Story Of London Project: 5 Performers Needed

Masterclass is seeking 5 performers - performance artists, musicians or actors - aged 17 -30, who would be interested in working as a collective to create a series of devised performances based on the history of the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Working collaboratively with theatre artist Blayne George this will be an opportunity to explore various way of using space to create and tell a story. The series will then be performed around the Theatre Royal Haymarket during June in conjunction with the festival. Read More...

Douglas Hodge 'The Actor as Director' Masterclass

Tuesday 19 May / 2.30 pm / Theatre Royal Haymarket

Douglas Hodge is an Olivier Award-winning actor, director and musician who has had great success and achieved critical acclaim for his various roles and projects.

Douglas is considered to be one of the foremost interpreters of Harold Pinter, having appeared in more than ten Pinter plays including: No Man’s Land, Moonlight (Almeida and West End), The Collection, The Lover (Donmar Warehouse), Betrayal (National) and The Caretaker (West End). He also made his directing debut with a revival of Harold Pinter’s Dumb Waiter at Oxford Playhouse. Read More...

Matthew Warchus Actors Masterclass

Friday 15 May / 2.30 pm / Theatre Royal Haymarket

Matthew Warchus is a hugely successful director of theatre, opera and film.

He is currently opening THE NORMAN CONQUESTS and GOD OF CARNAGE on Broadway, following on from the highly acclaimed productions at the Old Vic and in the West End, respectively. Read More...

Photos of Matthew MacFadyen Masterclass

This is a selection of some of the photographs taken at an actors masterclass that Matthew MacFadyen gave at "Masterclass" at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London in April. Matthew talking about his acting, which included a question and answer session.

Recent film appearances include Fitzwilliam Darcy in an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice directed by Joe Wright and co-starring Keira Knightley; and John Birt in the highly acclaimed Frost/Nixon directed by Ron Howard.

FILM

Frost/Nixon (Ron Howard, Universal Pictures), Death at a funeral (Frank Oz, Death at a Funeral ltd), Middletown (Green Park Films), Pride and Prejudice (Joe Wright, Working Title), In my father's den (Little Bird Productions), The Reckoning (Renaissance/Morality Films), Enigma (Enigma Productions), Maybe Baby (Ben Elton, Inconceivable films)


TELEVISION

Little Dorrit (BBC TV), Miss Marple (Granada), Ashes to Ashes (Kudos Productions), Secret Life (Channel 4), MI5 (USA, BBC TV), The Project (BBC TV), Spooks: 2 series (BBC), The way we live now (Deep Indigo), Perfect Strangers (Stephen Poliakoff, Talkback TV), Bloodline (BBC TV), Warriors (BBC TV), Wuthering Heights (LWT Productions)


THEATRE

The Pain and the Itch (Dominic Cooke, Royal Court), Henry IV: Parts 1+2 (Nick Hytner, National Theatre), Battle Royal (National Theatre/ RSC/ Stratford), School for Scandal (Declan Donnellan, Barbican/Cheek by Jowl), Much ado about nothing (Touring/West End), Duchess of Malfi (West End/New York + Int Tour), Midsummer Nights Dream (Adrian Noble, RSC)

To view more photos from the Masterclass press the 'Read More' link below.

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Adetomiwa Edun To Play Romeo In "Romeo And Juliet" At The Globe

Adetomiwa Edun whose current headshot I took will kick off the Globe's 2009 season playing the lead in Romeo and Juliet. Running from 30 April to 23 August, with previews from 23 April. Ellie Kendrick will play Juliet. She is best-known for playing the title role in the recent BBC dramatisation of The Diary of Anne Frank. The Globe's Artistic Director Dominic Dromgoole will direct the production.

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Adetomiwa Edun at Tavistock Wood Talent & Literary Agency

Elizabeth Day's Recent Headshot Session

This is one of the photographs that was recently taken on Elizabeth Day's headshot photo shoot. Elizabeth was looking for a more natural photograph compared to her old headshot. Elizabeth is soon to be seen as Belinda Larkin in BBC One's "Doctors - I Kissed A Girl" which has been directed by Sean Gleeson. Elizabeth is represented by Curtis Brown Group Ltd.

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Elizabeth Day's Spotlight link

Kerry Howard In Remake Of 'Reggie Perrin'

Kerry Howard whose headshots I took last year has been cast as 'Vicky' in BBC One's 'Reggie Perrin' starring Martin Clunes. Kerry's character is Reggie Perrin's PA. The series is a remake of the 1970's series 'The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin' which starred Leonard Rossiter. 'Reggie Perrin' will be on later this month for a 6 episode run. Kerry is represented by Karushi Management.

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Kerry Howard's Spotlight link