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Friday, 30 December 2016

Samuel West - current radio, On Chesil Beach, projects and media October-December


Words and Music "Greeneland", with readings by Sam and Romola Garai, was repeated on Wednesday. It is available on iPlayer for 28 more days.

Sam plays Albert Tiermann in Doctor Who Demon Quest: A Shard of Ice, which is available on iPlayer for approximately three more weeks (part 1|part 2).

Sam plays Geoffrey Ponting in the film adaptation of On Chesil Beach. He started filming in early November. The cast includes Saoirse Ronan, Anne-Marie Duff and Emily Watson. The director is Dominic Cooke, who previously directed Sam in The Hollow Crown: Henry VI (his Twitter @exitthelemming and IMDB).


December

He is featured in a Guardian article about the Moomin exhibition Adventures in Moominland (until 23 April) at Royal Festival Hall:
The Moomins have many fans, including the actor Samuel West, who said he had felt at home in Jansson’s Moominvalley since he was seven.
“The sensuous melancholy, the odd cast and the wisdom of the worldview fascinates me,” he said. “This new exhibition captures both the textures and the emotions of Moominland, and the way ordinary things are transformed into magical strangeness by Jansson’s joyful sideways look.”

On 14 December, Jane Asher, Jenni Falconer, Guy Henry, Sir Richard Stilgoe, Claire Harman and Sam read at the Home-Start Wandsworth carol service in St Anne's church. A picture of them is here.
The organisation is a charity that supports families with young children under the age of five.

Sam and his partner Laura Wade went to the Evening Standard Film Awards (tweets from @exitthelemming 1|2 and pictures from Getty 1|2|3|4). Winners included Hugh Grant and Kate Beckinsale.

In early December, Sam wrote a tribute about the late Andrew Sachs for the Telegraph. Sachs worked with Sam's mother Prunella Scales on Fawlty Towers.


November

Kate Duchêne, Hattie Morahan, Giles Terera and Sam were the readers for A Poem For Every Night of the Year, a performance at the National Theatre. An audio recording of the event is available on the NT's website.

He narrated Babar (Poulenc) and Peter and the Wolf (Prokofiev) at the Bath Mozartfest, with Tim Horton on piano (@exitthelemming).



October

The BBC Radio 3 website has a clip of Sam reading the text of "Alleluia! A new work is come on hand", the text for the 2016 Radio 3 Carol Competition. The competition was for amateur composers to create music for this text. Jessie Reeves was the winner and her composition was broadcast throughout the Christmas weekend.
The third and final series of Blood, Sex and Money was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October. Sam played Aristide Rougon in the episodes "Crash", "Massacre" and "Fate".
Sam reads lyrics from Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the wind" in this clip (from 0:58). The reading was featured in a BBC Radio 4 PM story about Dylan receiving the Nobel prize for literature.

The National Campaign for the Arts has relaunched with two campaigns: Local Heroes and Hearts for the Arts (The Stage). Sam is the chair of the organisation. Local Heroes highlights the role of cultural institutions in shaping the careers of people before they became famous - refer to the Campaign's website for details on how to submit nominations. Hearts for the Arts is an annual award for "councils and individual officers and Councillors who are overcoming financial challenges to ensure the arts are at the centre of community life."

Good Chance Theatre staged "Last Chance", a reading of the Dublin III Regulation at the Young Vic on 20 October (via the Evening Standard).The reading was a plea for the unaccompanied children of the Calais jungle camp. Readers included Carey Mulligan, Juliet Stevenson, Sam and Good Chance co founders Joe Robertson and Joe Murphy.

Sunday, 16 August 2015

Samuel West - The Iliad, Suffragette, An Oak Tree

On Friday, Sam and several other actors such as Bertie Carvel, Rory Kinnear, Tobias Menzies, Hattie Morahan, Simon Russell Beale, John Simm and Ben Whishaw, performed in a reading of The Iliad at the British Museum and at the Almeida. The performance was live streamed. A series of podcasts and a making-of film are forthcoming.

Suffragette will open this year's London Film Festival (Prolific North). Sam has described his role in the film as "small and cross" (his Twitter, @exitthelemming). Click below for screencaps of him in the trailer.

He will feature in series 3 of Great Canal Journeys (his Twitter, @exitthelemming). Meanwhile, series 1 is being repeated on Channel 4 from 15 August (Radio Times).

Sam narrates a series of videos on The Road to Agincourt website. He plays the chronicler who wrote Gesta Henrici Quinti, a work about the deeds of Henry V (via the Daily Echo).

In July, he played the Father in An Oak Tree at the National Theatre. The play is a two-hander by Tim Crouch, who plays the Hypnotist. The Father is played by a different guest actor at each performance; at the National, guest actors included John Heffernan, Samuel Barnett and Trystan Gravelle.
Sam tweeted that the play was "Beautiful, useful and never to be forgotten" and Tim tweeted that the performance was "a very special evening." Here is a selection of tweets about the performance:




In May, Sam narrated Morning Heroes by Bliss with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Here is a review round up of the performance.

Music OMH
"Samuel West brought just the right level of philosophical pathos to the words..."

The Guardian

Seen and Heard
"Samuel West struck just the right balance of eloquence and dignity of delivery..."

The Arts Desk
"Most personal and affecting were the work’s prologue and epilogue, calling upon Sam West with subtly scored orations of Hector’s Farewell to Andromache and Owen’s Spring Offensive."

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A few days ago, We Love Hackney tweeted a picture of Sam at a campaign launch - the local council is planning to restrict opening hours of clubs and music venues.

In July, Sam received an honorary degree from the University of East Anglia (BBC). The audio from his speech is here. He also tweeted a picture of himself from the ceremony.
Voices for the Library shared a piece by Sam about why he values his local library (via their Twitter @VftL_UK).
The Southbank Centre tweeted a picture of Sam reading at a Make Apartheid History event. Excerpts from the readings have been posted on Youtube (via Artists for Palestine).


Sam participated in a march against austerity in London 20 June (@fugueur). Participants opposed public sector cuts in areas such as welfare, health and education (ABC).

Saturday, 27 December 2014

Charles Edwards - Arthur & George, Dracula and Ripper Street

The first episode of Arthur & George will have a preview screening at BFI Southbank on 25 February. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Martin Clunes and Hattie Morahan (BFI press release).

Dracula will be repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra, starting today at 6pm. Episode 1 will be broadcast again at midnight. The second, and final episode will be broadcast at the same times next week.

Charles plays Lord Montacute in series 3, episode 6 of Ripper Street, "The Incontrovertible Truth" (IMDB). It is available on Amazon Prime.

Saturday, 22 November 2014

Charles Edwards - Blithe Spirit touring North America, Arthur & George, Clarence Derwent Award

Charles will reprise his role as Charles Condomine in a North American tour of Blithe Spirit, from December until March 2015 (the Hollywood Reporter). The tour begins in Los Angeles (Ahmanson Theatre, 9 December--18 January), followed by performances in San Franciso (Golden Gate Theatre, 20 January-1 February), Toronto (Princess of Wales Theatre, 10 February-15 March) and Washington DC (National Theatre, 17-29 March). The play's official website has further details about tickets.

Charles has filmed Arthur & George, a three-part adaptation of Julian Barnes’ novel for ITV. Martin Clunes stars as Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles plays Doyle's manservant, Alfred ‘Woodie’ Wood. The cast includes Emma Fielding and Hattie Morahan. Filming locations include the Black Country Living Museum and Cogges Manor Farm (1|2).


He received a Clarence Derwent Award from Equity for the role of Charles Marsden in Strange Interlude. The awards recognise the best individual male and female performances in supporting role in a production in the West End; previous recipients include Fenella Woolgar, Phil Davis and Timothy West. This year's Awards were presented on Thursday 13 November at the Duke of York’s Theatre. Click here for pictures from the event.

Thursday, 16 January 2014

Samuel West - upcoming TV and My Theatre Matters

A couple of TV guest appearances to publicise the next series of Mr Selfridge: BBC Breakfast earlier today (via @BBCBreakfast) and Sunday Brunch this weekend (via @SundayBrunchC4). Mr Selfridge returns to ITV1 this Sunday.
The BBC America website for Fleming has been updated with some videos of the cast discussing their characters. Unfortunately the videos seem to be region-locked. Fleming premieres on BBC America 29 January. 

Last Sunday, Sam and Hattie Morahan performed in a reading of Codpieces by Perry Pontac at Park Theatre. The performance was sold out.

He made a speech about My Theatre Matters at the Royal Exchange Theatre yesterday, after a performance of That Day We Sang (his Twitter, @exitthelemming).

Sam drew a parrot crossbill for the National Doodle Day's celebrity auction (via @DoodleDay). The auction will take place 7 March on eBay; click here to sign up for an email alert.

Monday, 23 December 2013

Some radio picks for this week

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

Samuel West - Mr Selfridge, Britten, festivals and literary events


(screencap from episode 1 of Mr Selfridge and a screenshot from the Moomin, Mymble and Little My app)

Filming for series 2 of Mr Selfridge began in April. Its broadcast in early 2014 coincides with the centenary of the First World War (ITV).

The Vanishing will be repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra this Saturday.

On 8 June, Sam will read poetry and prose at the Lewes Chamber Music Festival, in a concert featuring works by Schumann and Janáček (via the Mid Sussex Times).
Sam is the reciter for Henry V by Walton, which will be performed by the Henley Symphony Orchestra at Shiplake College on 23 June.
He will be the presenter at the Sheffield City Hall Christmas Concert (14 December), which is part of the Sheffield International Concert Season (via the Sheffield Telegraph).

In the second half of the year, Sam is taking part in events highlighting various dimensions of Benjamin Britten's work: WH Auden's poetry, Britten's writing and his music for cinema. He and the Utter Jazz musical ensemble will perform at the Stratford-upon-Avon Poetry Festival (21 July). "Look, Stranger" focuses the collaboration between Auden and Britten. On 20 August, Sam and Alexandra Harris will discuss the relationship between Britten's words and music at the Proms (BBC Proms). Two months later, the Aurora Orchestra will make its debut at the Fairfield Halls on 10 November. Sam will narrate documentaries scored by Britten.

Sam, Rebecca Swift, Esther Freud, and Sjón will explore the literary legacy of Tove Jansson in "Between Light and Dark" at the Writers Centre Norwich on 18 June.
Juliet Stevenson, Ronald Pickup and Sam will make appearances at the Ledbury Poetry Festival (5-14 July; via the Ledbury Reporter).
He is on the judging panel for the Forward Prizes for Poetry. The prizes will be awarded 1 October at the Southbank Centre.


Sam will appear in the video for "Handyman Blues" by Billy Bragg. A few weeks ago, he shared a picture from filming on Twitter.
He narrates an upcoming audiobook of For Your Eyes Only - it is part of 007 Reloaded (tweets 1|2|3|4).

Last week, Sam, Hattie Morahan and Juliet Stevenson performed at a gala for Peace Brigades International.
In April, he narrated The Genius of Turner: Narrating the Industrial Revolution on BBC2, starred in the Saturday Drama Present Laughter and stage managed a concert at Prussia Cove featuring works by Beethoven and Hindemith.

His response to Maria Miller's maiden speech as Culture Secretary is at the Arts Funding Ning. Also, he has written a piece in support of the My Theatre Matters campaign.

Saturday, 8 October 2011

Samuel West. Theatre - A Number. Radio - All That I Am.

The Next 48hours and the Mail & Guardian have articles about A Number.
Here's a selection of recent tweets, beginning with some thoughts from Sam:
"Here we go then. Press night on a new continent. Feels good that some of my second Sheffield season is still going, five years on. #anumber." (@exitthelemming)
"@TheFugard tonight 4 A Number - wonderful play w great acting. See it if you can..." (@UKinCapeTown)
"A Number production last night was moving and also leaves a lot of 'What If' thoughts to ponder..." (@NickiLinde)
"Loved it, great night out... @exitthelemming congrats on a brilliant show..." (@lucymayhinde 1|2)
"@exitthelemming outstanding work tonight..." (@untheatre)


The readers for the Book at Bedtime All That I Am are Sam, Hattie Morahan and Sara Kestelman. It starts on BBC Radio 4 on 24 October (BBC Press Office).

Thursday, 16 June 2011

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 

Sunday, 5 June 2011

Ruth Wilson, Andrea Riseborough, Parade's End, BBC Radio

Series 2 of Luther begins Tuesday 14 June (BBC press office). A bit of publicity - Stylist has an interview with Ruth. And she appears briefly in this trailer for the show (click the thumbnail for full size):

Ruth took part in the Josephine Hart poetry week at the Donmar Warehouse this week. She read "Train" by Helen Mackay (@lawyercatrin, Ought to be Clowns).

Owen Sheers has written about Andrea's research for Resistance, in which she plays Sarah (Telegraph).
Andrea will play Princess Betsy in the film adaptation of Anna Karenina directed by Joe Wright. Tom Stoppard wrote the script (Daily Mail).

Another Stoppard script - Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall will star in a BBC/HBO adaptation of Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford (Deadline Hollywood).

BBC Radio
  • Rupert Penry-Jones, Ruth Wilson, Rory Kinnear and Tom Goodman-Hill star in the Drama on 3 Flare Path
  • Sam Troughton and Hattie Morahan star in the Classic Serial Plantagenet "Edward II - The Greatest Traitor". The BBC Radio 4 blog has a post about the series.
  • Jason Isaacs stars as Lieutenant Clancy in the Friday Play Bullitt, which is available on iPlayer for six more days
  • Juliet Stevenson stars in the Afternoon Play The Apple Tree
  • Hugh Bonneville and Helena Bonham Carter are the readers for Words and Music "Turning Points"

Sunday, 22 May 2011

Television - Eternal Law

An excerpt from an SFX interview with Matthew Graham:
How's your new show, Eternal Law, coming along?
Ah, Eternal Law is going great! I can't believe we're three weeks into filming already. It's looking great. It's being so beautifully made, and the cast are really bedded into their roles and having fun with it.
It's too early to say what kind of show it's going to be. It's clearly going to be a very emotional show, and quite dramatic and powerful. It's not overtly fantasy, but it does have a fantasy vein in it. It's too early to know quite the full tone is, like we were with Life On Mars. You can't tell until you see it cut together! So far, we're having a great time on it!

A timeline of sorts summarising selected tweets from Sam West (Zak), Monastic Productions (writers Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharaoh), Ukweli Roach (Tom), Claire Jo Benjamin (assistant director), Sophia Di Martino (guest star) and Rosalie Carew (script editor) for the past few weeks.

20 May
First block i.e. episodes 1 and 2 has completed filming (@exitthelemming, @MonasticProds, @UkweliRoach)
The readthrough for episodes 3 and 4 made the execs cry (click here to find out more!)

18 May
A limping scene featuring Zak Gist (Sam's character) references Twelve Angry Men and visually hints at The Third Man (@exitthelemming)
Guest star Sophia Di Martino finished filming (@soafdimartino)
TV Choice visited the set (@TVChoice)

16 May
Sam has described Zak Gist as "grumpy." (@exitthelemming)
The production had a night shoot at Harewood House, which has a "spooky forest" (@exitthelemming, @TheDramaCat)

14 May
Sam noted the "beautiful" acoustic and interior of Dewsbury Town Hall, one of the locations used (@exitthelemming)

12 May
A location: Headingley Stadium (@ClaireJoBenji)

11 May
Episode 6 has a lot of cats (@MonasticProds)
Filmed Zak and Tom's first day on earth (@MonasticProds)

5 May
The show will have some romantic moments (@MonasticProds)

4 May
Hints at guest character casting for episodes 3 and 4 (@MonasticProds)
Positivity about rushes viewed by the writers so far (@MonasticProds)

3 May
Some very kind comments about one of the cast members (@exitthelemming)

2 May
Jamie Payne will direct episodes 3 and 4. He previously collaborated with Monastic Productions on series 3 of Ashes to Ashes. (@MonasticProds)

1 May
Tobias Menzies (Richard Pembroke) began filming (@MonasticProds)

30 April
Rosalie Carew has been described as an equivalent to Mrs Sheringham... (@MonasticProds)

Friday, 29 April 2011

Television - In Love with Shakespeare, BBC Radio

Stephen Campbell Moore, John Simm and Sam West will perform speeches from Julius Caesar, Hamlet and Richard II in In Love With Shakespeare, a 30 minute program which will be broadcast on Sky Arts 28 May (via The Stage).

BBC Radio

Tuesday, 26 April 2011

Television - Eternal Law

Sam West, Hattie Morahan, Tobias Menzies, Orla Brady and Ukweli Roach star in Eternal Law for ITV. Ashley Pharoah and Matthew Graham wrote the six part series; Adrian Shergold will direct. It began filming today in York (Sam's Twitter, @exitthelemming 1|2|3). A press release will be issued later today (Monastic Productions' Twitter, @MonasticProds).

Sunday, 27 March 2011

Ruth Wilson, glamour.com's "Hot, Young and British", BBC Radio

Ruth Wilson has been interviewed in the Telegraph for her upcoming role in Anna Christie, and featured in the Times' Theatre Issue.

Andrea Riseborough, Andrew Garfield, Romola Garai and Hayley Atwell have been profiled in glamour.com's slideshow "Hot, Young and British".

BBC Radio
  • Rory Kinnear and Anna Maxwell Martin are the readers for Words and Music "Labyrinth"
  • Claire Foy and Blake Ritson star in the Saturday Play Leverage
  • Ian McDiarmid, Ben Miles and Stephen Dillane read for the Afternoon Reading I Expected the Worst 
  • Hattie Morahan narrates the Book at Bedtime The Tiger's Wife

Saturday, 26 February 2011

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.

Sunday, 23 January 2011

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):
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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)

Thursday, 20 January 2011

Film - Love Hate

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

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of Hayley Atwell, Ben Whishaw, Hattie Morahan and Blake Ritson (click thumbnails for full size)

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Saturday, 18 December 2010

English Ballet Nutcracker gala, Barney's Version, BBC Radio

Hayley Atwell attended the English Ballet Nutcracker gala performance. Pictures from WireImage, Rex Features and Getty (arrivals, pre party).

Rosamund Pike interview from the Globe and Mail about Barney's Version.

BBC Radio

Thursday, 23 September 2010

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]