Anna Chancellor News

The longlist for the annual Evening Standard Theatre Awards has been announced, and includes Dame Judi Dench, Dame Helen Mirren, James McAvoy and Dominic West.

Late night cinema screenings of Maria Friedman's award-winning production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG have been added in NYC including the Union Square Regal and possibly more to follow. Go to www.fathomevents.com for tickets and most updated information. Early shows are completely sold out in NYC.

Following exclusive premieres in New York and London attended by the cast, creative team, and Stephen Sondheim himself, Maria Friedman's award-winning production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG screens in cinemas across the United States tomorrow, October 23, for one night only.

BBC AMERICA announces Fall Preview

Following a sell-out run at Chichester Festival Theatre, Private Lives opened at the Gielgud theatre last night, July 3, with Toby Stephens and Anna Chancellor reprising their starring roles in Noel Coward's classic screwball comedy.

Following a sell-out run at Chichester Festival Theatre, Private Lives will transfer to the Gielgud theatre beginning tonight, June 22, with Toby Stephens and Anna Chancellor reprising their starring roles in Noel Coward's classic screwball comedy.

The Olivier Awards 2013 took place tonight, hosted by Sheridan Smith and Hugh Bonneville, at the Royal Opera House.

UK editor in chief Carrie Dunn follows the Oliviers Party in the Piazza, red carpet and the ceremony, and gives her opinions on the runners and riders...

Following a sell-out run at Chichester Festival Theatre, Private Lives will transfer to the Gielgud theatre this summer with Toby Stephens and Anna Chancellor reprising their starring roles in Noël Coward's classic screwball comedy.

Lara Pulver, Annabelle Wallis, Lesley Manville, Anna Chancellor, Samuel West and Rupert Evans will all feature in the four-part drama that explores the early life of Ian Fleming, the charming, enigmatic creator of 007. Fleming (W/T) from Ecosse Films is a co-production for BBC AMERICA and Sky Atlantic and distributed by BBC Worldwide.

Starting today, Acorn TV, the first British TV focused streaming service, streams one of its few non-British series with the first season of the most critically-acclaimed theater series ever, SLINGS & ARROWS featuring Paul Gross, Rachel McAdams, and Mark McKinney.

The Evening Standard Theatre Awards, established in 1955, are presented annually for outstanding achievements in London Theatre, and this year's nominations longlist has just been announced. Sponsored by the Evening Standard newspaper, this year's shortlist will be announced on November 12 and the winners revealed on November 25.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced Tuesday, April 24 the nominations for its 2012 television awards. British miniseries 'Appropriate Adult,' which chronicles the real-life serial killer Fred West, leads the way with four nominations.

Critically-acclaimed drama, The Hour will return to BBC AMERICA next year with a mini-series sequel, once again co-produced by the network.

On Monday, Nov. 14th, Acorn TV, the first streaming service specializing in British television, adds the complete series of Hugh Laurie's hilarious pre-House doctor series Fortysomething, co-starring Anna Chancellor (BBC's The Hour); and, the first season of one of Acorn's first-rate, non-British series, the universally acclaimed Canadian series Slings & Arrows, called 'Outrageously Entertaining' (NPR), 'Absolutely addictive' (The New York Times), and 'One of the finest series ever made' (San Francisco Chronicle) and starring Paul Gross (currently in Broadway's 'Private Lives,' Due South), Mark McKinney (The Kids in the Hall), and Rachel McAdams (The Notebook).

On Monday, Nov. 14th, Acorn TV, the first streaming service specializing in British television, adds the complete series of Hugh Laurie's hilarious pre-House doctor series Fortysomething, co-starring Anna Chancellor (BBC's The Hour); and, the first season of one of Acorn's first-rate, non-British series, the universally acclaimed Canadian series Slings & Arrows, called 'Outrageously Entertaining' (NPR), 'Absolutely addictive' (The New York Times), and 'One of the finest series ever made' (San Francisco Chronicle) and starring Paul Gross (currently in Broadway's 'Private Lives,' Due South), Mark McKinney (The Kids in the Hall), and Rachel McAdams (The Notebook).

Bijan Sheibani will direct Federico García Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba running at the Almeida Theatre from 19 January - 10 March 2012, with press night on 26 January at 7pm.

Richard Eyre will direct Nicholas Wright's compelling new play The Last of the Duchess at Hampstead Theatre. In an upstairs bedroom in a mansion near Versailles, Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor lies near the end of her life. According to a report by Baz Bamigboye for Daily Mail, the production will star Sheila Hancock as Maitre Suzanne Blum and Anna Chancellor as Caroline Blackwood. The production runs October 20 through November 26.

BBC AMERICA is co-producing a new six-part drama series, The Hour, to premiere this summer on BBC AMERICA. Created and written by BAFTA award-winning Abi Morgan (White Girl, Sex Traffic, Brick Lane, Murder), The Hour stars Dominic West(The Wire, The Devil's Whore), Romola Garai (Emma, Atonement) and Ben Whishaw (Bright Star, Criminal Justice, Brideshead Revisited) locked in a highly competitive, sharp witted and passionate love triangle.

BAM and Donmar Warehouse present the U.S. premiere of August Strindberg's Creditors, directed by Alan Rickman in a new version by David Greig from April 16th until May 16th.