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Dec.
11th,
2009

Click here for lots more press stills of Damian Lewis on stage in The Misanthrope! Click here for a pic of Damian leaving the theatre and signing autographs that same Thursday night.

Posted by: mokulen Filed Under: Gallery, Photoshoots, The Misanthrope, Theatre

Dec.
10th,
2009

Click here at the gallery for large new stills of Damian Lewis performing on stage in The Misanthrope! Rather handsome-looking, isn’t he?
Click here and here for ecstatic reviews from fans at the Yahoo! Group who’ve gone to see previews this week. Thanks to citygirl and june for sharing!

Posted by: mokulen Filed Under: Gallery, The Misanthrope, Theatre

Dec.
8th,
2009

So, yeah, previews for The Misanthrope started on Saturday. Click here and here at the gallery for pictures of Damian Lewis leaving The Comedy Theatre Monday and Tuesday night after a performance of The Misanthrope.

Click here at the The Misanthrope album in the gallery for slightley larger rehearsal stills including the new one above.
More Misanthrope press: click here for a writeup from Broadway World; Director Thea Sharrock discusses The Misanthrope and Keira Knightley with the Telegraph.
Click here to listen online to episode 4 of Number 10, “A Failed State”, the BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play starring Damian Lewis as Simon Laity. You can download this episode in mp3 format here from our Multimedia section. (Thanks, Kaz! ) Damian appears in all but episode 2. Episode 5, “Immortality at Last”, airs this Friday.
Click here to read the NIFF‘s write-up on The Baker from their film festival guide.
TV highlights this month include a few rare showings:
- » A US broadcast of Robinson Crusoe at 9:50am on Starz Cinema on Dec 21st. He’s only in the film’s opening minutes.
- » UK broadcasts of Poirot: Hickory Dickory Dock at 5:45pm on the 22nd and 11:40am on the 23rd on ITV3.
- » A UK broadcast of Keane at 10:50pm on Sky Arts 1 on Dec 29th.
Click here for the updated schedule.

Posted by: mokulen Filed Under: Download, Gallery, The Misanthrope, Theatre

Dec.
1st,
2009

The Baker starring Damian Lewis and directed by Gareth Lewis received the “Best Comedy Award” at the recent Naples International Film Festival in Florida.

Thanks to Linda for the news that Flemish television channel VT4 is re-broadcasting season 1 of Life starring Damian Lewis in Belgium on Wednesday nights at 21:35.

Helen McCrory attended the EA British Academy Children’s Awards on November 29th. Cards autographed by Helen will be included in the Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince Update set that will be released on December 23, 2009.

Damian Lewis is a Patron of Scene and Heard a charitable “mentoring project that partners the inner-city children of Somers Town, London with volunteer theatre professionals, providing each child … with quality one-on-one adult attention and an experience of personal success through the process of writing and performing plays.”

Click here to listen to “Beauty and Death” written by 11-year old Promi Chowdhury and performed by Damian and Nina Wadia in 2006. You can also download the recording in MP3 format thanks to Kaz.