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Helen McCrory and Damian Lewis Enjoy An Evening at the Theatre

The Lehman Trilogy

by Gingersnap 4Helen| helen-mccrory.com | May 22, 2019

Thespians Damian and Helen, pictured with Ben Power here, attended opening night of award-winning The Lehman Trilogy play at London’s Piccadilly Theatre on Wednesday, May 22, 2019.

They joined Press Night for a VIP preview of the new production. Others in attendance were Adrian Lester, Stephen Mangan, Helen George, Natalie Dormer, Iain Glen and Ben Power.

The Lehman Brothers have opened their doors in the West End for a limited, 16-week run. It is story of a family and a company that changed the world, told in three parts on a single evening.

On a cold September morning in 1844 a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside. Dreaming of a new life in the new world. He is joined by his two brothers and an American epic begins.

163 years later, the firm they establish – Lehman Brothers – spectacularly collapses into bankruptcy, and triggers the largest financial crisis in history.

Bobby Axelrod knows a thing or two about Wallstreet and the financial crisis!

The play was adapted by Ben Power, with Sam Mendes directing Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Ben Miles who play the Lehman Brothers, their sons and grandsons.

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Helen McCrory is star guest at spellbinding concert

VIP Guest for Mental Health Awareness

NHS Foundation Trust Camden and Islington | May 16, 2019

Actor Helen McCrory OBEActor Helen McCrory, OBE, was the VIP speaker at a concert of NHS choirs from across London who came together for the very first time to mark Mental Health Awareness Week.

Camden and Islington NHS Trust’s own choir, which was set up three years ago and includes staff and service users, was the star turn at the event at UNISON’s HQ in Euston on Thursday 16 May.

The other choirs included youngsters from Camden Youth Choirs, The Whittington’s Sing for Your Lungs Choir, and the chart-topping Lewisham and Greenwich NHS singers.

Helen, whose many film, theatre and television roles include Narcissa Malfoy in the final two Harry Potter Films and Aunt Polly in Peaky Blinders was recently awarded an OBE for her services to drama.  She is Patron of the Sir Hubert Von Herkomer Arts Foundation which is dedicated to helping give children a gateway to the arts, providing them with the inspiration and the tools to develop lifelong artistic passions.

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Helen McCrory and Damian Lewis Attend Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards

BAFTA TV Awards

by Gingersnap4Helen | helen-mcccrory.com | May 12, 2019

Damian and Helen attended the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards (BAFTA) at the Royal Festival Hall in London on May 12, 2019. Helen was a presenter at the evening’s event, honoring the best British and International viewing offered to UK television audiences.

The British Academy Television Awards, hosted by Hosted by Graham Norton, will be broadcast on the night of the ceremony on BBC1 from 8pm. The Bafta Television Awards will also be available to stream on BBC iPlayer. For a complete list of nominees and presenters, please visit BAFTA TV here.

Clara Amfo and Jordan North hosted the official red-carpet live programme. You can watch the red carpet arrivals here, but if you fast forward to 1:13:45 you might see someone familiar in your right-hand corner and a minute later, he moves to the middle of screen:

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Categories Events Fashion and Style

Helen Attends Luncheon in Celebration of Women Filmmakers

Roland Mouret Luncheon

by Roland Mouret | Roland Mouret Blog | May 2, 2019

Fashion and film joined forces at the ‘Women Filmmakers Lunch’ hosted by Roland Mouret at London’s Corinthia Hotel ahead of the Cannes Film Festival in celebration of leading female figures throughout the film industry. Roland was joined by female directors, producers, writer, casting directors and actresses including Gillian Anderson, Joely Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Charlotte Riley, Elizabeth McGovern, Ellie Bamber, Helen McCrory, Stacy Martin, Zawe Ashton, Esme Creed-Miles, Jessica Brown Findlay and Lily Travers.

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Categories Appearances Poetry Readings

Helen and Damian Attend ‘Women Poets Through the Ages’

Poetry Love:Love Poetry

by Gingersnap4Helen | helen-mccrory.com | April 28, 2019

Damian in the left background, Helen in foreground. Photo by @lisa_marie_malfoy

Helen and Damian were in attendance for Allie Esiri’s presentation of Women Poets Through the Ages on Sunday evening, April 28, 2019 at Bridge Theatre in London. The poetry curator Allie Esiri and special guest actors, Helena Bonham Carter, Pippa Bennett-Warner and Helen McCrory took the audience on a journey through the history of women’s writing, from Eneheduanna, the world’s first known poet, via Sappho, to the most powerful, illuminating and entertaining women’s writing of today including Maya Angelou and Carol Ann Duffy. The poems were taken from Allie Esiri’s hugely successful anthologies published by Macmillan – A Poem for Every Day of the Year and A Poem for Every Night of the Year.

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