A terrific night, worth every penny of the tenner for the ticket!
The stage was set with a large L-shaped row of chairs. Actors came in from either end and sat down. Then came up and performed either singly or in groups. Absolutely star-studded evening, first off Stephen Rea then Jude Law, Colin Firth, Jeremy Irons and many many more fabulous actors. Alan, Lindsay Duncan and Gina McKee did a scene from Old Times (there was a rumour a few years back thet they were going to do that on Broadway, wasn't there?)
Scenes from plays were acted out or Pinter's poems recited. Standout moments were David Bradley (Filch from Harry Potter) doing The Caretaker and Michael Sheen and Janie Dee doing Betrayal. It was all great so can't really choose anybody over anybody else.
Alan was supremely scruffy in what looked like an old dark military style jacket and jeans
my_2_black_cats and I had great fun in the bar beforehand trying to spot all the guests, a lot of "Oh isn't that wotisname" but we definitely saw Charles Dance, Tom Stoppard, Tim Pigot-Smith, oh and a very smart small lady who stood near us with killer red pointy shoes who we immediately recognised as Rima Horton!

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