr Tennant. The animators are having SUCH a great time." Updated 3/6
A selection of quotes from the reviews has been added to the official Much Ado About Nothing website MuchAdoOnStage.com. Updated 3/6
Tonight David Tennant plays the 19th performance of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 3/6

Thursday 2nd June 2011
David Tennant Treat 4 Today Updated 2/6
Tonight David Tennant plays the 18th performance of Much Ado About Nothing. There are now only 6 seats available online for all the next 6 weeks! Updated 2/6
The Sky Atlantic official page has This Is Jinsy casting news including David Tennant. (See here to read our announcement on 19th May about this guest appearance.) Updated 2/6
Click here for a big round-up of all the reviews and photos of Press Night for David Tennant in Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 2/6

Wednesday 1st June 2011
CinemaBlend has posted a RUMOUR about the possibility of a Fright Night 2 movie to include David Tennant. Updated 1/6
It was a triumphant Press Night tonight for David Tennant. There was a total standing ovation in the theatre and an extra curtain call tonight in front of lots of celebrities. Updated 1/6
David Tennant Treat 4 Today - the article about Shakespeare and Much Ado About Nothing from The Observer last Sunday Updated 1/6
Tonight David Tennant plays the Press Night of Much Ado About Nothing. Updated 1/6

For May 2011 click here(170 updates)
For April 2011 click here(167 updates)
For March 2011 click here(137 updates)
For February 2011 click here(97 updates)
For January 2011 click here (141 updates)
For December 2010 click here (95 updates)
For November 2010 click here (122 updates)
For October 2010 click here (176 updates)
For September 2010 click here (92 updates)


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