Jim Broadbent News

Following the success of the recent Hometown season, Royal & Derngate presents The Talented Mr Ripley as its next Made in Northampton production, which launches the Autumn season. Featuring film and TV star Michelle Ryan, this gripping psychological thriller takes to the Royal stage from Friday 17 September until Saturday 9 October.

Stage West presents Alfred Hitchcock's THE 39 STEPS, adapted by Patrick Barlow.

Tickets for the upcoming Broadway production of George Bernard Shaw's play Mrs. Warren's Profession go on sale to the general public on July 30. The production, to be produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company, will star Tony® Award winner Cherry Jones as Kitty Warren and Golden Globe winner Sally Hawkins making her Broadway debut as Vivie Warren and will be directed by Tony® Award winner Doug Hughes at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd St). The cast will also feature Adam Driver as Frank Gardner, Mark Harelik as Sir George Crofts, Edward Hibbert as Mr. Praed and Michael Siberry as Reverend Samuel Gardner.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the full company of the new Broadway production of George Bernard Shaw's play Mrs. Warren's Profession, starring Tony Award winner Cherry Jones as 'Kitty Warren' & Golden Globe winner Sally Hawkins making her Broadway debut as 'Vivie Warren', directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd St).

Confirming speculation previously reported by BroadwayWorld, the Old Vic today announced three new productions today, marking the seventh season of work under Kevin Spacey's tenure as Artistic Director. This new season continues The Old Vic's tradition as a great actors' theatre, championing both established and young talent under the guidance of some of the greatest theatre directors in Britain.

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Meryl Streep may reunite with 'Mamma Mia!' director Phyllida Lloyd (MAMMA MIA!, MARY STUART) for 'Thatcher,' a biopic of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. According to the report, Jim Broadbent is being courted for the role of Denis Thatcher. 'Thatcher' is set to cover the seventeen days leading into the Falklands War of 1982.

The UK Independent is reporting Kim Cattrall and Matthew Macfayden will team up with Gillian Anderson to star in the UK's Channel 4 four-part mini-series Any Human Heart. The series is an adaptation of William Boyd's best-selling novel and will premiere later this year.

Four of Portland's finest stage performers are storming the PCS Main Stage in the show that the New York Times called an 'absurdly enjoyable, gleefully theatrical riff' on Alfred Hitchcock's classic film The 39 Steps .

Nick Ward made a crucial impact on the London fringe in the late eighties. He won the George Devine Award for Apart From George and worked extensively at the National Theatre Studio alongside Peter Gill.

Casting has been announced for the 24 HOUR PLAYS CELEBRITY GALA at London's Old Vic theatre. The evening, hosted by Graham Norton, will feature the talents of Jane Asher, Lorraine Burroughs, Eliot Cowan, Kerry Fox, William Houston, Haydn Gwynne, John Light, Nigel Lindsay, Art Malik, Sharon Maughan, Anna Maxwell-Martin, Kieran O'Brien, Andrew Scott, Ashley Walters and Ruth Wilson.

Casting has been announced for the 24 HOUR PLAYS CELEBRITY GALA at London's Old Vic theatre. The evening, hosted by Graham Norton, will feature the talents of Jane Asher, Lorraine Burroughs, Eliot Cowan, Kerry Fox, William Houston, Haydn Gwynne, John Light, Nigel Lindsay, Art Malik, Sharon Maughan, Anna Maxwell-Martin, Kieran O'Brien, Andrew Scott, Ashley Walters and Ruth Wilson.

La Jolla Playhouse is pleased to present The 39 Steps, directed by Maria Aitken and adapted for the stage by Patrick Barlow, based on an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon, based on the book by John Buchan. The production will run August 11 - September 13 in the Mandell Weiss Theatre (media night: Sunday August 16 at 7:00 pm). The 39 Steps will make its West Coast premiere at La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory Theatre before starting on a national tour.

Good Night Out Presents The Present: The first UK stage revival of Nick Ward's play. 'I'm very pleased to be part of such an exciting new venue- it's like being young all over again.' Nick Ward, 18th August - 5th September, 2009

Two-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton, Jim Broadbent and Philip Davis will star in director and award-winning playwright Mike Leigh's upcoming film, according to Variety.

Good Night Out Presents The Present: The first UK stage revival of Nick Ward's play. 'I'm very pleased to be part of such an exciting new venue- it's like being young all over again.' Nick Ward, 18th August - 5th September, 2009

La Jolla Playhouse is pleased to present The 39 Steps, directed by Maria Aitken and adapted for the stage by Patrick Barlow, based on an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon, based on the book by John Buchan. The production will run August 11 - September 13 in the Mandell Weiss Theatre (media night: Sunday August 16 at 7:00 pm). The 39 Steps will make its West Coast premiere at La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory Theatre before starting on a national tour.

Good Night Out Presents The Present: The first UK stage revival of Nick Ward's play. 'I'm very pleased to be part of such an exciting new venue- it's like being young all over again.' Nick Ward, 18th August - 5th September, 2009

La Jolla Playhouse is pleased to present The 39 Steps, directed by Maria Aitken and adapted for the stage by Patrick Barlow, based on an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon, based on the book by John Buchan. The production will run August 11 - September 13 in the Mandell Weiss Theatre (media night: Sunday August 16 at 7:00 pm). The 39 Steps will make its West Coast premiere at La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory Theatre before starting on a national tour.

The Old Vic today announced two new productions beginning in September with Trevor Nunn returning to direct Inherit the Wind, starring Kevin Spacey.

The Old Vic announced a new line up of productions for 2009 that will begin in January with the World Premiere of the new play, COMPLICIT by Joe Sutton and directed in-the-round by Kevin Spacey. Following the hugely successful The Norman Conquests, which runs through to late December 2008, the new program brings further diversity and originality to one of London's oldest theatres.