Michael Sheen visit the Parliament last Monday (October 21) to call for a Fair Banking Act to help tackle credit crisis affecting people and businesses. More below:
Watch now a video of Michael Sheen reading ‘Suzie’s Pocket Money Day’, a bedtime story written by Charlotte Olson, especially for Spectropolis’ Under the Stars: End of Summer camping and book reading:
Also, check out some screencaptures from the video on our gallery:
Meyrick and Irene Sheen, Michael’s lovely parents, have donated three two-piece suits and one jacket to the British Heart Fundation shop in Port Talbot. You have until December 20 to place a bid on eBay. Click on the links below to check them out:
BHF Cymru aims to “beat heartbreak for Wales by continuing to fund life saving research into heart and circulatory diseases to find better ways of diagnosing, treating and ultimately curing them.”
Here’s a video of Meyrick and Irene recorded for them:
Michael Sheen has announced the launch of ‘Mab Gwalia’, a Welsh drama student scholarship scheme funded in partnership with Welsh band Manic Street Preachers. Here’s what he’s said about the project:
Ler mais“Opportunity should not only be available to those who can afford it.
Access to the best drama training should be a possibility for all those with sufficient talent and dedication regardless of their financial background.
As I have got older I have become more and more aware of how much the career that I have had was only made possible because of the support of a great many people.
I have also realised that unless ALL our voices and experiences are represented in the stories that we tell then ALL of us are worse off for it.
It is to this end that I am setting up the Mab Gwalia Welsh Drama Student Scholarship, funded by myself and Manic Street Preachers.
Each academic year up to £15,000 will be available to support up to three eligible students, based on financial circumstances and a personal statement.”
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:
In a recent interview to The Big Issue magazine, Michael talked about how he manages his duties as an activist and as an actor and his hopes for the world after COVID pandemic. He also talked about the second season of Staged and what he was up to during lockdown. Read more below:
Ler maisMichael Sheen, activist and actor. It is in that order these days. And he’s doing rather well in both spheres. He has spent the last few years trying to find a way to balance his twin passions. And, he says, he is slowly getting there.
“A big part of it was shifting things in my head and knowing what the priorities were,” says the 51-year-old.
“I made the shift psychologically to go, right, the acting work and everything that comes with that is going to support the other stuff I’m doing.
“So even though to the outside world, maybe it wouldn’t seem like it – because I’ve been doing lots of acting work and things that have kept the profile up and all that – from my point of view, the priority has been different. Now the acting work fits in around the other stuff.”
That ‘other stuff’ involves supporting the Homeless World Cup and the fight to expand access to affordable credit, campaigning to get the right to a good home enshrined in law in Wales and combating loneliness with the Great Winter Get Together (an idea inspired by the late MP Jo Cox). Then there’s working with Social Enterprise UK, for whom he is a patron alongside The Big Issue’s Lord Bird, helping local journalism and communities get access to trustworthy information, publicising and supporting both foodbanks and theatres and fighting period poverty.
Earlier today Michael Sheen appeared on BBC Breakfast to talk about #ChristmasTogether, the campaign organized by the Jo Cox Foundation as part of the Great Winter Get Together initiative.
The #ChristmasTogether tries to reach out for people who might spend Christmar alone or shielding. You can learn more about the campaign here and here.
Watch below a couple of excerpts from the show:
Michael Sheen appeared during the SeriousFun for All online event broadcast yesterday along with some other names like Jimmy Fallon, Allison Janney, Mark Hamill and Dame Helen Mirren. Michael spoke of the time he spent with some SeriousFun campers in London a few years ago and the importance of the camps. He also introduced Dr Glory Alexander, founder and director of Asha Foundation.
You can watch his part in the video below (he appears at 42:39 mark):
In addiction, check out the screencaptures from Michael’s participation:
PAPYRUS, the British charity dedicated to the prevention of young suicide (under 35) across UK, released today a video of Michael Sheen reading a story called “Anabelle and the Trolls”. It is the first of four videos of their new campaign “Bedtime Stories – Chapter Two” to raise awareness of the impact of online bullying on children and young people.
Watch the video below:
Also, check out the screencaptures from it on our photo gallery:
The actors who play the angels Aziraphale in Good Omens and Castiel in Supernatural respectively have joined forces for a campaign lauched today to raise money for homeless relief, including those affected by COVID-19. Fans can buy T-shirts and a necklace at the Stands website right now.
Michael shared on his Twitter a photo of him wearing a tee: