Anna Friel News

Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy HARVEY directed by Lindsay Posner, will open at Birmingham Repertory Theatre on 6 February, running until 21 February. First produced on Broadway in 1944 where it ran for four years, this new production stars James Dreyfus as Elwood P. Dowd and Maureen Lipman as his sister, Veta.

NBC has announced premiere dates for its burgeoning midseason schedule — dramas “The Blacklist,” “Allegiance, “Night Shift,” “A.D.” and “Odyssey,” event series “The Slap,” and comedies “One Big Happy” and “Undateable.”

The Daily Mail reports that Rachel Redford has joined the cast of Donmar Warehouse's upcoming production of Patrick Marber's CLOSER as 'Alice'. David Leveaux directs the play, which begins performances February 12, 2015.

Notable co-stars from cult TV series PUSHING DAISIES, Lee Pace and Anna Friel, posed for pictures backstage at THE CRUCIBLE in London's West End this weekend, while visiting star Richard Armitage.

FELICITY Kendal stars in Noel Coward's Hay Fever, at The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, next month (September). This new production of the hilarious tale of bad manners also stars Simon Shepherd.

According to the Daily Mail, Nancy Carroll, Rufus Sewell and Oliver Chris will star in Donmar Warehouse's upcoming production of CLOSER, helmed by David Leveaux. Performances will begin in February 2015.

Internationally renowned stage and screen superstars Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart feature prominently in an extensive new theatre documentary centered on two productions recently staged at famed UK venue Theatre Royal Haymarket via THEATRELAND, set for DVD release today.

Coming off a season in which the network catapulted to No. 1 in the 18-49 demo and saw double-digit improvement in many prominent timeslots, NBC has announced a line-up of popular returning series, inventive new comedies, compelling new dramas and season seven of the Emmy Award-winning musical competition series 'The Voice.'

Featuring theatre and film heavyweights-and real-life friends-Sir Patrick Stewart (Star Trek: The Next Generation, X-Men) and Sir Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings, X-Men) and offering a compelling look behind the scenes of a West End production of Beckett's influential Waiting for Godot, Theatreland debuts on DVD on May 13, 2014 from Athena, an RLJ Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand. Filmed on location at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, a historic London playhouse that dates back to 1720, the program features rare, candid behind-the-scenes footage that follows two productions,Waiting for Godot and Breakfast at Tiffany's, from rehearsals to opening night. Broadcast on public television in October 2010, the documentary is ever more relevant with Stewart and McKellen's recent Broadway performances in Waiting for Godot andNo Man's Land. The DVD 2-Disc set includes eight episodes, plus a 12-page viewer's guide (201 min., $39.99,AcornOnline.com).

ODYSSEY follows three families entangled in a military conspiracy by way of a female solider (Friel), a corporate attorney (Facinelli) and a political activist (Robinson). Adam Armus and Kay Foster (The Following) are set to write the script and produce with Horton, who will direct the pilot.

According to Deadline, TWILIGHT and NURSE JACKIE star Peter Facinelli has signed on to join PUSHING DAISIES' Anna Friel in NBC' upcoming drama pilot ODYSSEY, from writer/producer Peter Horton. Jake Robinson (The Carrie Diaries) also co-stars.

Ken McReddie Associates Ltd, one of UK's leading talent agencies, has re-launched with a new name, The Artists Partnership, reflecting the way that the company has grown and its progressive strategy for representing its clients in the UK and internationally.

The Hollywood Reporter writes that Pushing Daisies star Anna Friel has signed on for NBC's drama pilot ODYSSEY, from writer/producer Peter Horton. She will be joined by Jake Robinson (The Carrie Diaries) in the cast.

National Geographic Channel (@NatGeoChannel) today announced that Emmy-award winning actor Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) has been cast in the iconic role of President John F. Kennedy in the upcoming two-hour original factual drama KILLING KENNEDY

In an extensive new interview, Hannibal and PUSHING DAISIES creator Bryan Fuller discusses his desire to re-team with two of his most well-known past collaborators, Broadway/Hollywood crossover stars Kristin Chenoweth and Lee Pace.

Chris Larkin joins David Bark-Jones, Maureen Beattie, Simon Bubb, Danielle Flett, Geoffrey Freshwater, Neil Pearson, Thomasin Rand and Sasha Waddell in the UK tour of Michael Frayn's multi- award-winning backstage comedy Noises Off, directed by Lindsay Posner. Following its acclaimed run at The Old Vic and then at the Novello Theatre in the West End, Noises Off will tour theatres across the UK and Ireland from tonight, 27 March 2013. New dates have also been confirmed, which include Birmingham New Alexandra Theatre, Cardiff's Wales Millennium Centre, Glasgow King's Theatre and the Wycombe Swan.

As the world watched the news of the historic appointment of a new Pope, SHOWTIME's THE VATICAN continues to select the members of its 'conclave' as acclaimed actor Bruno Ganz (Downfall) joins the drama pilot as Pope Sixtus VI.

In an interview yesterday with Hitfix.com, 'Veronica Mars' creator Rob Thomas spoke about the record-breaking Kickstarter campaign he began this week in an effort to bring the popular TV series to the big screen. Can Bryan Fuller's PUSHING DAYS be next in line?

Golden Globe-nominated actress Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies) has been cast as Kayla Duffy, the younger sister of Cardinal Thomas Duffy in THE VATICAN, a provocative contemporary genre thriller about spirituality, power and politics - set against the modern-day political machinations within the Catholic church.