Michael Sheen and his partner Anna Lundberg were seen at the National Television Awards, last night in London. He was invited to present the Best Drama Performance award, given to David Tennant’ for his performance in Des. Watch the lovely moment they shared in video below:
We’ve added some photos of Michael’s appearance to our photo gallery:
Michael Sheen’s fantastic performance as Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? host Chris Tarrant in ITV minisseries Quiz has earned him another nomination, this time as best actor at this year’s BAFTA Cymru Awards, his third in the awards so far – he has been nominated for his performances in The Gospel of Us, which he won, and in Apostle. Check out the nominees:
Actor
Callum Scott Howells – It’s A Sin – Red Production Company / Channel 4
Keith Allen – The Pembrokeshire Murders – World Productions in association with Severn Screen / ITV
Mark Lewin Jones – Gangs of London – Pulse Films, SISTER / Sky Atlantic
Michael Sheen – Quiz – Left Bank Pictures / ITV
The 30th annual British Academy Cymru Awards will take place on October 24 at 7 PM GMT. The digital ceremony will be streamed across BAFTA’s social channels.
Congratulation, Michael, and good luck!
The shortlist of this year’s Broadcast Digital Awards has been released. The Sky One panel show There’s Something About Movies recieved a nomination as best lockdown programme. Check out the nominees below:
Best Lockdown Programme – Comedy, Entertainment & Scripted
A League of Their Own
Don’t Hate the Playaz
How’s Your Head, Hun?
InterConnected: Salvation Calling
Lockdown Juice
There’s Something About Movies
The winners will be announced on October 6 at The Brewery, London. You can book seats or tables here.
Congratulations to team TSAM!
The second installment, The Sandman: Act II, is set to premiere on Audible on September 22; Michael Sheen returns as Lucifer. Read more below:
Ler maisJames McAvoy is coming back as Morpheus in Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman: Act II” audio drama — set to premiere exclusively on Audible this fall.
The audio series will continue Audible’s adaptation the best-selling graphic novel series written by Gaiman and published by DC. “The Sandman: Act II” will debut Sept. 22, 2021, on Audible at this link. Amazon-owned Audible announced its order for seasons 2 and 3 of “The Sandman” earlier this year, after launching the first installment a year ago.
Ahead of the part 2 premiere, Audible will make the first installment of “The Sandman” available for free starting today. Previously, the series was available only via Audible Premium Plus ($14.95/month) or as an a la carte purchase for $34.95.
Actors Michael Sheen, Siân Phillips and Kezrena James attended a virtual event for National Theatre to discuss Under Milk Wood, in which the shared their thoughts on the production, the rehearsals, the performances and more.
Watch the video below:
We have uploaded screencaptures on our photo gallery:
In an article published on the New Statesman page, Michael Sheen tells about the importance of giving under-represented backgrounds a voice, the aim of the project “A Writing Chance”:
Ler maisUnpaid internships and an increasingly London-centric industry are preventing people from lower-income backgrounds from entering the arts. I want to change that.
As I heard it, Beryl Reid was visiting a friend performing at the National Theatre. The visit over, she said her goodbyes, picked up her shopping bags and headed for the stage-door exit. A few turns down similar-looking backstage corridors later, she found herself standing in the middle of a crowd scene in Julius Caesar. Like something out of a terrible dream, there she was, shopping in hand, a full house across the footlights and Brutus in full flow before her! Rather than recoiling or freezing in horror, the late and truly great Beryl Reid set her shopping down and confidently took her place among the toga-clad Roman crowd. When Brutus was finished, she picked up her bags, left the stage with the rest of the crowd and continued out of the theatre to get her bus.
Michael Sheen and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation have joined forces to create a new project called A Writing Chance to help “new and aspiring storytellers from under-represented backgrounds.”
We sought fresh perspectives and great stories from people whose voices have historically not been heard in publishing and the media.
The 11 writers selected for A Writing Chance will receive £1,500 bursaries, one-to-one mentoring with industry leaders, publication or broadcast of their work and more.
This UK-wide project is co-funded by Michael Sheen and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and supported by media partners New Statesman and Daily Mirror. The project is delivered by New Writing North and literature organisations nationally, with research from Northumbria University.
Click here to learn more about the project.
He talked to the Mirror about it:
Ler maisIt’s official! Good Omens is returning to Amazon for a new batch of six episodes, with shooting beginning in Scotland in September. Michael Sheen is reprising his role as the angel Aziraphale. The first poster has been released and you can check it out on our photo gallery:
More below:
Ler maisUnder Milk Wood is on the National Theatre stage since June 16, but the press night took place last Wednesday (24), which has brought some good reviews to the production and Michael Sheen’s performance. You will find some reviews below, but before them, check out some photos from both the rehearsals and the play:
Now to the reviews:
Nor could you wish for a more loquacious, richer narrator than hirsute, woody-voiced Sheen, who looks like he’s been training outside an off-licence.
Evening Standard (4/5 stars)
Ler maisA charismatic Michael Sheen is part showman, part shaman in this staging of Dylan Thomas’s 1954 radio play, conjuring a Welsh town into lyrical, beguiling life with mostly older actors on a bare stage.
The fourth season of There’s Something About Movies saw Michael Sheen appear in only two episodes, but on the other hand it brought us his Good Omens and Staged co-star and friend David Tennant as guest and Team Saunders member. Check out the screencaptures on our photo gallery:
