Joanna & The Maestro is a new podcast hosted by Dame Joanna Lumley and her husband Stephen Barlow. It will include affectionate, engaging and funny conversations from the pair, who realise that after almost 40 years of marriage, there are still lots of new things to learn about each other. There will also be live music performed by Stephen, who is the famed conductor, composer and musician.
- 1/11/2023
- by PodcastingToday
- Podcastingtoday
Gary Lewis also joins Danielle Macdonald and Joanna Lumley in romantic comedy.
Hugh Skinner, Shazad Latif, Rebecca Benson and Gary Lewis are joining Danielle Macdonald and Joanna Lumley in romantic comedy Falling For Figaro.
WestEnd Films is handling sales on the feature, which is directed by Ben Lewin (The Sessions) and set in the world of opera singing competitions.
Principal photography began in Scotland last week and will continue through January after which the filmmakers will travel to Melbourne to complete post-production.
Skinner is perhaps best-known for roles in TV series such as BBC comedy W1A, Hulu drama Harlots...
Hugh Skinner, Shazad Latif, Rebecca Benson and Gary Lewis are joining Danielle Macdonald and Joanna Lumley in romantic comedy Falling For Figaro.
WestEnd Films is handling sales on the feature, which is directed by Ben Lewin (The Sessions) and set in the world of opera singing competitions.
Principal photography began in Scotland last week and will continue through January after which the filmmakers will travel to Melbourne to complete post-production.
Skinner is perhaps best-known for roles in TV series such as BBC comedy W1A, Hulu drama Harlots...
- 12/13/2019
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
Horses as life-size puppets? The wrong soldier executed? Michael Morpurgo has had to challenge his own preconceptions when seeing his books adapted for stage or screen. But with Spielberg's War Horse film forthcoming and The Rainbow Bear a ballet, he's getting used to good surprises
To me it's all storytelling. After centuries of stories dominated by the written word, we may sometimes forget that, for many generations before, the telling of stories was almost entirely an oral tradition, with a little help from travelling players and singers and bands. These storytellers adapted, reinvented and recreated all the time, to reflect changing times and tastes.
As a maker of stories, originally written for the readers of books, I am always alert to the possibilities of finding new and inventive ways of telling them, of bringing them to a wider audience. To begin with, I never imagined anyone would think of adapting...
To me it's all storytelling. After centuries of stories dominated by the written word, we may sometimes forget that, for many generations before, the telling of stories was almost entirely an oral tradition, with a little help from travelling players and singers and bands. These storytellers adapted, reinvented and recreated all the time, to reflect changing times and tastes.
As a maker of stories, originally written for the readers of books, I am always alert to the possibilities of finding new and inventive ways of telling them, of bringing them to a wider audience. To begin with, I never imagined anyone would think of adapting...
- 8/20/2010
- by Michael Morpurgo
- The Guardian - Film News
She's uniquely posh and 'as vain as a cat', but Joanna Lumley makes a formidable crusader, finds Simon Hattenstone
Joanna Lumley is angry. Make no mistake, she's spitting fury. Last year's golden girl has been hammered by politicians and the press over the past month, and now she has had enough.
It all started when reports emerged that veteran Gurkhas, who had moved to Britain after the actor helped them secure new settlement rights, were struggling in their new country. In the hatchet job from hell, the Daily Mail suggested that Lumley had misled the Gurkhas into leaving Nepal, promising them a life of riches. She didn't respond. Even worse, her critics alleged, she had directed them to a law firm for advice that should have been freely available. The implication was that Lumley, recently named Briton of the Year and Oldie of the Year, was somehow on the make.
Joanna Lumley is angry. Make no mistake, she's spitting fury. Last year's golden girl has been hammered by politicians and the press over the past month, and now she has had enough.
It all started when reports emerged that veteran Gurkhas, who had moved to Britain after the actor helped them secure new settlement rights, were struggling in their new country. In the hatchet job from hell, the Daily Mail suggested that Lumley had misled the Gurkhas into leaving Nepal, promising them a life of riches. She didn't respond. Even worse, her critics alleged, she had directed them to a law firm for advice that should have been freely available. The implication was that Lumley, recently named Briton of the Year and Oldie of the Year, was somehow on the make.
- 4/2/2010
- by Simon Hattenstone
- The Guardian - Film News
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