Damian-Lewis.com » 2009

Nov.
18th,
2009

Thanks to mmbbpp for sharing this link to Ambassador’s fantastic new web site for The Misanthrope starring Damian Lewis! Click here to order tickets for the play that will preview at London’s Comedy Theatre starting December 5, 2009.

The site includes a short video of Damian along with rehearsal photos and information about the show and the cast. Visit the Warehouse to view screencaps from the site.

Interested in getting together with other fans to see the play? Click here at the Yahoo! Group for more information.
An American Film Market report from Screen Daily states that the long-anticipated Raul Ruiz film Love and Virtue has at last found a market and that Damian Lewis is still attached to play the romantic hero Orlando (Roland) in the historical epic! The movie is expected to go into production next summer. Click here for more information about the film.
Click here for an opportunity to help the environment and for a chance to win a handbag created from Damian’s jacket! Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory both donated jackets to be restyled and raffled, along with other celebrity items, in support of the TRAID and Camden Council workshop on revamping clothes to reduce the textile wastes sent to landfills. Damian’s jacket was recreated as a handbag and Helen’s red velvet jacket was restyled in military fashion.
Speaking of textiles, click on the links below for some “Life – Charlie Crews T-Shirts” (vests) being offered for sale: l 1 l 2 l 3 l
Thanks to Connie for sharing the news that Damian will appear on US television in Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker on HBOe on Wednesday, Nov 25th at 7:00 AM and on Sunday, Nov 29th at 6:00 AM.

Spike TV will also run a Band of Brothers marathon over the Thanksgiving holiday on November 26th and 27th (and that’s a great reason for giving thanks!)
Noomi65 has posted a lovely, new Damian Lewis fan video on YouTube.

Posted by: kathyv Filed Under: Love and Virtue, The Misanthrope, Theatre

Nov.
13th,
2009

Click here to listen online to “Be a Good Chap” episode 1 of season 3 of Number 10, the popular BBC Radio 4 “Afternoon Play” now starring Damian Lewis as Simon Laity, the first gay, Tory British Prime Minister. Thanks to Kaz you can also download this episode in mp3 format here!

Posted by: kathyv Filed Under: Download, Radio

Nov.
11th,
2009

New publicity photos for The Misanthrope starring Damian Lewis have been added to the Warehouse. Tickets are now on sale for the play that will run from December 5, 2009 through March 13, 2010 at the “Comedy Theatre” in London’s West End.
Reminder! The Baker with Damian Lewis will screen at the Three Rivers Film Festival in Pittsburg, PA on November 15 and 16, 2009.
In Australia, an 8 disc DVD box set titled “Life – The Complete Sentence” has been released on region 4 DVD. The set contains all of the episodes for both seasons of Life starring Damian Lewis. Separate box sets for “Life – Season One” and “Life – Season Two” are also available on region 4 DVD.
The Escapist (Menekülők) featuring Damian Lewis was recently released in Hungary on region 2 DVD.
Visit the Warehouse to view scans of the programme from the 1992 Guildhall School of Music and Drama production of Ibsen’s “The League of Youth” with Damian Lewis in the role of a lawyer named Stensgard. Damian’s friend and classmate Joseph Fiennes was also a member of the cast.

Posted by: kathyv Filed Under: Gallery, Life, The Baker, The Escapist, The Misanthrope, Theatre

Nov.
9th,
2009

Newly discovered photos taken by Donald Cooper of Damian Lewis in Pillars of the Community (2005-06), Five Gold Rings (with Helen McCrory, 2003-04), Cymbeline (1997-98), and Much Ado About Nothing (1996) have been added to the Warehouse.
Thanks to Groov Monkey for the news that the Region 4 DVD for season 2 of Life starring Damian Lewis will be released in Australia on November 11, 2009.
Click here for more information about the Camden Council and TRAID “Wardrobe Re-Vamping Workshops” on November 12th. The event will demonstrate methods of re-making used clothing to reduce textile wastes in landfills. Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory have both donated jackets to be restyled for the event.
Click here and here for the Radio Times listings for the November 13th and 20th episodes of Number 10 the “Afternoon Play” starring Damian Lewis.
What’s On Stage has published updated casting information for The Misanthrope:

The full company has been announced for Thea Sharrock’s new production of The Misanthrope, which is led by Damian Lewis and, making her stage debut, Keira Knightley, and which runs from 17 December 2009 (previews from 7 December) to 13 March 2010 at the Comedy Theatre.

In addition to Lewis, Knightley and, as previously announced, Tara Fitzgerald, Dominic Rowan and Tim McMullan, the ensemble cast will feature Chuk Iwuji (The Histories for the RSC), Kelly Price (best known for musicals including A Little Night Music and Guys and Dolls) and Nicholas Le Prevost (whose most recent credits include Bedroom Farce, The Last Cigarette and The Philadelphia Story)…The Misanthrope is designed by Hildegard Bechtler and produced by Howard Panter and Tali Pelman for the Ambassador Theatre Group.

Posted by: kathyv Filed Under: Gallery, Life, The Misanthrope, Theatre

Nov.
8th,
2009

The Photostage.com site features photographs by Donald Cooper including pictures of Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory in a number of stage productions. Available images of Damian Lewis include pictures from Cymbeline, Pillars of the Community, Five Gold Rings (with Helen) and several photos from the 1996 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Much Ado About Nothing that have been added to the Warehouse.
Kaz reports that Ambassador Tickets have released additional seats in February and March for The Misanthrope starring Damian Lewis.
The region 1 (US and Canada) DVD for The Escapist with Damian Lewis will be released on January 26, 2010 and is now available for pre-order.
In this review of The Escapist DVD, Sam J Turner’s comments about Damian Lewis’s performance include:

Prior to its almost-perfect conclusion, two things stand out in The Escapist; Brian Cox and Damian Lewis…Lewis’ role amounts to hardly anything more than a cameo. As Rizza, the quiet and calculated, gangland style, leader of the inmates, he is the perfect antithesis to Perry (Brian Cox). Where Perry answers problems with philosophy and considered actions, Rizza, as you would expect, takes quiet delight in exacting violence and intimidation. The stand-offs between the two are short but there is enough subtle excellence from Lewis in Rizza to let us know who’s boss, without needing to see him shouting and swearing front and centre.
Damian Lewis, Helen McCrory, and other celebrities have donated items of clothing to support an environmental awareness initiative co-sponsored by the Camden Council and TRAID (Textile Recycling for Aid and International Development) to raise public awareness and reduce the amount of textile waste dumped in landfills. “Wardrobe Re-Vamping Workshops” will be held at the Swiss Cottage Library and Gallery on November 12, 2009 to provide tips for restyling and updating used clothing items. Celebrity clothing, including the jackets donated by Damian and Helen, “will be restyled and turned into high street fashion pieces and fashion accessories.” Click here and here for more information.