The Evening Standard British Film Awards
Posted at 7:31 AM (PST) on Wednesday, January 28, 2004

Gillian is scheduled to attend the 31st Evening Standard British Film Awards on Sunday, February 1.

Highlights of the Evening Standard British Film Awards ceremony will be screened on ITV London on Thursday, February 5, at 11:30pm.

"The Sweetest Swing in Baseball" Tickets
Posted at 10:38 AM (PST) on Tuesday, January 27, 2004

Tickets for The Sweetest Swing in Baseball are now for sale online at the Royal Court Theatre's website.

UPDATE: The play's run has been extended to 15 May.

25 March 2004 - 15 May 2004
Evening Performances - Monday - Saturday 7.30pm
Saturday Matinees - 3, 10, 17, 24 April, 1, 8 and 15 May 3.30pm
Mid-Week Matinees - 29 April 3.30pm

Previews - 25 - 27, 29 and 30 March 7.30pm
Residents' Nights - 25 - 27 and 30 March 7.30pm
Press night(s) - 31 March 7pm
Post-show talk - 27 April
Sign-interpreted performance - 13 April 7.30pm
Audio described performance - 1 May 3.30pm

Click here for details.

"The X-Files: Resist or Serve" Game
Posted at 10:32 AM (PST) on Tuesday, January 27, 2004

"The X-Files: Resist or Serve" game has a new website containing preview clips, pictures, wallpaper, and more.

It is available to pre-order from Amazon.com (release date: March 16):

- For PlayStation 2
- For XBox

And from Amazon.co.uk (release date: March 12):

- For Playstation 2
- For XBox

Read the Hands-On Preview from Game Informer Magazine.

2004 Calendars Still Available
Posted at 3:09 PM (PST) on Monday, January 19, 2004

We previously reported that only 300 of the Gillian 2004 Calendars would be printed. As it turns out, the group behind the project increased the total to 500.

As of today, almost 300 calendars have been sold. With £10 from each calendar going directly to Buskaid, plus the proceeds from the Soweto String Project CDs and extra donations, a total of over £3,000 has been raised so far!

If you're interested in purchasing one or more of the remaining calendars or CDs, please click here for more information.

And to all those who have already purchased calendars, CDs, or made donations, thank you very much for supporting Buskaid.

The Sweetest Swing in Baseball
Posted at 1:40 PM (PST) on Friday, January 16, 2004

From The Royal Court Theatre:

JERWOOD THEATRE DOWNSTAIRS

THE SWEETEST SWING IN BASEBALL
by Rebecca Gilman
Directed by Ian Rickson

25 March 2004 - 01 May 2004
Evening Performances - Monday - Saturday 7.30pm
Saturday Matinees - 3, 10, 17, 24 April and 1 May 3.30pm
Mid-Week Matinees - 29 April 3.30pm

Dana was the toast of the art world a hot property. Her latest exhibition bombs and she is admitted to a psychiatric hospital. It may be the safest place for her but her insurance will only pay for ten days. As unlikely friendships and strange alliances develop, Dana draws on the inspiration of American baseball star Darryl Strawberry - he had the sweetest swing.

Rebecca Gilman previous plays for the Royal Court are BOY GETS GIRL, SPINNING INTO BUTTER and THE GLORY OF LIVING.

Cast: Gillian Anderson, Nancy Crane, Demetri Goritsas, Kate Harper, John Sharian.

Design: Hildegard Bechtler.

Previews - 25 - 27, 29 and 30 March 7.30pm
Residents' Nights - 25 - 27 and 30 March 7.30pm
Press night(s) - 31 March 7pm
Post-show talk - 27 April
Sign-interpreted performance - 13 April 7.30pm
Audio described performance - 1 May 3.30pm

£7.50 - £27.50

Gillian returns to the London stage
Posted at 5:25 AM (PST) on Friday, January 16, 2004

What's on Stage News

Anderson Returns with Royal Court's Swing
by Terri Paddock

X Files star Gillian Anderson - who won last year's Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Best Actress Award for her West End debut in What the Night Is For - will return to the London stage this spring. She'll appear in the world premiere of Rebecca Gilman's The Sweetest Swing in Baseball, which opens at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs on 31 March 2004 (previews from 25 March), continuing to 1 May.

For The Sweetest Swing in Baseball, she'll be joined in the cast by Nancy Crane and Kate Harper. The production will be directed by Royal Court artistic director Ian Rickson.

Rebecca Gilman's previous plays include The Glory of Living (which won her the 1999 Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright), Spinning into Butter and the Olivier-nominated Boy Gets Girl. The new piece concerns a painter whose ambitions are challenged when her latest exhibition is poorly received by critics.

NOTE: Booking for The Sweetest Swing in Baseball does not open until 26 January 2004.

The Boston Globe, Oct. 24, 2003:

Gilman, who lives in Chicago with her husband, has just completed a commission for the Royal Court Theatre, called "The Sweetest Swing in Baseball," about an artist who has a nervous breakdown and who pretends she's former baseball player Darryl Strawberry to stay in the hospital longer.

"Like everything else I do," she says, "it's a dark comedy."