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Casting announcements

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We’re excited to announce that Amelia May has been cast in Wild Cherry, a new six part series for the BBC and Firebird Pictures. Written and created by ‘Mood’ BAFTA winner Nicole Lecky, the show has been billed as “a provocative and deliciously honest look at mother/daughter relationships in a haze of social media, hidden apps and peer pressure”. Amelia takes the series leading role of Allegra, who becomes entangled in a shocking scandal at her private school with devastating consequences. Filming is currently underway.

Also for the BBC, Olwen May has joined the cast of new Sally Wainwright drama Riot Women. The six part series from the multi BAFTA award winning writer and director centres on a group of women who come together to create a makeshift punk rock band in order to enter a talent competition.  Filming takes place in West Yorkshire.  Sara Powell will next be seen in The Choice a new Netflix political thriller starring Suranne Jones as the recently elected British Prime Minister and Julie Delpy as the French president who meet at an international  summit and forced into a fierce rivalry.  Sara will play the regular role of Kathy McIntyre.   Michelle Bonnard has joined the revival of the classic detective series Maigret, Justin Avoth guests in Amazon Prime’s new biblical drama series House of David and Christopher Harper will be returning as Geoffrey in the BBC’s ever popular Call the Midwife.

In film news, Sophie Stone completed shooting this month on Ted Evans’ debut thriller feature film working title Reunion.  Co-produced by BBC Films, it features an all deaf principle cast with Sophie playing the lead role of Mia.  Agni Scott plays the supporting role of Myrto a war journalist in the feature film Maya and Samar which is shooting in Greece with Anita Doron directing. And Amy Cudden joins recent Oscar winner Cillian Murphy in Steve, an original Netflix film adapted by Max Porter from his own novel telling the story of a day in the life of an unconventional residential school in the West Country.  

We can’t wait to watch!

Summer Stage 24

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We are thrilled to highlight the remarkable projects our talented actors are involved in this summer.

Thomas Coombes stars as Michael in “Death of England” a powerful one-person play by Roy Williams. Part of Williams’ acclaimed trilogy, this revival by The National Theatre and Bill Kenwright is directed by Clint Dyer and takes place at Soho Place.

Greg Hicks returns to The National Theatre, taking on the role of Pa Joad in “Grapes of Wrath.” This adaptation of Steinbeck’s classic is brought to life under the direction of Carrie Cracknell.

Tom Edden will play Lucky in Beckett’s masterpiece “Waiting For Godot“, opening at The Theatre Royal Haymarket and directed by James Macdonald.

Jodie McNee returns to the Royal Shakespeare Company in David Edgar’s new play “The New Real,” directed by Holly Race Raughan. At the same time, Jenna Augen stars in the RSC’s production of “Kyoto,” a new work by The Jungle creators Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin.

Dorothea Myer Bennett teams up again with Patrick Marber in a new piece of writing “What We Talk About When We Talk About Ann Frank” which will premiere at the Marylebone Theatre. 

Molly Logan joins The Gate Theatre, Dublin, as Maggie in the revival of “Dancing at Lughnasa,” directed by Caroline Byrne. Anita Reynolds is part of the cast of “The Comedy of Errors” at Shakespeare’s Globe, while Colm Gorley performs in “Much Ado About Nothing,” both directed by Sean Holmes.

George Caple continues to impress in the Liverpool Royal Court’s West End transfer of “Boys From the Blackstuff.” We are also looking forward to seeing Chris Harper join the UK tour of the revival of Yasmina Reza’s “ART.”

We are immensely proud of our actors’ incredible work and dedication to their craft. Stay tuned for more updates on their upcoming projects.

Spring shoots

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Film & TV

Andrew Koji shoots back to back feature films – SENECA with John Malkovich directed by Robert Schwentke and BOY KILLS WORLD with Bill Skarsgård, director Moritz Mohr. Jakob Diehl joins the cast of ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, Steven Knight’s adaptation of Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize Winning novel directed by Shawn Levy for Netflix .

Thomas Coombes has been shooting STREET DOGS with director Jamie Payne also for Netflix and goes onto film RAIN DOGS , an original drama for HBO/BBC. Jodie McNee films CULPRITS for Disney and Hulu , an 8 part heist drama written and directed by J.Blakeson and Sara Powell films brand new psychological thriller THE WINTER CHILD with Dominic Le Clerc directing.

Gavin Spokes joins the regular cast of new drama series BETTER for Sister Pictures/BBC and Michelle Bonnard returns as Sal in UNFORGOTTEN 5. Carol Macready films the new season of STRIKE: TROUBLED BLOOD and Eugene O’Hare returns for Season 6 of OUTLANDER as Gov Josiah Martin. Melanie Kilburn joins Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark in STARVE ACRE for BBC Films whilst Aidan Kelly films US thriller JERICHO RIDGE with Will Gilbey directing.

Theatre

Greg Hicks will be seen in Daniel Fish’s Tony Award winning revival of OKLAHOMA which transfers to The Young Vic. Carol Macready joins Anne Marie Duff in the Almeida production of THE HOUSE OF SHADES directed by Blanche McIntyre. Olwen May leads the cast in The Manchester Royal Exchange’s production of ELECTRIC ROSARY by Bruntwood Prize winner Tim Foley and Anita Reynolds has been cast in the Old Vic production of A MONSTER CALLS .

Tom Edden, currently in New York with Jamie Lloyd’s award winning CYRANO returns to play in Chichester Festival’s revival of CRAZY FOR YOU directed by Broadway legend Susan Stroman. Sam Alexander will play Teddy in Bath Theatre Royals’ tour of Pinter’s THE HOMECOMING and Laura Rogers has been cast as Countess Andrenyi in MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS opposite Henry Goodman as Hercule Poirot.

Christopher Harper will play the leading role of Professor Robert Langdon in THE DA VINCI CODE touring from May and Richard Teverson joins the cast of WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION playing at London County Hall. Look out too for Mariah Louca in Soho Theatre’s new musical THE MINISTRY OF LESBIAN AFFAIRS.

Autumn Watch
Part II

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On Screen:

Jodie McNee can be seen in Series 3 of Britannia on Sky and will next be seen in new 4 part ITV drama Hollington Drive which airs from late September. Oliver Dench and Greg Hicks both guest star in Sky Atlantic’s Dominia and watch out for Oliver in the new year in brand new drama Hotel Portofino as well. Josie Walker plays Auntie Violet in Kenneth Branagh’s feature film Belfast which premieres in the UK in November. 

Andrew Koji’s recent feature Snake Eyes is now on general release and will be available on home media in October and Chris Harper appears in The War Below streaming now on Amazon.   Also upcoming on Amazon is thriller All The Old Knives directed by Janus Metz and featuring Karina Wiedman and arrives this autumn. Watch out too for the release of Danny Boyle’s new Sex Pistols drama Lonely Boy based on guitarist Steve Jones’ memoir and in which Jay Simpson plays his abusive stepfather Ron. 

On Stage:

Tamsin Carroll leads the National Theatre production of Hex this Autumn – a twist on the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale,  Rufus Norris directs. Laura Rogers has opened in the Hampstead Theatre revival of The Memory of Water and is currently in rehearsals for the West End transfer of National Theatre production of The Ocean at the End of the Lane at the Duke of York’s. 
Jenna Augen and Dorothea Myer Bennett return in Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt at The Wyndham’s Theatre and James Doherty is back in Come From Away at The Phoenix Theatre. 

John Mackay and Hayley Carmichael join the cast of HOME in this revival for Chichester Festival of the modern David Storey classic directed by Josh Roche and Patrick Brennan takes the lead role of Phil in Broken Lad, a new play by Robin Hooper directed by Richard Spier at The Arcola. Also this autumn Jordan Mifsúd revives his role as Colbert in While the Sun Shines at the Orange Tree and Christopher Harper returns in the dual roles of Lesgate and Hubbard in the UK tour of Dial M For Murder directed by Anthony Banks.

Autumn Stage

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Tom Edden returns to the Jamie Lloyd Company as De Guiche in Cyrano de Bergerac opposite James McCoy in the title role at The Playhouse Theatre. Thomas Coombes makes his Royal Court debut as Mark in A Kind of People, a new play by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti with Michal Buffong directing. Jodie Mcnee takes the title role of Faustus in That Damned Woman, a gender swap reimagining for Headlong Theatre opening at Lyric Hammersmith, Caroline Byrne directs. Scott Karim opens in The Arrival at The Bush Theatre, an exciting new family drama written and directed by Artistic Director Bijan Sheibani.

Gavin Spokes will play King George III in the phenomenon that is Hamilton at the Victoria Palace Theatre whilst Ferdy Roberts also returns to the West End in the revival of Connor McPherson’s The Girl From the North Country at The Geilgud Theatre from December. Also opening is Josie Walker as Old Mrs Hempstock in The Ocean at the End of the Lane at The National Theatre.
Looking ahead Jenna Augen and Dorothea Myer Bennett will be playing Rosa and Hannah in Tom Stoppard’s epic new play Leopoldstadt which Patrick Marber directs for Sonia Friedmann Productions at The Wyndham’s Theatre early 2020. Dan Rabin transfers to the West End with Rob Icke’s Alemida Theatre production of The Doctor. Chris Harper joins the cast of Hitchcock classic Dial M For Murder, directed by Anthony Banks and opening at Richmond Theatre whilst Olwen May joins the cast of Band of Gold which Kay Mellor has adapted and will direct in a world stage premiere.

Recent openings to try and see include Ashna Rabheru in [BLANK], a new play by Alice Birch directed by Maria Aberg for The Donmar and Jack James Ryan in Chichester Festival Theatre’s Sing Yer Heart Out For the Lads directed by Nicole Charles.

Autumn Shoots

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Peaky Blinders returns and we are delighted to confirm that Andrew Koji will play a guest lead over 2 episodes filming this autumn. Eugene O’Hare is currently shooting Dublin Murders for the BBC; adapted by Sarah Phelps this 8 part crime drama will come to our screens next year with Eugene playing series regular Detective Quigley. Oliver Dench joins the cast of Noughts and Crosses, Mammoth/BBC’s adaptation of the Malorie Blackman books now filming in Cape Town with Kibwe Taveres directing; Jordan Mifsúd plays the recurring role of Krzystof in new Tall Story Pictures/ ITV drama The Bay set in Morecambe with Lee Haven Jones directing whilst Max Fowler will join the regular cast of The Affair for the 5th and final season of the acclaimed drama from Showtime. Jospeh May will play Brett across the new series of Dark Money, a timely and evocative new drama around child abuse written by BAFTA winner Levi David Addai for BBC/The Forge. Gary Oliver, David Nellist and Rocky Marshall have all been cast in The Confession penned by Jeff Pope (Little Boy Blue, The Moorside) which details the investigation behind the disappearance of Sian O’Callaghan in 2011, Paul Andrew Williams directs. Richard Teverson will portray Colin Tenant in the much anticipated Season 3 recast of The Crown for Left Bank Pictures/Sony/Netflix whilst Joe Sims joins the Netflix Original and Emmy Winning Free Rein for Season 3. Graduate Lion Russell Baumann makes his screen debut as Prince Sigmund in Mammoth /ITV’s Victoria. Aleksandar Mikic and Robert Hands film guest roles in Paramout’s Berlin Station; Chris Harper returns to ITV screens in the ever popular Endeavour, Rebecca Johnson joins the cast of Good Karma Hospital this season playing the returning role of Lesley McConnell and Robert Cavanah will play the role of Gilbert Benson across Season 5 of BBC’s Shetland.

Comedy shoots this autumn include Melanie Kilburn in new Sky comedy Brassic; Carol Macready and Kate Fahy currently filming new BBC comedy drama Don’t Forget The Driver, written and directed by Toby Jones and set in the post Brexit world of Bognor Regis; Cosima Shaw in Home a new comedy series for Ch 4 written and starring Rufus Jones and Sophie Stone will be playing a guest lead in the next series of BBC comedy Two Door Down.

In film news Ben Dilloway shoots Rare Beasts, Billie Piper’s directorial debut, Thomas Coombes and Sally Scott film Summerland, Jessica Swale’s first feature and Robert Cavanah portrays Joe Boyle in historical drama Queen Marie of Romania.

2018 – Stage

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Ben Dilloway in Frost/Nixon at the Crucible, Sheffield

Gavin Spokes returns to the West End playing Charles Ingram, ‘the coughing major’ in James Graham’s new play Quiz. Directed by Daniel Evans, the Chichester Festival Production opens for a limited season at the Noel Coward Theatre from 31 March 2018. (click to watch trailer) Anita Reynolds joins the cast of Absolute Hell at the National Theatre with Joe Hill Gibbons directing and Laura Rogers plays the leading role of Kay Summersby in the London premier of Pressure opening at the Park Theatre. Other openings include Ben Dilloway as Jack Brennan in The Sheffield Crucible’s production of Frost/Nixon directed by Kate Hewitt, Christopher Harper in ATG’s Strangers On A Train which tours until April and Daniel Rabin in the West End transfer of Robert Ike’s critically acclaimed Mary Stewart playing at The Duke of Yorks Theatre. Josie Walker and Tamsin Carroll, meanwhile, continue in acclaimed new musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie whose run has been extended at the Apollo Theatre until Christmas 2018 (click to watch trailer).
Sandy Foster returns to the RSC as Joan in a new play about the life of Joan Littlewood, also for the RSC Graham Turner reprises his Fool in King Lear for a New York transfer whilst Kate Fahy reprises her role as Maggie Thatcher in the US premiere of Handbagged opening in Washington DC. George Caple plays Alex in A Clockwork Orange and Patrick Brennan Iago in Othello both for Liverpool Everyman, Nicholas Lumley joins the NT touring production of This House whilst Molly Logan plays Ethel in Lucy Bailey’s production of Love From a Stranger, also on tour.

Screen News

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TV

Andrew Koji will play the lead role of Ah Sahm in new 10 episode HBO drama Warrior Written by Jonathan Tropper, based on the writings of Bruce Lee. Set in San Francisco’s Chinatown after the Civil War the drama focuses on Ah Sahm who arrives in America from China and finds himself caught up in the bloody Chinatown Tong wars. Aidan Kelly also guests in the role of Rooney in the first episode of Warrior with filming starting in Cape Town this month. Meanwhile Kate Maravan films Netflix’s Safe an eight-part drama series from bestselling writer Harlan Coben, Thomas Coombes shoots Stan Lee’s Lucky Man for Sky, Kate Fahy joins the cast of Witless for its third series, Molly Logan, shoots Irish comedy Dave Allen At Peace, Patrick Brennan guests in Shakespeare and Hathaway for the BBC, Aleks Mikic films In The Clouds for Little Island Productions, Jordan Mifsúd shoots HULU’s 40 North in Morocco, Sevan Stephan guests in Abi Morgan drama The Split for Sister Pictures and Joe Sims plays regular Dean in Zodiak Media’s Joe All Alone.

FILM

Paddington 2 hits our screens next month with Nicholas Lumley playing Old Timer Jack opposite our favourite Peruvian bear. Meanwhile, Gary Oliver will film Mary Queen of Scotts directed byJosie Rourke for Working Title.

CURRENTLY AIRING

Catch Pooky Quesnel playing regular Fiona Craig in W1A and Louise in The A Word series 2; Geraldine Alexander in BBC 1’s The Child In Time, Melanie Kilburn as Eastenders’ resident Vicar Irene Mills, David Seadon Young performing Oklahoma as part of this year’s BBC Proms, Emma Handy in ITV’s Doc Martin series 8, Joseph May playing Canadian President Justin Trudeau in The Windsors on Channel 4, Chris Harper’s character Nathan Curtis facing trial in ITV’s Coronation Street and Hywel Morgan appearing in Channel 4’s ‘The End Of The F***ing World’ airing on October 24th.

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