Samuel West - Television - New Tricks. Ruth Wilson. Television - Small Island. Theatre - A Streetcar Named Desire. Hayley Atwell.

• Sam guest stars in "Fresh Starts," episode 3 of series 6 of New Tricks. It will be broadcast Thursday 30 July on BBC1 at 9pm [link]
  
• The BBC press office has released some clips for BBC1 Autumn 2009. Here are screencaps of Ruth from the Small Island teaser (click thumbnails for full size):
  
• A Ruth interview from the Spectator is here. It's mostly about A Streetcar Named Desire but there is a mention of the film festival she's working on with Hayley Atwell and Emma Thompson:
  
  

  "'...We started talking about it last year and formulated the idea of commissioning a series of short films written by women and directed by women. It's not that we want to ostracise men — we love them — but we want to celebrate women and what they can achieve. There still aren't enough good roles for women, especially when you get beyond a certain age, and there certainly aren't enough women writers and directors. It's the writing we're really keen on, concentrating on that, making sure they're good scripts. We're looking for people through the Script Factory and the Royal Court, and the plan is to have six shorts, each about 15 to 20 minutes long, that are connected by a single theme and can be distributed as one film.'
  Does she intend to take part in any of these films herself? 'Devising and producing is already a huge undertaking but I wouldn’t mind performing in one...'"

Tags: Samuel West, TV, Ruth Wilson, Hayley Atwell, theatre, film, television, Sam West, New Tricks, BBC1, Small Island, Benedict Cumberbatch, A Streetcar Named Desire, Emma Thompson, Script Factory, Royal Court

Samuel West - Equity elections. Film - Decoy Bride. Ruth Wilson - Theatre - A Streetcar Named Desire. Hayley Atwell. Theatre - The Pride. BBC Radio.

• Sam West is a candidate in the Equity 2010 elections (via The Stage) [link]
  
  
• David Tennant and Kelly Macdonald will star in the romantic comedy Decoy Bride [link]
  
  
• Pictures: Ruth Wilson behind-the-scenes of A Streetcar Named Desire and Hayley Atwell's headshot has been updated on her United Agents page ruth|hayley
  
  
• Andrea Riseborough will receive a Theatre World Award for The Pride [link]
  
  
• BBC Radio
• The late Corin Redgrave stars in the Drama on 3 Krapp's Last Tape {repeat} [link]
• John Gordon Sinclair and Sharon Horgan star in the Afternoon Play The Recordist [link]
• David Calder and Alex Jennings star in Scarlet on Black {repeat} [link]
• Rupert Graves and Michael Gambon star in the Drama on 3 Embers, directed by Stephen Rea {repeat} [link]
• Claudie Blakley and Lizzy Watts star in the Afternoon Play Cinders [link]
• Simon Russell Beale will be a guest on Feedback [link]

Television - Freefall. Television - Desperate Romantics. Theatre - Enron. Theatre - A Streetcar Named Desire.

[updated 19 March 2011]

• Mentions of Freefall, Desperate Romantics, Enron and A Streetcar Named Desire in articles from the Independent 1|2
• Freefall will be broadcast on BBC2 in the week 11-17 July [link]
  
• Desperate Romantics press pack [link]

Ruth Wilson, Hayley Atwell, Emma Thompson. Theatre - A Streetcar Named Desire. Television - The Prisoner.

Ruth's Official London Theatre Guide interview is mainly about A Streetcar Named Desire, but there are also mentions of the film festival she's working on with Hayley Atwell and Emma Thompson, and The Prisoner:

"...It was while working on The Prisoner, alongside a cast full of British talent including Ian McKellen, Hayley Atwell and Lennie James, that Wilson took the quad bike trip around the Namibian sand dunes, went on safari and, along with Atwell, took an unnaturally close look at a shark's teeth, separated from their flesh-ripping points by a cage. 'It was quite frightening, very funny, but brilliant.'
While the Namibian pastimes sound enthralling, the shoot itself, Wilson says, was 'difficult; I can't lie.' Changes in directors and unfinished scripts made the process fraught and Wilson is still unsure how the series will end. She says that she thinks the photography 'will look amazing' and that, though she is unsure entirely how the plot will play out, she should still be in the final cut as she recently recorded additional dialogue...

...her next project, scheduled for any time she has off in the coming year. She is the driving force behind a film festival that will bring together six or seven short films written and directed by women. Though she can't quite pin down the role she is playing – 'I'm Executive Producer… I suppose' – she has already enlisted the help of her role model Emma Thompson as mentor for the writers. 'I've got no idea really what I'm doing,' she smiles, 'I'm just pushing the idea forward. I want other people to do the nitty gritty, I'll just push the idea. But through it I'll learn how to do the nitty gritty as well. For me, it’s learning new skills and learning to be adept at loads of different things...'"

Radio - Words and Music. Theatre - A View From the Bridge. Theatre - A Streetcar Named Desire. Theatre - Arcadia.

• Ruth Wilson and Toby Jones are the readers for Words and Music this week [link]
  
  
• Olivier Award nominations include:
  Three Days of Rain. Best Actor (James McAvoy), Best Revival (Jamie Lloyd), Best Lighting Design (Jon Clark).
  A View From the Bridge. Best Actor (Ken Stott), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Hayley Atwell), Best Director (Lindsay Posner), Best Revival (Lindsay Posner).
  A Streetcar Named Desire. Best Actress (Rachel Weisz), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Ruth Wilson), Best Revival (Rob Ashford).
  The Misanthrope. Best Actress (Keira Knightley), Best Revival (Thea Sharrock), Best Costume Design (Amy Roberts).
  Burnt by the Sun. Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Michelle Dockery), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Rory Kinnear), Best Lighting Design (Mark Henderson).
  Arcadia. Best Revival (David Leveaux).

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 - Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Theatre - Enron. Theatre - A Streetcar Named Desire.

[updated 27 November]

Winners at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards include Rupert Goold (Sydney Edwards award for best director - Enron, Royal Court), Rachel Weisz (Natasha Richardson award for best actress - A Streetcar Named Desire, Donmar Warehouse) and Alia Bano (Charles Wintour award for most promising playwright - Shades, Royal Court).

Guests at the event include Hayley Atwell, Benedict Cumberbatch, Amanda Drew, Rupert Goold, Peter Hall, Tom Hollander, Rory Kinnear, Lucy Prebble, Simon Russell Beale, Laura Wade, Sam West, Ruth Wilson and Fenella Woolgar.

Articles
whatsonstage.com 1|2
Evening Standard [link]
The Stage [link]
The Guardian [link]
The Independent [link]

Pictures
wooller.com [link]
Evening Standard [link]
Rex Features [link]
Wireimage [link]
Getty [link]

Videos
Evening Standard [link]
elizabethtoni 1|2

Hayley Atwell. Ruth Wilson - Theatre - A Streetcar Named Desire. Hattie Morahan - Theatre - Time and the Conways. Television - Freefall

[updated 19 March 2011]

• Hayley attended the Matthew Williamson for H&M launch party 1|2
• Ruth will play Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire at the Donmar (via Baz Bamigboye's Daily Mail column) [link]
• Time and the Conways by J.B. Priestley, starring Francesca Annis, Hattie Morahan and Fenella Woolgar is in previews 28 April-4 May. Press night is 5 May, and the production will run until 27 July [link]
• Freefall (BBC2 Spring/Summer 2009 press pack

Romola Garai, Ruth Wilson, BBC Radio

Romola Garai and Nicholas Burns will star in The Village Bike at the Royal Court from 24 June to 30 July.

A quote from Ruth in the Telegraph about Michael Grandage, outgoing artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse:

"'He is an agent’s worst nightmare!’ Ruth Wilson laughs. Not only does he cut them entirely out of the process by contacting their clients directly, but he also expects his actors, however famous they are, to work for a company wage."

Ruth previously performed at the Donmar in A Streetcar Named Desire, and will star in the theatre's upcoming production of Anna Christie.

BBC Radio

• Hattie Morahan, Bertie Carvel and Tobias Menzies star in the Drama on 3 Serious Money by Caryl Churchill (available on iPlayer for 4 more days)
• Alex Jennings reads Twenty Minutes "A Warning to the Curious" (available on iPlayer for 5 more days)
• Andrew Scott voices James Joyce in the Book of the Week James Joyce - A Biography. Jim Norton narrates.   
• Jason Isaacs was interviewed on Loose Ends 

British Independent Film Awards nominations. Television - The First Men In The Moon. Hattie Morahan, Ruth Wilson, Samuel West.

• British Independent Film Awards
  
• Nominations [link]
• Jasons Isaacs and Solomon discussed the nominations on Film Weekly [link]
  
• Films which have received nominations include:
  In the Loop. Best British Independent Film, Best Director of a British Independent Film (Armando Iannucci), The Douglas Hickox Award (Armando Iannucci), Best Screenplay (Armando Iannucci et al), Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film (Peter Capaldi), Best Supporting Actor (Tom Hollander).
  An Education. Best British Independent Film, Best Director of a British Independent Film (Lone Scherfig), Best Screenplay (Nick Hornby), Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film (Carey Mulligan), Best Supporting Actress (Rosamund Pike), Best Supporting Actor (Alfred Molina).
  
• Mark Gatiss and Rory Kinnear will star in the BBC4 one-off drama The First Men In The Moon [link]
• Guests at the Mrs Klein afterparty include Hattie Morahan, Blake Ritson, Bill Paterson and Lisa Dillon [link]
• Mention of Ruth from an interview with Small Island co-star Naomie Harris:
  

  "What was the last play you saw in London?
  A Streetcar Named Desire at the Donmar Warehouse. My mate Ruth Wilson, who is in Small Island with me, was phenomenal. It moved me so much that I was crying like a baby."

• A tweet from Dan Wooller about Sam and Enron co-star Tom Goodman-Hill:
  

  @saturngirl thought it was fab, follow @exitthelemming and @tgoodmanh who are in the cast and jolly nice #enron

Ruth Wilson - Theatre - A Streetcar Named Desire

[updated 19 March 2011]


Reviews

Guardian
"...[there is] impeccable support from Ruth Wilson as Stella, torn between her lust for Stanley and compassion for her deluded sister..."

Independent
"...Stella, beautifully played here by Ruth Wilson..."

Telegraph
"...Ruth Wilson is outstanding as Stella..."

The London Paper
"...Stella (a moving Ruth Wilson)..."

whatsonstage.com
"...Stella, watchfully and touchingly played by Ruth Wilson..."

Financial Times
"...Ruth Wilson is a warm and touching Stella..."


Pictures

After party:
wooller.com [link]
Evening Standard/Dave Benett [link]
Getty [link]

Production:
The London Paper/various [link]
Playbill/Johan Persson [link]
Rex Features [link]