Exclusive: WME has signed emerging British actor, writer and stage performer Layton Williams for U.S. representation.
Layton is currently starring in Season 4 of BBC Three state school comedy series Bad Education, on which he is also a writer.
He has played the role of Stephen Carmichael in the show since its first season and appeared in the 2015 film adaptation. The series, from Jack Whitehall, ran between 2012 and 2014 for three seasons before being revived this year.
Williams’ TV and film credits also include Beautiful People, Benidorm, The Cleaner, Murder They Hope and I Hate Suzie.
He began his career aged 11 on stage in Billy Elliot: The Musical and became the first Black actor to play the famous title role. He has starred in other West End shows such as Thriller Live, The Car Man, Hairspray the Musical and Rent. He also played the title role in 2021’s Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
Layton is currently starring in Season 4 of BBC Three state school comedy series Bad Education, on which he is also a writer.
He has played the role of Stephen Carmichael in the show since its first season and appeared in the 2015 film adaptation. The series, from Jack Whitehall, ran between 2012 and 2014 for three seasons before being revived this year.
Williams’ TV and film credits also include Beautiful People, Benidorm, The Cleaner, Murder They Hope and I Hate Suzie.
He began his career aged 11 on stage in Billy Elliot: The Musical and became the first Black actor to play the famous title role. He has starred in other West End shows such as Thriller Live, The Car Man, Hairspray the Musical and Rent. He also played the title role in 2021’s Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
- 5/9/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
New Adventures has announced that Matthew Bourne's 'The Car Man' is now available on DVD, with a Blu-Ray release set for Monday 11 December 2017, produced by Illuminations. The company has also revealed that Matthew Bourne's 'Cinderella,' filmed live at Sadler's Wells, will be broadcast on the BBC over the Christmas period ahead of a worldwide cinema release from February 2018.
- 11/30/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Jack Whitehall's Bad Education will soon make its way onto the big screen, as Alfie Wickers's class of tearaways go on an epic trip to Cornwall. What could go wrong?
Layton Williams plays the flamboyant Stephen in the BBC comedy, and he will return alongside his madcap friends in the movie version. The actor and dancer told Digital Spy that shooting the film was an emotional experience.
He said: "We were so used to coming together now like once a year, so I think this time it was a little bit like, 'Oh my god, this actually probably could, well, we never know, be like the last time we're all gonna be filming and working together!'
"So it was a bit sad saying goodbye, but we'll go onto other things, and we're definitely friends forever, really."
When asked if he ever expected Bad Education to be such a big hit,...
Layton Williams plays the flamboyant Stephen in the BBC comedy, and he will return alongside his madcap friends in the movie version. The actor and dancer told Digital Spy that shooting the film was an emotional experience.
He said: "We were so used to coming together now like once a year, so I think this time it was a little bit like, 'Oh my god, this actually probably could, well, we never know, be like the last time we're all gonna be filming and working together!'
"So it was a bit sad saying goodbye, but we'll go onto other things, and we're definitely friends forever, really."
When asked if he ever expected Bad Education to be such a big hit,...
- 8/4/2015
- Digital Spy
Jack Whitehall's Bad Education will soon make its way onto the big screen, as Alfie Wickers's class of tearaways go on an epic trip to Cornwall. What could go wrong?
Layton Williams plays the flamboyant Stephen in the BBC comedy, and he will return alongside his madcap friends in the movie version. The actor and dancer told Digital Spy that shooting the film was an emotional experience.
He said: "We were so used to coming together now like once a year, so I think this time it was a little bit like, 'Oh my god, this actually probably could, well, we never know, be like the last time we're all gonna be filming and working together!'
"So it was a bit sad saying goodbye, but we'll go onto other things, and we're definitely friends forever, really."
When asked if he ever expected Bad Education to be such a big hit,...
Layton Williams plays the flamboyant Stephen in the BBC comedy, and he will return alongside his madcap friends in the movie version. The actor and dancer told Digital Spy that shooting the film was an emotional experience.
He said: "We were so used to coming together now like once a year, so I think this time it was a little bit like, 'Oh my god, this actually probably could, well, we never know, be like the last time we're all gonna be filming and working together!'
"So it was a bit sad saying goodbye, but we'll go onto other things, and we're definitely friends forever, really."
When asked if he ever expected Bad Education to be such a big hit,...
- 8/4/2015
- Digital Spy
Jack Whitehall's Bad Education will soon make its way onto the big screen, as Alfie Wickers's class of tearaways go on an epic trip to Cornwall. What could go wrong?
Layton Williams plays the flamboyant Stephen in the BBC comedy, and he will return alongside his madcap friends in the movie version. The actor and dancer told Digital Spy that shooting the film was an emotional experience.
He said: "We were so used to coming together now like once a year, so I think this time it was a little bit like, 'Oh my god, this actually probably could, well, we never know, be like the last time we're all gonna be filming and working together!'
"So it was a bit sad saying goodbye, but we'll go onto other things, and we're definitely friends forever, really."
When asked if he ever expected Bad Education to be such a big hit,...
Layton Williams plays the flamboyant Stephen in the BBC comedy, and he will return alongside his madcap friends in the movie version. The actor and dancer told Digital Spy that shooting the film was an emotional experience.
He said: "We were so used to coming together now like once a year, so I think this time it was a little bit like, 'Oh my god, this actually probably could, well, we never know, be like the last time we're all gonna be filming and working together!'
"So it was a bit sad saying goodbye, but we'll go onto other things, and we're definitely friends forever, really."
When asked if he ever expected Bad Education to be such a big hit,...
- 8/4/2015
- Digital Spy
Bradford is about to host a live version of Carmen with full Bollywood trimmings. Alfred Hickling hears how the organisers plan to get 3,000 audience members dancing in fountains
A team of bullfighters is being put through their paces, but there isn't a red cape or an ornate bolero jacket in sight. Instead, the toreadors are waving variously coloured silk scarves and prancing around as if the ground is too hot to stand on. Just as it's all seeming a bit too camp for Carmen, we reach the opera's toreador's march – and a heavily amplified Indian dhol beat kicks in. Suddenly it all makes sense: this is a rehearsal of Bollywood Carmen, an ambitious mash-up of Bizet, bhangra and Britain's biggest water feature.
Due to be televised live this Sunday, the production is the latest of BBC3's grand outdoor projects, which have so far brought us an R&B Bible...
A team of bullfighters is being put through their paces, but there isn't a red cape or an ornate bolero jacket in sight. Instead, the toreadors are waving variously coloured silk scarves and prancing around as if the ground is too hot to stand on. Just as it's all seeming a bit too camp for Carmen, we reach the opera's toreador's march – and a heavily amplified Indian dhol beat kicks in. Suddenly it all makes sense: this is a rehearsal of Bollywood Carmen, an ambitious mash-up of Bizet, bhangra and Britain's biggest water feature.
Due to be televised live this Sunday, the production is the latest of BBC3's grand outdoor projects, which have so far brought us an R&B Bible...
- 6/5/2013
- by Alfred Hickling
- The Guardian - Film News
Today we have the third and final part of our extensive look at the sights and sounds surrounding Matthew Bournes Swan Lake 3D - a one night only special movie theater showing of the 3D film version available at Fathom-equipped cinemas nationwide tonight - with the princely protagonist of the ballet film himself, rising star Richard Winsor. In this comprehensive conversation, Winsor and I parse many aspects of this daring new take on the classic Tchaikovsky ballet by Matthew Bourne and investigate his collaborative relationship with Bourne on this 3D film and many other projects they have collaborated on so far this century - The Nutcracker, The Car Man, Edward Scissorhands, Dorian Gray and Play Without Words included - as well as take a cursory look ahead to their future work together. Additionally, Winsor shares his insights into the creative process and outlines how he has developed such considerable skill...
- 3/20/2012
- by Pat Cerasaro
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today we are kicking off our special three-part series on the movie theater presentation of Matthew Bournes Swan Lake in 3D on Tuesday, March 20 in Fathom-equipped cinemas throughout the Us with the director and choreographer of the new production of the classic Tchaikovsky ballet, Tony-winner Matthew Bourne. In this all-encompassing conversation, Bourne and I discuss the inspiration behind his gender-bending vision for Swan Lake and how this new 3D film presentation is the ultimate production of the piece to date. Additionally, Bourne and I discuss how this new version differs from the original ballet as seen on Broadway in the mid-1990s and how leads Richard Winsor and Nina Goldman have brought new life and a style all their own to their pivotal roles. Plus, Bourne shares exciting news about his upcoming ballet rendering of Sleeping Beauty, in addition to taking a look back at his past ballet work, such as The Car Man,...
- 3/17/2012
- by Pat Cerasaro
- BroadwayWorld.com
It is typically now, at the beginning of January, when we are marking the start of a new year, that we become fixated on throwing out the old and embracing the new. But it is important to remember that sometimes new creations are best made not by discarding the old but by reworking it, albeit with care, intelligence, and imagination. There is perhaps no one doing so with greater success today than Matthew Bourne. Hailed as the U.K.'s most popular choreographer-director, Bourne is best known for his gender-bending adaptation of the classic ballet "Swan Lake," which won three Tony Awards when it ran on Broadway in 1998 and has since toured all over the world.With his London-based company, New Adventures (formerly Adventures in Motion Pictures), Bourne has also created dance-theater reworkings of other classical ballets, popular films, and literary works. He has reinterpreted "Carmen" in a ballet he titled "The Car Man,...
- 1/14/2011
- backstage.com
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