Harry Melling News

Hampstead Theatre's Associate Company, The Mono Box, has announced the launch of The Monologue Library, audio recordings of renowned artists performing their favourite theatrical speeches.

Production on the film adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth starring Tony and Academy Award-winners Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand has been placed on hold.

Marcus H. Rosenmüller's THE KEEPER is an absorbing and moving reflection on reconciliation as portrayed thru the life of an ex-POW turned legendary goalkeeper. Featured at this year's Sedona International Film Festival, THE KEEPER takes the viewer to unexpected places of reflection and emotion and, in the end, is a deeply sensitive and illuminating film to be kept in one's portfolio of favorite flicks.

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Harry Melling and Veronica Ngo board Netflix and Skydance Media's THE OLD GUARD. They join the previously announced Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne,

Jam, Matt Parvin's first play, shows promise but cannot overcome its structural and narrative problems to deliver its full potential.

Ten years ago, Bella Soroush's life was ruined by one of her pupils - Kane McCarthy. She has gradually rebuilt things - new school, new town, new friends - and finally feels at home in the depths of the countryside.

"They said I was violent. You're the 'victim' - what do you think?"

James Graham's critically acclaimed political drama THIS HOUSE will transfer to the Garrick Theatre, following its upcoming run at Chichester's Minerva Theatre.

Gender-blind casting has arrived and we'd better get used to it. Correction: it seems we are getting used to it, viz the imminent revival of the Donmar's all-female Shakespeare trilogy. So the headline story of this Old Vic production is not that a woman is taking on the Everest north-face of a role formerly reserved for mature alpha males of the acting profession. The headline story of Glenda Jackson's Lear is that this Lear is magnificent, and its magnificence emanates directly from the text.

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King Lear opened at The Old Vic on 4 November 2016, and BroadwayWorld has all the reviews! A quarter of a century after she gave up acting for politics, double Academy Award-winning legend Glenda Jackson returns to play King Lear in Shakespeare's greatest tragedy, alongside an outstanding company including William Chubb, Morfydd Clark, Jane Horrocks, Rhys Ifans, Celia Imrie, Simon Manyonda and Harry Melling.

London is never short of theatre temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From Bowie's Lazarus and Glenda Jackson's King Lear to Mark Rylance's return, here are some of this month's most eye-catching openings. Don't forget to check back for BroadwayWorld's reviews…

King Lear begins previews at The Old Vic tonight 25 October for an official opening 4 November 2016. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the company in rehearsal below!

As previously reported, 79-year-old politician and Oscar-winning actress Glenda Jackson will return to the stage in the title role of KING LEAR at the Old Vic this autumn.

The Old Vic today announces Artistic Director Matthew Warchus' second season, continuing a wide-ranging programme that includes world premieres, new writing, musicals, classic revivals and The Old Vic Variety Nights. There will also be a new strand of children's programming to engage the next generation of theatregoers, demonstrating Matthew's 'something for everyone' approach.

Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Peddling begins a three-week tour on Tuesday 10 May, visiting five regional Victorian performing arts centres and Launceston College in Tasmania following its critically acclaimed season at Southbank Theatre.

Upcoming SNOWDEN star Rhys Ifans is the latest to sign on for the Old Vic's KING LEAR.

Today, The Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye has confirmed that former HARRY POTTER star Harry Melling will join Jackson in the Deborah Warner-helmed production as 'Edgar.' Previews are currently scheduled to begin 25 October.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? This weekend's big news: NBC is holding auditions for HAIRSPRAY LIVE!, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL opens at Red Bull, and WAITRESS officially bows on Broadway this Sunday!

The critically acclaimed, five-time Tony Award-nominated play Hand to God will end its London run six weeks early, according to The Stage.