February 2011
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New for 2011 - Films!
If your cinema viewing is somewhat lacking that certain brand of humour and weirdness, you’ll be pleased to know that Terry is in talks to work on two major films this year.
The first, from Phoenix Pictures, the company behind Black Swan and Inception, is a comedy called Absolutely Anything. As well as writing the screenplay with Gavin Scott, Terry is set to direct the film which is...
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New for 2011 - More Opera!
There’s more opera in the future for Terry as he directs a short opera that he has also written a libretto for.
With the music written by Anne Dudley, of the Art of Noise, The Doctor’s Tale will be showing at the Linbury Studio Theatre as part of the Royal Opera House’s “OperaShots” series.
The show runs from 8th April 2011 to 16th April 2011.
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New for 2011 - Books!
Terry has two books ready for publication in 2011. They’re both looking to be released in March. They’re like buses, aren’t they?
First off is a novella for Quick Reads (an initiative to bring people back into reading), called Trouble on the Heath.
There’s also a Michael Foreman illustrated collection of children’s stories called Animal Tales, as reported last...
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It’s all been a bit quiet really - must be all those nappy changes and broken nights’ sleep…
Terry is writing an opera for the Royal Opera House with composer Anne Dudley. It’s scheduled to premiere at the Lindbury Theatre (the studio theatre of the ROH) in June 2011.
There are a few film festivals on this year, one in Maderia in April and one in Winchester in June.
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April 2009
2 posts
Diary Dates
July
9th - 11th First International Comedy Film Festival, Albufeira, Portugal, where they’ll be showing Terry’s non-Python movies. - I can’t find any information on this at the moment, so more details as we get them!
General news and that..
Terry has completed Adam, The Serpent and Eve for the UK Film Council, but has decided not to direct as he’s concentrating on setting up Evil Machines as an animated musical! Squee. (Sorry, I’m a girl, I like animation and musicals…)
A bit more information of the Listowel Writer’s Week talk is that it will be on The Barbarians.
February 2009
7 posts
Diary Dates
March
15th - The first French publication of The Saga Of Erik The Viking in Paris.
25th - A talk on The Wind in the Willows at the British Library.
26th - A talk about Richard II at Nottingham University. I can’t find a link for informtion on this one but at the Chaucer one I went to in 2005 it was open to the public and £1 entry on the night.
27th - Introducing The Director’s...
Works in Progress Update
Yes, I’m the gift that keeps giving…
Terry has written a new collection of stories called Animal Tales which Steve Bell will illustrate, if a publisher can be found. The literary world suffers the credit crunch too apparently.
The Tyrant and The Squire - the third in the Squire series - is also awaiting a publisher.
The UK Film Council have put up the development money for an...
Evil Machines
In January 2008, Terry was in Portugal at the Sao Luiz Theatre directing the opera he co-wrote called Evil Machines. Featuring a dozen Portugese opera singers, the run was a huge success but still awaiting being picked up outside of Portugal. Bookers! Have you no sense?
However, Terry is currently working with Richard Raynis (a producer of The Simpsons) to make an animated feature film of Evil...
Last year.
As it has been a good while since I updated the old website, I guess you should be filled in on what’s happened in the world of Terry Jones since that little annoyance of bowel cancer a while back.
Terry wrote an article for a periodical called Fourteenth Centruy England (Ed. by Nigel Saul) called “Was Richard II a Tyrant?”, along with various talks particularly at Kalamazoo in...
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This is the new re-jigged semi-official Terry Jones website. You may notice it looks suspiciously like a blog. That’s because it is. This is so much easier for me to update on the go, meaning you get your TJ news as it happens and when you need it - not after I’ve fired up Dreamweaver and spent about three days faffing around with HTML,...