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Film, Television & Theatre May 2019
Congratulations to… Sam Mendes who has been nominated for Best
Director for The Ferryman at the 2019 Tony Awards.
Caitríona McLaughlin who won Best Director at the Irish Theatre
Awards last month for Marina
Carr’s ON RAFTERY’s HILL at The Abbey Theatre.
Katie Mitchell who won the Golden Mask Award for Best Opera
Director; and the Best Director award
at The International Opera Awards
Film
HOTEL MUMBAI: coming to UK cinemas soon
This searing, vivid dramatisation of the Mumbai attacks,
co-written
by John Collee and director Anthony Maras, hurls us into the
chaos
that terrorised India's most populous city for four days in
2008.
Produced by Thunder Road and Xeitgeist Entertainment Group
with
stunning performances from Academy Award nominee Dev Patel
and Golden Globe nominee Armie Hammer. HOTEL MUMBAI
BEATS: premieres in UK cinemas on 17th May
Kieran Hurley’s debut screenplay, co-written with Brian Welsh
who
also directs, is an adaptation of his award-winning play Beats.
It is
1994, the party is well and truly over but not before
mild-mannered
teenager Johnno is encouraged to join his best mate Spanner for
one
last big night out at an illegal rave. Produced by Rosetta
Productions
and Ken Loach’s Sixteen Films and executive produced by
Steven
Soderbergh. BEATS
FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY: premieres in Irish cinemas on 10th
May
An inspirational coming-of-age story of an Irish girl from the
Travelling
community in rural Ireland during the 1960s and the pursuit of
her dream
to be a boxer. Winner of the FIPRESCI prize for the Discovery
programme
at the Toronto International Film Festival 2018. Written and
directed by
playwright and filmmaker Carmel Winters. FLOAT
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Television
GENTLEMAN JACK: BBC1 – Begins this May
Sally Wainwright’s new eight-part drama follows one of the
most formidable women of the 19th century: noted landowner
and industrialist Anne Lister who is regarded as the ‘first
modern
lesbian’. Created, Written, Executive Produced and Directed
(4
eps) by award-winning writer Sally Wainwright, it stars
Suranne Jones, Gemma Whelan and Sophie Rundle.
GENTLEMAN JACK
YEARS AND YEARS: BBC1 – Begins this May
Russell T Davies’ new six part drama takes a look at a
fictionalised version of current affairs through the eyes of the
Lyons
family in Manchester over the course of a 15-year period.
Created,
Written and Executive Produced by award-winning writer
Russell
T Davies and starring Emma Thompson, Russell Tovey and Anne
Reid. YEARS AND YEARS
JAMESTOWN: Season 3 released Friday 26th April on Sky1
Jamestown, set in the early 17th Century, returns for its third
and final
series. As the town continues to flourish, can it survive
tensions with
the indigenous population rising any further? Created, written,
directed
and exec-produced by Bill Gallagher. JAMESTOWN III
CLINK: Channel 5Star – Thursday at 9pm, Throughout May/June
A new hard-hitting drama set in a women's prison from LA
Productions, the producers of BBC’s MOVING ON. Ep 3 (CUTS)
TX’s
on Thu 2 May and was written by Tony Schumacher, Ep 4
(Thursday
9th May) was written by Vivienne Harvey. Ep 5 (Thursday 16th
May)
was written by Esther Wilson, Ep 7 (Thursday 30th May) was
co-
written by Rebecca Manley. CLINK
SNEAKY PETE: Season 3 releases 10th May on Amazon Prime
Sneaky Pete, created by David Shore and Bryan Cranston, follows
Marius (Giovanni
Ribisi) as a released convict who assumes the identity of his
former cellmate in order
to avoid his past life. Ed McCardie acts as co-exec producer and
writer across the
series. SNEAKY PETE III
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HETTY FEATHER 5: CBBC – starts Monday 6th May
Helen Blakeman’s series, adapted from Dame Jacqueline
Wilson’s novel, is returning for a fifth series. Helen is
writing two
episodes which will open and close the series.
HETTY FEATHER
London Theatre
SMALL ISLAND: Olivier Theatre – Press Night 1st May
Andrea Levy’s epic, Orange prize-winning novel bursts to new
life
on the Olivier stage. A company of 40 tells a story which
journeys
from Jamaica to Britain, through WWII to 1948 – the year the
HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury. Adapted for the stage
by Helen Edmundson. SMALL ISLAND
AMOUR: Charing Cross Theatre – opens 2nd May
A musical fantasy about daring to dream and the power of
self-belief. With
music by multi award-winning Michel Legrand and English lyrics
by Jeremy
Sams (from the original French by Didier Van Cauwelaert).
Adapted from the
1943 short story Le Passe-Muraille by Marcel Ayme, AMOUR opened
on
Broadway in 2002 and was nominated for five Tony Awards
including Best
Musical. AMOUR
THE HALF GOD OF RAINFALL: Kiln Theatre until 17 May 2019
By Inua Ellams
“extraordinary poetic drama” ★★★★, The Times “The power
of the production lies not in theatrical ostentation, but in
its
fierce, unadorned precision… remarkable” – ★★★★ The
Guardian.
THE HALF GOD OF RAINFALL
THE LEHMAN TRILOGY: Piccadilly Theatre, from 11th May
Following its sold-out run at the National Theatre and The
Armory, New York,
critically acclaimed The Lehman Trilogy will transfer to the
Piccadilly
Theatre. Sam Mendes directs Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and
Ben
Miles. LEHMAN
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THE LAST TEMPTATION OF BORIS JOHNSON: Park Theatre – 9th May –
8th June
This timely comedy drama offers an insight into the mind of one
of the most
divisive politicians of our time. Sound Design by Andy
Graham.
THE LAST TEMPTATION OF BORIS JOHNSON
ANNA: National Theatre – 11th May – 15th June
Created by playwright Ella Hickson and sound designers Ben and
Max
Ringham, this tense new thriller uses individual audio headsets
to give the
audience intimate access to events as they unfold over one
evening, in East Berlin.
ANNA
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON: Southwark Playhouse – 15th
May – 8th
June
Discover a sleepy fishing harbour at the end of the First World
War – home to a
most curious story of one man, and the timeless tale of a love
that defies all odds.
Music and Lyrics by Darren Clark. THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN
BUTTON
OUR TOWN: Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre – opens 16th May
Birth, Death, Marriage. And everything in between. Thornton
Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize winning play celebrates what it means to
be
human and the bonds that unite us all. Directed by Ellen
McDougall. Sound Design by Tom Gibbons. OUR TOWN
ARMADILLO: The Yard Theatre, 30th May — 22nd June
A teenage girl disappears from a small town in America where
fifteen years earlier, another teenage girl was kidnapped. Now
a
woman, she watches the news. She reaches for her gun. She
holds
it close. From writer Sarah Kosar and director Sara Joyce
comes
a show about the dangerous ways we make ourselves feel safe.
ARMADILLO
THE AMBER TRAP: continues at Theatre 503 – until 18th May
Katie and her girlfriend Hope work at their local corner shop,
where the days pass in
quiet, comfortable rhythms. But when new employee Michael
arrives, the sands start
to shift and the air begins to thicken. Tabitha Mortiboy’s new
play, directed by
Hannah Hauer-King.
THE AMBER TRAP
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OUT OF WATER: continues at The Orange Tree Theatre –until
1st
June
A tender new play about gender, wild swimming, and how we
define
who we are. Zoe Cooper’s new play, eirected by Guy Jones, is a
co-
production with the RSC. OUT OF WATER
MOUTHPIECE: Soho Theatre - until 4 May
Written by Kieran Hurley.
“Gripping, truthful and engaged … Mouthpiece reaffirms
Kieran Hurley’s place as a hugely talented playwright for
today” ***** The Stage, **** The Guardian, The Scotsman,
The Herald MOUTHPIECE
MAN OF LA MANCHA: London Coliseum –until 8 June
The universal tale of love, hope and adventure opens for a
strictly limited
season, starring Kelsey Grammer, Danielle de Niese, Nicholas
Lyndhurst and
Cassidy Janson. Conducting, orchestration and arrangements by
David
White. MAN OF LA MANCHA
WIFE: Kiln Theatre – opens 30th May
I don’t believe that I’m nothing but a daughter and a wife and a
mother. I’m a
human being”
Samuel Adamson’s new play explores the institution of marriage
over the course
of ninety years and its impact on those branded ‘Wife’. Directed
by Kiln Theatre
Artistic Director Indhu Rubasingham. WIFE
EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION: Trafalgar Studios – opens 31st
May
This whip-smart show is a love letter to education in the 90s
and is jam-
packed with more hits than ‘Now That’s What I Call 1997’. The
must see
comedy of 2019 plays a strictly limited 4 week season at the
Trafalgar
Studios. Co-directed by Jesse Jones. EDUCATION, EDUCATION,
EDUCATION
FRESCO: Waterloo East – 3rd May
Book, music and lyrics written by Olivia Mace, this rehearsed
reading follows
Leonardo Da Vinci, at the end of his career, and Michelangelo,
at the peak of his,
when both were commissioned to paint a famous battle. This play
with music
tells the story of the short time those two men spent in each
other’s company.
FRESCO
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UK Theatre
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST: Watermill Theatre – 23rd May –
29th June
Oscar Wilde’s trademark wit and masterful storytelling are at
the heart of this hilarious
comedy of manners about misbehaving in a manor. Lighting Design
by Sally Ferguson.
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
GHOSTS: Royal & Derngate – until 11 May
A shattering story of the consequences of secrets and lies in a
new
adaptation of Ibsen’s masterpiece. Composition and Sound
Design
by Richard Hammarton.
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS: UK tour Ends Sat 4th May in Bristol
Last chance to see this hit production of David Mamet’s play
★★★★★ Metro, ★★★★The Guardian, ★★★★ The Times. GLENGARRY
FLIGHT: Brighton Festival – 4th - 23 May
Two children set off on an epic journey across Europe –
orphaned
refugee brothers on a desperate odyssey to safety. Watch the
action
unfold from your personal booth with the story and music in
your
headphones. Based on the novel Hinterland by Caroline Brothers.
'It
is pulse-pounding, immersive storytelling strange and exquisite
and
intensely affecting' The New York Times. FLIGHT
LOSE YOURSELF – Sherman Theatre – 10th – 25th May
A funny, powerful and poignant story for right now. This major
new play will take
you on a fast, dark ride with three people who have one goal -
to get out into the
night and lose themselves. Sound Design by Sam Jones.
LOSE YOURSELF
ALL MOD CONS – Lyric Theatre Belfast – 18th May – 9th June
A compelling new comedy-drama exploring our capacity to accept
change - in
others as well as ourselves – engaging directly with current
conversations in
Ireland and beyond about our complex relationship with gender,
consent, and
individual responsibility. Lighting Design by Sarah Jane
Shiels.
ALL MOD CONS
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THE AUDIENCE – NST Theatre Southampton – 24th May – 22nd
June
65 Years. 13 Prime Ministers. One Queen. Sound Design by
Alexandra Faye
Braithwaite.
THE AUDIENCE
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY: continues its UK Tour
Christopher Haydon directs Barney Norris’ new adaptation of
Kazuo Ishiguro’s literary masterpiece. It received its world
premiere at Royal & Derngate before embarking on a major
national tour. In May it will play in Salisbury, Cambridge and
Bristol.
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
SUPERHOE: Brighton Festival, until 21st May
Following its Royal Court debut, writer and performer
Nicole Lecky and director Jade Lewis take their sellout
show to Brighton for three nights only. ★★★★ The
Standard –‘a revelation’★★★★ whatsonstage – ‘a frank,
funny and at times devastating piece’ ★★★★ The
Telegraph – ‘a vivid and touching portrait’
SUPERHOE
HAUNTINGS AND PORK PIES: A live performance at Powis Castle,
until 4
May
The performance is based on GLAD HEARTS ADVENTURING, written
for
Powis Castle by Lucy Gough and directed by Hannah Noone. It is
an
exclusive live performance in partnership with Theatre Clwyd to
celebrate
the opening of ‘Worlds Apart in War: Welsh Girls School at Powis
Castle’.
HAUNTINGS AND PORK PIES
CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN: UK Tour – until 29 June
Based on the best-selling novel by Louis de Bernières that
inspired
the hit film, CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN makes its world
premiere
across the UK in 2019. Composition by Harry Blake. CAPTAIN
CORELLI'S MANDOLIN
BARBER SHOP CHRONICLES: UK Tour, until 25 August
Inua Ellams’ critically acclaimed BARBER SHOP
CHRONICLES continues its UK tour.
BARBER SHOP CHRONICLES
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SHADOWLANDS: Chichester Festival Theatre, until 25th May
William Nicholson’s much-loved play, winner of the Evening
Standard Award for Best Play and nominated for a Tony Award,
stars Hugh Bonneville.
SHADOWLANDS
Overseas Theatre
ROMEO AND JULIET: Theatre Trier – Continues
Ryan McBryde directs Shakespeare’s classic tragedy.
ROMEO AND JULIET
CITYSONG – Abbey Theatre Dublin – 29th May – 8th June
CITYSONG is a play, a poem and a chorus of voices showing three
generations of a
Dublin family on one day. It turns out one day holds the entire
past. Sound Design
by Adrienne Quartly.
CITYSONG
Radio
WINGING IT: BBC Radio Scotland - Mon 6 May 2019 13:30
Written by Bryce Hart - Hapless parents Clare and Paul take bad
parenting
to a new level. Starring Carmen Pieraccini, Jamie Quinn, Gabriel
Quigley
and Sanjeev Kohli.
MY FRIEND, MARIE ANTOINETTE – BBC Radio 4 catch-up
Directed by John Dryden, this is an intimate first-hand
account
of the final days of Marie Antoinette, staring Lily Loveless
as
young prison maid, Rosalie Lamoriere, who forms a strong
bond
with the tragic queen, played by Laure Stockley.
MY FRIEND, MARIE ANTOINETTE
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Continuing Theatre
EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE
KITE
THE COMEDY ABOUT THE BANK ROBBERY WEST END
HAMILTON
ALL ABOUT EVE IN THE WILLOWS
NOUGHTS AND CROSSES UK Tour
MATILDA
MAMMA MIA!
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD
BING LIVE
THE TWILIGHT ZONE
TOAST
THE FERRYMAN