JESSICA BAGLOW will be appearing in First Words - A Season of New Writing at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton from 23 June to 8 July, in which she will perform Blue written by Charlotte Josephine. Jessica is again working with the Octagon's Artistic Director Elizabeth Newman as well as director Ben Occhipinti.
Marcus Griffiths nominated for 2016 Ian Charleson Awards
We're thrilled that MARCUS GRIFFITHS has been nominated for the Ian Charleson Awards for his performance as Laertes in Hamlet at the RSC. The Awards, which are presented by the Sunday Times and National Theatre, reward the best classical performances by actors under the age of 30. The winners will be announced in a ceremony at the National Theatre on Monday 5 June.
Joanna Kirkland in Committee at the Donmar Warehouse
JOANNA KIRKLAND has begun rehearsals for Committee... (A New Musical) which will run at the Donmar Warehouse from 23 June to 12 August. The show will feature music by Tom Deering and lyrics edited by Hadley Fraser and Josie Rourke from the transcript of the evidence session on Whitehall's relationship with Kids Company. Adam Penford will direct.
Solomon Israel in The Pulverised at Arcola Theatre and York Theatre Royal
SOLOMON ISRAEL has started rehearsing for The Pulverised, which will run at the Arcola from 2 to 27 May and then at York Theatre Royal from 31 May to 10 June. The play by Alexandra Badea arrives in the UK in an English translation following its premier at the Strasbourg National Theatre where it won the prestigious Grand Prix de la Littérature.
Marcus Griffiths in The Cardinal at Southwark Playhouse
MARCUS GRIFFITHS will appear in The Cardinal at Southwark Playhouse between 26 April and 27 May. James Shirley's tragic play will feature Stephen Boxer in the title role and will be directed by Justin Audibert.
Melissa Allan nominated for Olivier Award for Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour
We're thrilled that MELISSA ALLAN has been nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role along with the rest of the cast of Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour. The National Theatre of Scotland production originally opened at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2015 where it won several awards. It went on to tour the UK and run at the National Theatre of Great Britain in 2016.
Julie Teal in Improbable Fiction at the Mill at Sonning
JULIE TEAL is in rehearsals for Alan Ayckbourn's Improbable Fiction at the Mill at Sonning. Julie will be playing Jess in the show which will run from 16 March to 6 May.
Adrian Irvine in One Love: The Bob Marley Musical at Birmingham Rep
ADRIAN IRVINE is currently in rehearsals for One Love: The Bob Marley Musical in which he will play the role of Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley. The musical will tell the story of a dramatic period of Bob Marley's life and will bring his catalogue to the stage for the first time. Kwame Kwei-Armah will direct the show which will run at Birmingham Rep from 10 March to 8 April.
John Omole in #Hashtag Lightie at the Arcola
JOHN OMOLE will be appearing in #Hashtag Lightie at the Arcola between 31 January and 4 February. Directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair and written by Lynette Linton, the play is a heartwarming and hilarious exploration of the conflicting ideas of what it means to be mixed race in Britain today.
Louise Mardenborough in In the Motherhood on tour
LOUISE MARDENBOROUGH is currently in rehearsals for In the Motherhood which will tour for theatre company Outer Circle Arts from 6 to 21 February. The show is directed by Tom Saunders and is a sharply accurate and wickedly funny portrayal of the perils of modern parenting.
Pepter Lunkuse in Father Brown and Nell Gwynn on tour
Catch PEPTER LUNKUSE in the BBC daytime drama Father Brown on Tuesday 17 January. The episode will air at 2.45pm on BBC One and is called The Tanganyika Green.
Pepter will soon be going on tour with Nell Gwynn, a co-production between Shakespeare's Globe and English Touring Theatre which follows the show's runs at the Globe and in the West End. Pepter will be playing Rose Gwynn in the tour which opens at the Lowry in Salford in February and closes with a two week run at the Globe in May.
Sean Kearns in The Comedy About a Bank Robbery
SEAN KEARNS will soon be back on the West End stage having been cast in Mischief Theatre's The Comedy About a Bank Robbery. Catch him from 8 February at the Criterion Theatre.
Colin Ryan in Snow in Midsummer at the RSC
COLIN RYAN is currently in rehearsals for Snow in Midsummer which will be playing in the RSC's Swan Theatre from 23 February to 25 March. Justin Audibert is directing Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's contemporary re-imagining of the Classical Chinese drama by Guan Hanquin.
Doug Rao in The Lower Depths at the Arcola
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.
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.