Dan Stevens. Audio - Wolf Hall. Radio - EM Forster short stories. Old Tonbridgians News.

• From a review of Wolf Hall:
  

  "...The ravishing prose is perfectly matched by Dan Stevens's intelligent reading..."

• Dan is listed as the reader on the programme page for the EM Forster short story "The Story of the Siren". However, according to the BBC press office's programme information, Susannah Harker is the reader for the story.
• Dan is featured in an article by former English teacher Jonathan Smith (The Tennis Court) in the February 2010 edition of Old Tonbridgians News. An excerpt:
  

  "...what did Dan [MH 1996-2001] have at Tonbridge and what does Dan have now? Well, a voice to die for, openness, ease, grace, confidence, humility, courage: what they call the lot..."

Theatre - The Real Thing. Samuel West - Cultural Capital. Theatre - Enron - Broadhurst. Rosamund Pike - Television - Women in Love. Hayley Atwell. Theatre - Born Yesterday. Television - Any Human Heart. BBC Radio.

[updated 30 March]

• The Real Thing
• Rehearsal photos [link]
• Hattie Morahan "Cultural Life" interview from the Independent [link]
  
  
• Sam attended the Cultural Capital: A Manifesto for the Future launch on Thursday.
• Articles from the Evening Standard, the BBC, the Independent and the Guardian evening standard|bbc|independent|guardian
• The manifesto is available for download from MLA [link]
  
  
• Enron (Broadway)
• Pictures of the cast, writer Lucy Prebble and director Rupert Goold at Friday's photocall 1|2|3|4
• Lucy Prebble, Rupert Goold and cast members Norbert Leo Butz and Stephen Kunken will take part in a discussion with Tom Santopietro at the Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble on Thursday 22 April at 5pm (via Theatermania) [link]
  
  
• From Baz Bamigboye's Daily Mail column:
  
  Rosamund Pike will play Gudrun Brangwen in a BBC4 adaptation of Women in Love.
  
  Hayley Atwell may star in a Broadway production of Born Yesterday - confirmation is dependent on co-star Chris Noth's availability.
  Hayley will play Freya in Channel 4's miniseries adaptation of Any Human Heart by William Boyd.
  
  
• BBC Radio
• Tamsin Greig and Neil Pearson are the readers for Words and Music "The South Country" [link]
• David Suchet and Anna Francolini star in the Woman's Hour Drama David Golder [link]
• Emma Thompson will be on Desert Island Discs [link]
• Maggie Steed, Justine Waddell and Julian Rhind-Tutt star in Mrs Warren's Profession [link]

Radio - Goldfinger. Ruth Wilson - Radio - EM Forster short stories. Samuel West. Radio - Summer Lightning. Narration - Edward VII. Equity - Manifesto for Theatre. Dan Stevens - Audio - A Week in December. Laura Wade - Theatre - Posh.

• BBC Radio
• Goldfinger is next week's Saturday Play. It stars Toby Stephens, Rosamund Pike, Ian McKellen, Tom Hollander, Lisa Dillon and Tim Pigott-Smith. [link]
• Ruth reads the EM Forster short story "The Obelisk" on Thursday 8 April [link]
• A tweet from Sam:
  

  "Recording Wodehouse's Summer Lightning for Radio 4 this morning [Saturday 20 March], with Matt Lucas and Tim Pigott-something as the butler. I know the face..."

• Sam narrates Edward VII - Prince of Pleasure which is broadcast tonight on BBC2 at 9pm (via United Agents) [link]
• Sam gave a speech at yesterday's Manifesto for Theatre conference (via his Twitter, @exitthelemming), which can be read here [link]
  
  
• Excerpt from a Times review of A Week in December:
  

  "...Skilfully abridged by Kati Nicholl, it is given enriched characterisation by the narrator Dan Stevens..."

  
  
• Laura is quoted several times in an article from the Times about the "new" posh. Her play Posh opens at the Royal Court in April. [link]

Theatre - Olivier awards. Theatre - Enron. Theatre - A Streetcar Named Desire.

[updated 23 March]

Selected winners:
Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre - The Royal Court for Cock at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Ruth Wilson for A Streetcar Named Desire at the Donmar Warehouse
Best Director - Rupert Goold for Enron at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs and now at the Noël Coward theatre
Special Award - Maggie Smith

Guests included Hayley Atwell, Rupert Friend, Rupert Goold, Keira Knightley, Andrew Scott, Laura Wade, Sam West and Ruth Wilson.

Pictures
wooller.com reception|press room
Rex Features [link]
Wire Image [link]
look.co.uk [link]

Videos
Getty [link]
Arrivals - elizabethtoni 1|2|3|4

Articles
Ruth Wilson and Rupert Goold interviews from Broadway World ruth|rupert
Article from whatsonstage.com about the winners' speeches [link]
Winners' reactions from broadway.com [link]

Other
Lisa Eldridge did Hayley Atwell's makeup [link]
Ruth Wilson wore an Armani gown [link]

Theatre - Olivier awards. Television - Spooks. Television - Money. Samuel West - Radio - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. BBC Radio.

• People who will be attending the Oliviers include Hayley Atwell, Rory Kinnear, Tim Pigott-Smith, Tom Stoppard, Sam West, Ruth Wilson, Rosamund Pike and Rupert Friend [link] 
• Simon Russell Beale will be in the next series of Spooks (via C19) [link]
• Hattie Morahan will play Martina Twain in the BBC2 adaptation of Money by Martin Amis, starring Nick Frost and Vincent Kartheiser [link]
• BBC Radio
• Sam West is in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" [link]
• Timothy Spall, Zoe Tapper and Geoffrey Streatfeild star in the Saturday Play Playing With Trains [link]
• Alex Jennings and Toby Stephens star in the Afternoon Play No Place Like Home [link]
• Martin Jarvis performs Jeeves Live [link]
• Christopher Eccleston and Olivia Hallinan are the readers for Words and Music "Intimate Letters" [link]
• Rory Kinnear and Lydia Leonard star in the Drama on 3 Arms and the Man [link]

Samuel West - Television - Dark Relic

Crusades has been renamed Dark Relic and will be broadcast on Syfy 27 March. A spoilery clip is here.

Rosamund Pike. Samuel West - Audio - Eugene Onegin. BBC Radio.

• A Rosamund interview from the Surrey Comet, and some very lovely Grace Kelly inspired photos from the Guardian
• BBC Radio
• Track 2 from CD 2 of Eugene Onegin, featuring Timothy West, Sam West and Terrence Hardiman, will be played on Composer of the Week Sergei Prokofiev next Thursday [link]
• Hugh Bonneville reads the Book at Bedtime Solar [link]
• Stephen Campbell Moore reads the Book of the Week Chopin: Prince of the Romantics [link]
• Richard Armitage and Zoe Waites star in the Classic Serial Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady [link]
• Bill Nighy and Robert Glenister star in the Saturday Play Confesssions of a Medium [link]
• Richard E Grant stars in Harry in the Underworld [link]
• Bill Nighy stars in Killing Maestros [link]
• Dominic Cooper narrates A Land Without Magic for Big Toe Books [link]

Samuel West - Theatre - Enron

[updated 12 March]

Sam will be on Richard Bacon on 5 Live today. As well as talking about Enron, he may also talk about the BBC's decision to axe BBC6 Music. (via Sam's Twitter @exitthelemming) [link]


Update:
A picture of Sam in the 5 Live studio [link]
The interview is available to download as a podcast [link]

Samuel West. Narration - Horizon. Eastside Educational Trust charity auction. Narration - Lines of Flight. Television - Desperate Romantics. Television - New Tricks.

[updated 10 March]

• Sam narrates the Horizon episode "Is Everything We Know About The Universe Wrong?" which is on BBC2 at 9pm tonight (via his Twitter, @exitthelemming) [link]
• A tweet from Eastside Educational regarding Sam's contribution to the Bonhams charity auction:
  

  "Would you like to have lunch and a birdwatching session with Samuel West, currently starring in 'Enron' in the West End?http://bit.ly/aRHzVO"

• Lines of Flight will be screened at the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival this weekend [link]
• Sam is in episode 4 of Desperate Romantics which will be broadcast on ABC1 this Sunday [link]
• Sam guest stars in New Tricks "Fresh Starts" (series 6 episode 3) which is available on iPlayer until 15 March (UK only) [link]

Rosamund Pike. Laura Wade - Theatre - Posh. Ruth Wilson. Lucy Prebble - Theatre - Enron. BBC Radio.

• Rosamund Pike visited the Redland Children's Centre in Chippenham this week on behalf of Barnardo's - she is an ambassador for the charity [link]
• The cast for Posh has been announced [link]
• A short Ruth Wilson interview from Broadway World [link]
• Lucy Prebble video interview about Enron from Frost over the World [link]
• BBC Radio
• Jonathan Pryce, Kenneth Cranham and Romola Garai star in the Drama on 3 These Are the Times: A Life of Thomas Paine, which was originally a Saturday Play [link]
• Gareth David-Lloyd narrates the Afternoon Reading "Getting Up" [link]
• Jude Akuwudike, Liam Brennan and David Tennant star in the Classic Serial Of Mice and Men [link]
• Milton Jones and Tom Goodman-Hill star in series 4 of Another Case of Milton Jones [link]
• Michael Sheen is a reader for Kenneth Tynan's Theatre Writings [link]

Samuel West - Radio - The Aspern Papers

Sam will read the Book at Bedtime The Aspern Papers on BBC Radio 4. A broadcast date is currently unknown. [link]

Theatre - Olivier Nominees' Celebration

[updated 4 March]

Guests at the Olivier Nominees' Celebration included Hayley Atwell, Ruth Wilson, Keira Knightley, Sam West, Tim Pigott-Smith and Anthony Head.

Articles
Instyle [link]
Broadway World [link]

Pictures
wooller.com [link]
Wire Image [link]
Getty 1|2
Rex [link]
The Official London Theatre Guide [link]

Videos
The Official London Theatre Guide [link]
ITN [link]

Hayley Atwell - Television - The Pillars of the Earth. Ruth Wilson - Cleanskin. Theatre - Olivier Nominees' Celebration.

• Starz Entertainment will broadcast The Pillars of the Earth in the U.S. [link]
• Sean Bean, Charlotte Rampling and Ruth Wilson will star in the film Cleanskin [link]
• The Official London Theatre Guide is live tweeting the Olivier Nominees' Celebration. Guests include Keira Knightley, Ruth Wilson, Sam West and Hayley Atwell. (via The Official London Theatre Guide) [link]

Theatre - Enron

[updated 4 March]

• Sam West was on the Andrew Marr Show on Sunday (via Sam's Twitter, exitthelemming). The show is available on iPlayer until 7 March (UK only - interview starts at approximately 34:45). A clip from the interview is here.
  
• A mention from the BBC Music Magazine (Morrison, R. 2010, 'Why opera directors have taken contemporary references a step too far', January 2010, p. 17):
  

  "... I don't say that theatre and opera should never tackle contemporary subjects. Two productions currently in the West End - Lucy Prebble's Enron and David Hare's The Power of Yes - make brilliant black comedy out of the recent financial crisis..."

• Production photos by Helen Maybanks [link]