LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT Film Starring Jessica Lange & Ed Harris Wraps Production
by Michael Major - Nov 28, 2022
Production has wrapped on the new film adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer prize-winning play, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, starring Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, Ben Foster and Colin Morgan. Jonathan Kent will make his film directorial debut with the film. David Lindsay-Abaire adapted the play for the screen.
VIDEO: James Corden Stars in Prime Video's THE MAMMALS Series Trailer
by Michael Major - Nov 7, 2022
Mammals follows the story of Jamie (James Corden), a chef whose world implodes when he discovers shocking secrets about his pregnant wife, Amandine (Melia Kreiling). The series was written by two-time Olivier and Tony Award winner Jez Butterworth (Jerusalem, The Ferryman). Watch the new video trailer now!
VIDEO: James Corden Stars in MAMMALS Series Teaser
by Michael Major - Oct 17, 2022
Prime Video debuted the official teaser trailer and new images for the upcoming darkly comedic drama series Mammals, starring Tony, Emmy, and BAFTA winner James Corden and Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins. Written by two-time Olivier and Tony Award winner Jez Butterworth. Watch the new video teaser trailer now!
Review: THE TEMPEST, Shakespeare's Globe
by Cindy Marcolina - Aug 1, 2022
Love Island meets Below Deck in Benidorm in this OTT aestival pastiche. Prospero dons a speedo. Questionable tattoos cover a few of the cast. The most unpredictable of twists stretches the limits of copyright infringement. It’s absolutely bonkers, but it works! Holmes delivers a modern, refreshing, and unconventional take.
Showtime Sets New Premiere Date for Season Two of WE HUNT TOGETHER
by Michael Major - Jun 9, 2022
Subsequent episodes will air Sundays starting at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The London-set series stars Hermione Corfield (Star Wars: The Last Jedi), Eve Myles (Broadchurch) and Babou Ceesay (GUERILLA), and joining the series for season two will be Colin Morgan (The Fall). All six episodes of the hour-long series of WE HUNT TOGETHER are written by Gaby Hull.
WE HUNT TOGETHER to Return to Showtime This Summer
by Michael Major - May 17, 2022
Episodes will air Sundays starting at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The London-set series stars Hermione Corfield (Star Wars: The Last Jedi), Eve Myles (Broadchurch) and Babou Ceesay (GUERILLA), and joining the series for season two will be Colin Morgan (The Fall). From BBC Studios Drama Productions, all six episodes of the series are written by Gaby Hull.
Universal Sets BELFAST Digital, Blu-Ray & DVD Release
by Michael Major - Feb 1, 2022
Written and directed by Academy Award® nominee Kenneth Branagh (Henry V), BELFAST on Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital comes packed with all-new bonus content including a heart-warming alternate ending featuring Kenneth Branagh, deleted scenes, and featurettes about Branagh’s vision, the characters, and filming locations.
MOULIN ROUGE! Leads January's Top 10 New London Shows
by Marianka Swain - Jan 4, 2022
Though hardly an ideal start to the new theatrical year, we want to applaud all of the incredible casts, creatives, backstage and front-of-house staff who are working so hard to keep shows on. If you can support productions, please do – whether revisiting an amazing long-running show or checking out something new. And speaking of which: here are some of the most intriguing London additions for this month. Keep checking back for our reviews, interviews and features!
BWW Feature: Favourite Olivier Awards Memories and Our 2020 Winners
by Marianka Swain - Apr 2, 2020
Sadly, the 2020 Olivier Awards won't be going ahead as planned due to the coronavirus shutdown, although ITV will broadcast a highlights show. So, BroadwayWorld reviewers have been thinking back to some of our favourite Oliviers winners, nominees and performances from past years - plus some of the incredible nominees from this year who we would have loved to see honoured.
BWW Review: A NUMBER, Bridge Theatre
by Debbie Gilpin - Feb 20, 2020
Back in 2002, when Caryl Churchill's A Number premiered at the Royal Court, genetics was the hot new topic. The Human Genome Project was on the verge of being completed and a few years earlier Dolly the sheep had been cloned, leading to very real discussions about whether or not humans could end up being cloned. It was still science fiction, of course, as demonstrated a few years later when South Korean claims of harvesting viable stem cells from a cloned human embryo were found to be false. Nonetheless, Churchill's play featuring a father and his cloned sons must have captured the imagination of audiences.
Photo Flash: First Look at Caryl Churchill's A NUMBER at Bridge Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 19, 2020
Polly Findlay directs Roger Allam and Colin Morgan in Caryl Churchill's play A Number at the Bridge Theatre running to 14 March 2020. Designs are by Lizzie Clachan with lighting by Peter Mumford, sound by Carolyn Downing, music by Marc Tritschler and casting by Robert Sterne.