Ian McKellen, Lesley Manville, Lennie James and Joseph Fiennes are among the British talent delivering monologues as part of a new fundraising initiative by actors’ union Equity and actor Michelle Collins.
The #ForTheLoveofArts monologues are between 2-5 minutes long and recorded remotely at the actors’ homes in a bid to raise money for Equity during the coronavirus pandemic. Actors involved also include Miriam Margolyes, Adrian Dunbar, Alex Lawther, Elaine Paige, Mandeep Dhillon, Derek Jacobi and Sue Johnston, among many others.
In the clip below, Fiennes performs King Edward’s monologue from “Edward II” by Christopher Marlowe.
The project, which can be viewed on the Equity Benevolent Fund’s YouTube channel, also features a number of new, original pieces of writing from the likes of Hugh Dennis, Tom Wright, Damon Rochefort, Andrew Lynford, Chloe Moss, Susan Oudot, Martyn Hesford, Stewart Permutt, Tyler Rigby and Tony Grounds.
Genesis Pictures’ Debbie Gray and...
The #ForTheLoveofArts monologues are between 2-5 minutes long and recorded remotely at the actors’ homes in a bid to raise money for Equity during the coronavirus pandemic. Actors involved also include Miriam Margolyes, Adrian Dunbar, Alex Lawther, Elaine Paige, Mandeep Dhillon, Derek Jacobi and Sue Johnston, among many others.
In the clip below, Fiennes performs King Edward’s monologue from “Edward II” by Christopher Marlowe.
The project, which can be viewed on the Equity Benevolent Fund’s YouTube channel, also features a number of new, original pieces of writing from the likes of Hugh Dennis, Tom Wright, Damon Rochefort, Andrew Lynford, Chloe Moss, Susan Oudot, Martyn Hesford, Stewart Permutt, Tyler Rigby and Tony Grounds.
Genesis Pictures’ Debbie Gray and...
- 5/21/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
“I am a man who paints, nothing more, nothing less,” says the British artist L.S. Lowry, as glumly played by Timothy Spall, early on in Adrian Noble’s miniature portrait “Mrs. Lowry & Son.” He says it again later on, and again still, and at least a couple more times for good measure before the credits roll. It’s a line, in fact, repeated so often as to become an incantation: a sort of self-validating mantra for Lowry himself, whose early career was blighted by critical dismissals of his then-unfashionable naïve style, as well as a consistent, chiding reminder on the film’s part, nagging us as to both the humility and the biographical value of its subject.
On paper — or on canvas, perhaps — “Mrs. Lowry & Son” seems like it can’t miss. With his Cannes-awarded turn as another lauded British painter, J.M.W. Turner, still fresh in our minds,...
On paper — or on canvas, perhaps — “Mrs. Lowry & Son” seems like it can’t miss. With his Cannes-awarded turn as another lauded British painter, J.M.W. Turner, still fresh in our minds,...
- 10/31/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Mrs. Lowry & Son, the U.K. biopic about noted Manchester painter L.S. Lowry and starring British acting icons Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall, has found a U.S. home.
Cleopatra Entertainment has picked up domestic rights to the film, directed by former Royal Shakespeare Company chief Adrian Noble, produced by Debbie Gary and written by Martyn Hesford.
Shot in Manchester and London, Mrs. Lowry & Son tells the story of how beloved artist L.S. Lowry (Spall) — known for his images of urban, industrial scenes and matchstick men-like humans — lives all his life with his overbearing ...
Cleopatra Entertainment has picked up domestic rights to the film, directed by former Royal Shakespeare Company chief Adrian Noble, produced by Debbie Gary and written by Martyn Hesford.
Shot in Manchester and London, Mrs. Lowry & Son tells the story of how beloved artist L.S. Lowry (Spall) — known for his images of urban, industrial scenes and matchstick men-like humans — lives all his life with his overbearing ...
- 9/19/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Mrs. Lowry & Son, the U.K. biopic about noted Manchester painter L.S. Lowry and starring British acting icons Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall, has found a U.S. home.
Cleopatra Entertainment has picked up domestic rights to the film, directed by former Royal Shakespeare Company chief Adrian Noble, produced by Debbie Gary and written by Martyn Hesford.
Shot in Manchester and London, Mrs. Lowry & Son tells the story of how beloved artist L.S. Lowry (Spall) — known for his images of urban, industrial scenes and matchstick men-like humans — lives all his life with his overbearing ...
Cleopatra Entertainment has picked up domestic rights to the film, directed by former Royal Shakespeare Company chief Adrian Noble, produced by Debbie Gary and written by Martyn Hesford.
Shot in Manchester and London, Mrs. Lowry & Son tells the story of how beloved artist L.S. Lowry (Spall) — known for his images of urban, industrial scenes and matchstick men-like humans — lives all his life with his overbearing ...
- 9/19/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall steal the show in this low-key tale of the great artist finding success while caring for his curmudgeonly mother
Vanessa Redgrave gives a shrewd and amusingly bleak performance here as Elizabeth Lowry, the cantankerous and bedridden mother of the artist Ls Lowry – played by Timothy Spall. It’s a small-scale theatrical chamber piece, directed by Adrian Noble and written for the screen by Martyn Hesford, depicting Lowry’s life in the Lancashire town of Pendlebury in the 1930s, when he lived at home, caring for his widowed mother, devoted, lonely.
He is exasperated by her imperious mood swings, her refusal to take his art seriously and then by her capricious decision to like some of his work – a sudden spasm of approval that is no less disconcerting than her contempt. Through it all is Elizabeth’s deadpan gloom: Lowry patiently asks her to be cheerful...
Vanessa Redgrave gives a shrewd and amusingly bleak performance here as Elizabeth Lowry, the cantankerous and bedridden mother of the artist Ls Lowry – played by Timothy Spall. It’s a small-scale theatrical chamber piece, directed by Adrian Noble and written for the screen by Martyn Hesford, depicting Lowry’s life in the Lancashire town of Pendlebury in the 1930s, when he lived at home, caring for his widowed mother, devoted, lonely.
He is exasperated by her imperious mood swings, her refusal to take his art seriously and then by her capricious decision to like some of his work – a sudden spasm of approval that is no less disconcerting than her contempt. Through it all is Elizabeth’s deadpan gloom: Lowry patiently asks her to be cheerful...
- 8/28/2019
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
The Exchange seals UK deal on film which will close this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Vertigo Releasing has picked up UK and Ireland rights to Mrs. Lowry & Son, the UK drama starring Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall.
The Exchange handles rights on the project here in Cannes and struck the deal with Vertigo.
Adrian Noble, former director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, directed the feature from a script adapted by writer Martyn Hesford from his own stage play. Debbie Gray produced through Genesius Pictures.
Mrs. Lowry & Son is about the relationship between British artist L.S. Lowry, noted for...
Vertigo Releasing has picked up UK and Ireland rights to Mrs. Lowry & Son, the UK drama starring Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall.
The Exchange handles rights on the project here in Cannes and struck the deal with Vertigo.
Adrian Noble, former director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, directed the feature from a script adapted by writer Martyn Hesford from his own stage play. Debbie Gray produced through Genesius Pictures.
Mrs. Lowry & Son is about the relationship between British artist L.S. Lowry, noted for...
- 5/18/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Brian O’Shea’s The Exchange has sold Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall starrer “Mrs. Lowry & Son,” about the British artist L.S. Lowry, to several major territories.
Distribution rights were picked up by Rialto in Australia, DDDream Intl. in China, Paradiso in Benelux, Notorious in Italy, Sky Digi in Taiwan, and Shoval in Israel. The airline rights were acquired by Cinesky.
The film, scripted by Martyn Hesford, BAFTA-nominated for “Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!,” is an “intimate and humorous” drama about the unhappy relationship between Lowry (Spall) and his bed-ridden yet controlling mother, Elizabeth (Redgrave).
The project was directed by Adrian Noble, the former director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and was produced by Debbie Gray from Genesius Pictures (“Northern Soul”).
The Exchange’s Berlin market lineup includes “Seacole,” starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Sam Worthingon, Drew Barrymore’s “The Stand-In,” AFI Fest audience award-winner “The Biggest Little Farm” and sci-fi thriller “Warning,...
Distribution rights were picked up by Rialto in Australia, DDDream Intl. in China, Paradiso in Benelux, Notorious in Italy, Sky Digi in Taiwan, and Shoval in Israel. The airline rights were acquired by Cinesky.
The film, scripted by Martyn Hesford, BAFTA-nominated for “Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!,” is an “intimate and humorous” drama about the unhappy relationship between Lowry (Spall) and his bed-ridden yet controlling mother, Elizabeth (Redgrave).
The project was directed by Adrian Noble, the former director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and was produced by Debbie Gray from Genesius Pictures (“Northern Soul”).
The Exchange’s Berlin market lineup includes “Seacole,” starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Sam Worthingon, Drew Barrymore’s “The Stand-In,” AFI Fest audience award-winner “The Biggest Little Farm” and sci-fi thriller “Warning,...
- 2/10/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Brian O’Shea and team to introduce first-look footage.
The Exchange heads to Toronto next week with world sales rights to Mrs. Lowry And Son starring Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave, taking on a project originally put together by Robbie and Ellen Little at the Little Film Company.
Brian O’Shea, CEO of The Exchange, stepped in after the sudden death of Robbie Little immediately prior to the Cannes Film Festival.
Little and his wife had assembled the project and introduced it to buyers at the Efm in Berlin. O’Shea will continue sales and is showing first-look footage from...
The Exchange heads to Toronto next week with world sales rights to Mrs. Lowry And Son starring Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave, taking on a project originally put together by Robbie and Ellen Little at the Little Film Company.
Brian O’Shea, CEO of The Exchange, stepped in after the sudden death of Robbie Little immediately prior to the Cannes Film Festival.
Little and his wife had assembled the project and introduced it to buyers at the Efm in Berlin. O’Shea will continue sales and is showing first-look footage from...
- 8/28/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Bafta-winning Craig Armstrong to score drama.
Rialto Distribution has acquired Australia and New Zealand rights to Genesius Pictures’ upcoming Mrs Lowry & Son, starring Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave.
The film depicts the relationship between English artist L.S. Lowry and his mother Elizabeth, with whom he lived for the majority of his life. Production wrapped in March 2018 and Bafta-winning composer Craig Armstrong has now signed up to write the score.
International sales were being handled by the late Robbie Little of The Little Film Company, who passed away last week.
Martyn Hesford wrote the screenplay, adapting from his own play, and Adrian Noble directed.
Rialto Distribution has acquired Australia and New Zealand rights to Genesius Pictures’ upcoming Mrs Lowry & Son, starring Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave.
The film depicts the relationship between English artist L.S. Lowry and his mother Elizabeth, with whom he lived for the majority of his life. Production wrapped in March 2018 and Bafta-winning composer Craig Armstrong has now signed up to write the score.
International sales were being handled by the late Robbie Little of The Little Film Company, who passed away last week.
Martyn Hesford wrote the screenplay, adapting from his own play, and Adrian Noble directed.
- 5/14/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Antonement star Vanessa Redgrave and Harry Potter star Timothy Spall are to front Geniuses Pictures' Mrs Lowry & Son, a feature that looks at the relationship between artist L.S. Lowry and his mother, Elizabeth. The film is directed by Adrian Noble, the former Chief Executive of the Royal Shakespeare Company and was written by former Coronation Street writer Martyn Hesford. It will tell the story of how Lowry lived all of his life with his overbearing mother, a deterring…...
- 1/12/2018
- Deadline
Biopic of painter due to shoot from mid-January in Manchester.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall
Oscar-winner Vanessa Redgrave and BAFTA-nominee Timothy Spall are to star in Mrs Lowry & Son, about the relationship between British painter L.S. Lowry and his mother, Elizabeth.
Redgrave will play the role of Lowry’s mother opposite Spall in the role of painter Lowry who was famous for painting scenes of life in the industrial districts of North West England in the mid-20th century.
He developed a distinctive style of painting and is best known for his urban landscapes peopled with human figures often referred to as ’matchstick men’.
The artist lived all of his life with his overbearing mother, a bed-ridden and depressed presence in her bachelor son’s life and a deterring voice as he pursued his artistic ambition. Spending his days as a rent collector, Lowry took art classes by night, painting into the early...
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall
Oscar-winner Vanessa Redgrave and BAFTA-nominee Timothy Spall are to star in Mrs Lowry & Son, about the relationship between British painter L.S. Lowry and his mother, Elizabeth.
Redgrave will play the role of Lowry’s mother opposite Spall in the role of painter Lowry who was famous for painting scenes of life in the industrial districts of North West England in the mid-20th century.
He developed a distinctive style of painting and is best known for his urban landscapes peopled with human figures often referred to as ’matchstick men’.
The artist lived all of his life with his overbearing mother, a bed-ridden and depressed presence in her bachelor son’s life and a deterring voice as he pursued his artistic ambition. Spending his days as a rent collector, Lowry took art classes by night, painting into the early...
- 1/12/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- ScreenDaily
He might not have held on to household name status the way, say, Morecambe and Wise have, but Danny La Rue is still respected for his long entertainment career. Adrian Noble is now planning a biopic of the man, who died in 2009.Martyn Hesford has written the script for the film, which will chart La Rue’s life and career, particularly his years as a female impersonator and comic across several decades.“What drew me to the project was Martyn’s brilliant and funny screenplay which tells two unexpected love stories in an unexpected way,” Noble tells Screen International. “Over the course of his life Danny stood at the fulcrum of a changing British society and his story is filled with potent images where a man could dress as a woman and rub shoulders with royalty and gangsters alike.”The big challenge, of course, will be finding someone who can...
- 12/17/2014
- EmpireOnline
Biopic currently in development with BFI Film Fund; aiming for 2015 shoot.
UK production outfits Blacklisted Films and Leopard Drama (both part of the Argonon group) have attached theatre director Adrian Noble to direct their Danny La Rue biopic.
Based on an original screenplay by Martyn Hesford, the film is currently in development with the BFI Film Fund and is expected to go into production in 2015.
Sir Danny La Rue, OBE was an British entertainer known for his singing and cross-dressing performances.
Noble, former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, said: “What drew me to the project was Martyn’s brilliant and funny screenplay which tells two unexpected love stories in an unexpected way.
“Over the course of his life Danny stood at the fulcrum of a changing British society and his story is filled with potent images where a man could dress as a woman and rub shoulders with royalty and gangsters alike.”
Argonon’s most...
UK production outfits Blacklisted Films and Leopard Drama (both part of the Argonon group) have attached theatre director Adrian Noble to direct their Danny La Rue biopic.
Based on an original screenplay by Martyn Hesford, the film is currently in development with the BFI Film Fund and is expected to go into production in 2015.
Sir Danny La Rue, OBE was an British entertainer known for his singing and cross-dressing performances.
Noble, former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, said: “What drew me to the project was Martyn’s brilliant and funny screenplay which tells two unexpected love stories in an unexpected way.
“Over the course of his life Danny stood at the fulcrum of a changing British society and his story is filled with potent images where a man could dress as a woman and rub shoulders with royalty and gangsters alike.”
Argonon’s most...
- 12/16/2014
- ScreenDaily
Adrian Noble, the famed former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, is set to helm the Danny La Rue biopic for Blacklisted Films and Leopard Drama.
Sir Danny La Rue, OBE was an British entertainer known for his singing and cross-dressing performances. Noble says: "Danny stood at the fulcrum of a changing British society and his story is filled with potent images where a man could dress as a woman and rub shoulders with royalty and gangsters alike.”
Martyn Hesford penned the script and filming is slated to get underway next year. Blacklisted Films are also developing an adaption of Richard McCann's novel for "Mother of Sorrows" by Terence Davies, and the psychological horror thriller "The Willows".
Source: Screen...
Sir Danny La Rue, OBE was an British entertainer known for his singing and cross-dressing performances. Noble says: "Danny stood at the fulcrum of a changing British society and his story is filled with potent images where a man could dress as a woman and rub shoulders with royalty and gangsters alike.”
Martyn Hesford penned the script and filming is slated to get underway next year. Blacklisted Films are also developing an adaption of Richard McCann's novel for "Mother of Sorrows" by Terence Davies, and the psychological horror thriller "The Willows".
Source: Screen...
- 12/16/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Martyn Hesford is penning the script for a biopic of late Irish-born drag performer Danny La Rue, once the world's most famous female impersonator says The Hollywood Reporter.
La Rue was famous for impersonations of Elizabeth Taylor, Zsa Zsa Gabor and others and hosted his own 1970's UK TV series. La Rue was also famous for his complex web of relationships that included his male manager and lover and his devoted female costume designer Annie Galbraith.
The British Film Institute will back the Leopardrama produced project. Hesford penned the BAFTA-nominated BBC4 telemovie "Fantabulosa" about "Carry On" comic actor Kenneth Williams.
La Rue was famous for impersonations of Elizabeth Taylor, Zsa Zsa Gabor and others and hosted his own 1970's UK TV series. La Rue was also famous for his complex web of relationships that included his male manager and lover and his devoted female costume designer Annie Galbraith.
The British Film Institute will back the Leopardrama produced project. Hesford penned the BAFTA-nominated BBC4 telemovie "Fantabulosa" about "Carry On" comic actor Kenneth Williams.
- 7/10/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
London – Flamboyant Irish-born entertainer Danny La Rue, once billed as the world's most famous female impersonator, is to be the subject of a movie. The project is being developed and will be produced by London and New York-based indie label Leopardrama and has secured development funding from the BFI Film Fund. The script for the feature will be penned by Martyn Hesford, whose writing resume already boasts the BAFTA nominated film for the BBC, Fantabulosa!, about the British comic actor Kenneth Williams. La Rue, who died in 2009, was a familiar face to millions in the U.
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- 7/10/2012
- by Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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