Joanna Lumley News

Following a hugely successful UK tour in 2018, La Voix is back on the road and coming to Darlington Hippodrome on Tuesday 18 June.

Park Theatre today announced their new July - December 2019 season. Featuring four World Premiere productions, two UK and London Premieres and a range of revivals from Broadway and the West End, the theatre also introduces a revised young person's membership scheme called Park Up.

In the first glimpse of Park Theatre's new season, the theatre can reveal initial star casting for their World Premiere murder mystery Whodunnit [Unrehearsed], in association with Avalon. Every night, a different guest performer will step onstage to join the rehearsed ensemble of a scripted murder mystery play, having attended no rehearsals, read no script, nor received any direction. Armed only with a hidden earpiece to receive instructions, they will endeavour to solve the crime in real time.

It is announced today that Mikah Smillie will step down as Artistic Director of National Youth Ballet this month after three years leading the Company. Mikah was appointed in 2016 following the passing of Founding Director Jill Tookey, and has programmed three highly successful seasons that have continued to build upon the legacy of empowering young people and emerging professional artists. Mikah has a longstanding association with National Youth Ballet spanning over 11 years, and under her artistic leadership the Company.

Han Zimmer, Jacob Shea and David Fleming's cinematic compositions come to life as Sydney Symphony Orchestra pairs with BBC Studio's magnificent marine life footage for BLUE PLANET II LIVE IN CONCERT, narrated live by Joanna Lumley.

The EE British Academy Film Awards took place on Sunday 10 February at the Royal Albert Hall, London. The ceremony was hosted by Joanna Lumley and broadcast exclusively on BBC One and BBC One HD.

BBC AMERICA will air The EE British Academy Film Awards in primetime on Sunday, February 10 at 9:00pm ET/PT. The ceremony will be hosted by Joanna Lumley and will be held in one of the world's most beautiful concert halls, the Royal Albert Hall in London.

BAFTA has announced the nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2019.

Joanna Lumley returns for the second year to host the ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall featuring a performance from Cirque du Soleil

Joanna Lumley visited Moat Brae in Dumfries to see the restoration work on the house where Peter Pan began and attend the launch of the Dreams for the Future Festival.

The school drama club founded by JM Barrie will help celebrate his legacy this weekend with an evening of drama and music in front of an audience including Joanna Lumley.

At The Old Vic, London's independent, not-for-profit theatre, we believe that theatre needs to be supported and shared by as many people as possible. Our work aims to be surprising, unpredictable, ground-breaking, rule-breaking, accessible and uplifting. Yet we recognise that if it cannot be seen in comfort by those with access needs or by women, there is a problem to solve.

The NT marks the 100th anniversary of the first women in the UK gaining the right to vote, with a series of rehearsed readings, talks and events, as well as a free exhibition in the Lyttelton Lounge. World-class directors Nadia Fall, Phyllida Lloyd, Jenny Sealey, Lyndsey Turner and Dawn Walton will bring to life five plays on themes of suffrage, courage and the fight for political equality in the UK and around the world.

The NT marks the 100th anniversary of the first women in the UK gaining the right to vote, with a series of rehearsed readings, talks and events, as well as a free exhibition in the Lyttelton Lounge. World-class directors Nadia Fall, Phyllida Lloyd, Jenny Sealey, Lyndsey Turner and Dawn Walton will bring to life five plays on themes of suffrage, courage and the fight for political equality in the UK and around the world.

For its 2018 season, the National Youth Ballet ("NYB") will present Bright Young Things, a mixed programme of ballets choreographed by some of the UKs most eminent professionals and rising talents, performed by a Company of young dancers aged 9-18 from across the UK.

Buckland Theatre Company is making its West End debut in July at Trafalgar Studios with William Gibson's 1950s comedy-drama, Two For The Seesaw. Charles Dorfman, a founder of the company who has done work across theatre and film, will star as Jerry. Elsie Bennett, who has worked across television, film, and theatre, will play Gittel.

Acorn DVD features two more collections of star-studded television adaptations from the Queen of Crime, THE BEST OF AGATHA CHRISTIE, Volumes 3 and 4, featuring favorites such as Ordeal by Innocence, Dead Man's Folly and A Caribbean Mysteryand casts led by Geraldine McEwan, David Suchet, and Julia McKenzie with co-stars Jane Seymour, Richard Armitage, Zoë Wanamaker, and Joanna Lumley. Read details below! 

An announcement from the West End production states that actress Naoko Mori will share the role of Lady Thiang with Ruthie Ann Miles in the West End transfer of Lincoln Center's revival of THE KING AND I.

At this year's Chita Rivera Awards, actress, dancer, and choreographer Carmen de Lavallade received the second annual Lifetime Achievement Award, iconic composer John Kander received the Outstanding Contribution to Musical Theater as a Composer and legendary theater director and producer Harold Prince was presented with the SDC Director Award for Exemplary Collaboration with Choreographers.

Nominations for the 2018 Chita Rivera Awards were announced today. In keeping with the mission of the Chita Rivera Awards, nominators considered shows and films that opened during the 2017-2018 theater season. View the full list below