Ben Whishaw News

Esplanade Theatres on the Bay presents a special movie-screening of JULIUS CEASAR on Sept. 29 at 8 p.m.

The Morris Museum will launch its new partnership with National Theatre Live on Sunday, September 23, 2018 at 2:00PM in the Bickford Theatre. This new opportunity to experience theatre at the Bickford, provides the best seat in the house for live performances and encore screenings transmitted by satellite from stages in the UK.  Attendees will experience some of the foremost talents in these world-class productions.

The Majestic Theater in Gettysburg, PA is proud to announce the 3rd annual National Theatre Live Festival! National Theatre Live is a groundbreaking project to broadcast the best of British theatre live from the London stage to cinemas around the world. The Majestic is the only theater in America to feature a festival with these 6 PLAYS in 3 DAYS! Back by popular demand you can purchase a full Festival pass for $125 to see all 6 shows in the 3 days, or you can purchase individual show tickets: Adults $25, Students $12.

Tickets are now on sale for Michael Grandage Company's critically acclaimed production of John Logan's Red, starring Alfred Molina and Alfred Enoch. The show will be presented by Trafalgar Releasing in selected cinemas across North America and the UK on Wednesday, November 7, 2018.

Full casting is announced for Foxfinder's West End premiere which begins performances at the Ambassadors Theatre on 6 September and will play a strictly limited season until 5 January. Olivier nominee Bryony Hannah (Call the Midwife) and Paul Nicholls (Law & Order, The C-Word, EastEnders) will join the previously announced Heida Reed (Poldark) and Olivier winner Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones' Ramsay Bolton, Misfits) in Dawn King's unsettling and darkly comic drama.

Daniel Schumann, Lee Dean and Cambridge Arts Theatre in association with Birmingham Repertory Theatre today announce John Stahl (Big Ger Cafferty) and Cathy Tyson (Siobhan Clarke) will join Charles Lawson (John Rebus) in Rebus: Long Shadows, a brand new Rebus story written exclusively for the stage by author of the original novels, Ian Rankin and playwright Rona Munro. Further casting to be announced shortly.

It was announced today that Tony Award-winning director Michael Grandage will helm a film adaptation of book Jack and Lem: The Untold Story of an Extraordinary Friendship by David Pitts, the film will explore the incredible thirty-year friendship between John F. Kennedy and Kirk Lemoyne Billings (aka 'Lem'). Screenwriter David Scearce (A Single Man) will adapt the book for the screen.

It was announced today that the critically acclaimed production of John Logan's Red with Alfred Molina and Alfred Enoch in selected cinemas across the UK and North America on November 7 2018. Tickets will go on sale from August 15.

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Artistic Director of MGC, Michael Grandage today announces the third annual MGCfutures Bursary Programme is now open for applications; and in addition, a special gala performance of The Lieutenant of Inishmore.

Starring Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw, the highly acclaimed BBC series A Very English Scandal has announced its much-anticipated wide release to US audiences later this month, where it will be available for streaming on AMAZON on June 29. Based on the book of the same name by John Preston, A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL: Sex, Lies and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment, now available in a special movie tie-in edition (Other Press), tells the incredible behind-the-scenes story behind one of the twentieth century's greatest political scandals, the Jeremy Thorpe affair, when the rising British political star stood trial for the attempted murder of his male lover. Based on extensive interviews with key figures in play at the time of the scandal, this is a gripping and colorful tale of hypocrisy, deceit, and betrayal at the heart of a leading government's establishment.

June brings four Prime Original series and one Prime Original movie exclusively available for Prime members to stream or download at no additional cost to their membership.

Based on the original Donmar Warehouse production, this new production of Red by John Logan is the first ever UK revival since Grandage originated the premiere at the Donmar in 2009. The production went on to win six Tony Awards including Best Play.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Hugh Grant is returning to the small screen for his first major TV role in 20 years. 

Emily Blunt talks about taking on the role of Mary Poppins and bringing her kids with her while filming in London.

The Bioscope presents screenings of the world's best recorded live theatre, opera and ballet productions to be enjoyed from the comfort of a Fugard Theatre seat and on the Fugard's full size high definition cinema screen with a 7.1 dolby digital surround sound system.

Emily Blunt appeared on last night's Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where she discussed the enjoyment of playing Mary Poppins, and the strange feeling she gets when thinking about the character. Check out the clip below!

The Peterborough Players will present an encore screening of the National Theatre's production of Julius Caesar on Sunday, April 8 at 1:00pm.

The Royal Albert Hall's screening of the 2015 film Suffragette was followed by a Q&A with members of the film's creative team and women's rights activists as part of their 'Women and the Hall' programme. In association with Birds Eye View Film, the screening and Q&A highlighted the importance of films about women made by women and the connection between the Hall and the Suffragettes.

On 22 March, the Bridge Theatre's production of Julius Caesar - directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring Ben Whishaw, David Morrissey, David Calder and Michelle Fairley - will be broadcast via NT Live. Bunny Christie and Tony Grech-Smith discuss, respectively, designing the show and translating it to screen.