According to Daily Mail’s Baz Bamigboye, the play will be directed by Lyndsey Turner and is set to open in June. More below:
Celebrated Welsh stars Michael Sheen and Sian Phillips will lead the National Theatre out of lockdown with a jam-packed production of Dylan Thomas’s masterpiece Under Milk Wood.
Olivier award-winning director Lyndsey Turner, an associate of the NT, will stage Thomas’s play for voices in the Olivier Theatre.
The National’s hierarchy had considered reopening its South Bank complex with a new work, a move felt more appropriate for the occasion by some.
However, they were persuaded by Turner’s apparently ‘visionary’ ideas of staging Under Milk Wood, which took Thomas close to 20 torturous years to finally complete.
(The first full version of the radio play was broadcast from Manhattan cultural and community centre 92nd Street Y in 1954).
The plan is for the work to begin previews at the NT from June 16, with an official opening night on June 26.
Both Sheen and Phillips have form with Under Milk Wood. They took part in a BBC Wales commemorative version, to celebrate the centenary of the poet’s birth in 2014; and have been associated with several other productions. Sheen also directed a reading, on the 92Y stage where the play made its debut.
Set in the fictional Welsh fishing village of Llareggub (bugger-all, backwards), the scabrous piece charts a day in the life of the area’s colourful inhabitants who have been ‘lulled and dumbfounded’ by events; which seems fitting, given the current circumstances. (More cast are being assembled to play the residents of Llareggub.)
BBC One aired the 2021 edition of Comic Relief: Red Nose Day telethon tonight (March 19) and it featured several big British names. Michael Sheen appeared in two sketches: the first was a trailer for ‘2020: The Movie’, also starring Jodie Whittaker, Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan:
The second one was ‘Staged 1592’, featuring Michael as Christopher Marlowe and David Tennant as William Shakespeare going through a plague. Sir Lenny Henry made a cameo appearance:
The charity event has raised more than £45 million. The clips are available on BBC iPlayer for 29 days. See some screencaptures of the segments on our gallery:
New episodes will be filmed in April, but premiere date is yet to be announced; Michael Sheen returns as team captain. Read more:
There’s Something About Movies is returning for a fourth series, with host Alan Carr, team captains Jennifer Saunders and Michael Sheen and regular guest Tom Allen all returning, British Comedy Guide can exclusively reveal.
Recording on the Sky One panel show resumes next month, with celebrity guests on the film-based quiz due to be revealed soon.
Previous guests on the first eighteen episodes have included actors Matt Dillon, Sean Bean, Gemma Arterton, Matthew Broderick, Rupert Everett and Warwick Davis.
First broadcast in 2019, the show is made by CPL Productions (A League Of Their Own, Rob And Romesh Vs).
More than 330,000 viewers watched the first episode of the third series in October, though this had declined to 195,000 by the sixth and final episode in December.
In the third installment of the Land of the Wild series, Michael will be narrating the mysteries of the Welsh wildlife. Read more below:
Ler maisFollowing the successful natural history series Wales: Land of the Wild and Land of the Wild: After Dark, a brand new documentary reveals the secrets of Welsh wildlife.
Narrated by Michael Sheen, Land of the Wild: Secrets is an extraordinary journey using innovative camera technology to uncover the hidden worlds of Welsh wildlife.
Speaking in the documentary, Michael Sheen said; “This is an epic journey, following wild waterways; from the highest mountains to the Celtic Deep. Cutting edge technology reveals hidden secrets and brings us a little closer to the land of the wild”.
In a post on his Twitter account, Michael Sheen revealed last night he has spent the last few weeks dealing with COVID-19, which as been “very difficult & quite scary”:
His partner Anna Lundberg went to Instagram to confirm that she and their daughter Lyra were infected too, but they are “all much better now than than we were.”
Wishing the Sheen-Lundberg clan a speedy recovery!
The Unbound campaign offers some nice rewards to the supporters of Completely Staged. The book unseen inages and Simon Evans’ notes. Read more below:
Ler maisA book featuring the scripts of Staged, the comedy series starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen, is set to be published.
Simon Evans and Phin Glynn, the creators of the format, have compiled Completely Staged, described as “the complete illustrated scripts of the lockdown hit TV show.”
It is set to be released via Unbound, the book-based crowdfunding platform. When 100% of the funding has been achieved, copies will be printed for those who backed the project.
The nominations for the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2021 have been announced this morning. Quiz recieved three nods: Best Drama 1-4 Episodes, Best Actor (Matthew Macfadyen), and Best Writer (James Grahan), while the first season of Staged was nominated for Best Comedy and Best Actor (David Tennant). See the nominees below:
Best Comedy
Friday Night Dinner, Series 6 (Big Talk Productions for Channel 4)
Inside No. 9, Series 5 (BBC Studios for BBC Two)
Staged, Series 1 (Infinity Hill/ GCB Films for BBC One) – WINNER
This Country, Series 3 (BBC Studios for BBC Three)
The Trip, Series 4 (Greece) (Revolution Films for Sky One)Best Actor
Shaun Parkes (Mangrove, Small Axe)
Matthew Macfadyen (Quiz)
Paul Mescal (Normal People)
David Tennant (Des/Staged) – WINNERBest Writer
James Graham (Quiz)
Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You) – WINNER
Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton (Inside No. 9)
Steve McQueen, Courttia Newland, Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Alastair Siddons (Small Axe)Best Drama Series 1-4 episodes
Des (New Pictures for ITV)
Quiz (Left Bank Pictures for ITV and AMC) – WINNER
Roald and Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse (Hartswood Films for Sky One)
The Salisbury Poisonings (Dancing Ledge Productions for BBC One)
This year the award ceremony will be online and will take place on Friday March 12. The winners will be announced and will accept their awards via Twitter.
Congratulations to everyone involved in both productions!
Michael Sheen make an appearance at the virtual edition of WJEC Eduqas Moving Images Awards from the set of Prodigal Son in New York, in which he presented the Best Short Movie award. Watch his segment here (courtesy of The Sheendex):
The full ceremony is available here:
Check out some screencaptures from his presentation:
Michael Sheen has been announced as one of the presenters of this year’s Moving Image Awards, which will take place online on Monday February 15. He joins other names like Edgard Wright, Jo Whiley and Anna Smith:
Hollywood star, and award-winning actor Michael Sheen has been added to the line-up of guest presenters at this year’s Moving Image Awards.
Joining him will be a stellar cast including Peter Lord (Aardman Animations), TV comedian Sarah Pascoe, and broadcasting legend Jo Whiley – so make sure you have your calendars marked (Monday 15th February, 2021) and popcorn at the ready!
Commenting on the event , Rebecca Ellis, WJEC’s Film Studies Subject Officer, said: “This year, we have the privilege of welcoming some very special guest presenters alongside our fabulous event host Anna Smith (BBC, SKY, Girls on Films Podcast). We are thrilled that Michael Sheen and Peter Lord CBE are amongst our fantastic guests awarding student work this year.’
The ceremony has gained recognition from teachers and lecturers of film and media courses at institutions across the UK, as well as leading figures in the film industry.
About the awards:
The Moving Image Awards, designed in partnership with the British Film Institute, recognises and rewards the UK’s most talented young film-makers. Every year, students undertaking WJEC qualifications in Film and Media are invited to submit their work for consideration by our panel of judges.
In a new interview, Michael spoke about episode 4 “Take Your Father to Work Day”, getting to act with more actors of the main cast and Catherine Zeta-Jones joining the show. Spoiler alert to those who haven’t seen the aforementioned episode!
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