Alumni News: August Edition

Here are just a few highlights of where you can catch our alumni this month. 

We’d love to hear about any work LAMDA graduates are creating. Get in touch on [email protected] or send us a message on social media. 

Latest releases

• The Fantastic Four: First Steps was released in cinemas on 25 July and stars Joseph Quinn.  
• Katherine Parkinson returns for the third series of Here We Go on BBC, which began on 25 July. 
• The series Unforgivable, which began on BBC on 25 July stars Anna Maxwell Martin. 
• Matt Doyle stars in The Great Gatsby in the GS Arts Center in the Gangnam District of Seoul, South Korea, from 1 August – 9 November.  
• Hugh Coles stars in the Netflix film My Oxford Year which was released on 1 August. 
• John Lithgow starred in Giant at the Royal Court until 2 August, with Sound Design by Alexandra Faye Braithwaite. 
• The eight part series The Count of Monte Cristo starring Sam Claflin began on U and U&DRAMA on 2 August. 
• Jeremy Irvine stars in the series Outlander: Blood of My Blood, which premiered on 8 August.  
• My Mother's Wedding, starring Emily Beecham, was released in the United States on 8 August 
• Arsema Thomas starred in Poor Clare at Orange Tree Theatre until 9 August. 
• Stephan Boyce stars in the world premiere of The Boy With Wings. The show will run in Polka’s main theatre until 16 August, before transferring to Birmingham Rep from 21 – 30 August.   
• Series two of 007: Road To A Million, which is hosted by Brian Cox, is set to air on Amazon Prime from 22 August. 
• David Moorst and Hilson Agbagbe star in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Bridge Theatre until 23 August. 
• The Sing Street Musical, which plays at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre until 23 August, stars Tateyana Arutura. Daniel Miller is Head of Lighting. 
• Samuel Barnett appears in a new seven-part audio drama, The President and the Emperor, which will be available mid-August. 
• Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts at the Birmingham Rep theatre from 28 August – 14 September features Lizzie Powell as Lighting Designer. 
• Lesley Joseph stars in The Addams Family UK tour until 30 August. 
   

Things to look forward to    

• Hedda, starring Tom Bateman, will have its world premiere at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival in September 2025. 
• Jim Broadbent stars in The Choral, which will have its world premiere in September at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, before being released on 7 November. 
• Sam Swann stars in Hamlet at Chichester Festival Theatre from 6 September – 4 October. 
• The Lady from the Sea at The Bridge Theatre from 10 September – 8 November stars Sadhbha Odufuwa-Bolger. 
• Harry Hadden-Paton and Arty Froushan star in Downtown Abbey: The Grand Finale, which will be released in cinemas on 12 September.  
• Sam Jenkins-Shaw stars in Bacchae at the National Theatre which plays from 13 September – 1 November.  
• Hamlet at the National Theatre stars Alistair Petrie and Hari McKinnon, with Sound Design by Alexandra Faye Braithwaite. The show runs from 25 September – 22 November.  
• The documentary The Marbles, featuring Brian Cox, will premiere at the Central Scotland Documentary Festival in October 2025. 
• Becoming Meg Dashwood, an Audible Original sequel to Sense And Sensibility will feature Paterson Joseph. It will be released on 6 October. 
• Wendy & Peter Pan at the Barbican Theatre stars Toby Stephens. The show plays from 21 October – 22 November. 
• The series Down Cemetry Lane stars Ruth Wilson and will be released on Apple TV+ on 29 October. 
• The upcoming film 100 Nights of Hero stars Amir El-Masry and will be released later this year. 
• Beauty and the Beast at the Northern Stage, which plays from 4 December 2025 – 3 January 2026, features Annie May Fletcher as Sound Designer.  
• Maureen Lipman will star in series thirteen of BBC's Father Brown which will be released in early 2026. 
• Charlotte Riley returns for series two of Smoggie Queens on BBC.  
• Tom Bateman and Arty Froushan are set to star in the upcoming film, The Love Hypothesis. 
• Netflix’s upcoming adaption of Pride and Prejudice stars Hollie Avery. 
   

Latest news 

• Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, starring Jim Broadbent and Chiwetel Ejiofor, has been nominated for Outstanding Television Movie at the 2025 Emmy Awards. The results will be announced on 15 September. 
   

LAMDA Alumni at the Camden Fringe 

LAMDA is proud to celebrate the presence of a significant number of exciting productions at this year’s Camden Fringe, created, performed and produced by talented alumni, with support from LAMDA. Find out more. 
 

LAMDA Alumni at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe  

We’re also thrilled to celebrate the diverse array of productions at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, showcasing the talent of our alumni, current students, and incoming students for the 2025/2026 academic year. Find out more.