ベン・キングズレー、ジェマ・アータートンなども参加する、「Dramatic Need:The Children’s Monologues」(2010/11/14))の舞台ににベネディクトが参加する予定のようです。監督は、来年「Frankenstein」の指揮も執るダニー・ボイル。
The Children’s Monologues Directed by DANNY BOYLE
On Sunday, November 14th, in the lead-up to World Aids Day 2010, 15 extraordinary actors, several award-winning writers and one super-star director are coming together to present a unique theatrical event in celebration of the work of Dramatic Need and raise money for the Pete Patsa Arts Centre.
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"These children are not only vulnerable to the worst of Africa’s deprivations but they’re also often the most vulnerable because they’re the quietest sufferers; they don’t have a way of expressing what they have suffered," he says. "You can’t believe how much they’ve carried with them in such short lives, on such small shoulders."