Samuel West - readings incl. Borders Book Festival, Just So Science, Nocturne

Next Friday, Sam will speak about the 50p for Culture campaign and the Arts Index at the CLOA Annual General Meeting.

Sam will perform at the Borders Book Festival next Sunday. He will play the title role in a reading of Waverley by Sir Walter Scott. Click here for tickets.

He continues to provide readings for Just So Science. The second series begins on BBC Radio 4 on 23 June. Series 1 was broadcast in January 2013.

Sam will direct the readings at this year's Forward Prizes for Poetry. Booking is open for the ceremony, which will take place at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on 30 September.

Juliet Stevenson, Lucy Parham and Sam will perform Nocturne at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil on 7 November.

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Thirteen won the 2014 Audie for Original Work (voices.com). The audiobook has various narrators, including Sam, Gemma Arterton and Arthur Darvill.

The video of Cold Stars Lighting is available on Youtube. Sam's readings begin at 1h 37min and 1h 58min.

Sam narrates the documentary Fabergé: A Life of its Own. It recently won awards at the Palm Beach International Film Festival, the Beverly Hills Film Festival and the Newport Beach Film Festival (United Voices).

Samuel West - Britten events, Thirteen, Scene & Heard fundraiser

Alexandra Harris and Sam will discuss the relationship between Britten's words and music at Proms Plus Literary today at the Royal College of Music. The discussion will also be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 at 8.30pm.

He reads "One Hit Wanda" by Kim Newman from the audiobook Thirteen, which will be released 24 August (via @BarnabyEdwards). Other readers include Gemma Arterton and Arthur Darvill.

Sam will host a quiz fundraiser for Scene & Heard on 1 September (via his Twitter, @exitthelemming).

He will narrate Britten Films with the Aurora Orchestra at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on 29 September.

Sam will teach a Shakespeare workshop for Marlborough Young Actors on 8 December (Marlborough News Online).

Whatsonstage.com awards nominations and the British Independent Film Awards

Nominees for the Whatsonstage.com awards include Charles Edwards (Best Supporting Actor in a Play); Ruth Wilson and Kristin Scott Thomas (Best Actress in a Play); and Benedict Cumberbatch and David Tennant (Best Actor in a Play). The full list of nominations is here, and voting closes 31 January.

Guests at the British Independent Film Awards included Benedict Cumberbatch, Dominic Cooper, Gemma Arterton, Hayley Atwell, Rebecca Hall, Ruth Wilson and Tom Hollander (Getty: arrivals, after party, inside arrivals).

Hayley Atwell. Film - Captain America. Theatre - The Faith Machine. D&G dinner.

Issue 182 of Total Film has an interview with Hayley about Captain America. Editor-in-chief Aubrey Day posted a picture of her from a shoot at Big Sky Studios.

Hayley will play Sophie in The Faith Machine by Alexi Kaye Campbell (The Pride) at the Royal Court, 25 August to 1 October (via @kls010).

Gemma Arterton and Hayley attended a dinner in London held in honour of Dolce and Gabbana (Vogue).

Noir and foxes

[updated 19 March 2011]



Sources: my screencaps from Digital News Agency videos

Ruth Wilson and Hayley Atwell attended the Emporio Armani "Noir" show and Black Party at Milan Fashion Week (via Ruth Wilson - the placeholder blog). Getty and WireImage have pictures of Ruth and Hayley arriving for the show; and Moda è Donna has a picture from the party. Ruth and Hayley have also been featured in an article from WWD:

"Hayley Atwell said she hoped the release of summer blockbuster “Captain America,” in which she plays the superhero’s girlfriend, would bring more opportunities in film and fashion. “I would love to do a campaign,” she enthused. “Designing would be amazing as well.” She declined to comment on rumors she is joining Baz Luhrmann’s planned 3D remake of “The Great Gatsby,” featuring Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role. “That would be incredible. I know that the script is being worked on at the moment so it’s in the very early stages,” Atwell said.
Ruth Wilson, meanwhile, said she’s set to play the title role of “Anna Christie” opposite Jude law at London’s Donmar Theater, with rehearsals starting in June."

Rosamund Pike, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall and Gemma Arterton attended the Mulberry woodland-inspired show and party at London Fashion Week. Pictures: Cosmopolitan, Mulberry blog 1|2. Videos: Vogue, Mulberry/Facebook, Digital News Agency.

Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, Glamour's Women of the Year Awards and the Offies

Broadcasting Press Guild Awards nominees include Any Human Heart, Downton Abbey and Sherlock for Best Drama Series; and Hugh Bonneville, Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hollander for Best Actor (via darcylicious). The winners will be announced 25 March.

Hayley Atwell, Gemma Arterton, Hattie Morahan, Keira Knightley, Ruth Wilson and Andrea Riseborough have received nominations for Glamour's Women of the Year Awards, which will be held on 7 June.

Toby Jones has been nominated for a Best Male Offie for The Painter at The Arcola.

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.

Theatre - The Children's Monologues. GQ Men of the Year Awards. Toronto International Film Festival. BBC Radio.

• On Sunday 14 November at the Old Vic, Gemma Arterton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Romola Garai and Hattie Morahan will perform in The Children's Monologues directed by Danny Boyle. The event is a fundraiser - proceeds will go to the Pete Patsa Arts Centre. (via sherlockbbc) [link]
  
  
• Guests at the GQ Men of the Year Awards (7 September) included Hayley Atwell (presented the award for the Smirnoff Black Most Stylish to Aaron Johnson), Gemma Arterton (winner, Woman), Martin Scorsese, Emily Mortimer and Matt Smith (winner, TV personality).
• Pictures from Rex Features 1|2|3
• Articles:
  Vogue [link]
  GQ [link]
• Videos by elizabethtoni 1|2
  
  
• Portraits of Rebecca Hall, Clive Owen, Sally Hawkins and Andrew Garfield by Carlo Allegri at the Toronto International Film Festival [link]
  
  
• BBC Radio
• Georgia King and Lee Williams star in the Classic Serial The Ladies' Delight [link] 
• Hattie Morahan reads the Book at Bedtime Sister [link]
• Stephen Mangan and Adjoa Andoh are the readers for Words and Music "In Search of the Sublime" [link]

Toronto International Film Festival. BBC Radio.

• Guests attending the Toronto International Film Festival include Andrea Riseborough, Carey Mulligan, Clive Owen, Colin Firth, Dominic Cooper, Gemma Arterton, Kristin Scott Thomas, Michael Sheen, Rebecca Hall, Rosamund Pike, Sally Hawkins; Mark Romanek, Mike Leigh, Nigel Cole, Stephen Frears, and Tom Hooper [link]
  
  
• BBC Radio
• Simon Woods, Kevin Eldon and Chris Larkin star in the Saturday Play Boscobel [link]
• Claire Skinner will be interviewed on Woman's Hour [link]
• Evanna Lynch narrates the Afternoon Reading Foster [link]

Hayley Atwell, Gemma Arterton. Film - Never Let Me Go. BBC Radio.

• Hayley Atwell and Gemma Arterton portraits by Matt Jones.
  
  
• Unspoilery screencaps of Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield, Sally Hawkins, Domhnall Gleeson and Andrea Riseborough from the Never Let Me Go trailer (click the thumbnails for full size):
  
  
  
  
  
• BBC Radio
• Tom Hollander will be a guest on Start the Week [link]
• On the Hour, produced by Armando Iannucci, stars Chris Morris, Steve Coogan, and Patrick Marber [link]
• Howard Brenton will be interviewed on Front Row and Night Waves
• Diana Quick, Simon McBurney, Olivia Williams, Clemency Burton-Hill, and Mat Fraser will present episodes of The Essay Half Shame, Half Glory - Postcards from the Acting Profession [link]
• Rebecca Hall was interviewed on The Film Programme [link]

Samuel West - Narration - Nocturne. Lucy Prebble - Theatre - Enron. Hayley Atwell - Film - Captain America. Ruth Wilson - Television - Luther. BBC Radio.

• Sam West and Harriet Walter are the readers for Nocturne: The Romantic Life of Frederic Chopin with pianist Lucy Parham at the following performances (via Lucy Parham):
  11 July, Theatre Royal Winchester [link]
  18 July, Wigmore Hall [link]
  21 July, Petworth Festival [link]
  29 July, Harrogate Festival [link]
  
  
• Enron (Broadway)
• Lucy Prebble interview [link]
• Article from Playbill about the Broadway opening night [link]
• Broadway opening night video from broadway.com [link]
  
  
• Captain America: The First Avenger begins filming 28 June. The film stars Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell and Sebastian Stan. (via MTV) [link]
  
  
• Luther
• Scans of an article from the Radio Times about the show from Momentary Bursts of Enthusiasm [link]
• Screencaps of Ruth Wilson from the trailer:
  
  
  
• BBC Radio
• Gemma Arterton will be interviewed on Woman's Hour [link]
• Peter Hall will be interviewed on Start the Week [link]
• Derek Riddell, Amelia Bullmore and Tom Goodman-Hill star in the Drama on 3 And So Say All of Us... (via Tom's Twitter, @tomgoodmanh) [link]
• Julian Rhind-Tutt and Sarah Alexander are the readers for Words and Music "May Day" [link]
• The cast of Alexander includes Geraldine James, Michael Maloney, Alex Jennings and Julian Rhind-Tutt {repeat} [link]

Entertainment news

• Blog posts by David Morrissey about his BAFTA tour (via David Morrissey Online) [link]
• Bill Nighy stars in Richard Curtis' short film about the Robin Hood Tax [link]
• Carey Mulligan, Emily Mortimer and Nicholas Hoult & Matthew Goode interviews carey|emily|nicholas & matthew
• Measure for Measure
• Anna Maxwell Martin interview [link]
• Photo gallery from Broadway World [link]
• Scans from Total Film about Prince of Persia, starring Gemma Arterton and Jake Gyllenhaal [link]
• Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen and Jim Sturgess will star in The Promised Land directed by Michael Winterbottom [link] 
• Pictures of Ruth Wilson from the whatsonstage.com awards 1|2|3|4|5|6
• Vanessa Redgrave will receive a BAFTA fellowship [link] 
• Rosamund Pike has been photographed for Temperley London's New York installation [link]
• Felicity Jones, Ed Westwick and Bill Nighy wil star in the romantic comedy The Chalet Girl [link]
• In the Loop
• Won Best Screenplay at the Evening Standard Film Awards [link]
• Download of the screenplay (via AIannucci) [link]

Glamour Women of the Year. Samuel West. Narration - Lines of Flight. Judgement day.

• Romola Garai, Carey Mulligan, Gemma Arterton, Hayley Atwell and Rebecca Hall have been nominated for Glamour's Women of the Year awards [link]
  
  
• Lines of Flight will be screened as part of the programme Adventure Medley 1 at the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival [link]
• Video of Sam from Tony Blair's Judgement Day (via FilmographySam) [link]
  

Samuel West - Radio - A Passage to India. BBC Radio.

• Sam narrates A Passage to India by E.M. Forster [link]
• Gemma Arterton will be on Loose Ends promoting The Little Dog Laughed, which also stars Rupert Friend and Tamsin Greig [link]
• Colin Firth will be on Front Row next Tuesday [link]

Entertainment news

• Mark Strong, Gemma Arterton, Sophie Okonedo, Michael Adams and Matthew Weiner interviews mark|gemma|sophie|michael|matthew
• A nice article about Party Animals [link]
• Some stills from Jackboots on Whitehall (via firstshowing) [link]
• DGA Award nominations in television [link]
  
• The Pride photocall [link]
• The Times has included the John Simm and Rory Kinnear Hamlets, Posh and Three Sisters as theatre highlights for this year [link]
• Scans of Matthew Goode, Tom Sturridge and Eddie Redmayne from Glamour [link]
  
• Ruth Wilson is eighth on Broadcast's list of top TV entertainers for 2010 [link]
• Lucy Prebble has chosen the playwright DC Moore as one to watch for 2010 [link]

Film. Theatre. Television. Radio.

Upcoming productions mentioned by the Times and the Independent:

• The Times
  Film. A Single Man, Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, Never Let Me Go, Brothers, Brighton Rock, Dagenham Girls.
  Theatre. The Little Dog Laughed, The Real Thing, Measure for Measure, Posh, Alice, Hamlet (starring John Simm, Sheffield Crucible), Hamlet (starring Rory Kinnear, the National).
• The Independent
  Film. Tamara Drewe, Shutter Island, Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps.
  Theatre. Hamlet (starring John Simm, Sheffield Crucible), Hamlet (starring Rory Kinnear, the National).
  Television. Downton Abbey, Sherlock Holmes.
  Radio. Chekhov 150th anniversary.

Entertainment news

• Extract from the book Showgirls, Teen Wolves and Astro Zombies by Michael Adams [link]
  
• Articles about Christmas Cranford 1|2
• London Film Critics' Circle awards
• Nominations [link]
  
• Films which have received nominations include:
  In the Loop. British film of the year, British director of the year (Armando Iannucci), British actor of the year (Peter Capaldi), Screenwriter of the year (Armando Iannucci et al.), Breakthrough British filmmaker (Armando Iannucci).
  An Education. British film of the year, Actress of the year (Carey Mulligan), British actress of the year (Carey Mulligan), British actor in a supporting role (Alfred Molina), British actress in a supporting role (Rosamund Pike), British actress in a supporting role (Olivia Williams), Screenwriter of the year (Nick Hornby).
  A Single Man. British actor of the year (Colin Firth).
  Good. British actor in a supporting role (Jason Isaacs).
  
• John Simm; Kristin Scott Thomas; Gemma Arterton and Carey Mulligan, Vera Farmiga, Mo'Nique, Patricia Clarkson, Robin Wright and Emily Blunt interviews john|kristin|gemma|carey, vera, mo'nique, patricia, robin, emily
  
• A Single Man
• Article about the film from the Independent [link]
• Matthew Goode interview (via ONTD) [link]
  
• Screen Actors Guild award nominees include Colin Firth (A Single Man, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role), Carey Mulligan (An Education, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role), the cast of An Education (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture), Jon Hamm (Mad Men, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series), Toni Collette (United States of Tara, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series) and the cast of Mad Men (Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series) [link]
• Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender and Christoph Waltz will star in The Talking Cure directed by David Cronenberg [link]

Ruth Wilson, Hayley Atwell, Emma Thompson. British Independent Film Awards. Radio - The Custom of the Country.

[updated 11 December]

• Excerpt from a Ruth interview about her film project with Hayley and Emma:

  "...Wilson has got together a stellar team of women writers, directors and actresses and the idea, cooked up with fellow actress Hayley Atwell, is to produce a feature film made up of shorts by and for women. 'Seven writers and seven directors, all women,' she says, reeling off names. 'Some of the women who are keen to direct are Rachel Weisz, Gillian Anderson, Tara Fitzgerald. Emma Thompson is going to mentor the writers and Susanna White, who directed Jane Eyre, will work with the directors...'"

• The British Independent Film Awards
  
• Links about Rosamund Pike's outfit and makeup 1|2|3
• elizabethtoni's arrival's videos (featuring Hayley Atwell, Gemma Arterton; Jason Isaacs, Carey Mulligan, Armando Iannucci; Peter Capaldi, David Morrissey; and Rosamund Pike) 1|2|3|4
• Some videos from t5m jason isaacs|rosamund pike
• Article from the Independent [link]
  
• Dan Stevens and Tom Hollander star in The Custom of the Country, which will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 3 January [link]

British Independent Film Awards winners. Film - An Education. Film - In the Loop. Theatre - Darker Shores. BBC Radio.

[updated 9 December]

• The British Independent Film Awards
• Winners include Armando Iannucci et al for Best Screenplay (In the Loop) and Carey Mulligan for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film (An Education). The full list of winners is here.
• Pictures - guests included Peter Capaldi, Carey Mulligan, Gemma Arterton, Andrew Buchan, David Morrissey, Armando Iannucci, Rosamund Pike, Hayley Atwell and Jason Isaacs 1|2|3|4|5
  
• Tom Goodman-Hill has replaced Mark Gatiss in Darker Shores at the Hampstead Theatre. The play also stars Julian Rhind-Tutt, Vinette Robinson and Pamela Miles [link]
• BBC Radio
• Jason Isaacs narrates "Exchange Rates" by Lionel Shriver [link]
  
• Bill Nighy stars in The Entertainer [link]
• Romola Garai and Tim McMullan are the readers for Words and Music "Hope and Despair" [link]
• Katherine Parkinson, Ciaran McMenamin and Jemma Redgrave narrate the Afternoon Reading Defining Moments [link]
• Nicholas Le Prevost, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Peter Serafinowicz star in In the Red [link]

Entertainment news

• Noel Clarke and Jason Isaacs will be on the Orange Rising Star jury [link]
• St Trinians 2 trailer [link]
  
• Clive Owen, Dennis Hopper, Matt Damon, Rupert Penry-Jones, Lucy Cohu & Anna Maxwell-Martin interviews clive|dennis|matt|rupert|lucy & anna
• Article about A Single Man [link]
• Ben Whishaw won an International Emmy for Criminal Justice [link]
  
• Rehearsal pictures from The Misanthrope [link]
• Werner Herzog will be president of the International jury for the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival [link]
  
• Lone Scherfig interview about An Education [link]
• There will be a fourth series of Torchwood (via The Medium is Not Enough) [link]
• Glorious 39
• Stephen Poliakoff interview [link]
• Romola Garai interviews 1|2