CLAUDIA GRANT and SOLOMON ISRAEL recently performed in Juicy and Delicious at the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton. The play by Lucy Alibar inspired the feature film Beasts of the Southern Wild. The work-in-progress production ran on 12 and 13 November and was directed by Anthony Lau.
Sean Kingsley in The Sword In The Stone at New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
SEAN KINGSLEY is in rehearsals for the part of Merlin in the New Wolsey Theatre's Christmas show The Sword in the Stone. The show continues in the Ipswich theatre's tradition of producing rock 'n' roll pantos during the festive period.
Andreea Paduraru shooting Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
Romanian actress ANDREEA PADURARU is about to join the cast of feature film Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them in which she will be playing an Aura. The movie by JK Rowling is being directed by David Yates for Warner Brothers.
Louise Mardenborough in In The Motherhood at Birmingham Rep
LOUISE MARDENBOROUGH will be appearing in In The Motherhood at Birmingham Rep on 3 and 4 November.The play about a village PTA is directed by Tom Saunders.
Jessica Baglow in Pericles and The Winter's Tale at Shakespeare's Globe
JESSICA BAGLOW is now in rehearsals for Pericles at Shakespeare's Globe which will play from 25 November until 22 April. Dominic Dromgoole will be directing her in the role of Marina. She will also be appearing in The Winter's Tale at Shakespeare's Globe from 4 February until 22 April, directed by Michael Longhurst.
Maeve O'Sullivan in Overshadowed at Dublin Fringe
MAEVE O'SULLIVAN will be appearing in Sunday's Child Theatre Company's play Overshadowed which is showing at the New Theatre in Dublin as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival from 15 to 19 September.
Kirsty Oswald in The Father in the West End
KIRSTY OSWALD is in rehearsals having joined the cast of The Father, which is transferring to the West End following runs at Theatre Royal Bath and the Tricycle Theatre. The show opens on 5 October and runs until 21 November at Wyndham's Theatre.
Patrick Romer in Gypsy in the West End
PATRICK ROMER can be seen playing the role of Pop in Gypsy at the West End's Savoy Theatre. The hit musical starring Imelda Staunton runs until the end of November.
Roseanna Frascona in No Border at Oxford Playhouse and Theatre 503
ROSEANNA FRASCONA can next be seen in Rough-Hewn's production of No Border at Oxford Playhouse on 14 and 15 September and at Theatre 503 on 4 and 5 October. Drawn from workshops with 200 young people from across the country, No Border is an irreverent new verbatim play exploring how to fit the mould in a country that feels like it’s falling apart, and whether there ever really is a place to call ‘home’.
Piotr Baumann in Shibboleth at Abbey Theatre, Dublin
PIOTR BAUMANN is in rehearsals for Shibboleth at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. The new play by Stacey Gregg is described as an energetic and unsentimental exploration of working class life in Belfast and can be seen from 7 to 31 October as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival.
Gregory Gudgeon in Monsieur Popular at Theatre Royal Bath
GREGORY GUDGEON will next appear in Monsieur Popular at the Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath. This new version of Eugene Marin Labiche's farce, adapted and directed by Jeremy Sams, will run from 14 October to 7 November.
Katerina Jugati in Absent at Shoreditch Town Hall
KATERINA JUGATI will soon be appearing in dreamthinkspeak's Absent, a promenade production at Shoreditch Town Hall. Absent is partly inspired by The Duchess of Argyll's residence at a central London hotel from the 1970s until the 80s, when she was finally evicted, having run out of friends and credit. It plays from 24 August to 25 October.
Ranjit Krishnamma in The Odyssey: Missing Presumed Dead on tour
RANJIT KRISHNAMMA is now working on The Odyssey: Missing Presumed Dead by Simon Armitage, a co-production between English Touring Theatre and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse. It opens in Liverpool on 30 September before going on tour, taking in Richmond, Brighton, a two week stint at Shakespeare's Globe's Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Cambridge and Exeter.
Danny Horn in Sunny Afternoon in the West End
We're thrilled that DANNY HORN will be taking over the role of Ray Davies in hit West End show Sunny Afternoon from October 5. The Olivier award winning show about the rise of The Kinks runs at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
Pepter Lunkuse in The Crucible at the Royal Exchange, Manchester
PEPTER LUNKUSE is to play the part of Mercy Lewis in Manchester Royal Exchange's upcoming production of The Crucible. Caroline Steinbeis will direct the play which runs from 18 September to 24 October.
Solomon Israel in Octagon at the Arcola
SOLOMON ISRAEL is in rehearsals for Supporting Wall's production of Octagon at the Arcola Theatre. The play by Kristiana Rae Colón follows a group of American slam poets and will be directed by Nadia Latif. Catch it from 16 September to 17 October.
Jessica Baglow in The Family Way at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton
JESSICA BAGLOW is now back at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton rehearsing for the role of Violet in The Family Way. The play runs from 4 September to 3 October and is directed by the theatre's new artistic director Elizabeth Newman.
Julie Teal in Lady Anna: All At Sea at the Park Theatre
JULIE TEAL is now in rehearsals for Lady Anna: All At Sea at the Park Theatre. The play runs from 19 August to 19 September and is directed by Colin Blumenau, who Julie previously worked with on Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds' production of Mansfield Park.
Sean Kearns in Wicked in the West End
SEAN KEARNS will be joining the cast of long-running West End show Wicked from September. He'll be taking over the role of Doctor Dillamond in the show which is in its ninth year playing at the Apollo Victoria Theatre.
Ross O'Hennessy shooting The Bastard Executioner
Having finished filming in Prague on The Musketeers, ROSS O'HENNESSY is back in his native South Wales playing the recurring part of Locke in The Bastard Executioner. Kurt Sutter (Sons Of Anarchy) is the showrunner for this new Fox TV series, set in the Middle Ages.