Alumni News: December Edition

Here are just a few highlights of where you can catch our alumni this month. 

We’d love to hear about any work LAMDA graduates are creating. Get in touch on [email protected] or send us a message on social media. 

Latest releases  

• Nathaniel Parker starred in Summer 1954 at the Cambridge Arts Theatre from 12 - 16 November.  
• Hugh Skinner and Julian Bleach star in The Importance of Being Earnest at the Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre from 21 November – 25 January. 
• Charlotte Riley stars in Smoggie Queens which was released on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer on 28 November. 
• Ken Bolden recently completed the run of Dial M For Murder at the Pittsburgh Public Theatre and filmed for the Lifetime TV movie Killer Dance Mom. He is currently in pre-production, co-producing Jen Silverman's Witch.
• Stanley Morgan and John Light star in the Young Vic’s new revival of The Little Foxes, playing from 2 December – 8 February, with Sound Design by Tingying Dong. 
• That Christmas, featuring the voices of Brian Cox and Katherine Parkinson will be released on Netflix on 4 December. 
• William Robinson and Adam Wadsworth star in All’s Well That Ends Well at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse from 5 December - 4 January. 
• Ned Costello and Beverly Rudd star in Hansel and Gretel at The Globe from 5 December - 5 January. 
• Jamie Wilkes and Nigel Hastings star in The Forsyte Saga Parts 1 & 2 at Park Theatre until 7 December. 
• Maureen Lipman stars in the pantomime Beauty and The Beast at Richmond Theatre from 7 December – 7 January. 
• Rebecca Frecknall directs Cat on a Hot Tin Roof which will run at the Almeida Theatre from 10 December - 1 February. 
• Laura Brady stars in Knit Your Own Boyfriend at The Golden Goose Theatre from 11- 13 December.
• Charlotte Owadally is Assistant Stage Manager (Technical Swing) for the production of George Orwell’s 1984 at Hackney Town Hall which runs until 22 December.    
• Claire Skinner stars in the Outnumbered Christmas Special on BBC One and iPlayer on December 25.  
• Richard Armitage and Rosalind Eleazar star in the series Missing You, which will be released on Netflix on 1 January. 
• We Live In Time, which is scheduled for cinematic release on 1 January, is produced by Benedict Cumberbatch’s production company, Sunnymarch, and stars Lee Braithwaite. 
• Hold on to your Butts, which plays at the Arcola Theatre until 4 January stars Jack Baldwin and Laurence Pears. The show will embark on a UK tour in 2025. 
• Nigel Hastings stars in FIREBIRD at the King’s Head Theatre from 9 January – 9 February. 
• Emily Beecham stars in the upcoming film William Tell, which will be released across the UK and Ireland from 10 January. 
• Saroja-Lily Ratnavel stars in Cymbeline from 10 January - 20 April at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. 
• Jason Flemyng stars in upcoming Apple TV+ series Prime Target, which will be released on 22 January. 
• Three Sisters, which plays at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse from 31 January - 19 April, stars Stuart Thompson. 
• Gabby Beans stars in Romeo + Juliet on Broadway until 16 February at the Circle in the Square Theatre. 

Things to look forward to  

• Rebecca Frecknall’s 2022 revival of A Streetcar Named Desire returns to London at the Noël Coward Theatre from February 3 – 22, before it debuts at the Almeida Theatre for its U.S. premiere from 28 February - 6 April. 
• Matt Doyle stars in the off-Broadway production of Conversations with Mother, which plays at Theater555 from 7 February – 7 May. 
• The Score, starring Brian Cox, transfers to Theatre Royal Haymarket next spring, with performances from 20 February - 26 April. 
• Mischief Theatre’s new production, The Comedy About Spies, is written by Henry Lewis and Henry Shields and opens on 6 May at the Noel Coward Theatre.  
• Giant, starring John Lithgow and featuring Sound Designer Alexandra Faye Braithwaite, to transfer to the West End at the Harold Pinter Theatre from 1 May - 2 August. 
• The BBC’s upcoming series Miss Austen stars Rose Leslie and will be released in 2025. 
• Production has begun on a new six-part drama series called Babies, starring Charlotte Riley. The series will be released on BBC iPlayer and BBC One.  

Latest News

• Tinuke Craig has been named associate artistic director at Open Air Theatre.  
• Rebecca Frecknall has been named as Associate Director at The Old Vic. 
• Ruth Wilson won a best actor award at the Northern Ireland Television Awards for her role in the BBC psychological drama, The Woman in the Wall.  

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