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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).

Wednesday 30 March 2011

Samuel West - Radio - Lost Voices

Readings by Sam feature in the next series of Lost Voices (United Agents).

Samuel West - anti cuts march


(The screencaps above, which have been capped by me, are thumbnails - click them for full size)


The Trades Union Congress Vimeo channel has a video of Sam's speech from Saturday.

Previous posts about the anti cuts march: 28 March and 27 March.

Monday 28 March 2011

Hayley Atwell. Film - Captain America. Tod's Art Plus Drama party.

[updated 30 March]

USA Today has some behind the scenes photos from Captain America (Comic Book Movie).

The Tod's Art Plus Drama party (24 March), at which Hayley, Tom Hollander and Sally Hawkins performed readings, has been featured in WWD and Harper's Bazaar.

Samuel West - anti cuts march

Sam has posted the text of the speech he made in Hyde Park on 26 March (via his Twitter, @exitthelemming). He has also shared a picture from the march - his view from the Hungerford Bridge. Yesterday, I published a post about the march - it contains links to press coverage, tweets, a picture and a video.

Samuel West - Theatre Royal Haymarket masterclass

[updated 30 March]




Some tweets about Friday's Theatre Royal Haymarket masterclass (quoted with permission - thank you!):

@_faeriequeen: "Tonight [25 March] I mostly sat in a lecture theatre, along with Ed Bennett & Harry Lloyd, & watched Sam & Tim West read bits from the 1st Folio."

@Fishmorgan: "@exitthelemming [Sam] saw u and ur dad at V&A tonight. Brilliant. Forgot how funny Henry IV is."

@Laura_McGowan: "had a great time at the V&A's Playhouse event last night- inspirational Sam and Tim West masterclass the highlight"
"@exitthelemming Thank you for a brilliant hour of First Folio excitement on Friday- a wonderful double act and very inspiring!"

Sunday 27 March 2011

Samuel West - anti-cuts march and Observer letter

Sam took part in yesterday's anti-cuts march in London with Equity and UK Uncut (the Guardian, Sam's Twitter @exitthelemming). In Hyde Park, he made a speech about the detrimental consequences of cuts to the arts (@exitthelemming 1|2, the Guardian, Tom Roper, video by Claire Wyatt). He also performed an excerpt from The Voysey Inheritance by Harley Granville Barker with his father Timothy West, on Oxford Street (@exitthelemming, a picture of Sam and Timothy by Michael Dennis).
The Guardian has a quote from Sam about the social effects of theatre:
"Theatre is not just for the rich and subsidy keeps tickets cheap. Quite aside from the huge financial return the country gets for any money invested, the arts are what make us civilised.  Sitting alongside people in a theatre who may be poor or may be rich is a great democratic institution."

Two weeks ago, Peter Capaldi, Michael Sheen, David Tennant and Sam, among many others, signed a letter to the Observer about cuts to arts funding (via the Guardian). A press release from Equity has statements from several of the letter's signatories, and details about cuts to national and local funding.

Ruth Wilson, glamour.com's "Hot, Young and British", BBC Radio

Ruth Wilson has been interviewed in the Telegraph for her upcoming role in Anna Christie, and featured in the Times' Theatre Issue.

Andrea Riseborough, Andrew Garfield, Romola Garai and Hayley Atwell have been profiled in glamour.com's slideshow "Hot, Young and British".

BBC Radio
  • Rory Kinnear and Anna Maxwell Martin are the readers for Words and Music "Labyrinth"
  • Claire Foy and Blake Ritson star in the Saturday Play Leverage
  • Ian McDiarmid, Ben Miles and Stephen Dillane read for the Afternoon Reading I Expected the Worst 
  • Hattie Morahan narrates the Book at Bedtime The Tiger's Wife

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Out and about

Upcoming projects

Charles Edwards - Television - Waking the Dead

Charles guest starred as Donald Rees in Waking the Dead "Harbinger: Part 1" and "Harbinger: Part 2". Both episodes will be available on iPlayer for 23 more days.

Friday 25 March 2011

Hayley Atwell. Film - Captain America. Film - I, Anna. various events.

720p screencaps of Hayley (and a few of Dominic Cooper) from the Captain America trailer - click the thumbnails for full size:


Hayley plays Emmy in the film I, Anna which shot in London and Hamburg recently (Hollywood Reporter and Variety; via Empire Online).

Events

World Book Night (Trafalgar Square, 4 March)
Louis Vuitton Double Exposure launch (15 March)
Birds Eye View Film Festival closing night (17 March; via BFI)
Umbrellas of Cherbourg press night (22 March)

Wednesday 23 March 2011

Samuel West. Radio. Narration - The Soldier's Tale.

The cast for Sam's radio directorial debut includes Ian McDiarmid, Celia Imrie, Roger Allam, Bertie Carvel, Blake Ritson and Tom Goodman-Hill (via Sam's Twitter, @exitthelemming). Previous tweets from Sam about the play have hinted at recording on location and research.

He will narrate The Soldier's Tale by Stravinsky at the Kew Music Festival on 26 June (via sheengate.co.uk).

Reminders:
  • Sam, Janet Suzman and Timothy West will read from Shakespeare's First Folio at a Theatre Royal Haymarket Masterclass at the V&A, this Friday, 25 March at 7pm.
  • He will open the Berry Theatre at a gala on 7 April.

Thursday 10 March 2011

Samuel West. Theatre Royal Haymarket Masterclass. Steven Pimlott Foundation.



Sam, Janet Suzman and Timothy West will read from Shakespeare's First Folio at a Theatre Royal Haymarket Masterclass at the V&A, 25 March at 7pm.

On 6 March, Sam did some readings at a concert supported by the Steven Pimlott Foundation (via his Twitter, @exitthelemming). The late Mr Pimlott directed Sam in Hamlet, Richard II, The Master and Margarita and Doctor Faustus.

Tuesday 1 March 2011

Noir and foxes

[updated 19 March 2011]


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Sources: my screencaps from Digital News Agency videos


Ruth Wilson and Hayley Atwell attended the Emporio Armani "Noir" show and Black Party at Milan Fashion Week (via Ruth Wilson - the placeholder blog). Getty and WireImage have pictures of Ruth and Hayley arriving for the show; and Moda รจ Donna has a picture from the party. Ruth and Hayley have also been featured in an article from WWD:
"Hayley Atwell said she hoped the release of summer blockbuster “Captain America,” in which she plays the superhero’s girlfriend, would bring more opportunities in film and fashion. “I would love to do a campaign,” she enthused. “Designing would be amazing as well.” She declined to comment on rumors she is joining Baz Luhrmann’s planned 3D remake of “The Great Gatsby,” featuring Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role. “That would be incredible. I know that the script is being worked on at the moment so it’s in the very early stages,” Atwell said.
Ruth Wilson, meanwhile, said she’s set to play the title role of “Anna Christie” opposite Jude law at London’s Donmar Theater, with rehearsals starting in June."

Rosamund Pike, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall and Gemma Arterton attended the Mulberry woodland-inspired show and party at London Fashion Week. Pictures: Cosmopolitan, Mulberry blog 1|2. Videos: Vogue, Mulberry/Facebook, Digital News Agency.