Film, Television & Theatre May 2019

Congratulations to… Sam Mendes who has been nominated for Best Director for The Ferryman at the 2019 Tony Awards.

Caitríona McLaughlin who won Best Director at the Irish Theatre Awards last month for Marina

Carr’s ON RAFTERY’s HILL at The Abbey Theatre.

Katie Mitchell who won the Golden Mask Award for Best Opera Director; and the Best Director award

at The International Opera Awards

Film

HOTEL MUMBAI: coming to UK cinemas soon

This searing, vivid dramatisation of the Mumbai attacks, co-written

by John Collee and director Anthony Maras, hurls us into the chaos

that terrorised India's most populous city for four days in 2008.

Produced by Thunder Road and Xeitgeist Entertainment Group with

stunning performances from Academy Award nominee Dev Patel

and Golden Globe nominee Armie Hammer. HOTEL MUMBAI

BEATS: premieres in UK cinemas on 17th May

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, 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

FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY: premieres in Irish cinemas on 10th May

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

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Television

GENTLEMAN JACK: BBC1 – Begins this May

Sally Wainwright’s new eight-part drama follows one of the

most formidable women of the 19th century: noted landowner

and industrialist Anne Lister who is regarded as the ‘first modern

lesbian’. Created, Written, Executive Produced and Directed (4

eps) by award-winning writer Sally Wainwright, it stars

Suranne Jones, Gemma Whelan and Sophie Rundle.

GENTLEMAN JACK

YEARS AND YEARS: BBC1 – Begins this May

Russell T Davies’ new six part drama takes a look at a

fictionalised version of current affairs through the eyes of the Lyons

family in Manchester over the course of a 15-year period. Created,

Written and Executive Produced by award-winning writer Russell

T Davies and starring Emma Thompson, Russell Tovey and Anne

Reid. YEARS AND YEARS

JAMESTOWN: Season 3 released Friday 26th April on Sky1

Jamestown, set in the early 17th Century, returns for its third and final

series. As the town continues to flourish, can it survive tensions with

the indigenous population rising any further? Created, written, directed

and exec-produced by Bill Gallagher. JAMESTOWN III

CLINK: Channel 5Star – Thursday at 9pm, Throughout May/June

A new hard-hitting drama set in a women's prison from LA

Productions, the producers of BBC’s MOVING ON. Ep 3 (CUTS) TX’s

on Thu 2 May and was written by Tony Schumacher, Ep 4 (Thursday

9th May) was written by Vivienne Harvey. Ep 5 (Thursday 16th May)

was written by Esther Wilson, Ep 7 (Thursday 30th May) was co-

written by Rebecca Manley. CLINK

SNEAKY PETE: Season 3 releases 10th May on Amazon Prime

Sneaky Pete, created by David Shore and Bryan Cranston, follows Marius (Giovanni

Ribisi) as a released convict who assumes the identity of his former cellmate in order

to avoid his past life. Ed McCardie acts as co-exec producer and writer across the

series. SNEAKY PETE III

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HETTY FEATHER 5: CBBC – starts Monday 6th May

Helen Blakeman’s series, adapted from Dame Jacqueline

Wilson’s novel, is returning for a fifth series. Helen is writing two

episodes which will open and close the series.

HETTY FEATHER

London Theatre

SMALL ISLAND: Olivier Theatre – Press Night 1st May

Andrea Levy’s epic, Orange prize-winning novel bursts to new life

on the Olivier stage. A company of 40 tells a story which journeys

from Jamaica to Britain, through WWII to 1948 – the year the

HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury. Adapted for the stage

by Helen Edmundson. SMALL ISLAND

AMOUR: Charing Cross Theatre – opens 2nd May

A musical fantasy about daring to dream and the power of self-belief. With

music by multi award-winning Michel Legrand and English lyrics by Jeremy

Sams (from the original French by Didier Van Cauwelaert). Adapted from the

1943 short story Le Passe-Muraille by Marcel Ayme, AMOUR opened on

Broadway in 2002 and was nominated for five Tony Awards including Best

Musical. AMOUR

THE HALF GOD OF RAINFALL: Kiln Theatre until 17 May 2019

By Inua Ellams

“extraordinary poetic drama” ★★★★, The Times “The power

of the production lies not in theatrical ostentation, but in its

fierce, unadorned precision… remarkable” – ★★★★ The

Guardian.

THE HALF GOD OF RAINFALL

THE LEHMAN TRILOGY: Piccadilly Theatre, from 11th May

Following its sold-out run at the National Theatre and The Armory, New York,

critically acclaimed The Lehman Trilogy will transfer to the Piccadilly

Theatre. Sam Mendes directs Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Ben

Miles. LEHMAN

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THE LAST TEMPTATION OF BORIS JOHNSON: Park Theatre – 9th May – 8th June

This timely comedy drama offers an insight into the mind of one of the most

divisive politicians of our time. Sound Design by Andy Graham.

THE LAST TEMPTATION OF BORIS JOHNSON

ANNA: National Theatre – 11th May – 15th June

Created by playwright Ella Hickson and sound designers Ben and Max

Ringham, this tense new thriller uses individual audio headsets to give the

audience intimate access to events as they unfold over one evening, in East Berlin.

ANNA

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON: Southwark Playhouse – 15th May – 8th

June

Discover a sleepy fishing harbour at the end of the First World War – home to a

most curious story of one man, and the timeless tale of a love that defies all odds.

Music and Lyrics by Darren Clark. THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

OUR TOWN: Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre – opens 16th May

Birth, Death, Marriage. And everything in between. Thornton

Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize winning play celebrates what it means to be

human and the bonds that unite us all. Directed by Ellen

McDougall. Sound Design by Tom Gibbons. OUR TOWN

ARMADILLO: The Yard Theatre, 30th May — 22nd June

A teenage girl disappears from a small town in America where

fifteen years earlier, another teenage girl was kidnapped. Now a

woman, she watches the news. She reaches for her gun. She holds

it close. From writer Sarah Kosar and director Sara Joyce comes

a show about the dangerous ways we make ourselves feel safe.

ARMADILLO

THE AMBER TRAP: continues at Theatre 503 – until 18th May

Katie and her girlfriend Hope work at their local corner shop, where the days pass in

quiet, comfortable rhythms. But when new employee Michael arrives, the sands start

to shift and the air begins to thicken. Tabitha Mortiboy’s new play, directed by

Hannah Hauer-King.

THE AMBER TRAP

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OUT OF WATER: continues at The Orange Tree Theatre –until 1st

June

A tender new play about gender, wild swimming, and how we define

who we are. Zoe Cooper’s new play, eirected by Guy Jones, is a co-

production with the RSC. OUT OF WATER

MOUTHPIECE: Soho Theatre - until 4 May

Written by Kieran Hurley.

“Gripping, truthful and engaged … Mouthpiece reaffirms

Kieran Hurley’s place as a hugely talented playwright for

today” ***** The Stage, **** The Guardian, The Scotsman,

The Herald MOUTHPIECE

MAN OF LA MANCHA: London Coliseum –until 8 June

The universal tale of love, hope and adventure opens for a strictly limited

season, starring Kelsey Grammer, Danielle de Niese, Nicholas Lyndhurst and

Cassidy Janson. Conducting, orchestration and arrangements by David

White. MAN OF LA MANCHA

WIFE: Kiln Theatre – opens 30th May

I don’t believe that I’m nothing but a daughter and a wife and a mother. I’m a

human being”

Samuel Adamson’s new play explores the institution of marriage over the course

of ninety years and its impact on those branded ‘Wife’. Directed by Kiln Theatre

Artistic Director Indhu Rubasingham. WIFE

EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION: Trafalgar Studios – opens 31st May

This whip-smart show is a love letter to education in the 90s and is jam-

packed with more hits than ‘Now That’s What I Call 1997’. The must see

comedy of 2019 plays a strictly limited 4 week season at the Trafalgar

Studios. Co-directed by Jesse Jones. EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION

FRESCO: Waterloo East – 3rd May

Book, music and lyrics written by Olivia Mace, this rehearsed reading follows

Leonardo Da Vinci, at the end of his career, and Michelangelo, at the peak of his,

when both were commissioned to paint a famous battle. This play with music

tells the story of the short time those two men spent in each other’s company.

FRESCO

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UK Theatre

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST: Watermill Theatre – 23rd May – 29th June

Oscar Wilde’s trademark wit and masterful storytelling are at the heart of this hilarious

comedy of manners about misbehaving in a manor. Lighting Design by Sally Ferguson.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

GHOSTS: Royal & Derngate – until 11 May

A shattering story of the consequences of secrets and lies in a new

adaptation of Ibsen’s masterpiece. Composition and Sound Design

by Richard Hammarton.

GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS: UK tour Ends Sat 4th May in Bristol

Last chance to see this hit production of David Mamet’s play

★★★★★ Metro, ★★★★The Guardian, ★★★★ The Times. GLENGARRY

FLIGHT: Brighton Festival – 4th - 23 May

Two children set off on an epic journey across Europe – orphaned

refugee brothers on a desperate odyssey to safety. Watch the action

unfold from your personal booth with the story and music in your

headphones. Based on the novel Hinterland by Caroline Brothers. 'It

is pulse-pounding, immersive storytelling strange and exquisite and

intensely affecting' The New York Times. FLIGHT

LOSE YOURSELF – Sherman Theatre – 10th – 25th May

A funny, powerful and poignant story for right now. This major new play will take

you on a fast, dark ride with three people who have one goal - to get out into the

night and lose themselves. Sound Design by Sam Jones.

LOSE YOURSELF

ALL MOD CONS – Lyric Theatre Belfast – 18th May – 9th June

A compelling new comedy-drama exploring our capacity to accept change - in

others as well as ourselves – engaging directly with current conversations in

Ireland and beyond about our complex relationship with gender, consent, and

individual responsibility. Lighting Design by Sarah Jane Shiels.

ALL MOD CONS

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THE AUDIENCE – NST Theatre Southampton – 24th May – 22nd June

65 Years. 13 Prime Ministers. One Queen. Sound Design by Alexandra Faye

Braithwaite.

THE AUDIENCE

THE REMAINS OF THE DAY: continues its UK Tour

Christopher Haydon directs Barney Norris’ new adaptation of

Kazuo Ishiguro’s literary masterpiece. It received its world

premiere at Royal & Derngate before embarking on a major

national tour. In May it will play in Salisbury, Cambridge and Bristol.

THE REMAINS OF THE DAY

SUPERHOE: Brighton Festival, until 21st May

Following its Royal Court debut, writer and performer

Nicole Lecky and director Jade Lewis take their sellout

show to Brighton for three nights only. ★★★★ The

Standard –‘a revelation’★★★★ whatsonstage – ‘a frank,

funny and at times devastating piece’ ★★★★ The

Telegraph – ‘a vivid and touching portrait’

SUPERHOE

HAUNTINGS AND PORK PIES: A live performance at Powis Castle, until 4

May

The performance is based on GLAD HEARTS ADVENTURING, written for

Powis Castle by Lucy Gough and directed by Hannah Noone. It is an

exclusive live performance in partnership with Theatre Clwyd to celebrate

the opening of ‘Worlds Apart in War: Welsh Girls School at Powis Castle’.

HAUNTINGS AND PORK PIES

CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN: UK Tour – until 29 June

Based on the best-selling novel by Louis de Bernières that inspired

the hit film, CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN makes its world premiere

across the UK in 2019. Composition by Harry Blake. CAPTAIN

CORELLI'S MANDOLIN

BARBER SHOP CHRONICLES: UK Tour, until 25 August

Inua Ellams’ critically acclaimed BARBER SHOP

CHRONICLES continues its UK tour.

BARBER SHOP CHRONICLES

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SHADOWLANDS: Chichester Festival Theatre, until 25th May

William Nicholson’s much-loved play, winner of the Evening

Standard Award for Best Play and nominated for a Tony Award,

stars Hugh Bonneville.

SHADOWLANDS

Overseas Theatre

ROMEO AND JULIET: Theatre Trier – Continues

Ryan McBryde directs Shakespeare’s classic tragedy.

ROMEO AND JULIET

CITYSONG – Abbey Theatre Dublin – 29th May – 8th June

CITYSONG is a play, a poem and a chorus of voices showing three generations of a

Dublin family on one day. It turns out one day holds the entire past. Sound Design

by Adrienne Quartly.

CITYSONG

Radio

WINGING IT: BBC Radio Scotland - Mon 6 May 2019 13:30

Written by Bryce Hart - Hapless parents Clare and Paul take bad parenting

to a new level. Starring Carmen Pieraccini, Jamie Quinn, Gabriel Quigley

and Sanjeev Kohli.

MY FRIEND, MARIE ANTOINETTE – BBC Radio 4 catch-up

Directed by John Dryden, this is an intimate first-hand account

of the final days of Marie Antoinette, staring Lily Loveless as

young prison maid, Rosalie Lamoriere, who forms a strong bond

with the tragic queen, played by Laure Stockley.

MY FRIEND, MARIE ANTOINETTE

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Continuing Theatre

EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE

KITE

THE COMEDY ABOUT THE BANK ROBBERY WEST END

HAMILTON

ALL ABOUT EVE IN THE WILLOWS

NOUGHTS AND CROSSES UK Tour

MATILDA

MAMMA MIA!

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD

BING LIVE

THE TWILIGHT ZONE

TOAST

THE FERRYMAN