THE SPACE – INTERVIEWS WITH PAUL MCGANN & DAVID MORRISSEY (AND AUDIENCE Q&As)
Doors 19:00, starts at 19:40 (times may change slightly) // Latest MusicBar // www.thespace.uk.com
PAUL MCGANN
Paul McGann is a highly respected actor, best known for co-starring in Withnail and I and playing the lead role in the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie. Between 2010 and 2019, he appeared in Luther. Within a 40-year onscreen career, his other notable appearances include The Monocled Mutineer, ITV’s Hornblower and Holby City. A year after Paul’s debut TV role, in a 1982 Play for Today episode, he starred with Robert Lindsay in the BBC’s snooker-related drama, Give Us a Break. 1987’s Withnail and I, which he starred in with Richard E Grant, is among the most popular British films of all time. The same year, Paul appeared in Steven Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun. Since starring in Doctor Who, he continued to play the character, mainly in many audio stories by Big Finish Productions. His three brothers are also actors and they appeared with him in the 1995 series The Hanging Gale.
DAVID MORRISSEY
David Morrissey has been described by the BFI as “one of the most versatile actors of his generation.” Like Paul McGann, he was born in the Kensington area of Liverpool, five years later. His notable TV appearances include The Walking Dead, from 2012 to 2015, as the villainous The Governor, Sky’s historical drama Britannia, BBC One’s The Missing, the acclaimed State of Play and Blackpool, alongside David Tennant. David also starred with him in 2008’s Doctor Who Christmas special, The Next Doctor. He also co-starred with Paul McGann in 1998’s Our Mutual Friend. That year, he directed a short film, A Secret Audience, and later the feature Don’t Worry About Me, released in 2009. His wealth of theatre work includes Shakespeare plays such as Macbeth and Julius Caesar.