In Shaftesbury Avenue, a line-up of Reza-sharp actors - Ralph Fiennes, Tamsin Greig, Janet McTeer and Ken Stott - guarantees and justifies full houses.
Rufus Sewell was far too good-looking to have been playing Melbourne, but almost certainly knew it, as surely did Jenna; yet the chemistry worked, chiefly the chemistry of sharp actors engaging with sharp historical politics.
He has used him in Gangs of New York (where DiCaprio was demolished by Daniel Day-Lewis), The Aviator (a very silly film) and The Departed (where he was squeezed to the edges of the frame by sharper actors).
Ken Loach I'd worked with Peter on Riff-Raff and he was obviously a very talented, sharp actor.
Moisés Kaufman, who directs this European premiere with a trio of needle-sharp young actors, keeps it quick and cool, with the result that this is one of those rare pieces of theatre when you hear an audience gasp.
Jenny Agutter provides "Call the Midwife" with a solid center as the head of the order of nuns with whom the midwives live and work, and several other razor-sharp character actors fill out other roles extremely well, but Miranda Hart, who plays Chummy, walks off with the show.
From France to Venezuela, sharp-elbowed political actors from both the left and the right have railed against elites, flouted the table manners of liberal politics, and are increasingly meeting with electoral success.
He showed an eight-minute "sizzle reel" that was presented to international distributors in Cannes, full of hip action, razor-sharp dialogue and actors at the top of their game including an evil Leonardo DiCaprio, who along with Samuel Jackson could not attend the Con.
7. The writing is as sharp as the actors' ability to speed-talk.
With sharp writing, fantastic actors and writers, and a charm that's all their own, Yoga Partners is definitely worth checking out.
