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News

TV Talent

• John Barrowman is making a number of TV appearances this Autumn to promote his new album, MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC, which is released on 24th November.
• Mark Foster is a celebrity contestant on STRICTLY COME DANCING for BBC TV.
• Craig Revel Horwood is currently judging STRICTLY COME DANCING for BBC TV, and making regular appearances on IT TAKES TWO on BBC2.

Theatre

• Jodie Prenger is starring as Nancy in Cameron Mackintosh's revival production of OLIVER! at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. She will be joined by Louise Gold appearing as Mrs Sowerbery.
• Matt Rawle is currently starring as ZORRO at the Garrick Theatre.
• Harriet Thorpe is Madam Morrible in WICKED at the Apollo Victoria Theatre.
• Ben James Ellis is starring as Link Larkin in HAIRSPRAY at the Shaftsbury Theatre. He is joined by Stevie Hutchinson and Michael Steedon in the ensemble.
• Daniel Boys is starring as Princeton/Rod in AVENUE Q at the Noel Coward Theatre.
• Matthew Malthouse will be starring as EDWARD SCISSORHANDS at the Sadler's Wells Theatre this Christmas.
• Kate Graham is the alternate Mrs Wilkinson in BILLY ELLIOT at the Victoria Palace Theatre.
• Gerard Carey is playing Not Dead Fred in SPAMALOT at the Palace Theatre.
• Charles Daish appears alongside Josh Hartnett in RAIN MAN at the Apollo Theatre.
• Sam Archer is touring the UK with Cameron Mackintosh's production of MARY POPPINS.
• Helen Harper appears in DIRTY DANCING at the Aldwych Theatre.

Regional/Touring

• John Barrowman will be appearing in ROBIN HOOD at the Birmingham Hippodrome this Christmas.
• Dillie Keane and Adele Anderson will be reuniting with Liza Pulman as FASCINATING AIDA for a nationwide tour from January.
• Dillie Keane is currently touring the UK with the one woman play MY BRILLIANT DIVORCE.
• Susie Blake will be touring in Matthew Warchus' production of BOEING BOEING starting in Liverpool in December.
• Alison Jiear will appear in the revival production of Jude Kelly's ON THE TOWN this Christmas at the Theatre Chatelet in Paris.
• Will Thorpe appeared in THE BLUE ROOM at the Basingstoke Haymarket.
• Caryll Thomas is currently touring the UK in FLASHDANCE.
• John Stacey will be touring in FAME in the New Year.
• William Oxborrow is appearing in the Watermill's Christmas production of MATILDA AND DUFFY'S STUPENDOUS SPACE ADVENTURE.
• Jack Montgomery will be appearing as the title role in PETER PAN at Wolverhampton.

Television/Film

• John Barrowman is currently filming series 3 of TORCHWOOD for the BBC.
• Vanessa Redgrave will be shooting two episodes of NIP TUCK with her daughter Joely Richardson. She will also be shooting the movie CORIOLANUS with Ralph Fiennes in the New Year.
• Bernard Cribbins will be filming further episodes of DOCTOR WHO for the BBC.
• Roy Barraclough will be appearing as a new regular in THE CHOIR for the BBC.
• Gwen Taylor plays the regular role of Peggy in HEARTBEAT for ITV. She will be joined by Blair McDonough.
• Nicola Hughes is a regular in the new series of PARENTS OF THE BAND for the BBC.
• Dominic Rickhards returns to HOLBY CITY and has filmed an episode of THE ROYAL
• Rudolph Walker plays Patrick Trueman in EASTENDERS.
• Timothy West is appearing in the NOT GOING OUT Christmas special.

Creatives

• LARRY BLANK orchestrated CAROUSEL for Lyndsay Posner's revival production on tour and in the West End.
• GARETH VALENTINE is currently working as musical supervisor on the new PHANTOM musical with Andrew Lloyd Webber. Gareth will be Orchestrater and Musical Director on THE KING AND I at the Royal Albert Hall in 2009.
• MATTHEW BRIND musically directed John Barrowman's solo concert tour, ANOTHER SIDE. His musical ONLY THE BRAVE premiered at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival.
• MICHAEL CORDER revived his one act ballet L'INVITATION AU VOYAGE for the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden this autumn, and LA BAISER DE LA FEE for Birmingham Royal Ballet played at Sadlers Wells Theatre.
• GEOFF GARRATT is Associate Choreographer on the touring production of MARY POPPINS, both in the UK and the USA.. He choreographed the tour of THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK for Michael Harrison and Kenny Wax. He is Associate Choreographer for Cameron Mackintosh's revival production of OLIVER! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
• GILES HAVERGAL directed his own adaptation of DAVID COPPERFIELD at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester, and THE BARBER OF SEVILLE for Welsh National Opera. In 2009 he will direct VERONIQUE for the Buxton Festival.
• CRAIG REVEL HORWOOD directed the revival production of SUNSET BOULEVARD at the Watermill Theatre Newbury.
• LISA KENT directed LES MISERABLES in Bergen, Norway.
• TIM LUSCOMBE directed DILLIE KEANE in the touring production of MY BRILLIANT DIVORCE.
• NICK WINSTON choreographed the Royal Festival Hall's production of THE WIZARD OF OZ directed by Jude Kelly. He Choreographed the UK tour of HORRID HENRY and will also choreograph ADRIANAS FALLS in Koln, this Christmas.
• SIMON GREEN directs an Evening of Irvin Berlin at the Salisbury Playhouse this Christmas.