Film, Television & Theatre March 2019

Congratulations

to Tony McNamara for his Bafta win, with Deborah Davis, for Best Original Screenplay

for THE FAVOURITE

to Grace Ofori-Attah for being nominated for best Debut Writer at the Edinburgh TV

Festival New Voices Awards

to Anna Symon, whose MRS WILSON was nominated for Best Series at the BPG Awards

to Russell T Davies for being nominated for Best Writer at the BPG Awards

to A Very English Scandal for being nominated for Best Mini Series at the BPG Awards

Film

BEATS: UK premiere to close Glasgow Film Festival 2019, 3rd

March

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 and new legislation effectively outlaws raves or “public

gatherings around amplified music characterised by the emission

of a succession of repetitive beats”. 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

https://glasgowfilm.org/glasgow-film-festival/shows/beats-nc-18

FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY: Glasgow Film Festival 2019, 2nd &

3rd March

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

FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS – premieres in UK cinemas on March

15th

A fast-living, cynical London music executive (Danny Mays)

heads to a remote Cornish village on a stag weekend where

he’s challenged by his boss (Noel Clarke) into trying to sign a

group of shanty singing fishermen (led by James Purefoy). A

fish out of water, he struggles to win over the unlikely boy

band and their families (including Tuppence Middleton) who

value friendship and community over fame and fortune. Based

on a true story, with an all-star ensemble cast. Co-written by

Piers Ashworth, directed by Chris Foggin.

FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS

Television TRAPPED: Series 2 continues Saturdays at 9pm on BBC4

Clive Bradley’s gripping Icelandic 10-part series continues

investigating the shocking attack on a politician in Reykavik.

Chief of Police Andri has returned to his rural hometown, a

place where the dark events of the past still haunt him.

TRAPPED

ENDEAVOUR Series 6: ITV – Finishes

Sunday 3rd March, 8pm

Oxford-set Inspector Morse prequel sixth

series sees its finale this weekend.

Written and Executive Produced by series

creator Russell Lewis.

ENDEAVOUR

CALL THE MIDWIFE: BBC1 – Series 8 continues

Sundays at 8pm Heidi Thomas’ heart-warming and inspiring period

drama continues in its eighth series. Created, written

and executive produced by award-winning writer Heidi

Thomas and starring Helen George, Stephen McGann,

Jenny Agutter and Leonie Elliott.

CALL THE MIDWIFE

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DAS BOOT: Sky Atlantic – Continues

DAS BOOT is an 8 part series based on the critically

acclaimed film of the same name, and will pick up in the

autumn of 1942, just months after the Wolfgang Petersen’s

1981 film ends. Starring Lizzy Caplan, August Wittgenstein

and Rick Okon and with Simon Allen as Associate

Producer and writer of episode 6 and Laura Grace as

writer of episode 5.

DAS BOOT

RESISTANCE: Coming Soon

Catherine Morshead directs all five parts of this 1920s-set drama

about the Irish independence movement. Starring Brian Gleeson and

Conall Keating.

THE ROAD TO BREXIT: Coming Soon to BBC Two

Arthur Mathews’ distinctive comic take on the situation,

using archive footage and filmed interviews and starring

Matt Berry.

LONDON KILLS S1: Acorn TV - 25th Feb London’s best detectives take on its worst

crimes. From the creators of Suspects,

episode 3 is written by Sally Tatchell.

LONDON KILLS

London Theatre

BLOOD KNOT – Orange Tree – 8th March – 20th April It’s been a year since Morrie returned to Port Elizabeth to live

with his brother Zach. They share childhood memories of their

mother, yet have wildly contrasting life experiences due to their

different fathers. Can they free themselves from the enduring

prejudices provoked by the different shades of their skin?

Directed by Matthew Xia.

BLOOD KNOT

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THE TWILIGHT ZONE – Ambassadors Theatre – 4th March – 1st June

You are about to enter another dimension, a dimension not only of sight

and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination.

Next stop, the Twilight Zone… Composition and Sound Design by Sarah

Angliss.

THE TWILIGHT ZONE

BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR – Southwark Playhouse – 13th

March – 6th April Based on the true story, and brought to life with musical

numbers, BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR transfers to Southwark

Playhouse after a critically acclaimed run at the Jermyn Street

Theatre. Musical Direction by Adam Gerber.

BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR

WOLFIE – Theatre 503 – 20th March – 13th April A spiralling odyssey of dizzying theatricality, WOLFIE is a bold,

fantastical fairytale following two twins separated at birth and

asks who is truly responsible for society’s most vulnerable

children. Sound Design by Richard Hammarton.

WOLFIE

THE PHLEBOTOMIST – Hampstead Theatre – 19th March –

20th April

In a ratist world where health, wealth and happiness

depend on a single blood test - dictating everything from

bank loans to dating prospects – phlebotomy reigns

supreme. So how far will people go to beat the system?

Composition by Isobel Waller-Bridge.

THE PHLEBOTOMIST

COMPANY: Gielgud Theatre– Ends 30th March

Stephen Sondheim & George Furth’s legendary

musical comedy about life, love and marriage

finishes its triumphant run at the Gielgud Theatre.

Starring Patti Lupone and Rosalie Craig with

direction by Marianne Elliot. Music Direction by Joel

Fram.

COMPANY

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Richard II: Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, 22nd

February – 21st April, press night 6th March

Lynette Linton co-directs the first ever

company of women of colour in a Shakespeare

play on a major UK stage, in a post-Empire

reflection on what it means to be British in the

light of the Windrush anniversary and as we

leave the European Union.

RICHARD II

STONES IN HIS POCKETS - Rose Theatre

Kingston 28th Feb – 9th March, Theatre

Royal Bath 11th-16th March and UK Tour

Directed by Lindsay Posner

'Triumphant, fast, brilliant and

hilarious' Independent

'An unequivocal source of joy, laughter,

tears and delight' Daily Mail

'A moving and heartfelt tribute to the imaginative power of live performance' The

Guardian

BLUE THUNDER – Vault Festival, 27 Feb-17

March 2019

Padraic Walsh's powerfully immersive play,

gets up close and personal with one

splintered family in small-town Ireland.

Funny and excruciating by turns, it

examines manhood and what happens

when the people who should be there for

you have nothing left to give.

BLUE THUNDER

THE MERRY WIDOW: ENO – 01 Mar - 13 Apr 2019

Franz Lehár‘s comic masterpiece, played out in a stream of

memorable melodies including the familiar ‘Vilja Song’ and ‘Merry

Widow Waltz’. Making their ENO debuts are director Max Webster

(The Lorax at Old Vic) and sought-after Estonian conductor Kristiina

Poska. As the vivacious Hanna, ENO favourite Sarah Tynan returns

for her second major appearance of the season. She is joined by

Nathan Gunn as Danilo, while ENO legend Andrew Shore plays the

pompous Zeta. At the Embassy Ball, wealthy widow, Hanna

Glawari, leads her society suitors on a merry dance. But how will

she win Danilo who counts her riches worthless?

MERRY WIDOW

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LITTLE ECHOES: Hope Theatre, Islington – Run ends 9th Mar

2019

“He looked the same as anyone else. Any of the other ones

who come in. White boys. So I didn’t clock anything different,

cos there wasn’t anything different. How was I meant to

know?” Shajenthran’s brother has had acid thrown in his face

and Shaj is out for revenge. Danielle’s teenage crush on a

pop idol develops into an illicit relationship, ‘professional

mentoring’ becoming something much darker. June has spent

twenty years serving the private needs of the super wealthy,

but her new assignments confront her with the questions

she’s spent a lifetime running from. When their paths cross it

is not something any of them will forget. Filled with love, coercion, loneliness and

obsession, Little Echoes takes you through the city as you’ve never seen it before. A city

of deep shadows, darker intentions, and where anything can change in the

night. Written by Tom Powell, winner of the OTR National Radio Drama Award.

"Relentlessly draws you in" ActDrop; ★★★★@pubtheatres1; ★★★★ “theatrical

sophistication and performances like this don’t come along every day” @thereviewchap;

Pick of the Week @LoveLDNLoveCul LITTLE ECHOES

ALYS, ALWAYS: Bridge Theatre 25th Feb – 30th March

A gripping psychological thriller that excavates the fault

line that separates the entitled from the unentitled.

Written by Lucinda Coxon, based on the novel by

Harriet Lane.

ALYS, ALWAYS

There is a Field: Theatre 503 28th Feb – 16th

March

Written by Martin Askew and Directed by Esther

Baker, There is A Field is a London story of faith,

death and family strife reshaped by local crises

and global events centred around white, Muslim

convert Abdullah. “ There is a Field is a great

success that shows tremendous potential in

highlighting the unusual situation many young

Muslims in the East End may face today.” The

Upcoming ****

THERE IS A FIELD

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UK Theatre

EDMOND DE BERGERAC: Birmingham Repertory Theatre

- 15th – 30th March

Get ready to meet the man behind the nose and

discover the hilarious comedy behind the celebrated

story of Cyrano de Bergerac. Written by Alexis Michalik

and translated by Jeremy Sams.

EDMOND DE BERGERAC

THE REMAINS OF THE DAY: Northampton Royal &

Derngate – closes 16th March, then tours the UK

Christopher Haydon directs Barney Norris’ new

adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s literary masterpiece. It

receives its world premiere at Royal & Derngate before

embarking on a major national tour.

THE REMAINS OF THE DAY

GOD OF CHAOS: Theatre Royal Plymouth – opens 7th

March David Mercatali directs this outrageously funny and provocative new play about the world of online

censorship by Olivier-nominated playwright Phil Porter. GOD OF CHAOS

THE SHY MANIFESTO – UK tour, 29 Jan-4 March

2019

17 year old Callum is proud to be shy and he

thinks you should be too, because what this

noisy, crazy world needs right now is a bit more

self-restraint. Michael Ross’ play is a

bittersweet coming-of-age comedy drama about

a shy boy who is fed up of constantly being told

to come out of his shell. THE SHY MANIFESTO

GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS: UK Tour continues in

Manchester

After its sell-out run in the West End wowing critics and

audiences alike, this darkly funny production of David

Mamet’s play is touring the UK. Joining the hard-

hitting sales team in Sam Yates’ unmissable production

are: Denis Conway as Dave Moss; James Staddon as

James Lingk; and Zephryn Taitte as Baylen; Mark

Benton (Shelly ‘The Machine’ Levene) and Nigel

Harman (Ricky Roma). ★★★★★ Metro, ★★★★ The

Guardian, ★★★★ The Times. Mon 25 Mar 2019 - Sat

30 Mar 2019, Manchester opera House

GLENGARRY

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THE MIRROR CRACK’D: Salisbury Playhouse – Run ends 9th

March

Adapted for the stage by Rachel Wagstaff - Times are changing.

Girls are wearing trousers and Hollywood has come to a sleepy

English village in the shape of a beautiful film star. Miss Marple

begins to question her place in the world until a mysterious

death calls into question the past of all those

present. Everyone's version of events is different. Can Miss

Marple unravel the tangle of lies? This thrilling new play, based

on Agatha Christie's novel, explores how we all colour our own

memories, our own truths, to disguise the darkness that lies

within. In this rich, psychological drama, everyone has a

secret…Directed by Melly Still, Movement by Joseph Alford.

THE COMEDY ABOUT THE BANK ROBBERY: UK Tour until 6th

April 2019

The funniest show in the West End is now on tour. Mischief

Theatre's smash-and-grab hit is a fast, fabulous comedy caper.

With mistaken identities, love triangles and hidden agendas,

even the most reputable can't be trusted. In a town where

everyone's a crook, who will end up bagging the jewel? Tour

Director Kirsty Patrick-Ward. 29 Jan - 2 Feb CHESTER

Storyhouse, 5 - 9 Feb YORK Grand Opera House, 12 - 16 Feb

BRISTOL Hippodrome, 19 Feb - 2 Mar CAMBRIDGE Arts Theatre.

COMEDY ABOUT A BANK ROBBERY

MATILDA The Musical: UK & Ireland Tour – Bradford Alhambra to 23rd

March then Edinburgh Playhouse 02/04/2019 - 27/04/2019

Matilda The Musical is the multi-award winning musical from the

Royal Shakespeare Company, inspired by the beloved book by the

incomparable Roald Dahl. Directed by Matthew Warchus.

MATILDA

HANG – Sheffield, 21 February-9 March 2019

Nearly now; in a Britain with a radically altered legal

system, a woman has made her choice. As the victim

of a serious crime, she is in control of the

perpetrator’s fate. Searing and darkly humorous,

debbie tucker green’s hang explores morality and

a sense of justice through the lens of one victim’s

decision. Sound Design by Dan Balfour.

HANG

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BARBER SHOP CHRONICLES – UK Tour, 12th

March-25th August 2019

Inua Ellams’ critically acclaimed BARBER

SHOP CHRONICLES heads off on a UK tour.

Barber Shop Chronicles is heart-warming,

hilarious and insightful. The play invites the

audience into a uniquely masculine

environment where the banter may be

barbed, but the truth always telling.

BARBER SHOP CHRONICLES

HOW TO BE BRAVE – Welsh Tour, 13-27 March 2019

Determined that her young daughter will never lose the

powerful, fierce magic she arrived into the world with, Katie

sets off on a mission to create an instruction manual titled,

How to Be Brave. Sian Owen’s one-woman play is a love story

to the city and the women that made her.

HOW TO BE BRAVE

HAMLET – Leeds Playhouse – 1st March – 30th March

A vibrant, visceral production of one of the greatest plays in

the English language. Composition and Sound Design by

Alexandra Faye Braithwaite.

HAMLET

PRINCESS & THE HUSTLER: Hull Truck Theatre 5th – 16th March

Princess & The Hustler is the second national tour born from

Revolution Mix – an Eclipse movement that is spearheading the

largest ever delivery of new Black British stories. Shortlisted for the

Alfred Fagon Award 2018 for Best New Play. Written by

Chinonyerem Odimba. Sound design by Richard Hammarton.

PRINCESS & THE HUSTLER

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Overseas Theatre

ROMEO AND JULIET: Theatre Trier – opens 23rd March

Ryan McBryde directs Shakespeare’s classic tragedy.

ROMEO AND JULIET

THE FERRYMAN: Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre – Continues

Directed by Sam Mendes, written by Jez Butterworth – The hit

play transfers from London’s West End to Broadway. Northern

Ireland, 1981. The Carney farmhouse is a hive of activity with

preparations for the annual harvest. A day of hard work on the

land and a traditional night of feasting and celebrations lie ahead.

But this year they will be interrupted by a visitor. Winner of 10

major London awards including the Olivier Award for Best New

Play and Best Director. Associate/Recast director Tim Hoare.

★★★★★ Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Guardian, Financial

Time, Express, Evening Standard, Independent, The Observer

THE FERRYMAN

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Continuing Theatre

EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE

COUGAR KITE INSIDE BITCH

ROMEO AND JULIET

SHIPWRECK

EDEN

TARTUFFE THE SON

THE COMEDY ABOUT THE BAK ROBBERY WEST END

HAMILTON

HOME, I’M DARLING

ALL ABOUT EVE IN THE WILLOWS

NOUGHTS AND CROSSES UK Tour

THE PAPER MAN

MATILDA MAMMA MIA! HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD

BING LIVE