 In 2008 his association with "Private Lives" continued with his producing and directing the play at Hampton Court Palace and Kensington Palace.In 2010 Perkins produced and directed a short film, "The Waiting Room", starring Flora Montgomery and Dominic Mafham.The film, based on a novel of the same name by F. G. Cottam, was made as a curtain-raiser for a full-length film with the same name.