DOUG RAO is currently working on The Lower Depths at the Arcola. Doug will play Vaska in the production directed by Helena Kaut-Howson which forms part of the Arcola's Revolution season and runs from 11 January to 11 February.
Gina Isaac in Made in India on tour
GINA ISAAC is now in rehearsals for Made in India, a co-production between Tamasha, Coventry's Belgrade Theatre and Pilot Theatre which will tour from 24 January. Written by Satinder Chohan and directed by Katie Posner, the play will run at Soho Theatre from 8 to 25 March.
Pepter Lunkuse in King Lear on BBC Four
PEPTER LUNKUSE can be seen on Christmas Day playing Cordelia in the filmed version of King Lear originally staged at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre. The production airs at 7pm on BBC Four and stars Don Warrington.
Jessica Baglow in Educating Rita at Octagon Theatre, Bolton
JESSICA BAGLOW is in rehearsals for Educating Rita at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton. The show is directed by the Octagon's Artistic Director Elizabeth Newman and will run from 19 January to 11 February before a run at Derby Theatre.
Amie Burns Walker in The Great Gatsby at VAULT Festival
AMIE BURNS WALKER will play Daisy Buchanan in an immersive production of The Great Gatsby as part of VAULT Festival at The Vaults in Waterloo. The show will run from 25 January to 5 March and is produced by The Guild of Misrule and The Immersive Ensemble.
James Rigby in The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus at Finborough Theatre
JAMES RIGBY is now in rehearsals for The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus which will run at the Finborough Theatre from 3 to 28 January. The play by Tony Harrison, which rediscovers the Greek satyr play, was originally written for a one off performance in the ancient stadium of Delphi in 1988 and then ran at the National Theatre in 1990. This will be its first production in London for nearly 30 years.
Ross O'Hennessy shooting Accident Man
ROSS O'HENNESSY is currently shooting action film Accident Man in and around London, playing the role of Cutthroat Cliff. The film stars Scott Adkins (who is also writer and producer) and is being directed by Jesse V Johnson.
Maxwell Hutcheon in The Girls in the West End
MAXWELL HUTCHEON has joined the cast of The Girls, Gary Barlow's musical adaptation of The Calender Girls. The show will arrive at the Phoenix Theatre in the West End on 28 January.
Lorna Anderson in Snow White at Gaiety Theatre, Ayr
LORNA ANDERSON will be spending the Christmas period in her native Ayrshire, playing Snow White at Ayr's Gaiety Theatre. The show will run from 28 November to 3 January.
Andreea Paduraru in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Look out for ANDREEA PADURARU who plays a key Aura in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the new feature film from JK Rowling's world. The story concerns the adventures of writer Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) in New York's secret community of witches and wizards.
Sean Kearns in Pinocchio at the MAC Belfast
SEAN KEARNS is now in rehearsals for Pinocchio at the MAC Belfast. The show is produced by theatre company Cahoots NI and will run from 29 November to 1 January.
Jessica Baglow shooting Apostasy
JESSICA BAGLOW is now working on Apostasy, a feature film backed by the BBC and the BFI which is shooting near Manchester. The movie is set in a Jehovah's Witness community and is being directed by Dan Kokotajlo.
Gregory Gudgeon shooting Genius
GREGORY GUDGEON is currently playing Professor Minkowski in a 10 part Fox 21 series about Albert Einstein called Genius. The series shoots in Prague with Ron Howard as one of the executives and lead director. Gregory's character will appear in episodes two and five.
Simon Carroll-Jones in Phone Home at Shoreditch Town Hall
SIMON CARROLL-JONES can be seen in Phone Home at Shoreditch Town Hall until 30 October. The show is based on the true stories of refugees and is the result of a collaboration between theatre companies based in London, Munich and Athens. One play will be performed in all three cities, interlinked by video-conferencing and broadcast live online.
Ross O'Hennessy shooting Knights of the Damned
ROSS O'HENNESSY has almost finished shooting feature film Knights of the Damned in South Wales. He can also be seen playing the regular part of Locke in The Bastard Executioner which is showing on the History Channel on Tuesday evenings.
Lucinda Turner and Caolan Byrne shooting Will
New client and recent LAMDA graduate LUCINDA TURNER has landed her first TV job playing Margaret Baxter in the Turner Network TV series Will. Following a successful pilot, nine episodes about William Shakespeare's life in his early 20s are being filmed at Dragon Studios in South Wales.
CAOLAN BYRNE has also been cast in the series. Both clients will be directed by Shekhar Kapur who is directing the first block in a break from working on feature films.
Nicholas Gerard-Martin in Amadeus at National Theatre
NICHOLAS GERARD-MARTIN is now in rehearsals for Amadeus at the National Theatre. The show is directed by Michael Longhurst and will play in the National's Olivier Theatre from 19 October.
Joanna Kirkland in Adding Machine at Finborough Theatre
JOANNA KIRKLAND will soon be appearing in Adding Machine: A Musical. The UK premiere of the award winning musical, which is an adaptation of the 1923 Elmer Rice play, will be directed by Josh Seymour and runs from 28 September to 22 October at the Finborough Theatre.
Sean Kingsley in The Grinning Man at Bristol Old Vic
SEAN KINGSLEY is now in rehearsals for The Grinning Man at Bristol Old Vic. The new musical is based on The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo and will run from 13 October to 13 November in a production directed by Tom Morris.
Kirsty Oswald in Frantic Assembly's Things I Know To Be True on tour
KIRSTY OSWALD is now in rehearsals for Frantic Assembly and the State Theatre Company of Australia's production of Things I Know To Be True. The show will run at the Lyric Hammersmith from 10 September to 1 October and then tour the UK until 26 November.