Alumni News: June 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  

• Richard Armitage narrated Genius of Joy: The Story of Beethoven’s Ninth on Classic FM’s radio special on 6 May. 
• Punch at Nottingham Playhouse, which played from 15 - 25 May, featured Sound Design by Alexandra Faye Braithwaite and starred Julie Hesmondhalgh. 
• Nikki Amuka-Bird stars in new movie Rumours which had its world premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival on 18 May. The film is due for release later this year. 
• Jemma Redgrave returned to her role in the new series of Doctor Who for episode four, ‘73 Yards’, on 25 May. 
• Sam Stafford joins the cast of The Mousetrap at St. Martin’s Theatre London from 27 May. 
• Benedict Cumberbatch stars in Eric, streaming on Netflix from 30 May. 
• Ezra, directed by Tony Goldwyn was released in US cinemas on 31 May. 
• Christian Zollenkopf is currently Art Directing Michel Gondry’s new film Atlantis in Richmond, Virginia. 
• Nadia Parkes stars in The House Party at the Chichester Festival Theatre until 1 June. 
• Joshua Rogers, Matilda Bailes and Mackenzie Larsen will be appearing in The Big AlumNight, directed by Jacob Hutchings, at the Other Palace on 5 June. 
• Nadia Albina stars in English at The Other Palace until 1 June, and at the Kiln Theatre from 5 - 29 June. 
• Brian Cox stars in Long Day’s Journey Into Night, running at the Wyndham Theatre until 8 June. 
• Soroosh Lavasani stars in The Bounds at the Live Theatre until 8 June. 
• Nathaniel Parker and Susannah Wise will star in Alma Mater at the Almeida Theatre from 11 June - 20 July, directed by Polly Findlay. 
• The Constituent plays at The Old Vic from 13 June - 10 August, starring Anna Maxwell Martin. 
• John Selby has been cast in The Shawshank Redemption at Flat Rock Playhouse in North Carolina, playing from 14 – 30 June. 
• Chaya Gupta, Nigel Hastings, Daniel Millar and Anna Savva star in The Government Inspector at Marylebone Theatre until 15 June. 
• Sam Angelo stars in the UK stage tour of Maggie & Me, showing until 15 June. 
• Jazz Jenkins and Hannah van der Westhuysen star in Fabulous Creatures at the Arcola Theatre until 15 June. 
• Tingying Dong is providing Sound Design for The Secret Garden, playing at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre from 15 June - 20 July. 
• Alec Newman has been cast in the video game Still Wakes the Deep, which will be released on 18 June for Xbox and PlayStation 5. 
• Natalie Simpson to star in Visit from an Unknown Woman at Hampstead Theatre from 21 Jun – 27 July. 
• London Tide runs at the National Theatre until 22 June, featuring Tingying Dong as Co-Sound Designer, and starring Ami Tredrea and Miya James. 
• Expatriated, written and performed by Candace Leung, receives its North American premiere at The Broadwater (Second Stage) from June 22 - 25. 
• Dominic Cooper, Anna Chancellor and Jim Broadbent star in the upcoming series My Lady Jane which will be released on Amazon Prime on 27 June. 
• Lisa Rose’s Too Small To Tell runs at The Park Theatre on 28 and 30 June. 
• I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire at Southwark Playhouse plays from 28 June - 10 August, featuring Holly Ellis as Lighting Designer.   
• Kayla Meikle stars in Bluets at the Royal Court until 29 June. 
• Tai White stars in Marin Shakespeare Company’s production of Much Ado About Nothing from 29 June at Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, California. 
• Iwan Rheon lends his voice to BBC Radio 4's audio adaptation of Kafka’s The Trial this June. 
• The UK tour of Player Kings stars David Shelley, with Mark Smith as Assistant Stage Manager, now playing until 27 July.  
• Richard III at Shakespeare’s Globe stars Sam Crerar, playing until 3 August. 
• Much Ado About Nothing, starring Ryan Donaldson, Colm Gormley, Ekow Quartey and Adam Wadsworth, is showing at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre until 24 August. 

Things to look forward to  

• Dominic Cooper joins the cast of Suspect for its second series on Channel 4, scheduled to air this July. 
• The Disco Show, running in The Ling Hotel, Las Vegas Boulevard from 27 July will be Lighting Designed by Natasha Chivers. 
• Alexia Moyano stars in the film My Penguin Friend which will be released in August. 
• The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power returns for series two this August, starring Ben Daniels and Rory Kinnear. 
• David Oyelowo, Anton Cross and Stephanie Street will star in Shakespeare’s Coriolanus at the National Theatre London from 11 September - 9 November.  
• At the National Theatre’s Lyttelton Theatre, Lee Braithwaite will star in The Other Place from 27 September - 9 November. 
• Natasha Chivers is the Lighting Designer for Oedipus at Wyndham’s Theatre, running from 4 October 2024 - 4 January 2025. 
• Hugh Skinner stars in the National Theatre’s production of The Importance of Being Ernest from 20 November 2024 - 25 January 2025. 
• Claire Skinner returns to Outnumbered this Christmas, with a new special announced by the BBC. 
• Richard Armitage and Rosalind Eleazar are set to star in the series Missing You, which will be released on Netflix in early 2025. 
• Alexia Moyano stars in the Netflix series Caught which will be released in 2025. 
• Anna Maxwell Martin is set to star in new ITV true crime drama, Delia Balmer.  
• Toby Stephens has joined the cast of The Split, a two-part special on the BBC. 
• Jim Broadbent joins the cast of the film The Choral.  
• Jim Broadbent has also joined the cast of Noah Baumbach’s new untitled Netflix film.  
• Sam Claflin is set to star in the upcoming action-thriller film Perdition. 
• Sam Claflin is also set to star in The Bagman. 
• Harry Melling will star in the upcoming movie Pillion. 
• Harry Hadden-Paton reprises his role and Arty Froushan has joined the cast of Downton Abbey: A New Era. 

Latest News: 

• Gabby Beans won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play for JONAH. 
• Brian Cox and Harriet Walter were nominated for Leading Actor and Supporting Actress for their roles in Succession at the 2024 Bafta Television Awards.  
• Amit Shah was nominated for Supporting Actor for his role in Happy Valley at the 2024 Bafta Television Awards.