British actress Billie Piper (Doctor Who,Secret Diary of a Call Girl) has just signed on to star in the highly anticipated SHOWTIME drama series PENNY DREADFUL, which will begin filming this fall for a 2014 premiere on the network.
A new poster has been unveiled to commemorate DOCTOR WHO'S 50th anniversary special, to be called ”The Day of the Doctor”. Get a first look below!
BBC announced this weekend that it had renewed Doctor Who for another outing, following the first part of the seventh season finale on Saturday night. The network had hinted at a pick-up earlier this year, but had yet to confirm the news.
Harold Pinter's macabre tragicomedy returns to London's West End in this new production directed by Jamie Lloyd (Donmar's Passion, Broadway's Cyrano de Bergerac, National Theatre's She Stoops to Conquer, Royal Court's The Pride). It follows the critically acclaimed and sold out Macbeth, starring James McAvoy, in a thrilling season of work for Trafalgar Transformed. Starring Simon Russell Beale (Privates on Parade, National Theatre's Timon of Athens and Collaborators) and John Simm (Elling, Sheffield Theatres' Hamlet and Betrayal), The Hothouse opened tonight, May 9, 2013, and BroadwayWorld has photos from the festivities below!
Actress Lily James (Downton Abbey) has been cast as Cinderella in Disney's upcoming live-action interpretation of the beloved classic tale. The film is being directed by Sir Kenneth Branagh and stars Cate Blanchett as the iconic evil stepmother.
It's time for the 2013 Olivier Awards - we'll be updating live with all the winners in all the categories!
Two of musical theatre's biggest worldwide stars Matthew Morrison and Idina Menzel will be giving special solo performances at the 2013 Oliviers, while Michael Xavier will be co-presenting from the BBC Radio 2 Stage in the Covent Garden Piazza.
Ahead of tonight's premiere, Doctor Who revealed some of the all-star cast that will mark the 50th anniversary. David Tennant and Billie Piper will join current Doctor and companion, Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman, while John Hurt (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Alien, Harry Potter) will also co-star.
The National Theatre's production of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time leads the list with eight nominations, followed by the toe-tapping new musical Top Hat receiving seven, and the West End transfer of Chichester Festival Theatre's revival of Sweeney Todd in close competition with six. Other stand-out nominations include The Audience and Kiss Me, Kate receiving five each, and Constellations, The Bodyguard and Twelfth Night with four.
DOCTOR WHO's Billie Piper will make her debut at The National Theatre in London opposite Jonjo O'Neill in Lucy Prebble's The Effect, set to begin performances tonight, Nov. 6. Headlong Theatre company's Rupert Goold will direct the co-production with the National.
According to the Daily Mail, DOCTOR WHO's Billie Piper will make her debut at the National Theatre in London opposite Jonjo O'Neill in Lucy Prebble's The Effect, set to begin performances Nov. 6. Headlong theatre company's Rupert Goold will direct the co-production with the National.
Michael Attenborough directs the UK premiere of Neil LaBute's Reasons To Be Pretty, running at the Almeida Theatre from 10 November 2011 - 14 January 2012 with press night on 17 November. Designs are by Soutra Gilmour with lighting by Mark Henderson and sound by Fergus O'Hare. The cast comprises Kieran Bew, Siân Brooke, Tom Burke and Billie Piper.
Michael Attenborough directs the UK premiere of Neil LaBute's Reasons To Be Pretty. Reasons To Be Pretty will run at the Almeida Theatre from 10 November 2011 - 14 January 2012 with press night on 17 November. Designs are by Soutra Gilmour with lighting by Mark Henderson and sound by Fergus O'Hare. The cast comprises Kieran Bew, Siân Brooke, Tom Burke and Billie Piper.
Michael Attenborough will direct the UK premiere of Neil LaBute's Reasons To Be Pretty. Reasons To Be Pretty will run at the Almeida Theatre from 10 November 2011 - 14 January 2012 with press night on 17 November.
According to a report by Baz Bamigboye for UK Daily Mail, David Jason is in talks to join Angela Lansbury, Rupert Everett and Billie Piper in the upcoming West End run of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion.
SHOWTIME has announced the fourth and final season pick up of its hit comedy series SECRET DIARY OF CALL GIRL. British sensation Billie Piper will reprise her critically-acclaimed role as the title character, with production beginning in London this August. Season four, which will be comprised of eight, half-hour episodes, will follow Belle (PIPER), an internationally successful author, torn between her career and her feelings for her best friend Ben (IDDO GOLDBERG). Additionally, season four will feature a storyline where the high-end London call girl visits New York City.
Yesterday, June 8, the 2010 Glamour Women of The Year Awards were held in London, England. BroadwayWorld brings you coverage from the red carpet below.
The 2010 Glamour Women of The Year Awards were held June 8, 2010 in London, England.
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