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A Film To Look Forwards To

5 Jan

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Ben Wheatley‘s next feature film is already wowing the critics and it isn’t even released yet!

A Field In England, Wheatley’s follow-up to Sightseers has already been voted one of 2013′s ten best films by The Daily Telegraph. Film critic Robbie says, “Ben Wheatley continues his excavations into the British collective unconscience with this psychedelic period piece set during the English Civil War. Julian Barratt, Reece Shearsmith and Michael Smiley star, and classic Tigon horrors Witchfinder General (1968) and Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971) seem to be key influences.”

The film’s release date is so far unconfirmed, but based on the excited murmurings we’ve heard via the movie’s production team, it’s definitely one to look out for!

To see the 2013 Top Ten list in full click here.

NME Awards 2013 – Get Nominating!

16 Dec

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The nominations are now open for the 2013 NME Awards, and it’s up to you who gets shortlisted!

Of course, there are several categories that deserve, nay demand, a TVO-related nominee! And 2012 has kindly provided us with a few options. For Best TV Show the psychedelic colour explosion that is Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy surely warrants a nomination? Or there’s award-winning Hunderby, Moone Boy, new Alan Partridge or the much-missed Mongrels.

Best Film?  How about Sightseers, written by and starring Alice Lowe and Steve Oram? For Best video you could nominate Tanlines ‘All of Me’, directed by none other than Julian Barratt, and for the various musical category nominations take a long look at the ‘Musicians‘ panel on the right hand side of this page and get typing! Wouldn’t it be nice if someone a bit less predictable won Best Album this year (Sue & The Unicorn or Loose Tapestries anyone?).

Finally, would it be too cheeky to suggest that The Velvet Onion Live would be a worthy nominee for Best Small Festival? And then there’s Best Fan Community? Ahem ;-)

You can make your nominations here. Go on, let’s make the 2013 awards our own! We’ll be letting you know when the subsequent voting commences, but in the meantime it’s over to you…

Hunderby Does The Double

13 Dec
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Julia Davis’s dark, costume-drama comedy Hunderby picked up both Best Sitcom and Best New Comedy Programme awards last night at the British Comedy awards.

The show beat off competition from The Thick of It, Rev and Twenty Twelve in the Sitcom category and Alan Partridge, Cardinal Burns and Chris O’Dowd’s Moone Boy in the Best New Comedy Programme category.

Hunderby was not the only TVO related winner on the night, the Best Comedy Entertainment Programme award was won by Harry Hill’s TV Burp directed by Spencer Millman.

Nathan Barley writer Charlie Brooker won Best Comedy Entertainment Personality and Horrible Histories was beaten this year by Cardinal Burns (script edited by Rufus Jones) in the Best Sketch show category.

David Rawle from Moone Boy missed out on Best Comedy Breakthrough Artist to Morgana Robinson, but he has plenty of time to win awards!

Another TVO connection was that Katherine Parkinson was on the Jury this year.

Noel Fielding also popped up on film in a tribute to Vic and Bob, talking about Toasty Surrealism!

The full list of winners can be found below, and the whole ceremony is available on 4OD.

Best Comedy Entertainment Personality – Charlie Brooker

Best Sitcom – Hunderby

Best Male TV Comic – Lee Mack

Best Comedy Entertainment Programme – Harry Hill’s TV Burp

Best Comedy Breakthrough Artist – Morgana Robinson

Best TV Comedy Actress – Rebecca Front

The Writers Guild of Great Britain – Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer

Best TV Comedy Actor – Peter Capaldi

Best Female TV Comic – Jo Brand

Best Sketch Show – Cardinal Burns

Best New Comedy Programme – Hunderby

Outstanding Achievement – Sacha Baron Cohen.

A Field In England, A Print On Your Wall

10 Dec

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We’re all super excited by the prospect of A Field In England - the forthcoming civil war on mushrooms movie from Ben Wheatley.

With Richard Glover and Julian Barratt amongst its ensemble cast, which also features the brilliant Michael Smiley (Kill List, Spaced) and Reece Shearsmith (Psychoville, Horrible Histories), the film will be released next year – most likely around Springtime.

Ahead of that, you can purchase a very limited edition screen-print of the film’s teaser poster, created by Luke Insect & Kenn Goodall, over at the Rook Films website right now!

There’s just 75 of these first-run prints available, at £25 each – and whilst more may be printed if there’s a demand, you’re better getting in now, whilst you still can!  Each copy is hand numbered and initialled by the artists and Ben Wheatley, so don’t delay in owning this must-have collectable.

If you missed all the hoo-har over Ben’s current film, Sightseers, you can catch up with our exclusive interviews with cast & crew right here.  Don’t forget that glorious slice of cinema is still in theatres now, so catch it whilst you can!

Onion Talking: Dave Brown’s Tough Crowd

7 Dec

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Tough Crowd - the new photo exhibition by Dave Brown, is currently wowing art-lovers at The Strand Gallery in central London.

TVO caught up with the man behind the lens to talk about putting together a series of comedian portraits with a difference…

“It’s not all panel shows, fat cheques & giggles. Comedians are tough. They have to be.”

So says Dave Brown, one fifth of The Mighty Boosh, graphic designer by trade and photographer whenever time has allowed. Over the years, he has documented the madcap adventures of the quintet he is a vital part of, recently hosting an exhibition of his favourite shots culled from a decade of Boosh history. Tough Crowd, in aid of Afrikids, however, is an entirely different beast.

“It came from trying to think of a different angle to shoot comedians,” he explains to TVO in the midst of final preparations for the exhibition at The Strand Gallery. “It’s not that I’ve got a hatred of the way comedians are portrayed in photography, or their posters and stuff, because some of that is great. Photographers like Andy Hollingworth are excellent at it.”

“It’s just the usual persona you see comedians giving out on their panel shows, on stage or in the papers…” he trails off. “Well, they’re mostly always chirpy and cheery. I think a lot of people get the idea that it’s an amazingly glamorous life: that it’s an easy way we make a living, earning loads of money and having a great laugh at the same time. Truth is, it’s not easy… for most people in the industry anyway. It’s a extremely difficult world to occupy. I know loads of comedians, they have to be seriously thick skinned to make it and to stay there. To be a comedian you have to be resilient.” Continue reading →

Being Barratt

7 Dec

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Earlier this year, we broke the news that Colin Hoult would be joining the cast of Being Human in the new year, for the fifth season of the sci-fi smash.  Today, we learnt that he won’t be alone from the realm of TVO!

Appearing in the guest role of Larry in one episode will be none other than Julian Barratt!  The jazz maverick can be seen briefly in a trailer for the new season on BBC3, over on their official website brandishing some kind of weapon at the camera.

For the uninitiated, Being Human tells the story of a house-share between a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost.  It’s original stars, Aiden Turner and Sinead Keenan departed at the end of its third series, whilst Lenora Crichlow and Mongrels guest star Russell Tovey left during series four earlier this year – with an explosive finale featuring the likes of Mark Gatiss, no less.

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The show is surrounded in secrecy, so it may be some time yet before we find out more about Colin & Julian’s roles, but they’re joining stars Michael Socha, Damien Molony and Kate Bracken as werewolf Tom, vampire Hal and ghost Alex for at least one episode each, and we’ll be bringing you more news as soon as we can.

A Crowd At Tough Crowd

6 Dec

Tuesday evening saw the grand opening of Dave Brown‘s new photography exhibition Tough Crowd at the Stand Gallery in London. Velveteers Paulyne and Mog were there and enjoyed an early glimpse of the show.

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The comedians featured in the photographs read like a ‘who’s who’ of The Velvet Onion; it’s tangible evidence of how interconnected this particular group of artists really are. The images themselves are incredibly striking – defined by their wintery colours, crisp details and luminescent eyes. This is a side of the comedian’s persona that we don’t often get to see, and across the faces in the photographs there’s a fascinating mixture of confusion, frustration, guilt and fear. Some of the featured artists haven’t quite let their guard down, but in so doing perhaps reveal how much deeper their fear of comedy failure goes.

The scale of the photographs stops you in your tracks – every whisker and laughter line writ large across the gallery wall. A massive print of Tony Law dominates the ground floor: a noble 19th century explorer with childhood in his eyes.

The contrast between these images and the photographs that Dave took in Ghana make for fascinating viewing: the single wall of gold-tinged skin and warm earth tones provides an interesting step change within the show. Summer and Winter. Them and us.

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Even when arriving nearly two hours after doors open, we still found the entrance crammed to gills with the friends and family of Dave Brown, all there too see his stunning work for Afrikids.

As we circled the room and entered each long stretch of hallway it was hard not to be completely entranced by the portraits of so many well-known faces. The heartwarming touch for us was the TVO connection to a large percentage of them; and some even with a long childhood connection (e.g. Lenny Henry), of watching them on Saturday nights in your pyjamas with a cuppa.

Looking around at each of those portraits was a bit like wanting to ask the subjects probing questions but at the same time not wanting to intrude. The idea of each snap is ‘when the laughter stops’ and Dave certainly got this out of each subject. It begs the question what would I think about in that situation?

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A must see exhibition for you to lose yourself in and come back to us with your own thoughts… if they’re not too private.

To buy a limited edition print of one of the Tough Crowd photographs and to donate to Afrikids at the same time visit the Afrikids website.  There are 100 prints of each subject; A3 prints cost £50 and A2 prints cost £75. To see photos of last night’s opening take a look at photographer Sam Witney’s site and click on ‘Dec 5th’. See how many TVO-related faces you can spot – they were out in force!

Keep your eyes peeled for our exclusive interview with the man behind the camera lens, Dave Brown, coming soon!

Tough Crowd

5 Dec
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Tough Crowd, the latest photo exhibition by Dave Brown, opens today at The Strand Gallery in central London.

A collection of portraits capturing the very essence of the lonely, fragile comedian, the exhibition is in aid of the brilliant Afrikids and features a whole host of famous names including the likes of Harry Hill, Lenny Henry, Adam Buxton, Jimmy Carr, Tony Law, Lee Mack and more… including a number of TVO regulars too!

The likes of Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt, Rich Fulcher, Julia Davis, Richard Ayoade, Alice Lowe, Steve Oram, Tom Meeten, Barunka O’Shaughnessy, Sarah Kendall, Dolly Wells, Kevin Eldon, Kim Noble, Neil Cole, Dan Clark, Joey Page and Arnab Chanda join the packed line-up.

The exhibition will run at The Strand until December 15th, and entry is free.  Fans will be more than pleased to know that limited edition prints of every portrait will be available to buy for just £50 (A3) and £75 (A2).

TVO attended the packed out preview tonight, and spoke to Dave about the exhibition earlier this week, so expect our exclusive reports very soon, alongside a competition for a very special prize!

To find out more about the brilliant work Afrikids do, go over yonder, or check out the Strand Gallery right here.

Uncle Wormsley’s Christmas

4 Dec

Way back in August we told you there was a special Christmas treat in store. Well now we have more details of Uncle Wormsley’s Christmas, which will be broadcast over the festive season on Sky Atlantic.

The new children’s animation stars Julian Barratt as Uncle Wormsley, Julia Davis as Mrs Goodington and Jon Thompson as Mr Goodington, with Steve Coogan as the narrator. It tells the story of a solitary old man whose only friend is a giant crab.

It will be broadcast on Sky Atlantic HD on Christmas Eve at 10pm, Christmas Day at 7pm and Boxing Day at 3pm, also one hour later on Sky Atlantic + 1 and on Sky Go.

For a sneak peek at the show (and to hear some Barratt singing), watch the clip below. There are a couple of other clips on youtube too.

Merrie Hell In Soho

26 Nov

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We pride ourselves on being able to draw your attention to some of the more obscure and lateral links to Booshdom – but even by our standards this one’s pretty out there!

Starting this week,  David Hoyle and Richard Thomas will be performing a special kind of cabaret show at the Soho Theatre. It’s been described as, “A trashy, meaty buffet of festive filth and sick songs…stuffed with Crimbo melodies redolent of tangerines, tinsel, telly, tears and terror.”

So if you like your Christmas festivities dark and freaky, this one’s for you!

In case you’re still wondering what the Booshy connection is, David Hoyle played ageing rock star Doug Rocket in Nathan Barley and Richard Thomas (who, incidentally also wrote Jerry Springer the Opera with Stewart Lee) performed at Cluub Zarathustra with Julian Barratt. Tis a spooky small world, isn’t it?

The show runs from 29th November until 5th January 2013 and you can book your tickets here. Prices vary by date so click on your preferred date to check the damage.

The Moone, The Matters & The Bubbly Milk… New TVO DVD’s From Baby Cow!

19 Nov

Today sees the release of two of the latest additions to the TVO canon on digital versatile disc… as both Hunderby and Moone Boy are unleashed to the world, joining Alan Partridge: Mid Morning Matters which was released last week.

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Julia Davis‘ period comedy Hunderby also features the likes of Rufus Jones and Kevin Eldon in it’s powerful ensemble cast, and as rumours of a second series begin to gain strength, we’re pleased those who loved the show on Sky Atlantic can be joined by those who didn’t have the chance to appreciate this instant classic.  You can order a copy to accompany your bubbly milk right here for just £13.99.

Meanwhile, another production from Baby Cow sees the big man himself, Steve Coogan, make a guest appearance.  The charming Moone Boy written by, and starring Chris O’Dowd is also released today, in which Chris plays the imaginary friend of young dreamer Martin Moone.  The rural Irish setting and 80s period flavour combine with a whimsical style that again, deserves to return for another series as soon as possible, and it can be bought for only £13.69 by giving a dead bird the kiss of life, or just clicking here.

Finally, last week saw the release of another Baby Cow and Coogan concoction – the latest piece of the Alan Partridge saga.  Mid Morning Matters started life as a series of webisodes, before being picked up by Sky for broadcast earlier this year.  With another run currently in production, and the long awaited Partridge movie gearing up for production soon, this is a great chance to catch up with a legend of local broadcasting, and you can grab a cup of beans with a sausage in them to go with your dvd, which is only £14.15 in our store now.

Julian Is NSFW!

17 Nov
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Last week we told you about the rave reviews for NSFW, the new play by Lucy Kirkwood starring Julian Barratt. So we had to go and see for ourselves what all the fuss was about!

The play starts in the offices of Doghouse magazine – a magazine for the young gentleman, where they unveil their new ‘Local Lovely’ for 2012 – Carrie, who is the girlfriend of a reader of the magazine. Aiden (Barratt), the editor, is pleased with the choice by Sam (Sacha Dharwan), the new boy at the magazine. Also there is Charlotte (Esther Smith) and Rupert (Henry Lloyd-Hughes). The characters are quickly established without being forced upon us. We find out Charlotte tells her women’s group that she is an Estate Agent rather than admit to working at Doghouse, and Rupert has a trust fund.

The second act is also set at Doghouse, where Aiden – with the aid of Charlotte – uses any means necessary to save his own skin, whatever the cost to others.

The final act takes place months later in a very different setting, that of Electra, a women’s magazine run by Miranda (Janie Dee) a very glamorous lady, whose attitude to work is very similar to her counterpart at Doghouse.

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The play is quite short, only 90 minutes with no interval, but this is not a bad thing, the story is told perfectly, with no need for extra embellishment.  The entire cast is extremely talented and each fits their role perfectly. Mr Barratt plays the outwardly kindly Aiden brilliantly, very understated, but the underlying nastiness shows through.

There are lots of funny moments particularly those involving Rupert’s ‘Man Challenges’ and the equivalent at Electra, and Sam’s long winded speeches had the audience giggling as they went on, and on!

Although this is a comedy, there is a strong message in this play about attitudes to women in the media and in general, and how the fight for women’s rights is still far from over for many women.

For a preview of the play follow this nice link, where you can also book tickets. If you really want to see the play you need to get your tickets quickly, as most performances are sold out or have limited availability.

NSFW runs until 24th November at the Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square, London.

Critics Are All Over The Moon

4 Nov

NSFW, the play featuring Julian Barratt, which has now started its run at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre has been garnering positive reviews for the play and its star.

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The Guardian described the play as, “Bright, sharp, funny,” and Julian as, “ Horrifically plausible as the creepy Aidan, who pretends to a kind of working democracy while delighting in his power.”

The Independent gives the play 4 out of 5 stars and describes Julian as “Excellent”, a sentiment echoed by What’s On Stage, which says, “Barratt once again proves that you sometimes don’t have to be an actor (huh?) to get away with acting well; he’s wonderfully relaxed on the stage.”

LondonTheatre.co.uk also give a 4 star review, and A Younger Theatre says of Julian’s performance, ”Julian Barratt’s Aidan stands out – Barratt gives a finely judged performance: lean, charismatic and care-worn. I was surprised by how much I came away liking Aidan. On paper, he could be lecherous, immoral, and misogynistic but Barratt brings a wonderful ambivalence to the role and makes Aidan very human.”

So a resounding thumbs up for Julian’s second outing in a straight stage acting role. In fact, the only negativity comes from the Daily Mail, which gives the play 2 stars and eloquently rates it as “Not LOL.” It would be churlish of us to suggest that a poor review in the Daily Mail means it’s probably very good…

To read the reviews in full, simply click on the newspaper/website name above. And to buy tickets visit the theatre’s website ; but you’ll need to get your skates on because many performaces have already sold out.

A Quiet Word

31 Oct

Julian Barratt was interviewed in today’s Times – about his forthcoming acting role, the Boosh and his home life with Julia Davis.

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The article itself can be found here; however, the Times only permits the reading of articles in full to subscribers (boo hiss!). However, the internet makes it relatively easy to find out what’s behind the payment wall, so we can share a few snippets with you.

The interviewer reveals of Julian: “He answers questions fluidly, precisely, generously, without a pause. And if this handsomely bearded Yorkshireman doesn’t look exactly psyched about being here, well, that’s OK, that’s his way. Whether in the fantasy world of the Mighty Boosh or the fantasy world of plugging product, he’s nicely at an angle to what’s going on around him.”

Of his approach to performing straight roles on stage, Julian says, “The whole point is not to act, I think, which is what I am getting from most of this. Never be caught acting. Know it enough so that you are thinking about things other than the text.” And of the dynamic between him and Noel Fielding he says, “He’s extremely dogged. He may look flamboyant and weak but he’s a bruiser, you know, he’s a South London bruiser. I wouldn’t mess with him. I’m much more back-foot with things.”

Julian also goes on to talk about their creative partnership, explaining that, “We will do it when we feel like we want to, I think. It has to have that creative spark and joy. Because, you know, we’re like brothers. We were on the road a long time and so we needed to find time to do some … theatre! And he needed to do his stuff.” Of “his stuff” Julian mentions that he and his kids are fans of Luxury Comedy.

After his appearance in NSFW at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre next month Julian is planning to concentrate on making music and writing a comedy detective film which he’s been working on with another TVO favourite, Simon Farnaby.

So while further Boosh doesn’t appear to be in the immediate pipeline, it sounds like there’s plenty to keep Barratt fans busy and entertained for some time yet.

Wednesday Night Was Barratt Night!

25 Oct

Yesterday evening we witnessed not one, but two unexpected appearances from everyone’s favourite tiny-eyed Yorkshireman.

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Julian Barratt‘s silky voice popped up without warning as the narrator on the Channel 4 programme My Tattoo Addiction. This documentary explores the world of tattoos; the artists, the reasons why people have them and what happens when they regret them.

What’s more, one of the tattooed characters in the film (inked with multiple images of Miley Cyrus) has previously been in the line-up round on the current series of Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Small world, eh?

The programme is available to view on 4oD for a further 23 days by clicking here. Unfortunately this content may not be available in all countries.

The second surprise appearance from Mr Barratt took the form of a guest performance at the Tenacious D gig at the Hammersmith Appollo in London. Julian popped up on stage during a sequence in which the band claimed to have shifted their musical style to jazz. There followed a freeform ‘jazz off’ between Julian and the band. You can check out some rather wobbly footage of the event by taking a look here. Howard Moon lives on!

How To Live Your Life With Songs And Maybe Jokes

27 Sep

It’s a bumper news day for Dan Clark fans and here is a summary of what’s to be expected!

A trailer for Clarks upcoming UK tour with These Songs May Contain Jokes has been released!  Clark begins the journey in Nottingham on 25th October with his band including Jimmy Simms and Ben Parker. They’ll be taking some new songs, some old and some How Not To Live… classics on the road with them.

Check out the trailer below and if that couldn’t hype it up anymore, we’ve been unanimous at TVO HQ that the show is astoundingly better than it comes across!  Clark will start in Nottingham and then heading to Brighton, Birmingham, Manchester, London, Bath and rounding it all off in Cardiff. Book your tickets right here and keep peeling for anymore info that comes our way!

If you are unable to make the tour or just can’t get enough of Clark & co, then here is your reminder that the full boxset of How Not To Live Your Life will be available to buy from next Monday! From 1st October you can get your hands on all three series of the show plus the Christmas special finale and some extra special features in one chunky boxset. Bag it in our TVO Shop along with Dan Clark’s full back-catalogue of work!

The Christmas special not only guest-starred Julia Davis as a hilarious, Human Remains-esque creepy neighbour, but the show has been sprinkled with so many great cameos throughout that it’s been a treat in itself.  Rich Fulcher fronted the cameos when he appeared in the original pilot (which we are yet to get our hands on since it’s airing!) , also Arnab Chanda makes a great appearance as the teen that bullies Don for being ‘old’. Plus Tom Meeten made a great triple appearance, first as a Michael Jackson impersonator, an angry tramp and then as an uptight interviewer – (I’d like to imagine that this was all one character throughout the lifespan of the show).
One of the most memorable cameos of all had to be Julian Barratt playing Jackson; Sam’s boyfriend the poetic and “melody-word-formation” (song) writer in series two. For the premier episode of series three, Noel Fielding then took a different turn for his cameo as Marcus, Don’s slick straight-talking boss.

You can read Dan Clark talking about his comedy affiliates and much more in our past interviews, click here yonder to take a look!

Barratt Treads The Boards Once Again!

19 Sep

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Julian Barratt has been announced to be joining the cast of the latest play at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre!

NSFW (Not Safe For Work) was written by Lucy Kirkwood and reflects on today’s hectic media industry.

According to Official London Theatre, Barratt portrays a lad’s magazine editor – (A new role in this exciting new comedy, yet a short stretch from one of Barratt’s much-loved characters Dan Ashcroft, from Channel 4′s Nathan Barley - sorry, we can’t help but make the comparison!)

He will be appearing in NSFW alongside Janie Dee, Kevin Doyle, Sacha Dhawan, Henry Lloyd-Hughes and Esther James and we’re overly excited to be able to see Barratt on stage once again.
After his starring role in The Government Inspector, we’re not surprised at his eagerly-awaited return!

This announcement has emerged last minute, with previews from 25th October and opening night on 31st October. The show will run until the 24th November with tickets priced between £10-£28.

Book your tickets right here and we’ll see you there! Keep peeling for any more updates and exclusives!

A Field In England

4 Sep

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Ben Wheatley‘s rise as one of the country’s leading directors continues with the announcement of his next project, A Field In England - which again features some familiar faces from the realm of Booshdom.

The director of The Sightseers, Kill List and Down Terrace is to shoot the English Civil War drama with a difference – which will tell the story of a group of deserters who flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. When they are captured by two men, they are forced to help in an alchemist’s search to find a hidden treasure he believes is buried in the field.

Crossing a vast mushroom circle, which provides their first meal, the group descends into a chaos of fighting and paranoia, and, as it becomes clear that the treasure might be something other than gold, they become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field.

Written by Wheatley and regular collaborator Amy Jump - the film stars TVO’s very own Julian Barratt and Richard Glover alongside Psychoville‘s Reece Shearsmith and Kill List star Michael Smiley.  Ideal actor Ryan Pope and Snow White & The Huntsman‘s Peter Ferdinando round out the ensemble cast, which begins shooting later this month.

The film is a collaboration between Rook Films and Film4.0 – the digital strand of Film4, ahead of Wheatley’s first US project, monster thriller Freakshift.  We hope to bring you more details of this exciting project, as soon as we hear of them.

The Sightseers, meanwhile, is set for UK cinema release on November 30th – you can view it’s trailer below.  Ben’s previous work, including Kill List, Down Terrace, The Wrong Door and Steve Coogan: The Inside Story is available now from our official Amazon UK and Amazon US stores.

Hunderbuy!

3 Sep

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Julia Davis’ sublime new costume-drama comedy Hunderby continues apace tonight on Sky Atlantic, and is now available to pre-order on dvd!

The show also features Rufus Jones, Kevin Eldon, Daniel Lawrence Taylor and three Alex’s – Alex MacQueen, Alexandra Roach and Alexander Armstrong.

The first episode, which aired last week, featured a cameo from Princes In The Tower and narration from Julian Barratt - whilst a forthcoming episode will feature a guest appearance by Barunka O’Shaughnessy too!

Episode two continues to unravel the mystery of Hunderby tonight at 10pm, and the full series will be released on dvd on October 15th.  You can now pre-order the disc via The Velvet Onion Amazon Store, and we’ll be bringing you more news on extra features nearer to release.

For The Win Is A Winner!

30 Aug

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A wee while ago a very funny and fabulously silly pilot called For The Win graced BBC Three’s website. Now we’re delighted to be able to reveal that it’s going to be on the tellybox!

For The Win features several TVO favourites amongst its cast, including Rich Fulcher, Richard Glover and John Hopkins (who also co-created and directed/wrote the show). 

John has said that he wanted to give For The Win the same attention and detail that goes into a live show: “Oddly, TV productions are often so much more rushed, due to money and other stuff, than a show on the live circuit would be. To me this is strange because TV shows are there forever,”  he said.

The pilot will be broadcast during the coveted late prime time slot on a Friday evening. Tune in to BBC Three on Friday 7th September at 22:00 to watch the show (and then, assuming you enjoy it as much as we did, bombard the Beeb with demands for a full series).

Thanks to the very lovely John, we’ve been lucky enough to get our hands on one of the original sketches which was used to secure the pilot, and it includes some never-seen-before cameos from a whole host of well-knownTVO-related names… let’s just say you might be surprised who you see!

Take a look below, and we promise that you’ll be doing your own tiny smiles before the day is out…

If that tickled your funny bone, don’t forget to tune into For The Win on BBC Three on Friday 7th September.

Look out for more about John’s work on TVO soon; in the meantime, why not check out some of his other stuff here?

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