Eastenders has announced the planned arrival of a new bad boy in Walford! Congratulations to Daniel Coonan who has been confirmed in the role of Carl Parker and will land in Albert Square early summer. Daniel was last seen in BBC’s May Day as well as recently working with Mike Leigh on his stage revival of Ecstacy. Vincenzo Nicoli, meanwhile, joins Mr Selfridge for Series 2 of the popular ITV drama set in and around the world famous department store. Playing the regular new character of Uncle Giovanni, the first block will be directed by Anthony Byrne and shoots this month. Also returning, shooting in London and LA from May is Episodes, the Hatrick/HBO co production which sees Joseph May reprise his role as Andy Button for Season 3.
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In Rehearsals:
Geraldine Alexander returns to The National Theatre in a revival of Eugene O’Neils Strange Interlude with Simon Godwin directing. Sara Powell will be appearing in Disgraced at The Bush Theatre, a new play by Ayaad Aktar which premiered at The Lincoln Centre, New York and now comes to London with Nadia Fall directing. Daniel Rabin takes on the title role in Oedipus which Steven Berkoff directs for The Spoleto Festival whilst Colm Gormley joins the company of Dancing At Lughnasa with Richard Beecham directing for Northampton and Oxford. Jess Murphy and Molly Logan, meanwhile, start rehearsals for The Globe season where they will be performing in Macbeth & Lightning Child and A Midsummer Night’s Dream & Blue Stockings respectively.
Openings:
The Winslow Boy at The Old Vic with Richard Teverson has opened to wonderful reviews. Cocktail Sticks featuring Derek Hutchinson has also received high praise for its West End transfer. The Low Road has premiered at The Royal Court with Natasha Gordon part of a brilliant ensemble in Dominic Cooke’s ambitious production. Next up, Children of the Sun (Stephen Wilson) and Othello (Scott Karim) both April openings at The National.
Spring Shoots:
Ken Bones has been confirmed for the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode, details of which are being kept a closely guarded secret but has been written by Steve Moffatt and will be directed in 3D by Nick Hurran. Pooky Quesnel and Jay Simpson have both signed up to Hartswood Film’s The Guilty, a 3 part drama for ITV directed by Ed Bazalgette which deals with the fall out after the disappearance of a 4 year old boy. Del Synnott joins the cast of The Great Train Robbery playing gang member Brian Field and featuring in Julian Jarrold and James Strong’s separate films for World Productions charting The Robber’s Tale and The Policeman’s Tale. Cosima Shaw, meanwhile, shoots new Warner Bros pilot The Selection set in an apocalyptic world and helmed by Alex Graves. Sara Powell and Robert Hands film guest roles in Love & Marriage, Tiger Aspects news comedy drama whilst Rocky Marshall completes filming on Montana, a British vigilante thriller set in London’s East End and directed by Mo Ali.
Spring Watch
A young girl disappears from an idyllic community and so begins Mayday, the BBC’s absorbing new five part drama beginning Sunday 3 March and continuing. Max Fowler plays the juvenile lead Linus with Daniel Coonan as PC Simmons. Also starting this week on the History Channel is the epic miniseries The Bible featuring Ken Bones as Ira. Coming soon to Fox UK, also with Ken Bones, is Da Vinci’s Demons which reveals the secret history of Leonardo Da Vinci. Over on ITV, bestselling novel Ice Cream Girls has been adapted and will screen this Spring with Sara Powell in the role of Fez. Also on ITV, set against the backdrop of the London Blitz, Daniel Rabin will be appearing as Granger in Murder on the Home Front. We’re also looking forward to Channel 4’s new drama Run in which Jay Simpson and Vincenzo Nicoli will appear. This fast-paced contemporary narrative is directed by Bafta winning Charles Martin.
Graduate News:
Scott Karim (RADA) joins the much anticipated National Theatre production of Othello which Nick Hytner is directing. Stephen Wilson (Guildhall) also joins the National company in Howard Davies revival of Gorky’s Children Of The Sun in The Lyttelton Theatre. Molly Logan will join The Shakespeare’s Globe company in Dominic Dromgoole’s A Midsummer Night Dream and Jessica Swale’s Blue Stocking which John Dove directs. Helen Sorren (Guildhall) makes her professional stage debut in The Miser which Nancy Meckler directs at The Watermill whilst on screen Jason Callender (Manchester School of Theatre) can currently be seen playing new teacher Dexter in the BBC’s hugely popular 4’o’Clock Club.
Max Fowler joins The Killing Season 3
Max Fowler will play troubled teen Twitch in The Killing – season 3 of the AMC/Fox US drama. Based on the original Danish series, the rebooted third season will see Max join the regular cast as the good looking, savvy, streetwise teen who is described as being as charming as he is manipulative.
Deadline Hollywood:
http://www.deadline.com/2013/02/scott-grimes-joins-cbs-ncis-la-spinoff-two-cast-in-amcs-the-killing/
Hollywood Reporter:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/killing-max-fowler-joins-season-419757
Theatre Happenings
Natasha Gordon starts rehearsals for The Low Road at The Royal Court, Bruce Norris’s new play which outgoing Artistic Director Dominic Cooke will direct. Opening in the Court’s main house in March, it is preceded by If You Don’t Let Us Dream, We Won’t Let You Sleep in which Ferdy Roberts appears. Over at The Old Vic, Richard Teverson starts rehearsals for Lindsay Posner’s revival of The Winslow Boy also opening March. Derek Hutchinson, meanwhile, will transfer to the West End in Cocktail Sticks, as part of the National’s Alan Bennet double bill performing at The Duchess Theatre. Amy Cudden continues in the roles of Rachel/Roscoe Crabbe In One Man 2 Guvnors now playing opposite Rufus Hound at The Haymarket whilst Roger Sloman and Jess Murphy round off their runs at The National in The Magistrate and People respectively.
Out of town Graham Turner continues in Orphan of Zhao at RSC, Stratford and Mark Stobbart takes the role of Issac in The Hired Man , Colchester/Leicester Curve co-production with Daniel Buckroyd directing. Also Benjamin Davies begins rehearsal with Blackwatch for The National Theatre of Scotland. Msimis Dlamini continues in the UK tour of Soul Sister and Emma Handy opens in Thursday as part of The Adelaide Festival.
Congratulations
Congratulations to Lisa Palfrey who won Best Actress at the inaugural Theatre Critics of Wales Awards, for her role of Gloria in Before It Rains (Sherman Cymru/Bristol Old Vic). And to Amy Cudden (Shallow Slumber/Soho), Hermione Gulliford (Lot & His God/Print Room) and Richard Dempsey (Victoria, Victoria/Southwark Playhouse) whose performances are all in the running for the 2013 Off West End Theatre Awards.
January Viewing
Utopia has premiered on Channel 4 and has quickly been marked as ‘one to
watch’ in 2013. Continuing Tuesday’s at 9pm, several of our clients will be
appearing during the run (Mark Stobbart, Gavin Spokes pictured alongside
Hermione Gulliford and Jay Simpson). Spies of Warsaw is currently showing on
BBC 4, a beautifully shot war time spy drama with Richard Teverson playing
Roddy Fitzware. Meanwhile, Hat Trick’s Great Night Out is on ITV Friday’s at
9pm. The 30 something comedy-drama set in Stockport includes Naomi
Bentley in its regular cast.
Coming Up: 2013
Welcome to the new year which sees our clients looking forward to some exciting and diverse new projects.
Screen:
Tom Edden is deep in rehearsals for Mike Leigh’s as yet untilted 2013 film project. Whilst the script itself is, as usual, a work in progress between Mike and the actors the subject of this particular film has been revealed to be a biopic of the painter Turner. Principal photography commences April. Angela Terence films opposite Paddy Considine with the return of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher. The 2 hour film for ITV which focuses on the Victorian detective will be directed by Christopher Menaul and shoots January.
Chris Ryman meanwhile goes into studio recording on Count Arthur Strong this month which is the latest comedy helmed by Graham Linehan (IT Crowd, Father Ted). Set in a south London ‘greasy spoon’, Chris plays cafe regular Bulent. Watch out too for Spencer Jones who will be making a guest appearance.
Stage:
Ferdy Roberts joins the cast of the intriguingly titled If You Don’t Let Us Dream We Won’t Let You Sleep at The Royal Court Theatre. Rehearsals begin in January with Simon Godwin directing. Emma Handy opens in Thursday, Bryony Lavery’s new play which sees ETT join forces with Brink for a premiere at The Adelaide Festival, Australia. Also touring is Benjamin Davies who will be taking on the role of Stewarty in John Tiffany’s acclaimed production of Black Watch for The National Theatre of Scotland which be restaged in Glasgow and Norwich before flying out for dates in Seattle and San Francisco. Another play originally staged by the NTOS receives its English premiere at The Finborough this month. Somersaults is directed by Russel Bolam with Richard Teverson amongst the principal cast.
