Rafe Spall News

According to Deadline, Carla Gugino has officially signed on to replace five-time Emmy Award nominee Christina Hendricks in Showtime's pilot ROADIES.

A new feature film starring two of Ireland's leading actresses will have its world premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh on Saturday 11th July – with actors and director in attendance. 

BAFTA Award-winning writer, comedian and actor Stephen Merchant will make his West End debut in a new production of Richard Bean's comic two hander The Mentalists. Steffan Rhodri will join Merchant in a return to the West End when the production, Directed by Abbey Wright, runs for a strictly limited season at the Wyndham's Theatre from tonight 3 July to 26 September. Tickets go on sale on Friday 27 February.

Rehearsal images have been released of BAFTA and Golden Globe Award-winning writer, comedian and actor Stephen Merchant (The Office, Extras, Hello Ladies) and critically acclaimed actor Steffan Rhodri (Gavin & Stacey, Harry Potter, Posh) as they prepare to open wickedly funny comedy The Mentalists, which runs for a strictly limited season at the Wyndham's Theatre from Friday 3 July to 26 September.

The Daily Mail reports that CONSTELLATIONS playwright Nick Payne has been tapped to adapt David Nicholls' novel US into a four-hour BBC miniseries.

The Daily Mail writes that West End and Broadway vet Rafe Spall is in final talks to join his father, Timothy Spall, in Harold Pinter's THE CARETAKER, directed by Matthew Warchus at the Old Vic next year.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? This weekend's big news: Today is the annual SONNET SLAM, a starry reading of HURLYBURLY is set for Sunday, and Anne Hathaway stars in GROUNDED, opening at the Public this weekend!

BAFTA Award-winning writer, comedian and actor Stephen Merchant will make his West End debut in a new production of Richard Bean's comic two hander The Mentalists. Steffan Rhodri will join Merchant in a return to the West End when the production, Directed by Abbey Wright, runs for a strictly limited season at the Wyndham's Theatre from Friday 3 July to 26 September. Tickets go on sale on Friday 27 February.

HISTORY's(R) scripted miniseries SONS OF LIBERTY (#SonsOfLiberty) concluded last night, Tuesday, January 27, with 3.3 million Total Viewers, 1.3 million Adults 25-54 and 1.1 million Adults 18-49 at 9:00 pm making it the #1 show of the night on cable among total viewers.

3.3 million total viewers enlisted for part one of HISTORY's(R) scripted miniseries SONS OF LIBERTY (#SonsOfLiberty) last night. The first of three parts follows a defiant and radical group of young men, including Sam Adams, John Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock and Dr. Joseph Warren, as they band together in secrecy to change the course of history and make America a nation. SONS OF LIBERTY also delivered 1.4 million Adults 25-54 and 1.2 million Adults 18-49 at 9:00pm on Sunday, January 25, according to Fast Cable Nielsen Ratings.

HISTORY premieres its newest scripted miniseries, SONS OF LIBERTY tonight, January 25, 26 and 27 at 9 p.m. The three-night, six-hour event follows a defiant and radical group of young men - Sam Adams, John Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock and Dr. Joseph Warren - as they band together in secrecy to change the course of history and make America a nation.

Let's see what the critics had to say...

Ambassador Theatre Group's Sir Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire OBE have topped the The Stage 100 for a record-breaking sixth consecutive year. The exclusive list, compiled annually by the industry's leading newspaper, ranks the powerhouses of British theatre.

Five-time Emmy® Award nominee Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) will star in the new SHOWTIME pilot ROADIES, which follows the day-to-day life of a successful rock tour as seen through the eyes of music's unsung heroes

Actors Luke Wilson (Old School, The Royal Tenenbaums) and Imogen Poots (The Look of Love) are set to star in the new SHOWTIME one-hour comedy pilot ROADIES

The British Independent Film Awards took place this evening, and we have the full list of winners below!

The fifth Off the Page microplay is now available to watch on theguardian.com. DEVIL IN THE DETAIL is a dressing-room drama about the politics of fashion starring Pippa Bennett-Warner (Witness at the Royal Court), Lucy Ellinson (Grounded at the Gate Theatre) and Vanessa Kirby (A Streetcar Named Desire at the Young Vic). This microplay was written by Chloe Moss (The Gatekeeper, This Wide Night) and directed by Christopher Haydon (Grounded, Gate Theatre), after a conversation with Hadley Freeman.

The fifth Off the Page microplay is now available to watch on ?theguardian.com. DEVIL IN THE DETAIL is a dressing-room drama about the politics of fashion starring Pippa Bennett-Warner (Witness at the Royal Court), Lucy Ellinson (Grounded at the Gate Theatre) and Vanessa Kirby (A Streetcar Named Desire at the Young Vic). This microplay was written by Chloe Moss (The Gatekeeper, This Wide Night) and directed by Christopher Haydon (Grounded, Gate Theatre), after a conversation with Hadley Freeman.

A seasoned group of Broadway helmers are bringing magic, drama, history, romance and more to the Great White Way this season. Below, BroadwayWorld rounded up this fall's directors for an in-depth look at their careers.

The worlds of theatre and journalism collide in Off the Page, a unique new collaboration. Guardian journalists are partnering with Royal Court playwrights, theatre directors and a stellar company of actors to create a series of six 'micro-plays', each around five minutes long, to be showcased on theguardian.com.