Michael Boyd, who revived the fortunes of the Royal Shakespeare Company as its artistic director, died today of cancer, his family announced. He was 68.
Boyd replaced RSC predecessor Adrian Noble in 2003, departing nine years later. In 2012, he was knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honors for services to drama. Many felt that he was being rewarded for keeping the RSC intact.
Noble came under attack from all quarters for shifting the company from its London base and for revealing plans to have the RSC theater in Stratford-upon-Avon demolished.
During his tenure, however, Boyd led the organization’s successful transformation of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre at Stratford, a $179.3 million project that won a 2011 Royal Institute of British Architects award and was shortlisted for the Riba Stirling Prize.
But it was in a rehearsal room with actors where Boyd made his mark.
Working with Toby Stephens, who was playing the title role in Hamlet,...
Boyd replaced RSC predecessor Adrian Noble in 2003, departing nine years later. In 2012, he was knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honors for services to drama. Many felt that he was being rewarded for keeping the RSC intact.
Noble came under attack from all quarters for shifting the company from its London base and for revealing plans to have the RSC theater in Stratford-upon-Avon demolished.
During his tenure, however, Boyd led the organization’s successful transformation of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre at Stratford, a $179.3 million project that won a 2011 Royal Institute of British Architects award and was shortlisted for the Riba Stirling Prize.
But it was in a rehearsal room with actors where Boyd made his mark.
Working with Toby Stephens, who was playing the title role in Hamlet,...
- 8/4/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Richard Armitage — best known for playing Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit trilogy and most recently seen in Netflix's The Stranger — is set to take the lead in Now & Then, The Hollywood Reporter can reveal.
Adapted from William Corlett's award-winning novel by screenwriter and noted British casting director Matt Western, the story follows Christopher Metcalfe (Armitage), who returns to his childhood home following the death of his father, confronting memories of his time in school and an intense, passionate affair he shared with fellow student, Stephen Walker.
Adrian Noble, longtime artistic director at the Royal Shakespeare Company ...
Adapted from William Corlett's award-winning novel by screenwriter and noted British casting director Matt Western, the story follows Christopher Metcalfe (Armitage), who returns to his childhood home following the death of his father, confronting memories of his time in school and an intense, passionate affair he shared with fellow student, Stephen Walker.
Adrian Noble, longtime artistic director at the Royal Shakespeare Company ...
- 6/23/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Richard Armitage — best known for playing Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit trilogy and most recently seen in Netflix's The Stranger — is set to take the lead in Now & Then, The Hollywood Reporter can reveal.
Adapted from William Corlett's award-winning novel by screenwriter and noted British casting director Matt Western, the story follows Christopher Metcalfe (Armitage), who returns to his childhood home following the death of his father, confronting memories of his time in school and an intense, passionate affair he shared with fellow student, Stephen Walker.
Adrian Noble, longtime artistic director at the Royal Shakespeare Company ...
Adapted from William Corlett's award-winning novel by screenwriter and noted British casting director Matt Western, the story follows Christopher Metcalfe (Armitage), who returns to his childhood home following the death of his father, confronting memories of his time in school and an intense, passionate affair he shared with fellow student, Stephen Walker.
Adrian Noble, longtime artistic director at the Royal Shakespeare Company ...
- 6/23/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Julia Garner in ‘The Assistant.’
In a further sign of consolidation among independent distributors, Rialto Distribution has closed its Sydney office while continuing to book films into Australian cinemas via its Auckland headquarters.
However the end of the company’s presence in Oz after more than 20 years does not signal any reduction in acquisitions for multiple-platform release.
“We have gained much-needed economies of scale with Kevin Gordon, our Australia/New Zealand sales and distribution manager, selling in directly,” CEO Kelly Rogers tells If.
“This is going very well and Australian exhibitors are receptive to our strong line-up. We expect to release approximately 30 titles in 2020, mainly digital titles and select strong theatrical films.”
Former Myriad Pictures and Icon Film Distribution marketing executive Lisa Garner, who joined Rialto as Sydney-based head of film in February 2018, expects to soon announce her next venture.
Currently Rialto has a hit with Michael Schwartz and Tyler Nilson...
In a further sign of consolidation among independent distributors, Rialto Distribution has closed its Sydney office while continuing to book films into Australian cinemas via its Auckland headquarters.
However the end of the company’s presence in Oz after more than 20 years does not signal any reduction in acquisitions for multiple-platform release.
“We have gained much-needed economies of scale with Kevin Gordon, our Australia/New Zealand sales and distribution manager, selling in directly,” CEO Kelly Rogers tells If.
“This is going very well and Australian exhibitors are receptive to our strong line-up. We expect to release approximately 30 titles in 2020, mainly digital titles and select strong theatrical films.”
Former Myriad Pictures and Icon Film Distribution marketing executive Lisa Garner, who joined Rialto as Sydney-based head of film in February 2018, expects to soon announce her next venture.
Currently Rialto has a hit with Michael Schwartz and Tyler Nilson...
- 3/2/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Knives Out.’
Disney’s Frozen 2 dominated the cinema business last weekend without matching its stellar Us results while Studiocanal’s crime caper Knives Out proved to be effective counter-programming.
Meanwhile Rialto launched Adrian Noble’s Mrs Lowry & Son on 43 screens, ringing up $48,000 and a decent $184,000 including revenues from festivals. The English comedy stars Timothy Spall as the artist L.S. Lowry and Vanessa Redgrave as his overbearing mother.
Selina Miles’ feature documentary Martha: A Picture Story, an alternate content release which profiles intrepid American photojournalist Martha Cooper, clocked $15,000 from limited sessions plus $29,000 from festivals for Umbrella Entertainment.
The winner of the Sydney Film Festival Documentary Audience Award, the film follows Cooper as she roams around Berlin, New York and Baltimore and her adventures come to life with archival footage and tales from subjects and peers.
The Aacta Awards to be announced on Wednesday are unlikely to give any box office momentum to the victors,...
Disney’s Frozen 2 dominated the cinema business last weekend without matching its stellar Us results while Studiocanal’s crime caper Knives Out proved to be effective counter-programming.
Meanwhile Rialto launched Adrian Noble’s Mrs Lowry & Son on 43 screens, ringing up $48,000 and a decent $184,000 including revenues from festivals. The English comedy stars Timothy Spall as the artist L.S. Lowry and Vanessa Redgrave as his overbearing mother.
Selina Miles’ feature documentary Martha: A Picture Story, an alternate content release which profiles intrepid American photojournalist Martha Cooper, clocked $15,000 from limited sessions plus $29,000 from festivals for Umbrella Entertainment.
The winner of the Sydney Film Festival Documentary Audience Award, the film follows Cooper as she roams around Berlin, New York and Baltimore and her adventures come to life with archival footage and tales from subjects and peers.
The Aacta Awards to be announced on Wednesday are unlikely to give any box office momentum to the victors,...
- 12/1/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
“I am a man who paints, nothing more, nothing less,” says the British artist L.S. Lowry, as glumly played by Timothy Spall, early on in Adrian Noble’s miniature portrait “Mrs. Lowry & Son.” He says it again later on, and again still, and at least a couple more times for good measure before the credits roll. It’s a line, in fact, repeated so often as to become an incantation: a sort of self-validating mantra for Lowry himself, whose early career was blighted by critical dismissals of his then-unfashionable naïve style, as well as a consistent, chiding reminder on the film’s part, nagging us as to both the humility and the biographical value of its subject.
On paper — or on canvas, perhaps — “Mrs. Lowry & Son” seems like it can’t miss. With his Cannes-awarded turn as another lauded British painter, J.M.W. Turner, still fresh in our minds,...
On paper — or on canvas, perhaps — “Mrs. Lowry & Son” seems like it can’t miss. With his Cannes-awarded turn as another lauded British painter, J.M.W. Turner, still fresh in our minds,...
- 10/31/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Filming underway in Scotland and Northumberland.
UK production company Genesius Pictures has begun shooting the feature documentary The Rower, which is tracking the first attempt to row solo non-stop from Europe to North America.
Filming has begun in Scotland and Northumberland on the title, which is being co-produced with the UK’s Messy Hands Productions.
The film is following the efforts of former Royal Marine Stu Morton to row non-stop solo from Lagos in Portugal to Miami in the Us. He will launch his bid on October 28, and aims to average 75 miles a day with an estimated arrival of New Year’s Eve 2019 in Miami.
UK production company Genesius Pictures has begun shooting the feature documentary The Rower, which is tracking the first attempt to row solo non-stop from Europe to North America.
Filming has begun in Scotland and Northumberland on the title, which is being co-produced with the UK’s Messy Hands Productions.
The film is following the efforts of former Royal Marine Stu Morton to row non-stop solo from Lagos in Portugal to Miami in the Us. He will launch his bid on October 28, and aims to average 75 miles a day with an estimated arrival of New Year’s Eve 2019 in Miami.
- 10/14/2019
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
"It's not a hobby, mother... I have to do it! I'm compelled to put down everything. I need to capture a way of life." Cleopatra Entertainment has debuted the first official trailer for an indie biopic titled Mrs. Lowry & Son, the latest from acclaimed British director Adrian Noble. The very talented Timothy Spall continues his famous painters series by starring as L.S. Lowry. The film is a portrait of Lowry and his relationship with his mother, Elizabeth, who tries to dissuade him from pursuing his passion. The cast includes Vanessa Redgrave, plus Stephen Lord, David Schaal, Michael Keogh, John Alan Roberts, & Wendy Morgan. Why do artists always live such tormented lives?! Always so much struggle and pain, but perhaps this is where great art comes from. I like the way this trailer shows his paintings after sharing the scenes they're inspired by. Check it out. Here's the ...
- 10/11/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Mrs. Lowry & Son, the U.K. biopic about noted Manchester painter L.S. Lowry and starring British acting icons Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall, has found a U.S. home.
Cleopatra Entertainment has picked up domestic rights to the film, directed by former Royal Shakespeare Company chief Adrian Noble, produced by Debbie Gary and written by Martyn Hesford.
Shot in Manchester and London, Mrs. Lowry & Son tells the story of how beloved artist L.S. Lowry (Spall) — known for his images of urban, industrial scenes and matchstick men-like humans — lives all his life with his overbearing ...
Cleopatra Entertainment has picked up domestic rights to the film, directed by former Royal Shakespeare Company chief Adrian Noble, produced by Debbie Gary and written by Martyn Hesford.
Shot in Manchester and London, Mrs. Lowry & Son tells the story of how beloved artist L.S. Lowry (Spall) — known for his images of urban, industrial scenes and matchstick men-like humans — lives all his life with his overbearing ...
- 9/19/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Mrs. Lowry & Son, the U.K. biopic about noted Manchester painter L.S. Lowry and starring British acting icons Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall, has found a U.S. home.
Cleopatra Entertainment has picked up domestic rights to the film, directed by former Royal Shakespeare Company chief Adrian Noble, produced by Debbie Gary and written by Martyn Hesford.
Shot in Manchester and London, Mrs. Lowry & Son tells the story of how beloved artist L.S. Lowry (Spall) — known for his images of urban, industrial scenes and matchstick men-like humans — lives all his life with his overbearing ...
Cleopatra Entertainment has picked up domestic rights to the film, directed by former Royal Shakespeare Company chief Adrian Noble, produced by Debbie Gary and written by Martyn Hesford.
Shot in Manchester and London, Mrs. Lowry & Son tells the story of how beloved artist L.S. Lowry (Spall) — known for his images of urban, industrial scenes and matchstick men-like humans — lives all his life with his overbearing ...
- 9/19/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Holdovers dominated this weekend’s UK box office chart.
Today’s Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.21
RankFilm (Distributor)Three-day gross (Aug 30- Sept 1)Total gross to date Week 1 Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood (Sony) £1.8m £16.3m 3 2 The Lion King (Disney) £1.2m £71.7m 7 3 Angel Has Fallen (Lionsgate) £1.2m £4.5m 2 4 Doar & The Lost City Of Gold (Paramount) £622,000 £4.1m 3 5 Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw (Universal) £609,873 £19.1m 5 Sony Pictures
Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood retained its place at the top of the UK box office chart for a third straight weekend, adding £1.8m for £16.3m to date. That was only 14% down on its previous session.
Today’s Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.21
RankFilm (Distributor)Three-day gross (Aug 30- Sept 1)Total gross to date Week 1 Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood (Sony) £1.8m £16.3m 3 2 The Lion King (Disney) £1.2m £71.7m 7 3 Angel Has Fallen (Lionsgate) £1.2m £4.5m 2 4 Doar & The Lost City Of Gold (Paramount) £622,000 £4.1m 3 5 Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw (Universal) £609,873 £19.1m 5 Sony Pictures
Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood retained its place at the top of the UK box office chart for a third straight weekend, adding £1.8m for £16.3m to date. That was only 14% down on its previous session.
- 9/2/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
New releases include ‘The Souvenir’, ’Mrs Lowry & Son’, and ‘Bait’.
There is a flurry of intriguing indie title releases in the UK this weekend, while the top end of the chart looks like to be largely dominated by holdovers Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood and Angel Has Fallen.
In the indie space, Curzon is handling the release of Joanna Hogg’s fourth feature, The Souvenir, which stars Honor Swinton Byrne and Tom Burke in the story of a young film student who becomes romantically involved with a complicated man in 1980s London. Martin Scorsese was an executive producer...
There is a flurry of intriguing indie title releases in the UK this weekend, while the top end of the chart looks like to be largely dominated by holdovers Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood and Angel Has Fallen.
In the indie space, Curzon is handling the release of Joanna Hogg’s fourth feature, The Souvenir, which stars Honor Swinton Byrne and Tom Burke in the story of a young film student who becomes romantically involved with a complicated man in 1980s London. Martin Scorsese was an executive producer...
- 8/30/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
When you see the name Redgrave next to Spall, you know the performances are going to worthy of applauding. Adrian Noble’s take on the British artist L.S. Lowry is led by two powerhouses that capture you from the get go. Sentiment and spirit team together to unravel this slow-burner with utter ease.
Mrs Lowry and Son takes on the story of an artist and his mother. Not the most thrilling of subjects, albeit the sheer emotion seeping through every line, every criticism this poor man receives is anything other than laborious to watch. This is undoubtedly an elongated tale; but one with depth and complexity. We see Lowry (Timothy Spall) as a quirky, happy in his own way chap playing games with street children, matched with an equally uplifting soundtrack reflecting the kind and caring nature of this grown man. He is man who paints what he sees, ‘nothing more,...
Mrs Lowry and Son takes on the story of an artist and his mother. Not the most thrilling of subjects, albeit the sheer emotion seeping through every line, every criticism this poor man receives is anything other than laborious to watch. This is undoubtedly an elongated tale; but one with depth and complexity. We see Lowry (Timothy Spall) as a quirky, happy in his own way chap playing games with street children, matched with an equally uplifting soundtrack reflecting the kind and caring nature of this grown man. He is man who paints what he sees, ‘nothing more,...
- 8/28/2019
- by Gloria Daniels-Moss
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall steal the show in this low-key tale of the great artist finding success while caring for his curmudgeonly mother
Vanessa Redgrave gives a shrewd and amusingly bleak performance here as Elizabeth Lowry, the cantankerous and bedridden mother of the artist Ls Lowry – played by Timothy Spall. It’s a small-scale theatrical chamber piece, directed by Adrian Noble and written for the screen by Martyn Hesford, depicting Lowry’s life in the Lancashire town of Pendlebury in the 1930s, when he lived at home, caring for his widowed mother, devoted, lonely.
He is exasperated by her imperious mood swings, her refusal to take his art seriously and then by her capricious decision to like some of his work – a sudden spasm of approval that is no less disconcerting than her contempt. Through it all is Elizabeth’s deadpan gloom: Lowry patiently asks her to be cheerful...
Vanessa Redgrave gives a shrewd and amusingly bleak performance here as Elizabeth Lowry, the cantankerous and bedridden mother of the artist Ls Lowry – played by Timothy Spall. It’s a small-scale theatrical chamber piece, directed by Adrian Noble and written for the screen by Martyn Hesford, depicting Lowry’s life in the Lancashire town of Pendlebury in the 1930s, when he lived at home, caring for his widowed mother, devoted, lonely.
He is exasperated by her imperious mood swings, her refusal to take his art seriously and then by her capricious decision to like some of his work – a sudden spasm of approval that is no less disconcerting than her contempt. Through it all is Elizabeth’s deadpan gloom: Lowry patiently asks her to be cheerful...
- 8/28/2019
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
The festival has assembled a strong programme for local audiences.
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff), proudly proclaiming its status as the world’s longest continually-running film festival (running since 1947) wrapped on Sunday with the world premiere of Adrian Noble’s Mrs Lowry & Son, starring Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave.
The festival opened 10 days earlier with the scrappily entertaining Boyz In The Wood by Scottish director Ninian Dorff, setting the tone for the fifth edition under artistic director Mark Adams.
An eclectic range of features was dotted with the UK premieres of significant homegrown films in 2019 so far – Joanna Hogg’s Sundance-winner The Souvenir,...
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff), proudly proclaiming its status as the world’s longest continually-running film festival (running since 1947) wrapped on Sunday with the world premiere of Adrian Noble’s Mrs Lowry & Son, starring Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave.
The festival opened 10 days earlier with the scrappily entertaining Boyz In The Wood by Scottish director Ninian Dorff, setting the tone for the fifth edition under artistic director Mark Adams.
An eclectic range of features was dotted with the UK premieres of significant homegrown films in 2019 so far – Joanna Hogg’s Sundance-winner The Souvenir,...
- 7/1/2019
- by Fionnuala Halligan
- ScreenDaily
Vertigo Releasing has launched the first trailer for Adrian Noble’s biopic of artist L.S. Lowry, ‘Mrs Lowry and Son’.
The film depicts the relationship between L.S. Lowry, one of Britain’s most iconic artists, and his mother Elizabeth, with whom he lived until her death. Spall plays Lowry and Redgrave his overbearing mother.
Directed by Adrian Noble, and starring Academy Award® and Golden Globe® winner Vanessa Redgrave and BAFTA® Nominee Timothy Spall.
Also in trailers – Revenge is best served cold in trailer for ‘Into The Ashes’
The film is released in the UK August 30th.
Mrs Lowry & Son Synopsis
The film follows Lowry in the beginnings of his career, as he yearns for his work to be appreciated in London. However, his disdainful mother, Elizabeth actively tries to dissuade her bachelor son from pursuing his artistic ambitions. Elizabeth never fails to voice her opinion at what a disappointment he is to her.
The film depicts the relationship between L.S. Lowry, one of Britain’s most iconic artists, and his mother Elizabeth, with whom he lived until her death. Spall plays Lowry and Redgrave his overbearing mother.
Directed by Adrian Noble, and starring Academy Award® and Golden Globe® winner Vanessa Redgrave and BAFTA® Nominee Timothy Spall.
Also in trailers – Revenge is best served cold in trailer for ‘Into The Ashes’
The film is released in the UK August 30th.
Mrs Lowry & Son Synopsis
The film follows Lowry in the beginnings of his career, as he yearns for his work to be appreciated in London. However, his disdainful mother, Elizabeth actively tries to dissuade her bachelor son from pursuing his artistic ambitions. Elizabeth never fails to voice her opinion at what a disappointment he is to her.
- 6/27/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
must Line-up include sessions on casting, ethical documentary filmmaking and Spain focus.
The industry programme for this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff, June 19-30) has been revealed.
The highlights include a session titled ‘Casting Light on Casting Directors’, featuring members of the Casting Society of America’s European chapter.
‘Minding Non-Fiction’, co-hosted by the Scottish Documentary Institute, will look at ethical documentary filmmaking and best practices for the mental health and wellbeing of both filmmaker and subject.
In the animation section, ‘Women In Animation: The State of the Art’ will feature women working in the sector, looking at...
The industry programme for this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff, June 19-30) has been revealed.
The highlights include a session titled ‘Casting Light on Casting Directors’, featuring members of the Casting Society of America’s European chapter.
‘Minding Non-Fiction’, co-hosted by the Scottish Documentary Institute, will look at ethical documentary filmmaking and best practices for the mental health and wellbeing of both filmmaker and subject.
In the animation section, ‘Women In Animation: The State of the Art’ will feature women working in the sector, looking at...
- 6/5/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Eddie Izzard in ‘The Flip Side.’
Five Australian films have been invited to the 73rd edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, which runs from June 19–30.
Wayne Blair’s Top End Wedding, Thomas M Wright’s Acute Misfortune, Marion Pilowsky’s The Flip Side and Miranda Nation’s Undertow will screen in the World Perspectives strand.
Tony D’Aquino’s debut feature The Furies, a female-driven survival thriller, will be showcased in the Night Moves strand.
The festival describes D’Aquino’s film, which stars Airlie Dodds, Danielle Horvat, Linda Ngo and Taylor Ferguson, as a “gripping modern take on the 1980s slasher film, full of gore.”
Acute Misfortune is a “striking, brilliant and unconventional portrait” of one of Australia’s most acclaimed and idiosyncratic painters Adam Cullen; The Flip Side is a breezy rom-com about a budding chef and a British actor; Undertow is a tense and moving female-led...
Five Australian films have been invited to the 73rd edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, which runs from June 19–30.
Wayne Blair’s Top End Wedding, Thomas M Wright’s Acute Misfortune, Marion Pilowsky’s The Flip Side and Miranda Nation’s Undertow will screen in the World Perspectives strand.
Tony D’Aquino’s debut feature The Furies, a female-driven survival thriller, will be showcased in the Night Moves strand.
The festival describes D’Aquino’s film, which stars Airlie Dodds, Danielle Horvat, Linda Ngo and Taylor Ferguson, as a “gripping modern take on the 1980s slasher film, full of gore.”
Acute Misfortune is a “striking, brilliant and unconventional portrait” of one of Australia’s most acclaimed and idiosyncratic painters Adam Cullen; The Flip Side is a breezy rom-com about a budding chef and a British actor; Undertow is a tense and moving female-led...
- 5/30/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
New titles include ‘Balance, Not Symmetry’ and Emily Harris’ ‘Carmilla’.
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has launched its full programme with 18 world premieres, 12 international premieres, eight European premieres and 78 UK premieres for its 73rd edition of the festival (June 19-30).
Jamie Adams’ Balance, Not Symmetry, a drama about a Glasgow art student, which has a soundtrack written by Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro, will have its world premiere as the People’s Gala screening at the event. It stars Laura Harrier, Bria Vinaite and Lily Newmark. Biffy Cyro lead singer Simon Neil co-wrote the screenplay with Welsh writer-director Adams.
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has launched its full programme with 18 world premieres, 12 international premieres, eight European premieres and 78 UK premieres for its 73rd edition of the festival (June 19-30).
Jamie Adams’ Balance, Not Symmetry, a drama about a Glasgow art student, which has a soundtrack written by Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro, will have its world premiere as the People’s Gala screening at the event. It stars Laura Harrier, Bria Vinaite and Lily Newmark. Biffy Cyro lead singer Simon Neil co-wrote the screenplay with Welsh writer-director Adams.
- 5/29/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The Exchange seals UK deal on film which will close this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Vertigo Releasing has picked up UK and Ireland rights to Mrs. Lowry & Son, the UK drama starring Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall.
The Exchange handles rights on the project here in Cannes and struck the deal with Vertigo.
Adrian Noble, former director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, directed the feature from a script adapted by writer Martyn Hesford from his own stage play. Debbie Gray produced through Genesius Pictures.
Mrs. Lowry & Son is about the relationship between British artist L.S. Lowry, noted for...
Vertigo Releasing has picked up UK and Ireland rights to Mrs. Lowry & Son, the UK drama starring Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall.
The Exchange handles rights on the project here in Cannes and struck the deal with Vertigo.
Adrian Noble, former director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, directed the feature from a script adapted by writer Martyn Hesford from his own stage play. Debbie Gray produced through Genesius Pictures.
Mrs. Lowry & Son is about the relationship between British artist L.S. Lowry, noted for...
- 5/18/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Film stars Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave.
The world premiere of Mrs Lowry & Son will close this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (June 19-30).
The film is directed by Adrian Noble, a former director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and depicts the relationship between iconic British artist L.S. Lowry, played by Timothy Spall, and his mother Elizabeth, played by Vanessa Redgrave, with whom he lived until her death.
Mrs Lowry & Son is produced by Genesius Pictures, whose credits include Norhtern Soul and The Railway Children and will be released by Vertigo in the UK and Ireland this summer.
Spall...
The world premiere of Mrs Lowry & Son will close this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (June 19-30).
The film is directed by Adrian Noble, a former director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and depicts the relationship between iconic British artist L.S. Lowry, played by Timothy Spall, and his mother Elizabeth, played by Vanessa Redgrave, with whom he lived until her death.
Mrs Lowry & Son is produced by Genesius Pictures, whose credits include Norhtern Soul and The Railway Children and will be released by Vertigo in the UK and Ireland this summer.
Spall...
- 5/7/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Brian O’Shea’s The Exchange has sold Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall starrer “Mrs. Lowry & Son,” about the British artist L.S. Lowry, to several major territories.
Distribution rights were picked up by Rialto in Australia, DDDream Intl. in China, Paradiso in Benelux, Notorious in Italy, Sky Digi in Taiwan, and Shoval in Israel. The airline rights were acquired by Cinesky.
The film, scripted by Martyn Hesford, BAFTA-nominated for “Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!,” is an “intimate and humorous” drama about the unhappy relationship between Lowry (Spall) and his bed-ridden yet controlling mother, Elizabeth (Redgrave).
The project was directed by Adrian Noble, the former director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and was produced by Debbie Gray from Genesius Pictures (“Northern Soul”).
The Exchange’s Berlin market lineup includes “Seacole,” starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Sam Worthingon, Drew Barrymore’s “The Stand-In,” AFI Fest audience award-winner “The Biggest Little Farm” and sci-fi thriller “Warning,...
Distribution rights were picked up by Rialto in Australia, DDDream Intl. in China, Paradiso in Benelux, Notorious in Italy, Sky Digi in Taiwan, and Shoval in Israel. The airline rights were acquired by Cinesky.
The film, scripted by Martyn Hesford, BAFTA-nominated for “Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!,” is an “intimate and humorous” drama about the unhappy relationship between Lowry (Spall) and his bed-ridden yet controlling mother, Elizabeth (Redgrave).
The project was directed by Adrian Noble, the former director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and was produced by Debbie Gray from Genesius Pictures (“Northern Soul”).
The Exchange’s Berlin market lineup includes “Seacole,” starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Sam Worthingon, Drew Barrymore’s “The Stand-In,” AFI Fest audience award-winner “The Biggest Little Farm” and sci-fi thriller “Warning,...
- 2/10/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
‘Mrs Lowry and Son.’
The arthouse market in Australia is alive and well but these days in concentrated largely on myriad film festivals, according to Rialto Distribution’s Kelly Rogers.
So Rogers and Lisa Garner, Rialto’s head of film, are aiming to fill a gap in the market for upmarket titles with cross-over potential.
“We’re looking for films and stories that we emotionally connect with and we can see have a clear audience – whatever the genre,” says Garner, who opened the Sydney office in February, taking over from Backlot Films.
“Yes the market is cluttered, but if a film emotionally engages and entertains an audience then the film will find its audience and level.
”As the market shifts and changes we generally buy films based on knowing there’s a strong audience, whether that’s in the theatrical arena or home entertainment or sometimes a film that could go either way.
The arthouse market in Australia is alive and well but these days in concentrated largely on myriad film festivals, according to Rialto Distribution’s Kelly Rogers.
So Rogers and Lisa Garner, Rialto’s head of film, are aiming to fill a gap in the market for upmarket titles with cross-over potential.
“We’re looking for films and stories that we emotionally connect with and we can see have a clear audience – whatever the genre,” says Garner, who opened the Sydney office in February, taking over from Backlot Films.
“Yes the market is cluttered, but if a film emotionally engages and entertains an audience then the film will find its audience and level.
”As the market shifts and changes we generally buy films based on knowing there’s a strong audience, whether that’s in the theatrical arena or home entertainment or sometimes a film that could go either way.
- 11/11/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Brian O’Shea and team to introduce first-look footage.
The Exchange heads to Toronto next week with world sales rights to Mrs. Lowry And Son starring Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave, taking on a project originally put together by Robbie and Ellen Little at the Little Film Company.
Brian O’Shea, CEO of The Exchange, stepped in after the sudden death of Robbie Little immediately prior to the Cannes Film Festival.
Little and his wife had assembled the project and introduced it to buyers at the Efm in Berlin. O’Shea will continue sales and is showing first-look footage from...
The Exchange heads to Toronto next week with world sales rights to Mrs. Lowry And Son starring Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave, taking on a project originally put together by Robbie and Ellen Little at the Little Film Company.
Brian O’Shea, CEO of The Exchange, stepped in after the sudden death of Robbie Little immediately prior to the Cannes Film Festival.
Little and his wife had assembled the project and introduced it to buyers at the Efm in Berlin. O’Shea will continue sales and is showing first-look footage from...
- 8/28/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
British actress Vanessa Redgrave will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 75th Venice International Film Festival (August 29 – September 8).
The decision was made by the Board of Directors of the Biennale di Venezia upon the recommendation of festival Director Alberto Barbera. Director David Cronenberg will receive the same award at the festival.
Born into a well-known thespian family, the acclaimed stage and screen actress is a six-time Oscar nominee, winning in 1977 for her performance in Julia. She won Venice’s Volpi Cup in 1994 for Little Odessa and can also count a Tony Award, Olivier Award, Emmy, BAFTA Award and Golden Globe among her many accolades.
Among her most recent works, in 2018 the prolific actress performed in The Aspern Papers by Julian Landais, with Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Joely Richardson; Mrs Lowry & Son by Adrian Noble, with Timothy Spall; and Georgetown by Christoph Waltz, with Annette Bening. In 2017, she...
The decision was made by the Board of Directors of the Biennale di Venezia upon the recommendation of festival Director Alberto Barbera. Director David Cronenberg will receive the same award at the festival.
Born into a well-known thespian family, the acclaimed stage and screen actress is a six-time Oscar nominee, winning in 1977 for her performance in Julia. She won Venice’s Volpi Cup in 1994 for Little Odessa and can also count a Tony Award, Olivier Award, Emmy, BAFTA Award and Golden Globe among her many accolades.
Among her most recent works, in 2018 the prolific actress performed in The Aspern Papers by Julian Landais, with Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Joely Richardson; Mrs Lowry & Son by Adrian Noble, with Timothy Spall; and Georgetown by Christoph Waltz, with Annette Bening. In 2017, she...
- 7/24/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Bafta-winning Craig Armstrong to score drama.
Rialto Distribution has acquired Australia and New Zealand rights to Genesius Pictures’ upcoming Mrs Lowry & Son, starring Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave.
The film depicts the relationship between English artist L.S. Lowry and his mother Elizabeth, with whom he lived for the majority of his life. Production wrapped in March 2018 and Bafta-winning composer Craig Armstrong has now signed up to write the score.
International sales were being handled by the late Robbie Little of The Little Film Company, who passed away last week.
Martyn Hesford wrote the screenplay, adapting from his own play, and Adrian Noble directed.
Rialto Distribution has acquired Australia and New Zealand rights to Genesius Pictures’ upcoming Mrs Lowry & Son, starring Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave.
The film depicts the relationship between English artist L.S. Lowry and his mother Elizabeth, with whom he lived for the majority of his life. Production wrapped in March 2018 and Bafta-winning composer Craig Armstrong has now signed up to write the score.
International sales were being handled by the late Robbie Little of The Little Film Company, who passed away last week.
Martyn Hesford wrote the screenplay, adapting from his own play, and Adrian Noble directed.
- 5/14/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Actor says he is ‘trying to tick off all the artists’ as he starts work on film exploring Ls Lowry’s relationship with his mother
After rave reviews for his portrayal of Jmw Turner in 2014, Timothy Spall is to star in a film about another British artist – Ls Lowry.
Shooting begins this week on Mrs Lowry & Son, directed by Adrian Noble, a former head of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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After rave reviews for his portrayal of Jmw Turner in 2014, Timothy Spall is to star in a film about another British artist – Ls Lowry.
Shooting begins this week on Mrs Lowry & Son, directed by Adrian Noble, a former head of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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- 1/14/2018
- by Dalya Alberge
- The Guardian - Film News
Antonement star Vanessa Redgrave and Harry Potter star Timothy Spall are to front Geniuses Pictures' Mrs Lowry & Son, a feature that looks at the relationship between artist L.S. Lowry and his mother, Elizabeth. The film is directed by Adrian Noble, the former Chief Executive of the Royal Shakespeare Company and was written by former Coronation Street writer Martyn Hesford. It will tell the story of how Lowry lived all of his life with his overbearing mother, a deterring…...
- 1/12/2018
- Deadline
Biopic of painter due to shoot from mid-January in Manchester.
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Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall
Oscar-winner Vanessa Redgrave and BAFTA-nominee Timothy Spall are to star in Mrs Lowry & Son, about the relationship between British painter L.S. Lowry and his mother, Elizabeth.
Redgrave will play the role of Lowry’s mother opposite Spall in the role of painter Lowry who was famous for painting scenes of life in the industrial districts of North West England in the mid-20th century.
He developed a distinctive style of painting and is best known for his urban landscapes peopled with human figures often referred to as ’matchstick men’.
The artist lived all of his life with his overbearing mother, a bed-ridden and depressed presence in her bachelor son’s life and a deterring voice as he pursued his artistic ambition. Spending his days as a rent collector, Lowry took art classes by night, painting into the early...
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Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall
Oscar-winner Vanessa Redgrave and BAFTA-nominee Timothy Spall are to star in Mrs Lowry & Son, about the relationship between British painter L.S. Lowry and his mother, Elizabeth.
Redgrave will play the role of Lowry’s mother opposite Spall in the role of painter Lowry who was famous for painting scenes of life in the industrial districts of North West England in the mid-20th century.
He developed a distinctive style of painting and is best known for his urban landscapes peopled with human figures often referred to as ’matchstick men’.
The artist lived all of his life with his overbearing mother, a bed-ridden and depressed presence in her bachelor son’s life and a deterring voice as he pursued his artistic ambition. Spending his days as a rent collector, Lowry took art classes by night, painting into the early...
- 1/12/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- ScreenDaily
Macbeth, Lego Dimensions and North by Northwest top August Events listMacbeth, Lego Dimensions and North by Northwest top August Events listScott Goodyer8/1/2017 11:00:00 Am It's been a very rainy summer so why not take advantage of those gloomy days and come see a special event screening this month? The following is a list of some screenings you should definitely check out and for more information on each event, click on their titles: August 2nd: Kiki's Delivery Service (Japanese w/e.s.t.) From the legendary Hayao Miyazaki comes the beloved story of a resourceful young witch who uses her broom to create a delivery service, only to lose her gift of flight in a moment of self-doubt. It is tradition for all young witches to leave their families on the night of a full moon and set out into the wide world to learn their craft. When that night comes for Kiki,...
- 8/1/2017
- by Scott Goodyer
- Cineplex
Drama written, directed by team behind controversial BBC documentary Ghostwatch.
Toby Kebbell has been cast as twin brothers in sci-fi film Extrasensory from Genesius Pictures.
Lesley Manning directs from an original screenplay by Bafta-winning writer Stephen Volk.
The duo worked together on Ghostwatch, the infamous drama-mockumentary presented by Michael Parkinson that received over 30,000 complaints when it aired on BBC1 in 1992.
Kebbell plays twin brothers who are recruited for a top-secret experiment by Soviet Russia to test the power of telepathic communication.
Harry Gregson Williams (The Martian, Prometheus) will write the score. Produced by Debbie Gray (Northern Soul) and Myf Hopkins, former head of production at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, Extrasensory has been developed with and is supported by Film Cymru Wales.
Shooting will commence in late October 2017.
Genesius has also announced that Elbow front man Guy Garvey and I Am Kloot’s Peter Jobson have written the score for upcoming comedy drama The More You Ignore Me, starring...
Toby Kebbell has been cast as twin brothers in sci-fi film Extrasensory from Genesius Pictures.
Lesley Manning directs from an original screenplay by Bafta-winning writer Stephen Volk.
The duo worked together on Ghostwatch, the infamous drama-mockumentary presented by Michael Parkinson that received over 30,000 complaints when it aired on BBC1 in 1992.
Kebbell plays twin brothers who are recruited for a top-secret experiment by Soviet Russia to test the power of telepathic communication.
Harry Gregson Williams (The Martian, Prometheus) will write the score. Produced by Debbie Gray (Northern Soul) and Myf Hopkins, former head of production at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, Extrasensory has been developed with and is supported by Film Cymru Wales.
Shooting will commence in late October 2017.
Genesius has also announced that Elbow front man Guy Garvey and I Am Kloot’s Peter Jobson have written the score for upcoming comedy drama The More You Ignore Me, starring...
- 5/12/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
Twenty years ago, the Shakespeare in Love star had Hollywood at his feet – then he all but disappeared. So what happened?
Joseph Fiennes is currently specialising in second acts. This weekend he is in Cannes to promote his film The Last Race, the unofficial Chinese-made sequel to Chariots of Fire. Fiennes plays Eric Liddell, the Flying Scotsman who in 1924 famously refused to run on an Olympic Sunday because of his religious beliefs. The film is concerned with the little-known years after that in which Liddell gave up on sporting fame to become a Christian missionary in China.
To open that film, Fiennes is taking a couple of days away from rehearsing the comparable afterlife of that other Boy’s Own legend, Lawrence of Arabia. Fiennes takes the lead in Adrian Noble’s Chichester Festival revival of Terence Rattigan’s play Ross, which finds Lawrence home from the desert after something...
Joseph Fiennes is currently specialising in second acts. This weekend he is in Cannes to promote his film The Last Race, the unofficial Chinese-made sequel to Chariots of Fire. Fiennes plays Eric Liddell, the Flying Scotsman who in 1924 famously refused to run on an Olympic Sunday because of his religious beliefs. The film is concerned with the little-known years after that in which Liddell gave up on sporting fame to become a Christian missionary in China.
To open that film, Fiennes is taking a couple of days away from rehearsing the comparable afterlife of that other Boy’s Own legend, Lawrence of Arabia. Fiennes takes the lead in Adrian Noble’s Chichester Festival revival of Terence Rattigan’s play Ross, which finds Lawrence home from the desert after something...
- 5/15/2016
- by Tim Adams
- The Guardian - Film News
As previously announced, David Suchet will star as 'Lady Bracknell' in Oscar Wilde's much loved and exhilarating masterpiece The Importance Of Being Earnest. Directed by Adrian Noble, the new production will open in the West End on July 1, 2015, with previews from June 24. Suchet recently told the Daily Mail that Goeffrey Rush and Brian Bedford's portrayals of the iconic character led him to take the role, but that he wants to play the lady 'straight.'...
- 5/8/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
As previously announced, David Suchet will star as 'Lady Bracknell' in Oscar Wilde's much loved and exhilarating masterpiece The Importance Of Being Earnest. Directed by Adrian Noble, the new production will open in the West End on July 1, 2015, with previews from June 24. Suchet recently told the Daily Mail that Goeffrey Rush and Brian Bedford's portrayals of the iconic character led him to take the role, but that he wants to play the lady 'straight.'...
- 1/23/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
He might not have held on to household name status the way, say, Morecambe and Wise have, but Danny La Rue is still respected for his long entertainment career. Adrian Noble is now planning a biopic of the man, who died in 2009.Martyn Hesford has written the script for the film, which will chart La Rue’s life and career, particularly his years as a female impersonator and comic across several decades.“What drew me to the project was Martyn’s brilliant and funny screenplay which tells two unexpected love stories in an unexpected way,” Noble tells Screen International. “Over the course of his life Danny stood at the fulcrum of a changing British society and his story is filled with potent images where a man could dress as a woman and rub shoulders with royalty and gangsters alike.”The big challenge, of course, will be finding someone who can...
- 12/17/2014
- EmpireOnline
Biopic currently in development with BFI Film Fund; aiming for 2015 shoot.
UK production outfits Blacklisted Films and Leopard Drama (both part of the Argonon group) have attached theatre director Adrian Noble to direct their Danny La Rue biopic.
Based on an original screenplay by Martyn Hesford, the film is currently in development with the BFI Film Fund and is expected to go into production in 2015.
Sir Danny La Rue, OBE was an British entertainer known for his singing and cross-dressing performances.
Noble, former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, said: “What drew me to the project was Martyn’s brilliant and funny screenplay which tells two unexpected love stories in an unexpected way.
“Over the course of his life Danny stood at the fulcrum of a changing British society and his story is filled with potent images where a man could dress as a woman and rub shoulders with royalty and gangsters alike.”
Argonon’s most...
UK production outfits Blacklisted Films and Leopard Drama (both part of the Argonon group) have attached theatre director Adrian Noble to direct their Danny La Rue biopic.
Based on an original screenplay by Martyn Hesford, the film is currently in development with the BFI Film Fund and is expected to go into production in 2015.
Sir Danny La Rue, OBE was an British entertainer known for his singing and cross-dressing performances.
Noble, former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, said: “What drew me to the project was Martyn’s brilliant and funny screenplay which tells two unexpected love stories in an unexpected way.
“Over the course of his life Danny stood at the fulcrum of a changing British society and his story is filled with potent images where a man could dress as a woman and rub shoulders with royalty and gangsters alike.”
Argonon’s most...
- 12/16/2014
- ScreenDaily
Adrian Noble, the famed former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, is set to helm the Danny La Rue biopic for Blacklisted Films and Leopard Drama.
Sir Danny La Rue, OBE was an British entertainer known for his singing and cross-dressing performances. Noble says: "Danny stood at the fulcrum of a changing British society and his story is filled with potent images where a man could dress as a woman and rub shoulders with royalty and gangsters alike.”
Martyn Hesford penned the script and filming is slated to get underway next year. Blacklisted Films are also developing an adaption of Richard McCann's novel for "Mother of Sorrows" by Terence Davies, and the psychological horror thriller "The Willows".
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Sir Danny La Rue, OBE was an British entertainer known for his singing and cross-dressing performances. Noble says: "Danny stood at the fulcrum of a changing British society and his story is filled with potent images where a man could dress as a woman and rub shoulders with royalty and gangsters alike.”
Martyn Hesford penned the script and filming is slated to get underway next year. Blacklisted Films are also developing an adaption of Richard McCann's novel for "Mother of Sorrows" by Terence Davies, and the psychological horror thriller "The Willows".
Source: Screen...
- 12/16/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The Old Globe presents Inherit The Wind, directed by Adrian Noble. In the play, two powerhouse lawyers face off in a small town with the eyes of an entire nation upon them when a schoolteacher is arrested for teaching Charles Darwins theories of evolution. When the issue goes to trial, the two attorneys must passionately confront questions of faith and science in a heated courtroom. This fictional re-creation of the infamous Scopes Monkey Trial tackles issues that are every bit as relevant today as they were in 1925.Check out production photos below...
- 6/21/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Many months after David Seidler stood on stage at the Academy Awards clasping the Oscar for Original Screenplay we can experience The King’s Speech as the writer first envisaged, with a sharper political edge and a deeper exploration of the personalities circling the central relationship of the reluctant King and his antipodean, unqualified, speech therapist.
Though the spectres of Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush haunt the first moments of the play, and never truly leave the stage, Adrian Noble’s direction allows the play’s central themes to flourish at a brisk pace, setting the sad and perilous state of the monarchy up against the dark and uncertain future with an exceptional central performance from Charles Edwards whose external timidity and volcanic internal anger are perfectly balanced as he is buffeted between duty and desire. His transformation, the discovery of his voice, is deftly handled with a sympathetic and...
Though the spectres of Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush haunt the first moments of the play, and never truly leave the stage, Adrian Noble’s direction allows the play’s central themes to flourish at a brisk pace, setting the sad and perilous state of the monarchy up against the dark and uncertain future with an exceptional central performance from Charles Edwards whose external timidity and volcanic internal anger are perfectly balanced as he is buffeted between duty and desire. His transformation, the discovery of his voice, is deftly handled with a sympathetic and...
- 4/6/2012
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
At Guildford's Yvonne Arnaud theatre, playwright David Seidler has much more room to explore the story's historical background than the cinema version allowed
Watching David Seidler's play induces a strong sense of deja vu. That's not simply because it was the source of a hugely successful, Oscar-winning film. It is also because Seidler's perfectly enjoyable play taps into our recollections of other, more resonant works.
Until I saw it on stage, I had not realised how much Seidler's piece owed to Alan Bennett's The Madness of George III. In both we see an embattled royal subjected to all kinds of curative humiliations by a rogue outsider: in Bennett's play it was a bluff Lincolnshire parson whereas in Seidler's it is a tough Aussie speech specialist in the shape of Lionel Logue. I was also reminded of Tom Murphy's outstanding 1983 play, The Gigli Concert, in which a charlatan...
Watching David Seidler's play induces a strong sense of deja vu. That's not simply because it was the source of a hugely successful, Oscar-winning film. It is also because Seidler's perfectly enjoyable play taps into our recollections of other, more resonant works.
Until I saw it on stage, I had not realised how much Seidler's piece owed to Alan Bennett's The Madness of George III. In both we see an embattled royal subjected to all kinds of curative humiliations by a rogue outsider: in Bennett's play it was a bluff Lincolnshire parson whereas in Seidler's it is a tough Aussie speech specialist in the shape of Lionel Logue. I was also reminded of Tom Murphy's outstanding 1983 play, The Gigli Concert, in which a charlatan...
- 2/11/2012
- by Michael Billington
- The Guardian - Film News
The Old Globe today announced principal casting for the Globe's 2012 Shakespeare Festival. Craig Noel Award winner Jay Whittaker returns to the Festival for his third consecutive season to appear in the title role of William Shakespeare's Richard III. He will also appear as Oliver in Shakespeare's As You Like It. Also returning to the Festival are Craig Noel Award winner Robert Foxworth and Adrian Sparks, who will take to the courtroom floor as titanic lawyers Henry Drummond and Matthew Harrison Brady, respectively, in the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee classic Inherit the Wind. Foxworth, an Old Globe Associate Artist, will also play Lord Hastings in Richard III, and Sparks will play Lord Mayor of London in Richard III and Corin in As You Like It. Festival veteran Dana Green will star as Rosalind, and Dan Amboyer, new to the Festival stage, will play Orlando, the object of her affections,...
- 2/6/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
HollywoodNews.com: “The King’s Speech” is headed to Broadway. But readers of this column know I broke this story last year–that David Seidler wrote the script as a play, then converted it into the Oscar winning film. Producers have announced that British actor Charles Edwards and Australian Jonathan Hyde will play, respectively, King George VI and Lionel Logue, playing the roles originated on screen by Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush.
They will likely not be the actors who come to Broadway, but for the time being these guys will tour the United Kingdom starting in February 2012 and open in the West End sometime next spring. The Broadway opening would most likely occur a year from now. Adrian Noble is set as director. Here’s the link to the original story, just so some others don’t try to claim it was theirs: http://www.showbiz411.com/2010/10/26/kings-speech-oscar-buzzed-film-set-for-broadway-next-year
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They will likely not be the actors who come to Broadway, but for the time being these guys will tour the United Kingdom starting in February 2012 and open in the West End sometime next spring. The Broadway opening would most likely occur a year from now. Adrian Noble is set as director. Here’s the link to the original story, just so some others don’t try to claim it was theirs: http://www.showbiz411.com/2010/10/26/kings-speech-oscar-buzzed-film-set-for-broadway-next-year
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- 10/11/2011
- by Roger Friedman
- Hollywoodnews.com
Adrian Noble To Direct A Stage Version Of The King’s Speech
Adrian Noble will be directing the Broadway production of The King's Speech, which will be based on last year's Academy Award-winning film that chronicles the true story of King George VI's quest to find his voice. Noble, who has directed such Broadway plays as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Herbal Bed and A Midsummer Night's Dream, is aiming to open his newest production sometime during Fall 2012.
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Adrian Noble will be directing the Broadway production of The King's Speech, which will be based on last year's Academy Award-winning film that chronicles the true story of King George VI's quest to find his voice. Noble, who has directed such Broadway plays as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Herbal Bed and A Midsummer Night's Dream, is aiming to open his newest production sometime during Fall 2012.
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- 8/10/2011
- by Karen Benardello
- We Got This Covered
Ferociously intelligent actor who reigned supreme in Stoppard and Shakespeare
John Wood, who has died aged 81, was one of the greatest stage actors of the past century, especially associated with his roles in the plays of Tom Stoppard. But a combination of his enigmatic privacy and low profile on film – he cropped up a lot without dominating a movie – meant that he remained largely unknown to the wider public.
As with all great actors, you always knew what he was thinking, all the time. Wood was especially striking in the brain-box department. Tall, forbidding and aquiline-featured, he was as much the perfect Sherlock Holmes on stage as he was the ideal Brutus. He exuded ferocious intelligence, and the twinkle in his eye could be as merciless as it was invariably amused.
As the Royal Shakespeare Company's Brutus in Julius Caesar in 1972, he was undoubtedly the noblest Roman of them all,...
John Wood, who has died aged 81, was one of the greatest stage actors of the past century, especially associated with his roles in the plays of Tom Stoppard. But a combination of his enigmatic privacy and low profile on film – he cropped up a lot without dominating a movie – meant that he remained largely unknown to the wider public.
As with all great actors, you always knew what he was thinking, all the time. Wood was especially striking in the brain-box department. Tall, forbidding and aquiline-featured, he was as much the perfect Sherlock Holmes on stage as he was the ideal Brutus. He exuded ferocious intelligence, and the twinkle in his eye could be as merciless as it was invariably amused.
As the Royal Shakespeare Company's Brutus in Julius Caesar in 1972, he was undoubtedly the noblest Roman of them all,...
- 8/10/2011
- by Michael Coveney
- The Guardian - Film News
Director Adrian Noble has confirmed a rumor kicking around stage circles for weeks: that he is turning the Best Picture Oscar-winning The King's Speech into a stage play. This is not going to be a difficult transition. As Seidler told Deadline right after last year's Toronto International Film Festival, he turned his long-gestating script into a play as an exercise to help him finish and get it noticed. A reading was held, and that is where director Tom Hooper's parents heard it, then told Hooper they'd found his next project. It took Hooper some time to get around to reading it because he was working on the HBO miniseries John Adams. But they were right.
- 8/9/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
One of Britain's most distinguished actors, known for her roles on stage and screen
Margaret Tyzack, who has died aged 79, was one of Britain's greatest and most popular actors, working on stage, television and film for more than half a century. Sometimes described as being in the mould of Edith Evans and Flora Robson, she will be remembered particularly for performances in the golden age of BBC TV drama – Winifred in The Forsyte Saga (1967), Antonia in I, Claudius (1976) – as well as for stage performances such as Martha in the National Theatre's revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1981), for which she won an Olivier award for best actress, and Lottie with Maggie Smith in Lettice and Lovage (1987 and 1990), which earned her both Tony and Variety Club stage actress of the year awards. In 2008, well into her 70s, she scored perhaps one of her finest triumphs on stage as the wily,...
Margaret Tyzack, who has died aged 79, was one of Britain's greatest and most popular actors, working on stage, television and film for more than half a century. Sometimes described as being in the mould of Edith Evans and Flora Robson, she will be remembered particularly for performances in the golden age of BBC TV drama – Winifred in The Forsyte Saga (1967), Antonia in I, Claudius (1976) – as well as for stage performances such as Martha in the National Theatre's revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1981), for which she won an Olivier award for best actress, and Lottie with Maggie Smith in Lettice and Lovage (1987 and 1990), which earned her both Tony and Variety Club stage actress of the year awards. In 2008, well into her 70s, she scored perhaps one of her finest triumphs on stage as the wily,...
- 6/28/2011
- by Carole Woddis
- The Guardian - Film News
Versatile producer and director who made Prime Suspect an enduring success
Paul Marcus, who has died of cancer aged 56, was best known for his award-winning work as producer of the television series Prime Suspect. However, most of his career was devoted to directing, for theatre and cinema, as well as for TV.
The first series of the police drama Prime Suspect, written by Lynda La Plante and following Dci Jane Tennison (played by Helen Mirren) as she led her first major murder investigation, was aired by Granada TV in 1991, to wide acclaim. Marcus was asked by Granada to take over as producer on the second series. He bravely invited an unknown director, John Strickland, to oversee the drama, but his choice proved justified, with Prime Suspect 2 matching the success of the first series and receiving an International Emmy award as well as Bafta recognition.
Fired by the belief that...
Paul Marcus, who has died of cancer aged 56, was best known for his award-winning work as producer of the television series Prime Suspect. However, most of his career was devoted to directing, for theatre and cinema, as well as for TV.
The first series of the police drama Prime Suspect, written by Lynda La Plante and following Dci Jane Tennison (played by Helen Mirren) as she led her first major murder investigation, was aired by Granada TV in 1991, to wide acclaim. Marcus was asked by Granada to take over as producer on the second series. He bravely invited an unknown director, John Strickland, to oversee the drama, but his choice proved justified, with Prime Suspect 2 matching the success of the first series and receiving an International Emmy award as well as Bafta recognition.
Fired by the belief that...
- 3/4/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Oscar-nominated British actor with a vast range who could move between comedy and tragedy with ease
The actor Pete Postlethwaite had a face that elicited many similes, among them "a stone archway" and "a bag of spanners". These unflattering descriptions, plus his tongue-twisting surname, would suggest an actor with a career limited to minor supporting roles. But Postlethwaite, who has died of cancer aged 64, played a vast range of characters, often leading roles, on stage, television and film.
He was at ease in switching the masks of tragedy and comedy. The working-class martinet father he played in Terence Davies's film Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), which Postlethwaite credited as his big break, can be seen as paradigmatic of his career. Postlethwaite powerfully conveyed the father's double-sided nature: at one moment he is tenderly kissing his children goodnight, the next he is ripping the tablecloth off in a rage.
Postlethwaite was...
The actor Pete Postlethwaite had a face that elicited many similes, among them "a stone archway" and "a bag of spanners". These unflattering descriptions, plus his tongue-twisting surname, would suggest an actor with a career limited to minor supporting roles. But Postlethwaite, who has died of cancer aged 64, played a vast range of characters, often leading roles, on stage, television and film.
He was at ease in switching the masks of tragedy and comedy. The working-class martinet father he played in Terence Davies's film Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), which Postlethwaite credited as his big break, can be seen as paradigmatic of his career. Postlethwaite powerfully conveyed the father's double-sided nature: at one moment he is tenderly kissing his children goodnight, the next he is ripping the tablecloth off in a rage.
Postlethwaite was...
- 1/4/2011
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Antonacci/Gillet/Richards/Cavallier/Monteverdi Choir/Orr/Gardiner
(Fra, 2DVDs)
This was recorded last year at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, where Carmen had its premiere in 1875. It in no way attempts historical reconstruction, but aims for a sense of the original scale and scope of a piece that has been performed as everything from the most intimate of chamber works to an epic, with a cast of thousands. John Eliot Gardiner conducts Richard Langham Smith's new critical edition with fiery precision, while the period sound of the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique adds rawness to the prevailing sensuality. Adrian Noble's production, hampered by its vortex-cum-bullring set, doesn't ideally anchor the work in the French naturalist tradition, but Anna Caterina Antonacci and Andrew Richards generate such a terrific erotic charge as Carmen and José that you understand why its first audiences found it obscene. Anne-Catherine Gillet's Micaela is timorous rather than morally strong,...
(Fra, 2DVDs)
This was recorded last year at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, where Carmen had its premiere in 1875. It in no way attempts historical reconstruction, but aims for a sense of the original scale and scope of a piece that has been performed as everything from the most intimate of chamber works to an epic, with a cast of thousands. John Eliot Gardiner conducts Richard Langham Smith's new critical edition with fiery precision, while the period sound of the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique adds rawness to the prevailing sensuality. Adrian Noble's production, hampered by its vortex-cum-bullring set, doesn't ideally anchor the work in the French naturalist tradition, but Anna Caterina Antonacci and Andrew Richards generate such a terrific erotic charge as Carmen and José that you understand why its first audiences found it obscene. Anne-Catherine Gillet's Micaela is timorous rather than morally strong,...
- 12/10/2010
- by Tim Ashley
- The Guardian - Film News
Executive Producer Louis G. Spisto today announced the appointment of Adrian Noble as Artistic Director of The Old Globe's 2010 Shakespeare Festival celebrating the theater's 75th anniversary season. One of the theater's most respected and sought-after directors, Noble will oversee the Festival and direct two of the three productions presented in repertory. Noble succeeds Resident Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak who will leave his post in September to pursue independent directing opportunities. The annual festival will run from June 12 through September 26, 2010.
- 7/10/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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