Samuel West - Hyde Park on Hudson, Facade, Track to Track, Nocturne

Screencap from the Hyde Park on Hudson trailer. More caps from the trailer are here.

Hyde Park on Hudson will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September (TIFF press 24 July, "Galas and Special Presentations" via the Guardian).

Ben Hur will be repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra from today.

Will Corder's website has pictures from the performance of Facade at the Ryedale festival.

A tweet from Sam about the Track to Track concert (15 July):

Tonight doing Graham Fitkin QEH gig with lots of kids making lots of noiseand me narrating TWO pieces about railways #extrainspotterheaven
— Samuel West (@exitthelemming) July 15, 2012

@barbi001 and @sarahblake respectively described the concert as "marvellous" and "brilliant."
The concert has been recorded for BBC Radio 3 (comment from diaryofadizzygirl).

He was invited to the BBC Radio 4 musical showcase But First This (13 July). Click here for a tweet from him about the performance; and an article from the Telegraph has a plot-related quote from him (via @suzyklein).

Lucy Parham's website has been updated with two clips from Nocturne, featuring readings from Sam and Harriet Walter.

Dan Stevens

Series 2 of Downton Abbey has received 16 Emmy nominations.
Recent marketing for series 3 has included a screening of a trailer at the Television Critics Association press tour and a release of a cast promo picture.

Charles Edwards - Utopia

Charles will film Utopia later this year. It is a six-part drama produced by Kudos for Channel 4 (via hellyescharlesedwards and the National Theatre).

Samuel West - Shift Happens, Equity, TRH masterclass

Sam posted the text of his Shift Happens speech at the Arts Funding Ning (via Sam's Twitter, @exitthelemming).

Stuart Allen posted pictures of Sam and Timothy West from a Theatre Royal Haymarket masterclass in March 2011 (via @StuAllenPhotos).

Sam has been reelected to the Equity Council, General List (via @exitthelemming).

He has been quoted in an article from the Guardian about the lack of pay for the actors and crew working on You Me Bum Bum Train (via @EmmGibbs).

Dan Stevens

Dan mentions poetry and cricket in his Telegraph column for July.

Broadway World has an article about The Heiress, with updates about casting and booking details.

Charles Edwards - Radio - Dracula and Betrayal

A new adaptation of Dracula will form part of Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra's Gothic Season. Starring Nicky Henson, John Dougal, Charles Edwards, Aimee Ffion Edwards and Ellie Kendrick, it is due to be broadcast on 7th and 14th October (BBC Radio Drama newsletter, 14-20 July).

Reminder: the Saturday Drama Betrayal will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 today.

Samuel West - Track to Track concert

This Sunday, the London Chamber Orchestra and the Fitkin Band will perform in the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Sam will narrate two works at the concert: "Night Mail" (Britten) and "Track to Track" (Fitkin).

Samuel West - Shift Happens, Bath Mozartfest, Shakespeare Beyond English, Philip Pullman's Grimm tales

[updated 11 February 2014]

An excerpt from the Independent's review of Money:

"So where did it go right? There was the cast... a gaggle of trusted names, among them Celia Imrie, Roger Allam and Ian McDiarmid. There was the top-notch director (Samuel West), the expertly judged music (courtesy of the Endellion String Quartet) and the setting [it was recorded at Knebworth House]."

Money was repeated last Sunday on BBC Radio 3.

On Tuesday, Sam and Frank Partnoy discussed procrastination on Night Waves. Presenter Samira Ahmed shared a picture of the show's guests in the studio.

A tweet from Sam about Shift Happens, which took place on Friday:

"What a good afternoon at #ShiftHappens. Filling and useful. Thank you @MarcusRomer et al for the chance to speak."

He was a speaker at the event; he will post the text of the speech at a later date (his Twitter, @exitthelemming).
Some links to several positive tweets about his speech: @classygenes, @earthfall, @LakesideArts, @AestheticaMag, @estherichardson, @TanjaGeier, @TallgirlonaBike, @joannaridout, @janefinnis, @sharontelfer, @creativeyork, @jon_pratty, @ThomFeeney, @FlanCol, @Kathrynalina, @honorharger, @MediaHelen, @jojoharper, @Jen_ntw, @lizipatch.

The Uncle Vanya website is now available.

The Nash Ensemble will perform works by Saint-Saens, Chabrier, Mozart and Ravel at the Bath Mozartfest on 11 November. Sam will narrate Carnival of the Animals (subject to availability).

Earlier this week, Sam started a new block of filming for Mr Selfridge (@exitthelemming).

A few weeks ago, he mentioned that his post about Richard II for the Shakespeare's Globe blog was an excerpt of a longer piece for a book. Shakespeare Beyond English, a volume of essays, will be published by Cambridge University Press in 2013 (Royal Holloway University of London).

This week, he recorded an audiobook of Philip Pullman's Grimm tales. The books will be published in September, but a release date for the audiobook has not been confirmed yet (@exitthelemming 1|2|3 and the Guardian).

Dan Stevens

Vogue Italia's recent article about Dan features a photoshoot by Timur Celikdag.

He attended the Aston Martin Vanquish launch party.

Vamps will be screened at the Fantasy Filmfest in Germany.

Charles Edwards - Betrayal; Diana

The program page for Betrayal is now available. It is next week's Saturday Drama.

Charles is currently filming Diana, in which he plays Patrick Jephson. Some of the filming has taken place in Croatia (his Twitter @cedwardsactor 1|2 and Baz Bamigboye). The first still from the film, featuring Naomi Watts as Princess Diana, was released a few days ago (Collider).

Samuel West - five projects on iPlayer

Update (30 July): the episodes of Night Waves (#1 and #5) and The Other Dickens (#3) are still available for streaming on the BBC Radio 3 website.


Below is a list of radio things featuring Sam in various capacities: reader, actor, director and guest. The items are in different stages of availability. #1 and #2 are currently on iPlayer; #3 and #4 will be broadcast in the next 24 hours and #5 will be broadcast in a few days time.

1. Sam read passages by Jean Jacques Rousseau for last Wednesday's episode of Night Waves (via his Twitter, @exitthelemming)
2. Here has been repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra (via @exitthelemming)
3. He is the reader for the Sunday Feature The Other Dickens (previously posted here)
4. Money, which Sam directed, will be rebroadcast on BBC Radio 3 (previously posted here)
5. He will be a guest on this Tuesday's episode of Night Waves, discussing procrastination with Frank Partnoy, the author of "Wait" (Samira Ahmed 1|2)

Radio - Betrayal

The Saturday Drama Betrayal will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 14 July. It stars Charles Edwards (Robert), Andrew Scott (Jerry), Olivia Colman (Emma) and Gerard McDermott (the waiter).