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My blog has quite a lot of posts about Samuel West (Julius Caesar, On Chesil Beach and Darkest Hour) and Charles Edwards (My Fair Lady Australian tour and Henry IX).

Monday 31 May 2010

Film - Made in Dagenham - trailer. Theatre - All My Sons - press night.

  • Screencaps of Sally Hawkins, Rosamund Pike, Rupert Graves and Andrea Riseborough from the Made in Dagenham trailer (click the thumbnails for full size):
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  • Hugh Bonneville, David Tennant, Guy Henry, Richard E Grant, Benedict Cumberbatch and David Hyde Pierce attended the All My Sons press night. The play stars David Suchet, Zoe Wanamaker, Stephen Campbell Moore and Jemima Rooper. [link]

Saturday 29 May 2010

Samuel West. Purbeck Art Week. Radio - I Come From There. Eastside Education Trust charity auction.

British Academy Television Craft Awards. Ladybird fairytales. BBC Radio.

  • Guests at the British Academy Television Craft Awards included Hayley Atwell, Stephen Mangan, Rebecca Front, Armando Iannucci and Karen Gillan.
    • Videos of Hayley Atwell and Stephen Mangan from Leicester Square TV hayley|stephen
    • Pictures 1|2|3|4

  • Videos of Toby Stephens, Dan Stevens, Hattie Morahan, Benedict Cumberbatch and Blake Ritson reading Ladybird fairytales [link]

  • BBC Radio
    • Dougray Scott and Lesley Sharp will be guests on Loose Ends [link]
    • Ed Bishop stars as Philip Marlowe in The Lady in the Lake [link]
    • Benedict Cumberbatch stars in Blake's 7 "The Dust Run" [link]

Monday 24 May 2010

Ruth Wilson - Theatre - Through A Glass Darkly. Andrea Riseborough - Film - W.E.

  • Through A Glass Darkly
    • Ruth Wilson interview from the Times [link]
    • Rehearsal pictures from the Almeida website [link]

  • Andrea Riseborough will play Wallis Simpson in W.E. directed by Madonna [link]

Saturday 22 May 2010

BBC Radio

  • Nick Frost and Richard Coyle will be guests on Loose Ends [link]
  • Toby Jones and Marina Koem star in the Afternoon Play The Line [link]
  • Armando Iannucci presents Facts and Fancies {repeat} [link]
  • Toby Jones and David Calder star in the Saturday Play An Inspector Calls [link]
  • Marcia Warren, Toby Stephens and Emma Fielding star in Time and the Conways {repeat} [link]
  • Dominic Cooper reads A Land Without Magic for Big Toe Books {repeat} [link]

Thursday 20 May 2010

Samuel West. Radio - Moments of Genius. Radio - I Come From There. Dan Stevens - Audio - The Cradle of the Snake. Hayley Atwell. Audio - The Whispering Forest. Radio - Waves Breaking on a Shore.

[updated 22 May: edited links for Waves Breaking on a Shore]
  • Sam presents next Tuesday's episode of Moments of Genius. He will be talking about the Second Law of Thermodynamics. (via his Twitter, @exitthelemming) [link]
  • The programme page for the Sunday Feature I Come From There: The Poetry of Mahmoud Darwish is available. Sam is reading some poetry for the programme. [link]

  • Dan and Hayley are guest stars in the Big Finish audios The Cradle of the Snake and The Whispering Forest, respectively. Their character names are now available - Dan plays Rick ausGarten, and Hayley plays Seska.

  • Hayley Atwell and Andrew Scott star in the Afternoon Play Waves Breaking on a Shore, a two-parter that will be broadcast next Thursday and Friday (via hinting tweets from Jason Maza, who plays the Thief 1|2) part 1|part 2

Saturday 15 May 2010

Samuel West - Equity elections. Film - Decoy Bride. Ruth Wilson - Theatre - A Streetcar Named Desire. Hayley Atwell. Theatre - The Pride. BBC Radio.

  • Sam West is a candidate in the Equity 2010 elections (via The Stage) [link]

  • David Tennant and Kelly Macdonald will star in the romantic comedy Decoy Bride [link]

  • Pictures: Ruth Wilson behind-the-scenes of A Streetcar Named Desire and Hayley Atwell's headshot has been updated on her United Agents page ruth|hayley

  • Andrea Riseborough will receive a Theatre World Award for The Pride [link]

  • BBC Radio
    • The late Corin Redgrave stars in the Drama on 3 Krapp's Last Tape {repeat} [link]
    • John Gordon Sinclair and Sharon Horgan star in the Afternoon Play The Recordist [link]
    • David Calder and Alex Jennings star in Scarlet on Black {repeat} [link]
    • Rupert Graves and Michael Gambon star in the Drama on 3 Embers, directed by Stephen Rea {repeat} [link]
    • Claudie Blakley and Lizzy Watts star in the Afternoon Play Cinders [link]
    • Simon Russell Beale will be a guest on Feedback [link]

BAFTA TV award nominations

BAFTA TV award nominations include (via the British Comedy Guide):
A Short Stay in Switzerland. Actress (Julie Walters), Single drama.
Small Island. Supporting Actor (Benedict Cumberbatch), Drama serial.
Gracie! Supporting Actor (Tom Hollander).
Red Riding: 1974. Supporting Actress (Rebecca Hall).
QI. Entertainment performance (Stephen Fry).
The Thick of It. Female performance in a comedy role (Rebecca Front), Male performance in a comedy role (Peter Capaldi), Situation comedy.

Sunday 9 May 2010

Samuel West. Radio - Narrative History of Maths. Radio - I Come From There.

  • Sam's page at United Agents has been updated with Narrative History of Maths (BBC Radio 4, director Anna Buckley) [link]
  • Sam will read poetry by Mahmoud Darwish for the Sunday Feature I Come From There: The Poetry of Mahmoud Darwish on 23 May [link]

Saturday 8 May 2010

Film - The Laureate. Film - Captain America. Film - The Big Year. Dan Stevens - Audio - Death Cloud. BBC Radio.

  • Dominic Cooper and Hayley Atwell will star in The Laureate [link]

  • Toby Jones has joined Captain America, starring Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell and Sebastian Stan. He will play Arnim Zola. [link]

  • The cast of The Big Year includes Jack Black, Anjelica Huston and Rosamund Pike [link]

  • Dan Stevens narrates Young Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud by Andrew Lane. It will be released 4 June in the UK. [link]

  • BBC Radio:
    • Sally Hawkins and Richard Dillane star in the Friday Play Greed All About It by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman [link]
    • James Fleet and John Finnemore star in From Fact to Fiction None of the Above [link]
    • Geoffrey Streatfield and Derek Jacobi star in the Saturday Play An English Tragedy by Ronald Harwood [link]
    • Toby Jones and Paul Ritter star in the Drama on 3 The Government Inspector {repeat} [link]

Theatre - Enron

[updated 9 May - tweets from Sam West and Tom Goodman-Hill]

Saturday 1 May 2010

Samuel West - Narration - Nocturne. Lucy Prebble - Theatre - Enron. Hayley Atwell - Film - Captain America. Ruth Wilson - Television - Luther. BBC Radio.

  • Sam West and Harriet Walter are the readers for Nocturne: The Romantic Life of Frederic Chopin with pianist Lucy Parham at the following performances (via Lucy Parham):
    11 July, Theatre Royal Winchester [link]
    18 July, Wigmore Hall [link]
    21 July, Petworth Festival [link]
    29 July, Harrogate Festival [link]

  • Enron (Broadway)
    • Lucy Prebble interview [link]
    • Article from Playbill about the Broadway opening night [link]
    • Broadway opening night video from broadway.com [link]

  • Captain America: The First Avenger begins filming 28 June. The film stars Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell and Sebastian Stan. (via MTV) [link]

  • Luther
    • Scans of an article from the Radio Times about the show from Momentary Bursts of Enthusiasm [link]
    • Screencaps of Ruth Wilson from the trailer:
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  • BBC Radio
    • Gemma Arterton will be interviewed on Woman's Hour [link]
    • Peter Hall will be interviewed on Start the Week [link]
    • Derek Riddell, Amelia Bullmore and Tom Goodman-Hill star in the Drama on 3 And So Say All of Us... (via Tom's Twitter, @tomgoodmanh) [link]
    • Julian Rhind-Tutt and Sarah Alexander are the readers for Words and Music "May Day" [link]
    • The cast of Alexander includes Geraldine James, Michael Maloney, Alex Jennings and Julian Rhind-Tutt {repeat} [link]