Helen McCrory

‘His Dark Materials’ on HBO

On November 4, 2019May 24, 2021 By helenistic No Comments

Cast and Crew on How They Brought Their Daemons to Life

by Samuel Spencer | November 4, 2019 | Newsweek

One crucial part of the His Dark Materials universe is the existence of daemons, the animal manifestations of the souls of the parallel world’s residents. As such, when HBO and the BBC started making their adaptation of the book series, how to bring these daemons to the big-screen became all important.

Speaking of these daemons, Mrs. Coulter actress Ruth Wilson told Newsweek: “They’re such an important dimension to this show, which you need to explore and get right, because they’re not pets, they’re part of your soul.”

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Helen Attends Ronnie Scott’s 60th Anniversary Gala Concert

On October 30, 2019April 12, 2021 By Gingersnap4Helen No Comments

In Aid of Ronnie Scott’s Charitable Foundation

by AJ Dehany | London Jazz News | November 2, 2019

Helen attended “A Night At Ronnie Scotts: 60th Anniversary Gala” at the Royal Albert Hall on October 30, 2019 in London, England. For this one night only, the Royal Albert Hall resembled the world’s most famous jazz club, Ronnie Scott’s. The show featured cabaret tables in the centre of the room and some of the world’s greatest jazz artists up on the stage, with appearances by Kurt Elling, Courtney Pine, Madeline Bell, Imelda May sings the Blues, Nigel Kennedy plays Jimi Hendrix, Guy Barker, Liane Carroll, Ian Shaw, Natalie Williams, Judi Jackson, and guests Van Morrison and Pee Wee Ellis.

On 30 October 1959, in that year of jazz masterpieces, British tenor saxophonist Ronnie Scott contributed his own with the opening of his eponymous jazz club. It was a revolutionary import into London of the style and feel of the New York City jazz clubs that had cradled bebop, and was conceived to host working jam sessions as much as concerts. Sixty years on, there’s a blue plaque outside 39 Gerrard Street, and the club is still going strong on Frith Street where it moved in 1965. A beloved institution of iconic status, to many in the capital it is simply synonymous with jazz.

Its sixtieth birthday was too big a thing for the club to contain, and so another iconic venue, the Royal Albert Hall, hosted a four-hour birthday party concert gala spectacular with the 5000 tickets selling out within an hour. The whole central section of the hall mimicked at scale the format of the club, with thirty-six ten-person tables atmospherically decked out with red lamps and green bottles. On stage the Ronnie Scott’s All Stars house band quintet led by Pete Long, and Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra, accompanied a terrifying cast of talents, each of whom brought their own personal connection to the club.

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Damian Lewis Screenings

Helen and Damian Attend The Irishman Special Screening

On October 14, 2019April 25, 2021 By helenistic No Comments

London Film Festival Gala

by Gingersnap | damian-lewis.com | October 14, 2019

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Last night marked the closing of the London Film Festival Gala but not before hosting an intimate screening and Q&A of The Irishman on Friday, October 11, 2019 in London. Special guests from the film included Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Harvey Keitel, Emma Tillinger-Koskoff and SandyPowell. A cocktail reception was followed by the screening and guests included, Andrea Riseborough, Lady Amelia Windsor, Barry Keoghan, Bianca Jagger, Bob Geldof, Damian Lewis, Dexter Fletcher, Fiona Shaw, Helen McCrory, Ophelia Lovibond, Stephen Frears, Will Poulter and Yorgos Lanthimos. Charles Finch and Edith Bowman hosted the event.

The film is Director Martin Scorsese’s epic saga of organized crime in postwar America as told by a mob hitman who recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa. The film stars Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Bobby Cannavale, Ray Romano, and Anna Paquin.

You can catch The Irishman on Netflix November 27, 2019 (USA release).

Appearances Poetry Readings

Voices of London: An Evening of Poetry

On October 8, 2019May 13, 2021 By Gingersnap4Helen No Comments

Poems and Poets Inspired by the Great City of London

by Gingersnap4Helen | helen-mccrory.com | November 26, 2019

The Lord Mayor’s Appeal is going to host their first ever poetry night called Voices of London on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Join the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress for a night of inspirational poetry in the magnificent setting of the Mansion House in London.

The event is curated by Allie Esiri, Helen McCrory, and Kate Birch with a line-up of other celebrated (and secret) actors and vibrant contemporary poets performing work inspired by the great city of London, all in the effort to raise money to help support their charity partners OnSide Youth Zones, Place2Be, Samaritans, and Sir Hubert von Herkomer Arts Foundation.

And one of those secret actors is Damian! Both Helen and Damian are patrons/ambassadors of the Sir HvH Arts Foundation.

Seems like Damian will be in town from filming Billions in New York City only two days prior to this event – specifically, on November 24 since he will be co-hosting the Evening Standard Theatre Awards in London with Helen.

To book tickets and for more information about Voices of London, please visit Lord Mayor’s Appeal.org here. For questions about the event, please email events@thelordmayorsappeal.org or call 020 7332 1582. Standard tickets are £100 and under 26-year-old tickets are £50. Tickets include a champagne and canapé reception, poetry readings and fundraising raffle. Dress code: smart casual.

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Helen McCrory and Damian Lewis to Co-Host the Evening Standard Theatre Awards

On October 7, 2019April 27, 2021 By helenistic No Comments

The 65th Annual Evening Standard Theatre Awards

by Robert Dex | Evening Standard | October 7, 2019

The Good Fight star Cush Jumbo will present this year’s opening ceremony of the Evening Standard Theatre Awards.

She will join the newspaper’s proprietor, Evgeny Lebedev, and his regular co-host, American Vogue editor-in-chief Dame Anna Wintour, at West End’s London Coliseum on November 24. Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory will join Jumbo as co-hosts in recognizing some of the most exciting talents currently working in theatre.

Husband-and-wife acting stars Lewis and McCrory, who met when cast in a play together at the Almeida, are mainstays of the London stage. They are also known for hit TV shows Billions and Peaky Blinders.

Mr. Lebedev said: “For its 65th year, the Evening Standard Theatre Awards continues to recognize and celebrate London’s extraordinary talent from playwrights, directors and actors to everyone who works so hard behind the scenes.

“With the London Coliseum providing the new backdrop for the ceremony, it is a great pleasure that I will be hosting the event with Anna, Cush, Damian and Helen.”

Dame Anna said: “London’s theatre scene continues to thrive, and I am so thrilled to be co-hosting the Evening Standard Theatre Awards again with Evgeny, Cush, Damian and Helen celebrating the talent for their outstanding achievements in London theatre”.

The 65th Evening Standard Theatre Awards, sponsored by Michael Kors, take place on November 24. For more information, visit standard.co.uk/theatreawards #ESTheatreAwards

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Secondary Source: Vogue