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Janet Dibley to Lead Cast of TURN OF THE SCREW on Tour
by Julie Musbach - February 18, 2019
Following the critically acclaimed 2018 tour, Henry James' iconic, genre defining, ghost story Turn of the Screw returns for a UK tour, opening in Exeter Northcott Theatre 28th March and today announces Janet Dibley in the role of The Governess and the return of Maggie McCarthy as Mrs Grose....
No Audition Charge And Reduced Annual Fees At London's Newest Full-time Drama School
by Stephi Wild - February 14, 2019
The newest drama school in London, the Pauline Quirke Full-Time Academy of Performing Arts, has waived audition charges and has also reduced its annual fees, in a bid to make its vocational training at 16+ accessible to more aspiring young performers....
MY WHITE BEST FRIEND AND OTHER LETTERS LEFT UNSAID Comes to The Bunker
by Stephi Wild - February 14, 2019
Could you put your white best friend on stage and remind them that they're part of the problem? Writer Rachel De-Lahay and director Milli Bhatia have commissioned eleven writers to pen letters that say the unsaid to the people that matter most. This March the week-long festival of letters, My White ...
BBC Studios Developing Adaptation of RUNESTAFF Novels
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 13, 2019
BBC Studios will develop a TV adaptation of Michael Moorcock's Runestaff fantasy novels. They have secured rights to four books in the series: The Jewel in the Skull, The Mad God's Amulet, Sword of the Dawn and The Runestaff. ...
CALENDAR GIRLS Comes To The Bristol Hippodrome
by Stephi Wild - February 13, 2019
David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers announce the new cast for the UK & Ireland Tour of Gary Barlow and Tim Firth's musical comedy, CALENDAR GIRLS The Musical, based on the true story, the film and the award-winning play by Tim Firth....
New Cast Announced For the Tour of CALENDAR GIRLS THE MUSICAL
by Stephi Wild - February 12, 2019
David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers have announced the new cast for the UK & Ireland Tour of Gary Barlow and Tim Firth's musical comedy, CALENDAR GIRLS The Musical, based on the true story, the film and the award-winning play by Tim Firth....
HBO to Premiere BIG LITTLE LIES in June and Miniseries CHERNOBYL in May
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 08, 2019
Big Little Lies, Starring Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, Zoё Kravitz And Meryl Streep returns for its second season in June, exclusively on HBO.Adam Scott, James Tupper and Jeffrey Nordling co-star. ...
BBC America to Air BAFTA FILM AWARDS in Primetime
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 01, 2019
BBC AMERICA will air The EE British Academy Film Awards in primetime on Sunday, February 10 at 9:00pm ET/PT. The ceremony will be hosted by Joanna Lumley and will be held in one of the world's most beautiful concert halls, the Royal Albert Hall in London....
Katherine Parkinson, Sara Gregory & Richard Harrington Lead West End Transfer of HOME, I'M DARLING
by Stephi Wild - January 07, 2019
As rehearsals begin, casting is announced for the West End transfer of the National Theatre and Theatr Clwyd's critically acclaimed co-production of Home, I'm Darling, a new play by Laura Wade, directed by Theatre Clwyd Artistic Director Tamara Harvey, featuring Katherine Parkinson, which begins per...
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for MEDICI: THE MAGNIFICENT
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 20, 2018
Netflix has released the trailer for Medici: The Magnificent starring Game of Thrones' Sean Bean and Teen Wolf's Daniel Sharman. The show is the follow-up to Medici: Masters of Florence, which starred Richard Madden and Dustin Hoffman....
Olivia Colman to Receive Desert Palm Achievement Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 13, 2018
The 30th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will present Olivia Colman with the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress for The Favourite at its annual Film Awards Gala. The award will be presented by her co-star in the film Emma Stone. The Film Awards Gala, hosted by Mary...
BWW Interview: Actor Brendan Murphy Talks POTTED POTTER
by Katricia Lang - December 12, 2018
POTTED POTTER, a Harry Potter parody play by Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner, returns to Houston, this time starring Brendan Murphy and Scott Hoatson....
BBC America's BINGE FOR THE HOLIDAYS Launches 12/3
by Tori Hartshorn - November 20, 2018
This December, join BBC AMERICA for a month-long celebration of our favorite shows and movies! Binge for the Holidays kicks off on Monday, December 3 with fan-favorite “Movies That Sleigh” followed by themed binges each week celebrating the best of Sci-Fi, Earth and A Few of Our Favorite Thing...
Acorn TV's Outrageous British Police Procedural Returns NO OFFENCE, Series 2 DVD Debut
by Tori Hartshorn - November 07, 2018
Acorn TV features the DVD debut of the outrageous police procedural NO OFFENCE, Series 2 on November 20, 2018. The female-driven police procedural follows an unorthodox team of cops in Manchester. From 9-time BAFTA Award nominated writer Paul Abbott (Shameless, State of Play, Cracker) comes a...
BBC One Daytime's New Spanish Crime Drama THE MALLORCA FILES Announces Cast
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 25, 2018
Dan McGolpin, Controller of BBC Programming and Daytime, has today announced the line-up of key cast and crew for new 10-part crime drama The Mallorca Files....
Babou Ceesay and Jill Halfpenny to Star in BBC One's DARK MON£Y
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 23, 2018
Bafta-nominated Babou Ceesay (Damilola, Our Loved Boy, Best of Enemies) and Jill Halfpenny (Three Girls, In The Club) are to lead the cast of a new thought-provoking four-part drama, Dark Mon£y for BBC One....
David Tennant Joins Emily Watson Led Psychological Thriller QUICKSAND
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 23, 2018
According to Variety, David Tennant will star with Emily Watson in psychological thriller “Quicksand.”...
BBC America Presents Halloween Week Programming 'BBC AAAAAAMERICA'
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 17, 2018
Starting Friday, October 26th, get in the spooky spirit with BBC AMERICA's Halloween Week of programming featuring movie marathons, a takeover of The X-Files, and hours of Hitchcockian horror. 'BBC AAAAAAMERICA' is here!...
ITV Commissions A CONFESSION, Starring Martin Freeman and Imelda Staunton
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 15, 2018
ITV's Head of Drama, Polly Hill, has announced commission of six-part drama, A Confession, from acclaimed screenwriter, Jeff Pope, starring Martin Freeman and Imelda Staunton to be co-produced by ITV Studios and Urban Myth Films....
BWW Review: DOCTOR WHO SEASON 11 on BBC America
by Lee Cooley - October 08, 2018
DOCTOR WHO Season 11 is off to a shaky start. Despite Jodie Whittaker (the 13th and first female Doctor) and her merry band of ethnically-diverse traveling companions, the first episode was trite and sloppy. Let's hope she isn't struck off the register as George Lazenby was for his one-and-done port...
BWW Interview: Jodie Whittaker is Doctor Who
by E.H. Reiter - October 06, 2018
he Doctor played by Jodie Whittaker talks about playing the Doctor inthe new season premiering in a global simulcast on Sunday, October 7th on BBC!...
The Global Premiere of DOCTOR WHO Goes Coast to Coast
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 05, 2018
The highly-anticipated global premiere of BBC AMERICA's Doctor Who on Sunday, October 7th, will now be simulcasting coast-to-coast at 1:45pm ET/10:45am PT on the network. That evening, BBC AMERICA will air a special encore at 8pm ET/PT with bonus interviews with Jodie Whittaker and footage from...
Photo Flash: First Look at THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM
by Stephi Wild - October 05, 2018
Multi award-winning star of screen and stage Jonathan Pryce will star as 'Andrei', and three-time Olivier award-winning Dame Eileen Atkins will star as 'Madeleine' in The Height of the Storm, in the UK premiere of a new compelling family drama by Florian Zeller, the internationally acclaimed writer ...
Fathom Events to Show DOCTOR WHO Season Premiere Event in Theaters Nationwide
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 27, 2018
BBC Studios Americas in partnership with Fathom Events, is bringing the Thirteenth Doctor to theaters nationwide on October 10 and 11, and screening the feature-length premiere of The Woman Who Fell to Earth, the first episode of the all-new series of BBC AMERICA's Doctor Who. The two-night theatr...
VIDEO: The Cast of COMPANY Sings With the Orchestra
by Stephi Wild - September 20, 2018
Marianne Elliott's highly anticipated new production of George Furth and Stephen Sondheim's Company opens at the Gielgud Theatre 26 September 2018. Get a first look at the cast singing with the orchestra in the video below!...
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