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2010
News - Mon 08 Mar 2010
Monsters and Dragon Tattoo at SXSW
South by Southwest (SXSW) has unveiled its film lineup, which includes 119 features - 55 of them world premieres. The internationally acclaimed, nine-day Festival celebrates raw ...
News - Mon 08 Mar 2010
Day at the Racists opens at The Finborough
Anders Lustgarten's new play A Day at the Racists has opened at The Finborough Theatre and will run there until 27th March 2010. In ...
News - Mon 01 Mar 2010
RTS Award Nominations
The RTS Award nominations have been announced with multiple nominations for Miranda, The Inbetweeners and The Thick of It. Cast Offs, the groundbreaking show ...
News - Fri 26 Feb 2010
Five Days II airs on BBC1
Five Days II the sequel to the BAFTA award winning original, will air on BBC1 starting on Monday 1 March at 9pm. The five part ...
News - Thu 18 Feb 2010
On Expenses BBC drama by Tony Saint
Anna Maxwell Martin, Brian Cox, Alex Jennings and Tim Pigott-Smith are to star in a new BBC drama On Expenses about the MPs' expenses scandal ...
News - Thu 18 Feb 2010
Broadcasting Press Guild Award Nominations
The Inbetweeners, The Thick of It, Whitchapel, Being Human, Red Riding and Dispatches: Terror in Mumbai have been nominted in the Broadcasting Press Guild Award ...
News - Thu 04 Feb 2010
Slaves Opens at Theatre 503
Rex Obano's debut stage play Slaves has opened at Theatre 503. Set in a prison Slaves is an uncompromising portrait of life in prison ...
News - Tue 02 Feb 2010
In The Loop Nominated for an Oscar
In the Loop co-written by Tony Roche has been nominated for an Oscar in the Best Adapted Screenplay category. The film premiered at Sundance in ...
News - Tue 02 Feb 2010
The Whisky Taster Opens at The Bush
James Graham's new play The Whisky Taster has opened at The Bush Theatre and runs until 20th February starring Samuel Barnett, Kate O'Flynn ...
News - Fri 29 Jan 2010
Godot returns to the Haymarket
Sean Mathias's production of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett returned to the Theatre Royal Haymarket on 27 January 2010; with Roger Rees replacing ...
News - Thu 28 Jan 2010
Broadcast Awards 2010
The 2010 Broadcast awards have been announced with The Inbetweeners, created by Iain Morris and Damon Beesley and starring Blake Harrison and Henry Lloyd-Hughes, winning ...
News - Tue 26 Jan 2010
The Thick of It wins Southbank Award
The Thick of It co-written by Tony Roche has won the Comedy Award at the South Bank Awards 2010. The Thick of It tells the ...
News - Mon 25 Jan 2010
Mrs Mandela on BBC4
Shot on location in and around Soweto, Mrs Mandela charts Winnie Mandela's journey from innocent country girl to politicised fighter against apartheid - from an ...
News - Thu 21 Jan 2010
In the Loop Nominated for Baftas
In the Loop co-written by Tony Roche and the team behind the hit television series, The Thick of It has been nominated for two Bafta ...
News - Wed 13 Jan 2010
The Persuasionists begins on BBC2
Written by Jonathan Thake and starring Adam Buxton, Iain Lee, Simon Farnaby and Daisy Haggard - brand new comedy The Persuasionists premieres on Wednesday 13th January ...
News - Fri 08 Jan 2010
The Road Opens in Cinemas
The Road, directed by John Hillcoat and written by Joe Penhall, opens in cinemas today. The film, an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize ...
News - Thu 07 Jan 2010
Matt Lipsey makes the Broadcast Hot 100
Director Matt Lipsey has made it into Broadcast Magazine's definitive annual guide to TV's power players - ranking at number 4 in the Directors ...
News - Thu 07 Jan 2010
South Bank Awards Nominees announced
The nominations for the South Bank Awards 2010 have been announced. The Comedy Category is between Hometime by Emma Fryer, The Inbetweeners by Iain Morris ...
News - Wed 06 Jan 2010
Theatre opening in January 2010
January 2010 will see the opening and revival of several new and well-known productions. James Graham's new play The Whisky Taster opens at The ...2009
News - Mon 21 Dec 2009
What to Watch over Christmas and New Year
The Christmas television schedules are full of delights including.... The Old Curiosity Shop which was adapted by Martyn Hesford transmits at 3.15pm on Christmas ...
News - Mon 14 Dec 2009
In The Loop & Psychoville Win Comedy Awards
In The Loop and Psychoville have won British Comedy Awards in the 2009 ceremony. In The Loop, co-written by Tony Roche, won the Best Comedy ...
News - Mon 07 Dec 2009
In The Loop Wins BIFA
Tony Roche and the rest of the writing team won the Best Screenplay Award for In The Loop at the British Independent Film Awards. The ...
News - Tue 01 Dec 2009
Peter Pan opens at the O2 for Christmas
Tanya Ronder's adaptation of J M Barrie's classic Peter Pan opens at the O2 in Greenwich on 1 December 2009 to run until ...
News - Tue 01 Dec 2009
Walsh and Hims win Writer's Guild Awards
Enda Walsh won the Writers' Guild 2009 Award for Best Feature Film Screenplay at the Writers' Guild Awards announced on 29 November 2009. Enda won ...
News - Thu 26 Nov 2009
Gavin & Stacey returns for series three
Critically acclaimed across the board, and the recipient of four British Comedy Awards, two Baftas and a South Bank Award, the hugely successful Gavin & Stacey ...
News - Thu 26 Nov 2009
2010 Broadcast Awards shortlist announced
The nominees for the 2010 Broadcast Awards have been announced with Curtis Brown clients receiving nominations across a number of categories. Ben Court and Caroline ...
News - Mon 23 Nov 2009
Cast Offs Starts on Channel 4
The new six-part comedy drama Cast Offs started on Channel 4 on 24th November. Tony Roche co-wrote all six episodes of the new series and ...
News - Wed 18 Nov 2009
British Comedy Awards 2009 Nominations
The shortlist for the 2009 British Comedy awards have been announced with Curtis Brown clients receiving nominations. Psychoville, directed by Matt Lipsey, has been nominated ...
News - Mon 09 Nov 2009
In The Loop Wins Scottish Baftas
In The Loop has won three awards at the Scottish Bafta Awards announced 8th November 2009. Tony Roche, along with the rest of the writing ...
News - Fri 06 Nov 2009
Walsh's Electric Ballroom and Walworth in America
Enda Walsh's The New Electric Ballroom opened at St Ann's Warehouse in New York on 2 November 2009. The Druid Theatre production directed ...
News - Wed 04 Nov 2009
Writers Guild Award Nominations 2009
Peter Harness, Enda Walsh, Tony Roche, Tony Saint, Katie Hims and Mark Catley have all been nominated for Writers Guild Awards for 2009. Peter Harness ...
News - Mon 26 Oct 2009
China Moo-Young is a Breakthrough Brit
China Moo-Young has been selected as one of twelve up and coming British film-makers to go to LA on the UK Film Council's 'Breakthrough ...
News - Mon 26 Oct 2009
BIFA Nominations announced
In The Loop, the satire of US-UK international relations co-written by Tony Roche has been nominated for six awards at the British Independent Film Awards ...
News - Fri 23 Oct 2009
If There is I Haven't Found It Yet at The Bush
Nick Payne's play If There is I Haven't Found It Yet has opened at The Bush Theatre and runs there until 21st November ...
News - Thu 22 Oct 2009
Scottish BAFTA nominations announced
The candidates for this year's Scottish BAFTAs were announced on Monday, with nominations for Richard Jobson, Annie Griffin and Tony Roche. Richard Jobson is ...
News - Thu 22 Oct 2009
McPherson’s Seafarer US top 10 most produced play
Following on from the recent successful opening of his new production The Birds at Dublin’s Gate Theatre, where it will run until 21 November ...
News - Tue 20 Oct 2009
The Thick of It returns to BBC2
The Thick of It, co-written by Tony Roche and directed by Armando Iannucci returns to the screens on Saturday 24th October at 10.10pm on ...
News - Mon 19 Oct 2009
1 Day premieres at the London Film Festival
1 Day, written and directed by Penny Woolcock, premiered at the London Film Festival on Wednesday 21 October, with further screenings on 23 and 24 ...
News - Fri 16 Oct 2009
Endgame opens at The Duchess
Complicite's production of Endgame by Samuel Beckett opened at The Duchess Theatre on 15 October 2009 to critical acclaim. The production, directed by Complicite ...
News - Tue 13 Oct 2009
LFF nomination for Kicks duo
Writer Leigh Campbell, and director Lindy Heymann, have been nominated for the Best Newcomer Award for the feature film Kicks at this year's London ...
News - Mon 12 Oct 2009
Katie Hims' Woman's Hour and Saturday Play
Katie Hims' new Woman's Hour drama , Degrees of Separation will air this week from Monday 12 October to Friday 16 October daily at 10 ...
News - Mon 12 Oct 2009
International Emmy Nomination for Rowan Joffe
Rowan Joffe's The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall has been nominated for Best TV Movie/Mini-series at the 37th International Emmy Awards. The Awards will ...
News - Mon 12 Oct 2009
The Road nominated for LFF Best Film Award
The Road, written by Joe Penhall and directed by John Hillcoat, has been shortlisted for the Best Film Award at this year's Times BFI ...
News - Thu 08 Oct 2009
Saint's Micro Men receives great reviews
Tony Saint's television film Micro Men airs again on BBC4 on 12 October 2009 at 10 pm. Mentioned in today's Guardian Editorial the ...
News - Thu 08 Oct 2009
US Distribution for Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Following its box office success in Europe this year, Niels Arden Oplev’s film The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo has been picked up for ...
News - Mon 05 Oct 2009
TMA award nominations anounced
Fraser Grace's play The Lifesavers, which starred Laurence Mitchell and Rupert Simonian, the Theatre Royal Haymarket's production of Waiting for Godot and the ...
News - Mon 05 Oct 2009
George Kay tops the 2009 Brit List
Good Luck Anthony Belcher, written by George Kay and to be produced by Ruby Films, has topped the list of the most recommended unproduced screenplays ...
News - Fri 02 Oct 2009
Criminal Justice II starts on BBC1
Criminal Justice II, produced by Steve Lightfoot, is a new five-part drama starting on Monday 5th October 2009 at 9pm on BBC1 and continuing over ...
News - Fri 02 Oct 2009
The Birds by Conor McPherson opens in Dublin
Conor McPherson's adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's short story The Birds opened at The Gate, Dublin
News - Mon 22 Dec 2008
Christmas TV Highlights 2008
Curtis Brown clients have a great Christmas television schedule coming up. Highlights include..... Caught in a Trap by James Graham - This one-off drama transmits on ...
News - Fri 19 Dec 2008
Caught in a Trap Airs on Boxing Day
New drama Caught in a Trap by James Graham transmits on ITV1 at 9pm on Boxing day 2008. The one-off drama stars Connie Fisher as ...
News - Tue 09 Dec 2008
Fantabulosa! & Old Curiosity Shop Air Again
Martyn Hesford's Fantabulosa! and his adaptation of the Dickens classic, The Old Curiosity Shop, will be showing this December. Fantabulosa! is the BBC film ...
News - Tue 09 Dec 2008
Success at the Comedy Awards
Curtis Brown clients had a successful night at this year's British Comedy Awards, held at the London Television Centre on December 6th 2008. Best ...
News - Mon 08 Dec 2008
House of Saddam airs on HBO
House of Saddam directed and written by Alex Holmes and produced by Steve Lightfoot has aired on HBO in the US in early December 2008 ...
News - Fri 05 Dec 2008
Improbable Frequency Opens in New York
Improbable Frequency has opened at the 59E59 Theatre Off-Broadway in New York. The musical written by Arthur Riordan and Bell Helicopter was a big hit ...
News - Thu 04 Dec 2008
Bronson to screen at Sundance 2009
The 25th annual Sundance Festival lineup has been unveiled and Bronson, written by Brock Norman Brock, has been selected to compete in the World Cinema ...
News - Wed 03 Dec 2008
Walsh's Hunger nominated for Spirit Award 2009
Enda Walsh's film, Hunger, has followed up its award success with a nomination for Best Foreign Film at Film Independent's Spirit Awards 2009 ...
News - Tue 02 Dec 2008
Observer picks Boyle as one of UK's most dynamic individuals
Amanda Boyle has been selected as on of the UK's most dynamic individuals by The Observer as part of the Courvoisier The Future 500 ...
News - Tue 02 Dec 2008
Niall MacCormick's Wallander to air on BBC1
Brand new drama series following Swedish detective Inspector Kurt Wallander as he investigates a series of violent and terrifying murders in the beautiful setting of ...
News - Tue 02 Dec 2008
Soft wins BIFA
Simon Ellis' short film Soft was named Best British Short at the 11th annual British Independent Film Awards on Sunday 30 November 2008. The ceremony ...
News - Thu 27 Nov 2008
2009 Broadcast Awards shortlist announced
The nominations for the Broadcast Awards 2009 were announced on 27th November 2008, with Curtis Brown clients going head to head in several of the ...
News - Wed 26 Nov 2008
Herrin's Family Reunion opens at the Donmar
Jeremy Herrin's production of The Family Reunion by TS Eliot has opened at London's Donmar Warehouse on 25th November 2008. Starring Penelope Wilton ...
News - Tue 25 Nov 2008
International Emmy Winners announced
Winners of this year's International Emmy Awards have been announced in New York on 24th November 2008. SJ Clarkson, who directed the opening and ...
News - Tue 18 Nov 2008
British Comedy Awards 2008 Nominations
The British Comedy Award nominees have been announced with Curtis Brown clients receiving nominations for the prestigious awards. The Inbetweeners created by Iain Morris and ...
News - Mon 17 Nov 2008
Thomas Hobbes Opens at The Wilton Music Hall
Adriano Shaplin's new play The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes has opened at Wilton's Music Hall as part of the RSC's London Season ...
News - Fri 14 Nov 2008
Joel Horwood's Play Opens at The Bush
Joel Horwood's new play I Caught Crabs in Walberswick has opened at The Bush Theatre in London. The play tells the story of the ...
News - Tue 11 Nov 2008
Cameron's Horse Marines opens in Plymouth
Richard Cameron's play, The Horse Marines, has opened at Plymouth's Drum Theatre. Inspired by real events, the play tells the story of Tom ...
News - Fri 07 Nov 2008
RTS Craft & Design Awards Nominees announced
The Royal Television Society Craft & Design Award Nominations have been announced. The awards cover the huge variety of skills and processes involved in programme production ...
News - Fri 07 Nov 2008
Edgar's Special People to open on November 21st
Justin Edgar's feature film, Special People, is to open at cinemas across the UK on 21st November 2008. Starring Dominic Coleman, Sasha Hardway and ...
News - Wed 05 Nov 2008
The Inbetweeners return to Channel 4
E4's first ever UK-commissioned comedy series receives its first Channel 4 showing on Wednesday 5th November, 11:05pm. The Inbetweeners, written by Iain Morris ...
News - Sat 01 Nov 2008
Walsh's Hunger cleans up at BIFA nominations
Enda Walsh's powerful biopic, Hunger, has received seven nominations for the British Film and Television Awards 2008. The film, which tells the story of ...
News - Sat 01 Nov 2008
Boyle's Pop Art wins at Austin
Amanda Boyle's short film Pop Art has won the audience award for Best Narrative Short at the Austin Film Festival 2008. Starring Bill Milner ...
News - Fri 31 Oct 2008
Jobson Featured in Screen International
Richard Jobson was featured in an article by Michael Gubbins in the industry publication Screen International. In the article, Gubbins writes about the 'punk sensibility ...
News - Tue 28 Oct 2008
Children's BAFTAs pick Golly and Troughton
Richard Golezsowski and Alice Troughton have both been nominated for the Children's British Film and Television Awards 2008. Richard's new series of hit ...
News - Tue 28 Oct 2008
British Independent Film Award Nominations
This year's British Independent Film Awards nominations have been announced. Hunger, written by Enda Walsh is leading the field with seven nominations including Best ...
News - Mon 27 Oct 2008
Life on Mars nominated for International Emmy
The second series of the Kudos produced time-travel police drama Life on Mars has been nominated for a Best Drama Series award at the International ...
News - Fri 24 Oct 2008
New trailer for Paul McGuigan's Push
The first trailer for director Paul McGuigan's new action-thriller, Push, is now online. The movie stars Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle, Djimon Hounsou ...
News - Fri 24 Oct 2008
O'Rowe and Fitzgibbon attract all-star cast
Casting on Perrier's Bounty, the comedy thriller written by Mark O'Rowe and set to be directed by Ian Fitzgibbon, has finally been announced ...
News - Thu 23 Oct 2008
Morris & Beesley's U.K hit goes Stateside
Iain Morris and Damon Beesley have secured a pilot commitment from ABC for a U.S version of their hit E4 series The Inbetweeners. The ...
News - Tue 21 Oct 2008
Blackout makes The Big Pitch 2008 shortlist
Derek Boyes' island thriller Blackout has made it onto the shortlist of six finalists for the UK's biggest film production prize. Set in the ...
News - Thu 16 Oct 2008
The Market wins the Ghent Film Festival 2008
Ben Hopkins' new film, The Market, has won the Grand Prize of the Flemish Community for Best Film at the 35th Ghent International Film Festival ...
News - Tue 14 Oct 2008
Joffe's second feature garners critical acclaim
Rowan Joffe's television feature, The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall, has aired on Channel 4 on 13th October 2008 to fantastic reviews. Written by Simon ...
News - Mon 13 Oct 2008
Dazed & Confused calls Boyle 'prodigiously talented'
Amanda Boyle has been hailed as ‘prodigiously talented' by Dazed and Confused magazine in a review of her most recent short film, Pop Art. Pop ...
News - Fri 10 Oct 2008
London Film Festival 08 Picks
The Times BFI 52nd London Film Festival 2008 starts on 15 October with a great range of new and established names featuring. Writer Brock Norman ...
News - Fri 10 Oct 2008
Eden and Hunger up for European Film Awards
Eden, written by Eugene O'Brien and directed by Declan Recks, and Enda Walsh's IRA film Hunger, have both been nominated for inclusion on ...
News - Mon 06 Oct 2008
Boy A and Hunger clean up at Dinard Festival
Enda Walsh and Cuba Pictures have both achieved festival success this weekend, scooping prizes at the prestigous Dinard British Film Festival 2008. Cuba Pictures' first ...
News - Mon 06 Oct 2008
Woolcock makes her Met debut
Award-winning TV and film director Penny Woolcock, is making both her Met and her opera-directing debut with Doctor Atomic. John Adams's contemporary masterpiece explores ...
News - Fri 26 Sep 2008
National Youth Theatre London Season 2008
Jane Bodie and James Graham have both written plays which are being performed at the Soho Theatre as part of the National Youth Theatre's ...
News - Tue 23 Sep 2008
Enda Walsh's Walworth Farce opens at the National
Enda Walsh's award winning play, The Walworth Farce, is to open at the National Theatre's Cottesloe Stage on 24th September 2008. Directed by ...
News - Tue 23 Sep 2008
McPherson begins shooting on The Eclipse
Conor McPherson has begun shooting his television directorial debut, the feature-length drama The Eclipse. Produced by Treasure Entertainment for RTE, The Eclipse is based on ...
News - Sun 21 Sep 2008
Broadcast Hotshots 2008
Curtis Brown writers dominated this year's list of Broadcast Hotshots 2008, with James Graham, Philip Gawthorne, Nicole Taylor and writing team Robin French and ...
News - Wed 17 Sep 2008
Variety hails Johnson's documentary as 'irresistible'
Variety Magazine has labelled Jamie Johnson's new documentary 'irresistible' after it's screening at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2008. Written and directed ...
News - Wed 10 Sep 2008
Toronto Film Fest 2008 Highlights
This year's Toronto Film Festival 2008 programme included three films written, directed by or starring our clients. Writer Peter Harness' Is There Anybody There ...
News - Fri 22 Aug 2008
Chevalier's Girl With A Pearl hits West End
Tracy Chevalier's novel Girl With a Pearl Earring has been adapted for the West End stage and is set to open at the Theatre ...
News - Fri 15 Aug 2008
Walsh and O'Rowe are Fringe First winners
Congratulations to Mark O'Rowe and Enda Walsh, who have both been awarded Fringe Firsts at the the Edinburgh Festival 2008 for their plays Terminus ...
News - Thu 14 Aug 2008
Dinard picks Boy A, Hunger and The Market
Enda Walsh's film Hunger, Ben Hopkins' film The Market and Cuba Pictures' first production Boy A have all been selected to screen at this ...
Features - Thu 14 Aug 2008
Emo, Coming Up airs on Channel 4
As part of Channel 4's Coming Up seaon one off drama Emo is being screend on Friday 15 August at 11.40 pm. Emo ...
News - Wed 13 Aug 2008
Arden's film nominated for Danish Oscar
The nomination comes on the back of his success at last year's Danish Academy Awards, at which his film We Shall Overcome scooped 23 ...
News - Fri 01 Aug 2008
Curtis Brown clients hit this year's Edinburgh Fringe
Enda Walsh, who last year won a Fringe First with his play The Walworth Farce, has returned to the Traverse with a companion piece, The ...
Client News - Mon 28 Jul 2008
Jon Baird's Cass premiers in West End
Jon Baird's new film, Cass, is to premier in London's West End on Monday 28th July 2008. Starring Nonso Anozie and Natalie Press ...
Client News - Wed 23 Jul 2008
Boy A opens in US
Boy A, Cuba Pictures' debut production, is set to open at cinemas across the United States on 23 July 2008. The film, which was originally ...
Client News - Tue 22 Jul 2008
Gawthorne's play up for NY Innovative Theatre Award
Philip Gawthorne's play, Modern Life is Rubbish, has been nominated for Outstanding Short Script at the New York Innovative Theatre Awards 2008. The awards ...
News - Tue 15 Jul 2008
China Moo Young is 'Star of Tomorrow'
Screen International's annual look at the hottest talent in the UK is one of the most prestigious accolades for up-and-coming stars both in front ...
Client News - Mon 07 Jul 2008
Tucker gears up for C4's 1983
Director Anand Tucker has started prepping for his latest project, 1983, part of a trilogy of films revolving around the hunt for the notorious Yorkshire ...
Client News - Fri 06 Jun 2008
Amanda Boyle awarded Clore Fellowship
Amanda Boyle has been selected for a prestigious Clore Leadership Fellowship. The fellowships area awarded annually and seek to train and develop outstanding leaders in ...
News - Sun 01 Jun 2008
Enda Walsh's Hunger wins Sydney Film Prize
Enda Walsh's latest film, Hunger, has won the inaugural A$60 000 Sydney Film Prize at the Sydney Film Festival 2008. Jury president Gillian ...
News - Thu 22 May 2008
McPherson's Port Authority goes to New York
The Atlantic Theatre's American premier of Conor McPherson's Port Authority opened to fantastic reviews on 21st May 2008. The production has been directed ...
News - Tue 20 May 2008
Hillcoat and Penhall's Road finishes filming
The Road, directed by John Hillcoat and written by Joe Penhall, has finished filming in Pittsburgh in May 2008. Adapted from Cormac McCarthy's award-winning ...
News - Tue 20 May 2008
Hunger by Enda Walsh wins Camera d'Or
Congratulations to Enda Walsh, whose new film, Hunger, has won the prestigious Camera d'Or for Best New Feature at the Cannes Film Festival 2008 ...
News - Fri 16 May 2008
Boy A has triple win at BAFTA Craft Awards
Boy A, Cuba Pictures' first production, has won a trio of golden masks at the BAFTA Television Craft Awards held at the Dorchester Hotel on ...
Features - Thu 15 May 2008
Hossein Amini's Shanghai starts shooting
Hossein Amini's feature film, Shanghai, is to start shooting in Thailand and London in spring 2008. The film, which heads the Weinstein development slate ...
News - Thu 15 May 2008
Enda Walsh's Hunger opens at Cannes
Enda Walsh's harrowing new film, Hunger, has opened the Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard on 15th May 2008. The film, which is ...
Client News - Tue 13 May 2008
Tony Awards Nominations announced
Conor McPherson's The Seafarer has been nominated for Best Play and Conor has been nominated for Best Direction in the Tony Awards which will ...
Client News - Mon 12 May 2008
Boy A has triple win at BAFTA Craft Awards
Boy A, Cuba Pictures' first production, has won a trio of golden masks at the BAFTA Television Craft Awards held at the Dorchester Hotel on ...
News - Mon 12 May 2008
Shanghai to start shooting
Hossein Amini's feature film, Shanghai, is to start shooting in Thailand and London in spring 2008. The film, which heads the Weinstein development slate ...
Client News - Thu 08 May 2008
Faintheart to close Edinburgh Film Festival
Vito Rocco's debut feature film, Faintheart, is to have its world premier at the Edinburgh Film Festival closing night gala on 29 June 2008 ...
Client News - Wed 07 May 2008
Hightide Festival
Joel Horwood and Nick Payne both have plays at this year's Hightide Theatre Festival in Suffolk. Joel Horwood is from Suffolk himself and his ...
Client News - Tue 22 Apr 2008
Simon Welsford wins LIFF Award
Simon Welsford's Jetsam won the award for Best Low Budget Feature at the London Independent Film Festival 2008, announced on 18 April. It also ...
Client News - Mon 21 Apr 2008
Great Night at the BAFTAs for Curtis Brown Clients
Curtis Brown clients had a successful night at this year's BAFTA Television Awards, held at the London Palladium on April 20th 2008. Andrew Garfield ...
Client News - Wed 09 Apr 2008
Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me
Peter Harness's tender and funny portrayal of Frankie Howerd was first shown on Wednesday 9 April 2008 on BBC 4 as part of the ...
Client News - Tue 08 Apr 2008
He Kills Coppers: New Drama for ITV1
Jake Arnott’s gritty thriller, He Kills Coppers, has been turned into a three-part drama for ITV1. The first episode is broadcast at 9pm on ...
Client News - Tue 08 Apr 2008
BAFTA Nominations Announced
Several comedy and drama shows created, written or directed by Curtis Brown clients have been nominated for BAFTA awards. The winners will be announced on ...
Client News - Tue 08 Apr 2008
Boy A cleans up at BAFTA Craft Nominations
Cuba Pictures’ first production, Boy A, has received multiple nominations at this year’s BAFTA Craft Awards. Writer Mark O’Rowe has been nominated for ...
Client News - Fri 04 Apr 2008
Boy A wins at Broadcasting Guild Awards
Boy A continued its awards success by scooping the Best Single Drama award at this year's Broadcasting Guild Awards. The film is the debut ...
Client News - Wed 26 Mar 2008
Boy A cleans up at BAFTA Craft nominations
Cuba Pictures' first production, Boy A, has received multiple nominations at this year's BAFTA Craft Awards. Writer Mark O'Rowe has been nominated for ...
Client News - Thu 20 Mar 2008
BAFTA Nominations Announced
Several comedy and drama shows created, written or directed by Curtis Brown clients were nominated for the 2008 BAFTA awards. The winners were announced on ...
News - Thu 06 Mar 2008
Boy A wins World Book Day prize
Boy A, the novel by Jonathan Trigell, has won the first 'Book to Talk About' prize on World Book Day, 6 March 2008. The book ...
Client News - Fri 29 Feb 2008
Boy A Nominated for RTS Awards
Boy A, Cuba Pictures' first production, was nominated in three categories at this year's Royal Television Society Programme Awards. Along with Best Single Drama ...
News - Fri 29 Feb 2008
Naylor and Hare film opens in UK
The Accidental Husband, written by Clare Naylor and Mimi Hare, opened at cinemas across the country on 29 February 2008. Produced by and starring Uma ...
Client News - Tue 12 Feb 2008
Scarborough comes to Royal Court
Fiona Evans' new play, Scarborough, opened upstairs at the Royal Court's Jerwood Theatre on 11 February 2008.The play, which won a Fringe First ...
Client News - Mon 11 Feb 2008
2008 Olivier Awards Nominations Announced
Tanya Ronder and the late Beverly Cross, both represented by Curtis Brown, were nominated for the Laurence Olivier Awards. The Oliviers, London's most prestigious ...
Client News - Sun 10 Feb 2008
World Book Day Prize - Boy A Shortlisted
Boy A, the novel by Jonathan Trigell, was chosen as one of ten shortlisted books for The Book To Talk About prize. The winner is ...
Client News - Tue 22 Jan 2008
Curtis Brown Talent Involved in Plethora of New Shows
The New Year opened with a fantastic range of new shows across BBC, ITV and Channel 4. Echo Beach and Moving Wallpaper were ITV1's ...
Client News - Fri 11 Jan 2008
Never Better starts on BBC 2
Fintan Ryan's original black comedy series started this week on BBC2. Never Better stars Stephen Mangan as Keith a recovering alcoholic, struggling to get ...2007
Client News - Fri 14 Dec 2007
TinTin in the West End
Rufus Norris and David Greig's adaptation of Hergé's Tintin in Tibet transferred to The Playhouse Theatre in the West End. "gripping, funny and ...
Client News - Wed 12 Dec 2007
The Seafarer by Conor McPherson on Broadway
The Seafarer written and directed by Conor McPherson has opened on Broadway to fantastic reviews. "it already has the feel of a timeless classic" Hollywood ...
News - Wed 05 Dec 2007
Soundproof wins RADAR award
Joe Fisher and Ed Coulthard have been awarded the Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation's Media Award 2007 for their contribution to furthering the ...
Client News - Fri 30 Nov 2007
Graham wins Catherine Johnson Award
James Graham has won the Catherine Johnson Award for the Best Play 2007. This is the first ever Catherine Johnson Award which is part of ...
Client News - Fri 30 Nov 2007
Mark O'Rowe's Crestfall London Premier
Mark O'Rowe's play Crestfall is playing at Theatre 503 between 27 November and 15 December. The fantastic production directed by Roisin McBrinn stars ...
Client News - Wed 28 Nov 2007
Tony Roche wins Writers Guild Award
Tony Roche has won a Writers Guild Award for Best Comedy for his work on the BBC Hit Comedy The Thick of It. The Thick ...
Client News - Mon 26 Nov 2007
Death of a President wins EMMY
Death of a President has won an International EMMY Award for best TV Movie/ Mini-Series. Co-written and directed by Gabriel Range and co-written and produced ...
Client News - Mon 26 Nov 2007
Maloney's Consent wins Grierson award
Anna Maloney has been awarded the prestigious Grierson Best Drama Documentary Award 2007 for her drama, Consent. The five judges, who included Stephen Frears and ...
Client News - Fri 23 Nov 2007
August Rush opens across the UK
Kirsten Sheridan's fantastic new film, August Rush, is opening across the UK on Friday 23rd November. A charismatic young Irish guitarist (Jonathan Rhys Meyers ...
Client News - Thu 22 Nov 2007
Carolan to be Abbey's Writer-in-Association
Stuart Carolan has this week been appointed Abbey Theatre's Writer-in-Association 2007. Past Abbey Writers-in-Association have included Conor McPherson and Mark O'Rowe, as well ...
Client News - Sun 11 Nov 2007
Curtis Brown at the British Comedy Awards
Curtis Brown clients have received three nominations for the prestigious British Comedy Awards. Star Stories, written and created by Bert Tyler Moore and George Jeffrie ...
Client News - Fri 09 Nov 2007
Death of a President nominated for International EMMY
Death of a President has been nominated for an International EMMY for Best Television Movie. Co-written and directed by Gabriel Range and co-written and produced ...
Client News - Thu 08 Nov 2007
Jeremy Herrin directs Statement of Regret
Jeremy Herrin has directed Statement of Regret, Kwame Kwei-Armah's third play for the National Theatre, currently playing in the Cottesloe. Kwaku Mackenzie, founder of ...
Client News - Thu 08 Nov 2007
Rebecca McCutcheon directs Vincent River
Rebecca McCutcheon has directed a powerful revival of Philip Ridley's Vincent River for the West End. Starring Linda Belingham and Mark Field the Old ...
Client News - Fri 02 Nov 2007
Curtis Brown at the BIFAs
And When Did You Last See Your Father directed by Anand Tucker has been nominated for seven awards at the 2007 British Independent Film Awards ...
Client News - Tue 23 Oct 2007
Richard Cameron's Flower Girls on tour
Richard Cameron's new play for Graeae Theatre and the New Wolsey Theater Ipswich is on tour this month at The New Wolsey, The Drum ...
Client News - Mon 08 Oct 2007
Curtis Brown clients compete for Grierson Award
Curtis Brown clients find themselves head to head this month with the announcement of nominations for the Best Drama Documentary category at the prestigious Grierson ...
Client News - Fri 05 Oct 2007
Tucker's new film opens to rave reviews
Anand Tucker's new film, And When Did You Last See Your Father, has opened across the country to fantastic reviews. The film, an adaptation ...
Client News - Sun 09 Sep 2007
Fisher shortlisted for Prix Geneve Europe
Joe Fisher's compelling thriller Soundproof has been shortlisted for the prestigious Prix Geneve Europe. Set in the deaf community of London, Soundproof tells the ...
News - Thu 06 Sep 2007
Walsh's Walworth Farce wins a Fringe First
Enda Walsh's Walworth Farce has won a Fringe First award at the Edinburgh Festival 2007. Druid Theatre's production premiered in Cork last autumn ...
Client News - Mon 03 Sep 2007
Exodus premiers at Venice Film Festival
Exodus, written and directed by Penny Woolcock, has premiered at the 64th Venice Film Festival. Inspired by the biblical story told in Exodus and shot ...
Client News - Wed 22 Aug 2007
Sarif's World Unseen invited to Toronto
Shamim Sarif's film, World Unseen, has been selected for the 2007 Toronto Film Festival. Starring Lisa Ray and Sheetal Seth, the film has been ...
News - Wed 22 Aug 2007
Tucker's new film premieres at Edinburgh
Anand Tucker's long awaited new film, And When Did You Last See Your Father, is premiering at the 2007 Edinburgh Film Festival. Written by ...
Client News - Thu 09 Aug 2007
Star Stories gets rave reviews
Star Stories, written by George Jeffrie and Bert Tyler Moore has returned to Channel 4 for a second series to fantastic reviews. Sending up Take ...
Client News - Thu 09 Aug 2007
Fiona Evans scoops Fringe first
Fiona Evan's short play Scarborough has been awarded a Fringe First Award at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Running at just under 45 ...
Client News - Thu 12 Jul 2007
Vito Rocco's Faintheart wins on My Space
Vito Rocco has beaten over 1000 other contestants to win the MyMovieMashUp competition run by MySpace, Film4 and Vertigo Films. A panel of experts, including ...
Client News - Thu 14 Jun 2007
Terminus opens at The Abbey
Mark O'Rowe's eagerly anticipated new play, Terminus, has opened at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin to fantastic reviews, with the Sunday Tribune ...
Client News - Tue 12 Jun 2007
Death of A President wins Banff World TV Award
Death of a President has won the best Made-for-TV Film Award at the Banff World Television Awards in Alberta, Canada. Co-written and directed by Gabriel ...
Client News - Tue 12 Jun 2007
Journey's End wins Tony Award
Journey's End has won a Tony Award for Best Revival of a play. The acclaimed World War One play by RC Sherriff was also ...
Client News - Fri 08 Jun 2007
Flying Scotsman is a runaway success
Douglas Mackinnon's inspirational new film is enjoying worldwide acclaim after opening in America, New Zealand and Australia. The Flying Scotsman, which tells the true ...
Client News - Fri 01 Jun 2007
Vernon God Little opens at the Young Vic
Rufus Norris and Tanya Ronder's brilliantly inventive stage production of DBC Pierre's Booker Prize winning novel, Vernon God Little, has opened at the ...
Client News - Fri 27 Apr 2007
Maxwell drama on BBC2
Colin Barr has directed and produced an original drama based on the last weeks of the life of newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell. Starring David Suchet ...
Client News - Fri 27 Apr 2007
Coulthard wins BAFTA Best Director
Ed Coulthard won the Best Director award at this year's BAFTAs for his TV thriller, Soundproof. Written by Joe Fisher and starring Joesph Mawle ...
Client News - Fri 20 Apr 2007
Joffe's directorial debut 'a masterpiece'
Rowan Joffe's directorial debut has been hailed as a masterpiece by critics at both The Times and The Guardian newspapers after airing last night ...
Client News - Thu 19 Apr 2007
The plays of A A Milne
1882 - 1956 A A Milne is of course best known for his children's fiction and poetry books Winnie the Pooh, The House at Pooh ...
Client News - Thu 12 Apr 2007
Perfect Day nominated for Rose d'Or
Mark Chappell's Perfect Day - The Millennium has been nominated as Best Comedy for the Rose D'Or International Television Festival in Switzerland. The Millennium ...
Client News - Wed 11 Apr 2007
Life on Mars leads the BAFTA race
Life on Mars, Series two directed by SJ Clarkson has been nominated for four BAFTAs including Best Programme, Best Drama and the Pioneer Audience awards ...
Client News - Fri 06 Apr 2007
Penhall's New Play opens at the national
Joe Penhall's fantastic new play, Landscape With Weapon, has opened at the National Theatre. Starring Tom Hollander as a weapons designer and Julian Rhind-Tutt ...
Client News - Wed 14 Mar 2007
RTS Award for Death of a President
Death of a President made by Borough Films for More4, and written, directed and produced by Simon Finch and Gabriel Range - has won the RTS ...
Client News - Fri 09 Mar 2007
Arden cleans up at Danish Academy Film Awards
Niels Arden Oplev's film, We Shall Overcome, has swept the boards at this year's Danish Film Academy Awards. The film, which tells the ...
Client News - Fri 09 Mar 2007
Defender of the Faith opens in New York
Stuart Carolan's new play Defender of the Faith has opened at the Irish Repertory Theatre in New York City. Set in 1986 in County ...
Client News - Fri 09 Mar 2007
Don't Look Now at The Lyric
A new adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier's classic supernatural thriller opens on 13th March at the Lyric, Hammersmith. Curtis Brown represents the Estate of ...
Client News - Fri 16 Feb 2007
Boeing Boeing opens in the West End
Boeing Boeing, written by Marc Camoletti and translated by Beverley Cross opened to fantastic reviews and roars of laughter on 15 February at the Comedy ...
Client News - Mon 12 Feb 2007
Happy Days opens at the National
Samuel Beckett's play Happy Days has opened at the National Theatre in London. Fiona Shaw stars as Winnie in this new production which has ...
Client News - Fri 09 Feb 2007
New York Times names McPherson 'Finest playwright of his generation'
New York Times journalist Ben Brantley has called Conor McPherson 'the finest playwright of his generation' in a brilliant review of his most recent play ...
Client News - Thu 08 Feb 2007
Our Country's Good opens at the Liverpool Playhouse
Our Country's Good, directed by Ed Dick, has opened at the Liverpool Playhouse to fantastic reviews. Written by Timberlake Wertenbaker, the play tells the ...
Client News - Thu 08 Feb 2007
Fallout bags IFTA nomination
Fallout by Johnny Ferguson and Declan Jones has been nominated in the Best Single Drama category at this year's Irish Film and Television Awards ...
Client News - Thu 18 Jan 2007
Curtis Brown clients dominate Olivier Awards
The Seafarer, The 39 Steps and Cabaret have received multiple nominations for the prestigious Laurence Olivier Awards 2007. Conor McPherson's lyrical, touching and funny ...
Client News - Tue 16 Jan 2007
Curtis Brown clients nominated for Broadcast Awards
Death Of A President and Star Stories have both been short listed for the Broadcast Awards 2007. The award-winning, critically acclaimed Borough Films production Death ...
News - Wed 03 Jan 2007
Finn McGough nominated for RTS Award
Director Finn McGough's Country Strife for Raw TV and BBC3 has been nominated for the Breakthrough Award: Behind the Screen at the RTS awards ...2006
Client News - Tue 19 Dec 2006
Lost Movie Classic found at Curtis Brown
Jamie Thraves' debut feature The Low Down (2000) has been named among the "neglected masterpieces" of film history by The Observer in its run down ...
Client News - Mon 20 Nov 2006
Coulthard wins Best Documentary
Edmund Coulthard's drama documentary, The Year London Blew Up: 1974, has been named the Best Documentary of 2006 at the prestigious Grierson Awards. Set ...
Client News - Fri 17 Nov 2006
Curtis Brown clients at the British Comedy Awards
Curtis Brown clients are once again the funniest in town with Confetti, Star Stories and actress Katherine Parkinson all being nominated for the prestigious British ...
Client News - Thu 09 Nov 2006
The Seafarer nominated for Evening Standard Award
Conor McPherson's compelling new play, The Seafarer, has been nominated for The Evening Standard Best Play Award. Starring Ron Cook, Karl Johnson, Jim Norton ...
Client News - Thu 09 Nov 2006
Dench to star in Bolt's Merry Wives
Dame Judi Dench is to take centre stage as Mistress Quickly in Ranjit Bolt's musical version of Shakespeare's comedy, The Merry Wives of ...
Client News - Wed 01 Nov 2006
Curtis Brown clients shine at Scottish BAFTAs
Curtis Brown clients are dominating this year's Scottish BAFTAs with multiple nominations for films True North and The Flying Scotsman. True North, written and ...
Client News - Mon 23 Oct 2006
Ben Hopkins's documentary nominated for Prix Art
Ben Hopkins' documentary, 37 Uses For A Dead Sheep, has been nominated for the European Academy's Prix Arte for documentary film. The film documents ...
Client News - Wed 11 Oct 2006
Cabaret opens at the Lyric Theatre
Award winning director Rufus Norris' long-awaited production of Cabaret has opened at the Lyric Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue. This dark reworking of Kander and Ebb ...
Client News - Mon 02 Oct 2006
Beslan Seige wins Prix Italia
The Beslan Siege, a feature length documentary directed by Richard Alwyn, has won Best Current Affairs Documentary Television Programme as part of the Prix Italia ...
Client News - Fri 29 Sep 2006
New Spooks gets rave reviews
David Wolstencroft's multi-award-winning series Spooks has returned to BBC1 for a fifth series to fantastic reviews. "It's fast, cleverly put together and it ...
Client News - Fri 29 Sep 2006
Losing Louis opening on Broadway
Losing Louis, by Simon Mendes da Costa is opening in the US at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway on October 12. Directed by Tony Award ...
Client News - Fri 29 Sep 2006
The Seafarer opens at the National Theatre
Conor McPherson's compelling new play, The Seafarer, has opened at the National Theatre. Starring Ron Cook, Karl Johnson, Jim Norton, Michael McElhatten and Conleth ...
Client News - Thu 28 Sep 2006
Robin Lefevre directs Heartbreak House
Robin Lefevre is currently directing the revival of George Bernard Shaw's famous comedy Heartbreak House at the American Airlines Theatre in New York City ...
Client News - Thu 21 Sep 2006
RTS Awards 2006
Writer-director Justin Edgar has been nominated for an RTS Award for Best Drama. His film, Special People, has already won the Chicago International Film Festival ...
Client News - Thu 21 Sep 2006
Rufus Norris directs Cabaret
Award winning director Rufus Norris directs Anna Maxwell-Martin and James Dreyfus in a new production of John Kander and Fred Ebb's classic musical Cabaret ...
Client News - Fri 15 Sep 2006
Stones returns to West End
Marie Jones' hit play, Stones in his Pockets will return to the West End this winter, following an international tour. The Olivier award-winning play opens ...
Client News - Fri 15 Sep 2006
Death of a President succeeds in Toronto
Death of a President has won the the Fipresci Prize, juried by international critics, at this year's Toronto Film Festival. The film was described ...
News - Thu 31 Aug 2006
The Seafarer premiers at The National
Conor McPherson's new play The Seafarer will premier at The National Theatre on the 20th September. Staring Ron Cook, Karl Johnson, Jim Norton, Michael ...
Client News - Wed 30 Aug 2006
Breakfast With Mugabe wins Play Award
Breakfast with Mugabe by Fraser Grace is the joint winner of the The Peter Wolff Trust Supports the Whiting Award 2006. Commissioned by the RSC ...
News - Fri 25 Aug 2006
Improbable Frequency best fun on Fringe
Improbable Frequency, written by Arthur Riordan with music by Bell Helicopter, opened to universally fantastic reviews at this year's Edinburgh Festival. The production transferred ...
Client News - Fri 25 Aug 2006
Joel Horwood wins Fringe First
Food, co-written by Joel Horwood for the Imaginary Body and starring Sean Campion, has won a Fringe First at this year's Edinburgh Festival. "so ...
Client News - Fri 25 Aug 2006
Curtis Brown clients at Toronto Film Festival
Two films by Curtis Brown clients will premiere at this year's Toronto Film Festival. Death of a President, written, directed and produced by Gabriel ...
News - Fri 25 Aug 2006
Flying Scotsman at Edinburgh Film Festival
Douglas MacKinnon's film The Flying Scotsman opened this year's Edinburgh Film Festival. Telling the real-life story of one of Scotland's greatest sporting ...
News - Mon 03 Apr 2006
2006 BAFTA Nominations
BAFTA nominations have been announced and include Aisling Walsh, director of BBC drama Fingersmith which is nominated for Best Drama Serial, Douglas MacKinnon, director of ...
News - Mon 20 Mar 2006
RTS Awards
The Royal Television Society Awards were dominated this year by Curtis Brown clients. These included Justin Hardy, who won Best Historical Film for Trafalgar Battle ...2005
News - Sun 20 Nov 2005
Pulitzer Nomination for Will Eno
Will Eno's play Thom Pain (based on nothing) was one of three nominated finalists for the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2005. The play ...
News - Thu 02 Jun 2005
George Devine Award 2005
Stuart Carolan has been awarded the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright 2005. Judges decided to announce joint winners with Stuart Carolan and Laura ...
News - Sun 17 Apr 2005
BAFTA Winners 2005
Winners announced at the BAFTAs ceremony on 17 April included director Krishnendu Majumdar, who was nominated as best New Director Factual for Who You Callin ...2004
News - Wed 12 May 2004
Recks' film wins Best Actress at Tribeca
The star of Declan Recks' new film, Eden, has won the Best Actress Award at the Tribeca Film Festival 2008. Irish actress Eileen Walsh plays ...Curtis Brown Group Limited. Registered in England and Wales No 00679620. Registered Office 5th Floor, Haymarket House, 28-29 Haymarket, LONDON SW1Y 4SP.