Hugh Bonneville News

Paul Roseby, Artistic Director of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (NYT) today announced that the company's 2013 season would see the creation of a new Rep Company for 15 young actors, who will perform in all three shows in rep at London's Ambassadors Theatre. Check out the photos below!

Paul Roseby, Artistic Director of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (NYT) today announced that the company's 2013 season would see the creation of a new Rep Company for 15 young actors, who will perform in all three shows in rep at London's Ambassadors Theatre.

One of the most talked about shows on television has an official premiere date: DOWNTON ABBEY Season 4 will begin on MASTERPIECE on PBS on Sunday, January 5, 2014.

The brand new 20th anniversary production of Jonathan Harvey's classic play, Beautiful Thing, which opened to rave reviews and huge critical and public acclaim, will finish at the Arts Theatre on 25 May before a short UK tour visiting Liverpool, Leeds and Brighton. Directed by Nikolai Foster, and designed by Colin Richmond, the production stars Suranne Jones as 'Sandra', Zaraah Abrahams as 'Leah', Oliver Farnworth as 'Tony and introducing Jake Davies as 'Jamie' and Danny-Boy Hatchard, making his professional debut as 'Ste'.

The 2013 Olivier Awards 2013 took place on April 28, hosted by Sheridan Smith and Hugh Bonneville, at the Royal Opera House. For a full list of this year's winners, click here, and below, watch Michael Ball perform 'Love Changes Everything' with the Arts Ed choir at the awards show!

The Olivier Awards 2013 took place tonight, hosted by Sheridan Smith and Hugh Bonneville, at the Royal Opera House.

UK editor in chief Carrie Dunn follows the Oliviers Party in the Piazza, red carpet and the ceremony, and gives her opinions on the runners and riders...

Nominees for the Olivier Awards 2013 pose on stage at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket for a celebratory group photo.

The nominations have been announced for the Arqiva British Academy Television Awards, which will take place on Sunday 12 May at London's Royal Festival Hall, hosted by Graham Norton.

KPS Productions and HP Productions in association with Pleasance and Theatre503, with the support of the Jersey Arts Trust, present the World Premiere of PLAYING WITH GROWNUPS by Hannah Patterson, directed by Hannah Eidinow, at Theatre503 in London, 14 May - 8 June 2013.

Click below to watch a medley featuring 'I Dreamed a Dream', 'Bring Him Home' and 'One Day More' from LES MISERABLES, performed at the Laurence Olivier Awards in December 1985!

Dancer, choreographer and director Gillian Lynne will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at this month's Oliviers. In recognition of her work, we've got access to archive clips that show her in action throughout her career.

Casts of Cabaret, A Chorus Line, Top Hat and The Bodyguard also to feature!

On the heels of its ratings success with original series Song by Song, Ovation, the only network dedicated to the arts, will launch an Easter weekend event with the premiere of its four-hour miniseries BEN HUR, tonight, March 31 at 8:00 pm ET.

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.

Acclaimed director-choreographer Gillian Lynne CBE and multi-Olivier Award winning playwright and novelist Michael Frayn will both receive Special Awards at this year's Olivier Awards 2013 with MasterCard in celebration of their outstanding contribution to theatre and the Arts.

The nominations for the Olivier Awards 2013 with MasterCard - the most prestigious event in the UK's theatrical calendar - will be announced by Olivier Award winners Ruth Wilson and Elaine Paige on Tuesday 26 March at 11.30am live on the BBC Radio 2 Ken Bruce show.

On the heels of its ratings success with original series Song by Song, Ovation, the only network dedicated to the arts, will launch an Easter weekend event with the premiere of its four-hour miniseries BEN HUR, Sunday, March 31 at8:00 pm ET.

As reported by the Daily Mail, 'Downton Abbey' star Hugh Bonneville is set to co-host this year's Olivier Awards with Sheridan Smith at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden on April 28, 2013. Nominations will be revealed March 26.

Columbia Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox announced today that THE MONUMENTS MEN, a Smokehouse production directed by and starring George Clooney, has started production in Berlin, Germany.