OLIVIA COLMAN RETROSPECTIVE Oscar and Bafta-winning actress Olivia Colman was born in Norwich in 1974. While studying teacher training at Cambridge she joined the Footlights club. Her first screen roles were in TV comedy, including ‘Peep Show’ and ‘The Mitchell and Webb Look’. After taking a role in Paddy Considine’s debut ‘Tyrannosaur’ (2011), she broke into more dramatic roles, such as ‘Broadchurch’ and ‘The Night Manager’, but also international arthouse films including Yorgos Lanthimos’s ‘The Lobster’ (2015) and ‘The Favourite’ (2018) – which earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress. She is set to appear in Sam Mendes’s forthcoming film ‘Empire of Light’ and as Miss Havisham in ‘Great Expectations’ for the BBC. Booking Ref
Sat 13 August 13:15 – Studio
OLIVIA COLMAN: A VERY BRITISH FILM STAR: AN ILLUSTRATED TALK BY PAMELA HUTCHINSON
The actress who rose to small-screen fame in comedy has revealed herself to be one of our finest dramatic actors, working with acclaimed directors in world cinema, yet always putting the national industry first. This unpretentious, self-effacing actress claims no celebrity status yet is widely beloved – and capable of astonishing performances in films as diverse as ‘Tyrannosaur’ and ‘The Favourite’. She has a rare ability to convey vulnerability and uncompromisingly complex emotions, yet she also has the gravitas to play a royal. So, it’s time to stop wasting time, and admit that, whatever she might say to the contrary, Olivia Colman is a bona fide film star. Pamela Hutchinson is a freelance writer, critic, film historian and curator who lives and works in West Sussex. She writes for Sight and Sound, Criterion, the Guardian and Empire and regularly appears on BBC radio. 100M NB Following this talk, ‘Tyrannosaur’ will be screened, separately, also in the Studio at 15:30 Booking Ref
THE FAVOURITE
Sun 14 Aug 10:30
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Olivia Colman in her Oscar/Bafta winning role is simply dazzling as a fragile, volatile and sometimes dotty Queen Anne. A frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) governs the country in her stead while tending to Anne’s ill health and mercurial temper. When a new servant Abigail (Emma Stone) arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah. As the politics of war become quite time consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps into the breach to fill in as the Queen’s companion. This winner of nine Baftas is a wicked delight! IRELAND/UK 2018 YORGOS LANTHIMOS 120M
