Rob Brydon News

According to the Daily Mail, FUTURE CONDITIONAL by Tamsin Oglesby -- Matthew Warchus' first production as the Old Vic's new artistic director -- has found its 23 up-and-coming, young performers. Rob Brydon will lead the company beginning September 1, 2015.

The show's ten-episode season begins SUNDAY, JUNE 21 (10:30-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.

Two rising stars of comedy bring their best material to open Carriageworks Theatre's summer of comedy tonight 9 May. Carly and Tom will be the first of five comedy nights in Carriageworks' intimate upstairs studio including two Edinburgh preview shows in July.

Derek Jacobi will play Mercutio opposite Lily James as Juliet and Richard Madden as Romeo in the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company production of Romeo and Juliet at the Garrick Theatre. The production will run from 12 May 2016 until 13 August 2016.

Today, Showtime Networks Inc. and IFC Films announced a new exclusive theatrical output agreement that extends the companies' existing deal to cover films theatrically distributed by IFC Films through 2021.

The Associated Press has confirmed earlier rumors that the Broadway-bound GROUNDHOG DAY musical will debut at the Old Vic Theatre as part of Matthew Warchus' first season at the helm.

Stage and screen vet and director of Disney's smash-hit, live-action CINDERELLA film, Kenneth Branagh has confirmed his new theatre company's inaugural season at the West End's Garrick Theatre.

Two rising stars of comedy bring their best material to open Carriageworks Theatre's summer of comedy 9 May. Carly and Tom will be the first of five comedy nights in Carriageworks' intimate upstairs studio including two Edinburgh preview shows in July.

BBC AMERICA today announced it has acquired the Rose d'Or-winning and BAFTA-nominated comedy quiz show QI (Quite Interesting) hosted by Stephen Fry (Gosford Park, Bones) who can also be seen hosting The EE British Academy Film Awards on the channel this February.

Executive produced by Jerry Weintraub, Roberto Benabib and Jay Roach, and created by Roberto Benabib and Kim Benabib, the epic dark comedy series THE BRINK focuses on a geopolitical crisis and its effect on three disparate, desperate men. The show's ten-episode season begins this summer, exclusively on HBO.

Tom Chaplin, lead singer of Keane, sings 'Can You Feel The Love Tonight' from The Lion King as part of 'Sir Tim Rice: A Life In Song', broadcast on Christmas Day.

Julian Ovenden was one of the stars performing in the special 'Sir Tim Rice: A Life In Song' concert, broadcast on the BBC this Christmas.

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The 2014 Evening Standard Theatre Award winners were announced this evening, November 30, at the London Palladium in a ceremony presented by Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon.

The shortlist for the annual Evening Standard Theatre Awards has been announced, and it includes such theatrical heavyweights as Tom Hiddleston, Kristin Scott Thomas, Helen McCrory, Gillian Anderson and many more!

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles(R) (BAFTA Los Angeles), announced that award winning actor, Rob Brydon will be hosting the 2014 BAFTA Los Angeles Jaguar Britannia Awards presented by BBC America, for the second year in a row.

Content Media announced today that it has acquired international sales rights to the romantic comedy “Comet,” starring Golden Globe nominee Emmy Rossum

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is set as an honoree at the 2014 BAFTA Los Angeles JaguarBritannia Awards along with Robert Downey Jr, Mark Ruffalo, Emma Watson, Mike Leigh and Judi Dench, Deadline reports.

Today we are talking to a multi-award-winning stage and screen musical master all about the forthcoming Fathom presentation of his new musical FROM HERE TO ETERNITY premiering in movie theaters nationwide early next month, the sharp and affable Sir Tim Rice. Outlining his impetus for pursuing a musical adaptation of the acclaimed novel upon which the multi-Academy Award-winning film is based, Rice reveals what drew him to the project as well as what viewers can expect from the dense, complex and majestic score created along with composer Stuart Brayson for the enterprise. Additionally, Rice sheds some light on the specifics of crafting the show, with a special emphasis on the controversial elements contained within the material. Plus, Rice shares specific examples of how some of the biggest showstoppers in the rich and varied score were crafted, as well as his impressions of the impeccable cast featured in the stage version, and, now, the Fathom film - and preliminary prospective plans for an American production, too. Furthermore, Rice reflects on his work with recently deceased entertainment icons Robin Williams, on ALADDIN; Lauren Bacall, on THE FAN; and Richard Attenborough on the JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT film. Also, Rice shares new details on the forthcoming 30th anniversary 3-disc special edition of CHESS set to be released next month. All of that and much, much more awaits!