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Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Daily Mirror
Thursday Murder Club's Celia Imrie drops disappointing news on book adaptation
The Thursday Murder Club is coming to Netflix on August 28 and will also be released in select cinemas on August 22 The Thursday Murder Club is arriving on Netflix on August 28 and the film, which boasts a fresh trailer, is a much-awaited adaptation of Richard Osman's novel of the same name. Prior to the film's launch, actress Celia Imrie, who portrays retired nurse Joyce Meadowcroft, appeared on Saturday Kitchen to discuss various matters. A standout moment from the programme was a chat with presenter Matt Tebbut regarding the adaptation, with Matt emphasising the stellar cast, which features Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley. Celia confessed not every aspect of the book's storyline had made it into the final film, expressing hope that fans would still appreciate it, remarking: "I only hope that all the readers who are so loyal to the book will be pleased with what we have done. "Because obviously we couldn't fit all of the plot in, but no - it was a complete thrill." She confessed she hadn't yet viewed the new trailer and enquired "Am I in it?" when the other guests remarked on how captivating it was. The star also revealed how she utilised her sisters for research into portraying a retired nurse like Joyce. "I have two marvellous sisters who are nurses so I had to find out where was the pulse point, and what their training was like," she revealed. "I'm very lucky, it's been wonderful. I sort of can't believe my luck but I'm delighted." The film was produced by Steven Spielberg and the actress confessed she felt anxious about encountering him. She confessed: "My worry is I'm very starstruck but what was I going to talk to him about? That was my absolute horror." She recalled a captivating tale from her past, when at the tender age of 22, she found herself on tour with double Oscar winner, Glenda Jackson. Glenda had been treated to a trip to Universal Studios and Celia managed to snag a photo inside the mouth of the notorious shark used in Spielberg's Jaws films. The veteran actress, now 73, features in the newly released trailer for Thursday Murder Club, which hit the internet earlier in August, introducing Joyce to the rest of the club as they delve into a cold case. However, the group find themselves in hot water when they become suspects in a fresh murder case. Thursday Murder Club will hit select cinemas on August 22, followed by a Netflix release on August 28.
The Guardian
01-08-2025
- The Guardian
The best theatre to stream this month: tailoring comedy Alterations gets a fitting tribute
Almost 10 years after his death and nearly 50 after it was written, Guyana-born British playwright Michael Abbensetts' tailoring comedy arrived at the National Theatre in February for Rufus Norris's final season. Its director, Lynette Linton, hailed the decision to put it on 'one of the biggest stages in the country, and highlight how incredible this man and his generation of writers were'. A triumph for Linton, it should encourage others to delve into the NT's Black Plays Archive. Available from NT at Home from 12 August. There's more transfixing tailoring in this 2024 dance production marking the 300th anniversary of Bach's oratorio. The always arresting German choreographer Sasha Waltz introduces her dancers, in the nude, adjusting their smocks at sewing machines before donning the costumes for a spellbinding performance. On Arte. Tianzhuo Chen's 12-hour 'theatre-rave' Trance, recently staged at London's Southbank Centre, provokes some extreme reactions. 'People say it's the best performance ever,' says Chen. 'They feel healed, cleansed.' Then again: 'Some people really don't like it!' Incredibly, the whole thing – shot in 2024 – is on YouTube, so you can make up your own mind. It's the song of the summer in the West End, enchanting passersby outside the Palladium where it's delivered from the balcony by Rachel Zegler (and her alternate, Bella Brown, who also has an incredible voice) in an alfresco swerve during Jamie Lloyd's production. If you can't catch it live, Zegler's recording of the Tim Rice-Andrew Lloyd Webber perennial is now available. The mix tape is having a moment, thanks to a new BBC romantic drama. But in playwright and performer Azan Ahmed's solo show, the tape unspools a teacher's relationship with his father. Esme Allman's production, seen at the Bush theatre in 2024, is available from the Theatre Channel. With music and lyrics by Caroline Wigmore and Jen Green, Golden Toad Theatre's audio musical on YouTube is based on the book by Gillian Hibbs about a green-fingered boy whose gardening projects grow all over his family's flat. Aimed at children aged three to eight, it should brighten up summer journeys or rainy days at home. IJAD Dance Company is on a mission to put technology at the heart of performance in order to 'future-proof the arts and transform audience engagement'. In June it presented a hybrid theatre festival both online and at Hammersmith Studios. Five of those shows are now available on demand at Open Online Theatre until 4 August. Arsema Thomas, who landed a breakout role in Bridgerton prequel Queen Charlotte shortly after leaving Lamda, makes her professional stage debut at Richmond's Orange Tree in a comedy spun from the stories of Saint Clare and Saint Francis of Assisi. Written by Chiara Atik, it's directed by Blanche McIntyre and co-stars Freddy Carter. Available 12-15 August.
The Guardian
22-07-2025
- The Guardian
Reputation review – front and swagger in brawling portrait of British male rage
Squint and you can picture the two leads of this film playing the Gallagher brothers circa the big Oasis bust-up of 2009 – all front and swagger, eyebrows set into aggrieved furrows. Instead, in this small-time British crime drama, James Nelson-Joyce and Kyle Rowe play old mates dealing drugs in the fictional northern town where they grew up. It's a brawling tale about a man who feels trapped by toxic masculinity, though in the end the film too backs itself into a bit of a dead end of macho violence. Nelson-Joyce is Wes, who has been questioning his life and choices since his best mate Tommy (Rowe) went to prison. Wes and his girlfriend Zoe (Olivia Frances Brown) have just had a baby, and there's even talk of a job. Then Tommy is released, a repugnant bully unwilling to let Wes go. Rowe's ferocious performance feels horribly real, like an angry dysregulated little boy with a need to break anything he can't have. Tommy's rage gives the film some nauseating moments; perhaps even harder to stomach is the casual misogyny in Wes's circle. Reputation is a grim portrait of male rage, though it doesn't seem particularly interested in the reasons behind it. There is a real sense of place though, in rows of narrow terraced houses backing on to wide open expanses of countryside. And for a film put together on what looks like a minuscule budget, it gets a considerable amount done. There's a promising plotline about one of Wes and Tommy's customers, the mother of a murdered 10-year-old boy, as well as little flickers here and there of another life open to Wes. But in the end it all builds to a big grandiose violent ending, which is a bit of a shame. ● Reputation is on digital platforms from 28 July.
