Dan Stevens. Audio - title TBA. dan-stevens.co.uk

Dan will narrate the audiobook of an upcoming release by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Dan's Twitter, @thatdanstevens). Dan has previously narrated books by Zafón - The Angel's Game and The Prince of Mist.

The gallery at dan-stevens.co.uk has received a substantial update: screencaps from most of Dan's television work, and publicity such as a photoshoot by Mark C. O'Flaherty and an interview from GQ.

Samuel West - Film - Carrington

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The Big Red Nose Show, Any Human Heart, BBC Radio

Samuel West, Dan Stevens, Hugh Bonneville and Tom Goodman-Hill have tweeted that they will participate in the Big Red Nose Show on 14 March - they will play kazoos as part of a Guinness World Record attempt to create the largest kazoo orchestra on the planet.

Any Human Heart will be broadcast on PBS 13-27 February (via M&C). The miniseries stars Tom Hollander, Samuel West, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Hayley Atwell.

BBC Radio

• Toby Stephens stars as Philip Marlowe in the Saturday Play The Big Sleep, which is part of BBC Radio 4's Classic Chandler 
• Carey Mulligan will be interviewed on Front Row
• Shirley Henderson reads the Big Toe book A Hat Full of Sky

Hayley Atwell. Producers Guild Awards. Film - The Laureate.

Pictures of Hayley from the Producers Guild Awards: Rex Features, Getty, WireImage and PR Photos.

Hayley and Dominic Cooper have pulled out of The Laureate due to scheduling conflicts. The film's cast now includes Orlando Bloom, Imogen Poots and Kerry Condon (Indiewire).

Barney's Version, Birds Eye View Film Festival, Brighton Rock

Rosamund Pike interviews about Barney's Version from Digital Spy, Total Film, the Guardian, the Herald, Metro and the Washington Post; a Cultural Life interview from the Independent and the film that changed Rosamund's life from the Guardian.

Rosamund Pike and Ruth Wilson (with an injured leg - hopefully she recovers soon) attended the Birds Eye View Film Festival 2011 launch on 25 January (via the Ruth Wilson Placeholder Blog). Rosamund announced the programme for the festival. Little White Lies has a partial transcript from the speech she made at the launch. Pictures: Getty, WireImage, Flickr/Birds Eye View.

Sue Terry Voices has a new showreel for Ruth Wilson. Ruth stars in the Friday Play Like Minded People which will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 5 February.

Recently, Andrea Riseborough attended the South Bank awards, the Instyle Best of British talent party and the Brighton Rock premiere in Preston Circus. Press coverage for the Brighton Rock premiere includes articles from the Argus, Sky News and the Eastbourne Herald. Also, the BBC has an interview with Andrea.

Dan Stevens. dan-stevens.co.uk. Radio - Words and Music. Television - Downton Abbey. Josephine Hart Poetry Hour.

dan-stevens.co.uk, a site from Darcylicious, is currently under construction. I will contribute to the site in the near future...

Dan is one of the readers for an upcoming episode of Words and Music that will be broadcast in February (Dan's Twitter, @thatdanstevens).

The transcript of Dan's tweet chat with Masterpiece PBS about Downton Abbey is now available.

A couple of tweets about Dan's reading of poetry by Rudyard Kipling for the Josephine Hart Poetry Hour at the British Library:

@thatdanstevens - "Now for some Kipling at the British Library. Mr Kipling makes exceedingly good poems..."

@buzzbuzz_mylord (tweet used with permission - thanks!) - "@thatdanstevens read Kipling beautifully this evening! & in front of some scary people: Did you know PD James and Antonia Fraser were there?"

Samuel West - radio - Life and Fate

The BBC press office has issued a press release for Life and Fate, in which Sam stars as Liss. It will be broadcast on Radio 4 over a week in September, in every drama slot except for The Archers.

Australian cinemas and the Queensland flood relief appeal

On Sunday 30 January, Australian cinemas will donate $2 from every ticket sold at each film session to the Queensland flood relief appeal, with 80% of the funds raised donated to the Queensland Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal and 20% to the Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund. Cinemagoers ought to check with their local cinema to confirm their contribution to the appeal (Arts Hub via the Sydney Film Festival newsletter).

Dan Stevens - Television - Downton Abbey

Dan will do a live tweet chat with Masterpiece PBS on 24 January, 12-12.30pm ET. Sign up here on the Downton Abbey PBS site for an email reminder (via his Twitter, @thatdanstevens).

Samuel West. #savelibraries. Narration - Steven Isserlis Family Concert.

Sam's library memories have been featured in an article from the Independent:

"I joined my local public library, Battersea Rise, when I was seven. My parents [actors Timothy West and Prunella Scales] took me – not all parents do. I read Watership Down a couple of years after joining, and it floored me. With no idea how to replace it in my affections, my mum took me back and we returned with The Hobbit and that was that. But libraries must be there for children to find by themselves, and to have a quiet, safe, free place to study if life at home is too noisy. With the threats to Sure Start and the scrapping of EMA, it's useful to remind ourselves of what libraries mean to children: not only a place to work but also a free treasure trove of picture books to share and a place to stumble on new stuff. A child can get through a different picture book every night at bedtime. How many parents can afford to buy that many?"

See the Twitter hashtag #savelibraries for more perspectives on the importance of libraries.

Steven Isserlis and Anne Dudley will publicise their upcoming concert on Front Row on 27 January. The Steven Isserlis Family Concert is on 29 January at the Wigmore Hall, with performances from Sam, Steven and Tom Poster.

Rosamund Pike, Andrea Riseborough, Andrew Garfield, Kelly Macdonald, BBC Radio

Rosamund Pike interviews from the Guardian and Baz Bamigboye's Daily Mail column about Barney's Version; and an article from the BBC with her thoughts about Made in Dagenham's relative lack of BAFTA nominations.


Rosamund's Made in Dagenham co-star Andrea Riseborough stars as Rose in Brighton Rock, which will be released in the UK 4 February. Andrea has been interviewed in the Dazed & Confused February 2011 issue (via The Fashion Spot) and the Independent. In other publicity, an excerpt about her from the Telegraph's set visit:

"'I was so passionate about Brighton Rock from the outset,' she says. 'So I decided not to do a different film and had a bit of a rejig of my schedule and swapped round. It was wonderful and it all worked out brilliantly.'
'Andrea inhabits a role completely,' Joffe [Rowan Joffe, director] observes, 'and that's quite a dangerous and difficult process – to really lose yourself in a character, especially one as dark and victimised as Rose. But as well as being a great actress, Andrea’s a solid Geordie lass who has both feet on the ground.'"

And screencaps from a newly released clip (click thumbnails for full size):



Interviews with Andrew Garfield from the Telegraph and Kelly Macdonald from the Independent.


BBC Radio

• Alex Jennings stars in the Afternoon Play My Year Off {repeat}
• Laura Pyper and Yasmin Paige read the Book at Bedtime The Meeting Point
• Hattie Morahan and Blake Ritson are the readers for With Great Pleasure (readings chosen by Zoe Ball)

Film - Love Hate

Cinematographer John Lynch has uploaded Love Hate (via Ben Whishaw my brother tom) to his Vimeo channel.

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Charles Edwards - Theare - Twelfth Night

[updated 17 March]

Charles plays Sir Andrew Aguecheek in the National Theatre's production of Twelfth Night, which runs until 2 March. Also, on 7 February, Charles and fellow cast members Simon Callow and Finty Williams will participate in Talking Shakespeare, a platform about the production.


Reviews

Guardian
"Charles Edwards's Aguecheek, arguably the best performance of the evening, is no mere ninny but an aristocratic manic depressive who lends a rueful sadness to the haunting line, 'I was adored once too.'"

Independent
"Charles Edwards gives the funniest performance of the evening. His Sir Andrew Aguecheek is a deliciously twitchy fop, his eyes forever swivelling insecurely."

British Theatre Guide
"The rest of the comedy is delivered by a superb quartet of character actors playing the drunken revellers. Happily boorish Simon Callow, doltish Charles Edwards, mischievous Finty Williams and the deadpan David Ryall respectively seem made to play boisterous Sir Toby Belch, enthusiastically dim Sir Andrew Aguecheek, sexy, witty Maria and the painfully lugubrious fool Feste."

Hollywood Reporter
"It is Edwards who steals a march with a performance that is hilarious and touching as the dimwitted Aguecheek. His manner of determined self-interest let down by limited intellect and bad timing is a constant delight, and yet the vulnerability of his quiet aside, 'I was adored once,' is sad."

whatsonstage.com
"Charles Edwards’ Aguecheek is one of the funniest I've seen. His is not the usual thin-faced fop but someone trying to be one of the lads yet touchingly aware of his own shortcomings."

Bloomberg
"Charles Edwards is hilariously puppyish and innocent in the latter role [Andrew Aguecheek], and his winning energy and great line in physical comedy almost steal the show."

Wall Street Journal
"Mr. Edwards gives a great performance of Andrew Aguecheek as an almost endearingly wistful, silly fop."

Variety
"The finest performance is by Charles Edwards. His beautifully subtle, sweetly ridiculous Aguecheek is funny not because he is an overdressed nitwit (which he is) but because Edwards makes him so good-humoredly and painfully self-aware."

Pictures

Playbill/Nobby Clark
Rex Features
Geraint Lewis Photography

Samuel West - #savelibraries

Fabulous tweets from Sam demonstrating why libraries are very important:

"Times says Govt. report wants children to be 'school ready'. Perhaps not closing libraries would be a good start? #savelibraries" (17 January; this tweet featured in an article from the Guardian, via Sam's Twitter @exitthelemming)

"Fancy a truly depressing 9h10m? My audiobook of Brighton Rock is out http://bit.ly/gzY46i. Or you could get it from a library #savelibraries" (18 January)

"Directing my first radio play in March. Oo-er. Lots of homework. To the library! #savelibraries" (18 January)

Awards season events, Rosamund Pike, Toby Jones, Ruth Wilson

Awards season events

Golden Globe winners included Colin Firth (The King's Speech/Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Drama), Paul Giamatti (Barney's Version/Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical), Boardwalk Empire (Best Television Series - Drama) and Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire/Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama).
Pictures: arrivals (featuring Andrew Garfield, Colin Firth, Hayley Atwell, Kelly Macdonald and Tilda Swinton); Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Kelly Macdonald attended the Weinstein/Relativity Media after party (Getty 1|2, @liviafirth 1|2); Andrea Riseborough and Tilda Swinton attended the InStyle/Warner Bros after party (Getty); and Andrew Garfield attended the Sony Pictures Classics after party (Getty).

In other awards season events, Hayley Atwell was a guest at the HBO luxury lounge and the Instyle beauty lounge; also, Hayley Atwell and Andrea Riseborough attended the BAFTA LA tea party (arrivals, red carpet).

Dominic Cooper and Talulah Riley announced the BAFTA film nominations. Nominees include Colin Firth (The King's Speech/Leading Actor), Andrew Garfield (The Social Network/Supporting Actor and Orange Wednesdays Rising Award) and Gemma Arterton (Orange Wednesdays Rising Award).

Interviews

Rosamund Pike/Barney's Version: Anglophenia, She Knows, USA Today, tv.com.

Toby Jones (the Arts Desk) - Toby stars as Turner in The Painter at the Arcola Theatre which runs until 12 February.

Radio

Ruth Wilson and Tom Brooke star in the Friday Play Like Minded People which will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 4 February at 9pm.

Dan Stevens. Television - Downton Abbey. Audio - Scorpia Rising.

Press release for the Downton Abbey Christmas special (via Hugh Bonneville's Twitter, @hughbon).

Dan has been recording the audiobook of Scorpia Rising, the upcoming instalment in the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz (Dan's Twitter @thatdanstevens and Amazon).