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Forthcoming
work
NO HOLDS
BARD
Laura has
just been announced as a cast member of this BBC comedy drama
celebrating the life of Robert Burns. It's classified as a 60-minute
comedy mockumentary which follows the lives of five people as they
prepare to vie for the 2009 Cup O' Kindness, a trophy awarded for the
best recital of the works of Robert Burns.
Starring alongside Laura will
be Forbes Masson, Ashley Jensen, Gregor Fisher, Bill Paterson and Denis
Lawson
This programme will
be screened in 2009 - the 250th anniversary of Burns birth
CUCKOO
Laura is currently filming a new independent film 'Cuckoo' in
Norfolk. She has the starring role of Polly. 'Cuckoo' is a
psychological thriller and also stars Richard E Grant and Tamsin
Grieg. It is written and directed by Richard Bracewell. An expected
release is December 2008
Polly is a fed-up medical researcher, with a wild rock star boyfriend
(Adam Fenton), a jealous younger sister (Antonia Bernath) and an over
interested boss (Richard E Grant). Polly has a chance to escape with
a new job, but then things start to go a little odd. The noises start
late at night. Polly is alone, she thinks she's losing her mind - no
one else seems to hear. Polly's sure she's not crazy, but why won't
the noises go away?
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FLORENCE
NIGHTINGALE
Laura takes the title role in this little-known story of a
critical time in the life of Florence Nightingale, one of the most
famous, but least understood, figures in British history.
Florence Nightingale seemed to be about the only good British thing
to have come out of the Crimean war. The Crimean campaign had been a
farce of mismanagement that needlessly exposed British servicemen to
suffering, disease and death. While recovering from the trauma of
what she had seen, Florence badgered the authorities into allowing
her to investigate the ineptitude of Britains military commanders
through a Royal Commission. What she didnt anticipate was what that
investigation would reveal about her own shortcomings.
Her crisis and its eventual resolution lies at the heart of this
powerful drama.
(from BBC1 Winter Press Release)
THE
PASSION
Laura played Abigail in this new production of the story of
The Passion, a bold event drama retelling the last
week in the life of Jesus Christ, written by Emmy Award winner Frank
Deasy and developed by Nigel Stafford-Clark (Bleak House).
Joseph Mawle, James Nesbitt, Paul Nicholls, Ben Daniels, Laura
Fraser, Denis Lawson and David Oyelowo lead the cast in this unique
and compelling dramatisation. The Passion ran across
Easter week, drawing to a dramatic climax on Easter Sunday 2008.
Visually arresting and rich in colour, the story is rooted in the
tangled and chaotic world in which it took place – the city of
Jerusalem during Passover week.
Set in the political and religious context of the time, it combines
both narrative tension and thematic power to convey the extraordinary
events that took place that week in a bold and distinctive way.
This version places the audience at the heart of the action by
telling the story from three points of view: the religious
authorities, the Romans and Jesus. For the first time, all the key
players are intimately characterised, with Jesus at the centre.
Beginning with Jesus’s prophetic entrance through the East Gate, the
production follows him to his crucifixion and its startling
aftermath.
TALK TO ME
(previously known as IS THIS LOVE?
ITV Have renamed 'Is this Love' to 'Talk To Me', and scheduled it for
UK screening. It will be a 4 episode series, screened on Sunday
nights on ITV at 9:30pm. A DVD release (UK region 2) will follow in
July
Laura
is playing the female lead in this ITV drama series. Here are the
plot details from IMDB:-
The four-part television drama is a warm hearted show about modern
relationships and modern lives. It's Cold Feet - with tough edges. At
the heart of it is a love triangle between Claire, Woody and Mitch
(Max Beesley). Claire and Woody have been together for 8 years, have
a young baby and are planning their wedding. Mitch Moore is a
late-night radio presenter in London, who spouts advice about life
and love to the crazy folk who call his show even though his own life
is in chaos. Mitch is Woody's best friend, but he also loves Claire.
Mitch can't have the woman he loves without destroying the most
important friendship in his life, but can he ignore his smoldering
feelings, and can Claire resist his charms?
Max Beesley plays Mitch Moore, with Laura Fraser as Claire
Bellington, Joseph Millson as Woody, Emma Pierson as Claire's best
friend Ally, Kate Ashfield as Mitch’s teacher sister Kelly, Adrian
Bower as Kelly's husband Scott, plus Angel Coulby, Amanda Douge and
Nicholas Farrell. It is written by Danny Brocklehurst, whose credits
include Shameless and Linda Green.
The Flying Scotsman
The World Premiere of 'The Flying Scotsman' took place at
the 60th Edinburgh International Film Festival on Monday 17 August
2006, with Laura and other cast members attending. The movie is based
on the life story of cyclist Graham Obree and stars Johnny Lee Miller
as Obree. With no prospect of a job, a young baby to feed and a
mortgage dragging him ever deeper into debt, Obree - at 27, an old
man in cycling terms – decided to have one last attempt to make a
living from the sport, spurred on by his friend Malky McGovern (Billy
Boyd) and wife Anne (Laura Fraser). With no money, no sponsor and no
backer, Obree decided to build his own bike. Using the boatshed of
his friend and confidante, Rev. Douglas Baxter (Brian Cox), Graeme
used metal he found in the gutter, bits of an old lock, tubing from a
kid’s BMX bike and a cannibalised washing machine.
The film will
get a limited USA release on May 4th 2007, and general release in the
UK on July 6th 2007.
Reviews for 'Flying Scotsman' have generally been very positive. It
was also nominated for 5 Scottish BAFTA awards (including Laura as
Best Actress), so should be worth seeing.
An unofficial movie
site has been set up here
MGM has now set up an official site here
You can also view the trailer on Youtube here
Reichenbach
Falls
Laura featured in this one-off drama made for BBC4. It is
based on a short story by Ian Rankin.
Originally known as 'The Acid Test', it is a psychological thriller
set in the underbelly of Edinburgh, and is described by the BBC as "a
" set in the city's literary world. Alec Newman stars as a
hard-boiled detective whose life starts to unravel as he investigates
a 100-year-old murder case in the Scottish capital.
The cast also includes John Sessions, Laura Fraser, Alastair
Mackenzie, Nina Sosanya and Richard Wilson (as Arthur Conan
Doyle).
Filming began in September 2006 in Edinburgh. The script was written
by James Mavor (adapted from the Ian Rankin story), and the film
directed by John McKay.
Screening was on March 1st 2007. No details yet on a UK terrestrial
screening.
Nina's Heavenly Delights
Nina Shah is a feisty young Indo–Scottish woman with an
identity crisis. Nina previously left home under a cloud after a row
with her father. When her father dies suddenly, Nina is forced to
return and run the family owned Curry House. This reunites her with
her childhood friend Bobbi, a Bollywood drag queen and brings her
face to face with Lisa, a charismatic young woman to whom Nina’s
father sold 50% of the restaurant. Nina embarks on a personal mission
to win the ‘Best of the West’ curry competition, a highly coveted
prize in the world of Indian cuisine. But Nina’s feelings are thrown
into turmoil when she realises that she is falling in love......with
Lisa! Can she win both prizes?
The movie stars Shelley Conn, Laura Fraser, Kulvinder Ghir, Art
Malik.
The UK premiere
of this film was on 29th September 2006 to generally favourable
reviews.
Many thanks to director Pratibha Parmar for the
pictures supplied to the webmaster for the site. Click hereto see them.
This film has recently been released on DVD in the UK
The official
site is at http://www.ninasheavenlydelights.com
Land of the Blind
This movie premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival in
January 2006, and in at the Tribeca Film Festival in North America in
June 2006, but has not received a general release. It was released
direct to DVD in America on 15th August 2006.
A satirical and timely war thriller about terrorism, revolution, and
the power of memory. In an unnamed place and time, an idealistic
soldier named Joe (Ralph Fiennes) strikes up an illicit friendship
with a political prisoner named Thorne (Donald Sutherland), who
eventually recruits him into a bloody coup d'etat. But in the
post-revolutionary world, what Thorne asks of Joe leads the two men
into bitter conflict, spiraling downward into madness until Joe's
co-conspirators conclude that they must erase him from history. This
film has recently been released on DVD in America.
Skin and
Bones
A BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Reading, which was broadcast on 1st
September 2006.
Francis is not interested in food, but when she invites her
newly-discovered half-brother to dinner she experiences a
revelation.
By Sophie Cooke and read by Laura Fraser.
Meet the
Clan
It was reported
previously that Laura has a lead role in a new movie"Met the
Clan". Other cast members include Pam Grier, James Fox and
Fiona Shaw. Screenwriter is Trix Worrell and director is Jeremy
Wooding. The movie is a comedy about a mother who gives up her son
for adoption and meets him again 20 years later. There has been no
news on this movie for ages now, suggesting it has fallen
through.
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