An Atwell man has been fined $5000 and ordered to pay an additional $1886 in costs in the Fremantle Magistrates Court for giving false or misleading information in order to obtain an NDIS worker check clearance (NDIS Check) The Court found that the man falsely declared that he had not been known by any other names when applying for an NDIS Check in February 2024 The NDIS Check is a national screening tool designed to protect people with disability who receive services under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Worker Screening) Act 2020 it is mandatory for people employed or engaged in certain NDIS work by a registered NDIS provider to apply for and hold a valid NDIS Check operating within the Department of Communities commenced an investigation after receiving information that the man may have been known by other legal names and his NDIS Check was suspended The investigation revealed the man had been known by other names which were linked to a significant criminal history and had knowingly failed to provide his previous names in order to make the application for an NDIS Check The man was subsequently issued an NDIS Check exclusion indefinitely prohibiting him from engaging in any risk-assessed role for a registered NDIS provider “The NDIS Check is an important safeguarding tool designed to uphold the rights of people with disability in particular their right to live free from abuse “Robust systems are in place to identify NDIS Check applicants and retrieve correct criminal history information “Those who knowingly and deliberately attempt to circumvent the process to evade detection will face the force of the law.” Don't include any personal information.If you need a response, send an enquiry instead The Government of Western Australia acknowledges the traditional custodians throughout Western Australia and their continuing connection to the land We pay our respects to all members of the Aboriginal communities and their cultures; and to Elders both past and present who was initially named in the 12-member Oplas squad for Paris 2024 aggravated a hamstring injury during the team’s final practice match against Canada in Segovia She underwent scans in the Paris Olympic Village Polyclinic to determine the extent of the injury The scans confirmed a high-grade hamstring injury deeming Allen medically unfit to play in Paris “I have been looking forward to these Games for a long time and am absolutely devastated but I will now focus my energies on recovery and supporting my Opals sisters,” Allen who was poised to play in her second Olympics Australian women’s basketball team head coach Sandy Brondello said the team was “devastated” about Rebecca Allen’s injury “Bec is such a big part of our team and has been for a long time… This injury has come at a really unfortunate time and the call had to be made upon medical advice “Amy Atwell has been part of this Olympic squad all year and with us in Spain for our practice matches She will now come into the team and all the staff and players have every confidence in Amy,” Brondello added The 26-year-old Amy Atwell will be making her Olympic debut the Opals are in Group B with hosts and two-time Olympic medallists France Australia will start their campaign against Nigeria on July 29 English indie-folk artist Bess Atwell broke through in 2024 with the release of her acclaimed third album Light Sleeper Performing at WOMADeliade this weekend as part of her Australian tour we chatted with Atwell about her creative process relationship with honesty and performing in Australia what artists inspired you to get into songwriting growing up I was very inspired by folk-leaning artists I loved the transportive nature of that lush Congratulations on the release of Light Sleeper Walk us through the building process – how have you evolved as an artist between the release of this record and your previous work just about what was going on in my life during that time and eventually I realised I had another album on my hands I was playing around with guitar tunings which really helped boost my creativity and keep things feeling fresh Comparing the process to the last record I guess I’ve become more accepting of my songs/creative output and less judgemental Tell us more about your relationship with songwriting – is that a part of your brain you are able to shut off or do you find you’re always collecting inspiration These days I find it harder to open up that part of my brain than to shut it off I always have one ear out for a nice lyric or turn of phrase My songwriting brain does seem to have an on/off switch I’m only really a songwriter for a couple months out of the year and in those months I’ll write a lot I’m definitely not a disciplined songwriter and I can’t force myself to write my brain just doesn’t work like that unfortunately My songs are mostly autobiographical so I feel most motivated to write when I’ve been through something significant and had time to process it Light Sleeper captures your experience coming off antidepressants embracing life in its complexity and allowing yourself space to feel It’s incredibly poignant and goes to great lengths to help people who’ve experienced similar pathways feel less alone what are you most proud about on this album so I suppose I’m proud that it’s come across and been recognised I feel extremely strongly about helping people feel less alone I was very honest and vulnerable on this record and during the promo for it so I suppose that was something brave that I’m proud of Talk to us about your relationship with honesty – how does it fuel your music practice I’m assuming the cathartic energy captured in songs must be restorative in a sense (as it is for the listener!) Mostly for the aforementioned reasons - I spent a lot of time when I was younger believing that something was wrong with me and I don’t want anyone to feel that way personal things helps others realise they’re not alone and that is so fulfilling to me I find the music that I’m drawn to isn’t confined to certain genres but rather the level of authenticity I feel from the songwriter READ MORE: Magic Dirt’s Adalita Talks Music, Grief and Conservation Is there a song on the record you feel proudest to have created (and why) But that’s because I really see the record as a body of work Each song is strongest in the context of the others I am proud of ‘The Weeping’ as it’s a song I’d tried to write for years The National's Aaron Dessner reached out to you to produce Light Sleeper That must have been a surreal moment – tell us more It was extremely surreal as he is one of my favourite producers and I’m a huge fan of The National He posted an Instagram story about a song on my last record and we got chatting on there I sent him my home demos and he was so excited about the songs that he offered to have me fly to New York to record with him It really was a huge moment for me and I’ll always be very grateful to him for that experience What did Aaron bring to the table as a producer and how did he help shape the album I spent less than a week at his studio and the rest we had to do remotely I knew that meant I would have to relinquish quite a lot of control but it didn’t phase me at all because I trusted his creative decisions completely Aaron’s foot print is all over the record and I’d say he shaped 80% of the sonic world He also has the most ridiculous phonebook of musicians to call upon and essentially assembled an all-star band around my little songs You’re about to head off on your debut Australian tour – why was Australia a country you wanted to tour and travel I like to think I have an inexplicable affinity with Australia I’ve made several deep friendships with Australians over the years and Spotify tells me you guys stream me quite a bit I’m so excited to finally visit my friends and family over there and play some shows although I’m a bit worried I won’t want to come home You must be excited to be part of such an eclectic bill of incredible artists from across the world I actually played the UK’s WOMAD a few years back so I’m excited to see how it compares I love how varied and welcoming the festival is I’m touring Australia solo so my set will just be me and a guitar and a bit of atmospheric stuff… nice and intimate I’ve been writing and demoing some new songs and beginning to think about what I want t o do with them I’d like to make another record this year ideally I just need to assemble the right team around the project I’m doing some European festivals and then heading on a small Canadian tour in the summer The energy I’m bringing into 2025 is brave with a now-or-never attitude Catch Bess Atwell at WOMADelaide on Friday, March 7. Tickets on sale now via womadelaide.com.au The Note chats with UnderOath’s charismatic frontman Spencer Chamberlain after the quintet’s whirlwind Australian tour about their latest full-length Ahead of the release of the band’s documentary The Ending Goes Forever The Note chatted with frontman Tim Steward about Screamfeeder’s beginnings the band’s failed American experience and why now is the right time to tell their story Mid-coast hardcore outfit FREEGOLF are ready to unleash at Adelaide Beer & BBQ Fest’s 10th birthday but not before chatting about their origin story and next steps… The Note speaks with The Chats’ frontman Eamon Sandwith about the pressure of releasing their debut album decoding Aussie slang with Iggy Pop and working with ‘Democracy Manifest’ mastermind SONS OF ZÖKU member and The Note’s Account Manager Oscar Ellery gives us the lowdown on his favourite songs Mount Gambier’s Sexy as Shit join the Coast to Coast tour Melbourne and the pair’s hometown with Molly Rocket 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Edwards Design From shooting guns in Mission: Impossible films to appearing in a new West End production of Shakespeare the actor has proved there’s nothing she can’t do Shakespeare’s comic tale of love and deception some makeup and hairdressing equipment and a wonderfully garish pair of red patent leather platform shoes who she plays opposite Tom Hiddleston’s Benedick “They’re my dancing shoes,” she says when she arrives “Every morning at 11 the shoes go on and we dance [as part of rehearsal for the show] it’s modern but not at all gimmicky.” It turns out dancing in front of an audience is a first for her The giddy freeness of it is more in keeping with who I am It’s certainly not like the period dramas I’ve done People tell me all the time: ‘You’re so much funnier than I realised.’ I suppose it’s nice when people underestimate you in that way because it doesn’t take much to impress them.” that has thrust her into Hollywood’s big league Bard work … Atwell and her Much Ado co-star Tom Hiddleston Photograph: Marc BrennerAs Atwell’s star has risen she has increasingly set boundaries when talking to journalists knuckle duster-style ring she wears across two fingers is there as a warning to interviewers lest they get too nosy While she will happily chat about current projects and the intricacies of performance resisting what she calls the “narrative” that can develop around actors by which she means the oft-repeated stories from earlier in their careers “I always think of that Joan Didion quote: ‘I have already lost contact with a couple of people I used to be,’” she explains even if respectful and accurate to different times [of life] which I discover when I ask if Much Ado is her first job since having a baby last year (her partner is music producer Ned Wolfgang Kelly) when it ran photographs of her lifting her baby into a pram “The funny thing about the Daily Mail,” Atwell reflects “is that it represents the base way we treat our artists To be a woman followed by a man who is a stranger and who is hiding in a bush taking pictures of you without your knowledge and selling it to a publication that pays to expose you … I know that I’m meant to just go: ‘OK I asked for it [in this job].’ But it will never be OK with me.” she continues: “I can’t go there on something that’s just too precious And I’ve learned that to speak for anyone in my personal life that hasn’t chosen a life in the public eye I had to have five months of full-time physical training shoot a gun and work with knivesBack to theatre “I love that you come in every day and you’ve got your script under your arm and a coffee and you’re in the West End where there is this immediate feeling of a theatre community,” she says “Theatre does for me what church can do for many people I still really feel that.” The first thing she asked Much Ado’s director Jamie Lloyd – who cast her in 2011’s The Faith Machine and 2013’s The Pride – when he suggested she play Beatrice was: “Exactly how [traditionally] ‘Hey nonny nonny’ is it going to be?” Once he’d explained that sort of thing wasn’t his style She loves the play for its comedy but also for the complexities of Beatrice who is independent upbeat and engaged in a “merry war” of wits with Benedick her uncle says he’s heard that she can have a nightmare and still wake up laughing,” Atwell says “And I think there is so much sadness in that you don’t have to worry about her.’ But she’s been so hurt that humour has become her coping mechanism and her armour.” Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning comes out this May “which means I’ll have been working on Mission for five-and-a-half years they are still doing reshoots which involve “fleshing out scenes or changing things around They’re always tinkering and looking to make things better I can get a call at any time.” Working with Cruise has been a delight: “When I started I was very aware of the rarefied air around him and how there is no one like him And there never will be because actors aren’t made like him any more I felt I was able to try lots of different things There was never a risk of failure or being unsafe Tom really likes people to thrive on set.” You can see why Cruise and Atwell work well together: both have a fierce work ethic and take their art incredibly seriously there is no script when Mission: Impossible starts shooting and improvisation is actively encouraged (it was Atwell’s idea that Grace should be a pickpocket) “There’ll be Tom going: ‘From five years old I’ve always wanted to jump from a cliff on a motorbike’ they were clear they were looking for someone who likes to work in this way I also had to be prepared for five months of full-time physical training and to be dynamic enough to learn fight sequences to be able to shoot a gun and work with knives.” Can Atwell confirm that this is the last film in the franchise so I wouldn’t be surprised if he goes: “Wait maybe …’ Although he has so many things he is working on so I can’t see how another Mission would fit into that.” Her mother named her after the Whistle Down the Wind actor Hayley Mills and regularly took her to the theatre A pivotal moment came when she saw Ralph Fiennes in Hamlet at east London’s Hackney Empire when she was 11 (she also lauds her friend Ben Whishaw’s Hamlet specifically his “To be or not to be” speech which she instructs me to watch on YouTube as a matter of urgency) Atwell’s parents divorced when she was little: her father an American photographer and massage therapist returned to Kansas where his daughter would spend her summer holidays; the rest of the time she lived with her mother in Ladbroke Grove She remembers at secondary school both her peers and teachers frequently asking her to read excerpts of books out loud as a teen she wowed a school assembly reading a Puck monologue from A Midsummer Night’s Dream while wearing green leggings Free weekly newsletterThe only way to get a look behind the scenes of the Saturday magazine Sign up to get the inside story from our top writers as well as all the must-read articles and columns Emerging from drama school, she was “always confident. I never doubted myself although I did doubt the business. I’d see people around me who were incredibly talented [not working] and realise it’s often just down to luck who’s getting these roles. And that was liberating, because you think: ‘Well, I can only do my best, and there are all these other things I can’t control.’” Read moreAtwell has spoken in the past about being told by a producer on the set of Brideshead Revisited to lose weight, which prompted her co-star Emma Thompson to leap to her defence and tell her: “You’re not a model, you’re an actor.” A decade ago, when she was playing Agent Carter she also bemoaned being Photoshopped for the front cover of a German magazine Today she observes “that thing” that women do of “filtering ourselves or reducing ourselves to fit in or to people-please partly because women don’t tend to be able to fail upwards in the way men do But then comes that point where you go: ‘I’m really OK if I’m not liked.’ I think I’ve developed enough of an understanding of the business that I can stop worrying about that.” It’s with clear satisfaction that she says she is now more experienced and has clout in the industry I’m in a more creatively fertile place that’s less fear-based I’m not asking for permission from others to try new things as I can give myself permission and I’ll own it if it doesn’t work.” Best of all Much Ado About Nothing is at Theatre Royal Drury Lane We're sorry but it appears as though the page you are trying to reach is either no longer available or changed to another address Below are our most popular sections. If you can't find what you're looking for below, try visiting our home page here. © 1998 - present Joblo Media Inc., All Rights Reserved An early piece of advice from one of her first junior coaches helped turn point guard Amy Atwell into a deadeye three-point markswoman. Amy, who made her Olympic debut at Paris 2024 after representing the Opals for the first time at the 2023 FIBA Asia Cup, grew up in South Perth and played her junior basketball with the Willetton Tigers. “Shooting wasn’t something I was known for in my junior years, but my junior coach at Willetton, Craig Reynolds, said it was something I had to develop if I wanted to take my game further,” she says. “He was the one who really pushed me to go to college and he encouraged me to shoot more and bring more into my game. “So Mum would take me down to the local high school every Saturday morning and I’d shoot and she would rebound. “My Mum rebounded for me. I had a great support system. “From there it really started to develop and then before I went to college I was a much stronger shooter.” She got even stronger after a ruptured ACL wrecked her first year playing US college basketball for the University of Hawaii. “I went over there with a torn ACL so all I could do in my rehab was stationary catch and shoot,” Amy said. “So the injury sucked, but I was on the shooting machine every day and then from there the shooting just took off ... and I just got better and better, I guess.” When she finally got on the court for the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine, she was named the Big West Player of the Year in the 2020-21 season, averaging 17.8 points and 6.9 rebounds a game and recording the all-time scoring record for career three-pointers. Amy was drafted to the Los Angeles Sparks with pick 27 in the 2022 WNBA Draft. She played five games before being waived and returned to Australia where she became a star of the WNBL with the Perth Lynx. In her first season, she had an instant impact with the Lynx, averaging 13 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists and establishing a reputation as a prolific three-point shooter. Her figures were even better in the 2023-24 season, averaging 18.8 points per game and shooting at 40 per cent from beyond the three-point line. Amy has also been a standout with the Bendigo Braves where she was part of their undefeated season in 2023 on the way to being crowned South and National Champions. In her second season with the Braves, she averaged 27 points, five rebounds and 3.6 three-pointers per game. Having worn the green and gold for Australia in the FIBA 3x3 Women’s Series, Amy made her Opals debut at the 2023 FIBA Asia Cup in Sydney, where Australia won a bronze medal. After a strong performance in a two-game series against China in Melbourne just a few weeks out from the Paris Olympics, Amy was disappointed when she was not selected in the final Games squad. But a couple of days later she was called in as a non-playing reserve and travelled with the team to Europe to train. And just days out from the Games, she was elevated to the 12-member squad after Opals forward Rebecca Allen aggravated a hamstring injury during the team’s final practice match against Canada. At the Paris 2024 Olympics Amy and the Opals recovered from a first up loss to a physical Nigeria team (75-62) to beat Canada (70-65) and the host nation France (79-72), which meant they automatically progressed to the knockout rounds. A big win over Serbia in the quarter-finals (85-67) put them in a semis showdown against the USA, with the Americans' victory (85-64) sending the Opals to the bronze medal match against Belgium. The Opals won the match 85-81 for the team's first Olympic medal since London 2012. Want to have a go at Basketball, or find the nearest club to you? The Australian Olympic Committee acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation. 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You can now click/tap WATCH to start the live stream You can now click/tap LISTEN to start the live stream You can now click/tap LATEST NEWS to start the live stream Brighton-based folk artist Bess Atwell has announced her debut Australian tour alongside festival appearances at WOMAD and Port Fairy Folk Festival alongside festival appearances at WOMAD and Port Fairy Folk Festival Fans can look forward to hearing tracks from her critically acclaimed Already followed by a performance at WOMAD Festival in Adelaide Bess Atwell will then appear at the Port Fairy Folk Festival in Port Fairy Early bird presale begins on Thursday, January 16th, at 9am local time via Destroy All Lines Always cemented her place in the British folk scene delves into her experience with a recent Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis Praised as “poignant” and “dreamlike” by The Guardian the album was crafted with Dessner’s expert touch Your daily dose of everything happening in Australian music and globally Atwell is know for exploring the human experience with delicate vocals and thoughtful lyrics Early bird presale: Thursday, January 16th, 9am local time via Destroy All Lines General on sale: Friday, January 17th, 9am local time via Destroy All Lines untick to unsubscribe from any newsletters below: Amy Atwell’s Opals Olympic debut is the highest of highs in a rollercoaster 2024 Amy Atwell’s elevation to the Opals team for the Olympics is the highest of highs in a rollercoaster 2024 the sharpshooting guard led Perth Lynx to the 2023-24 WNBL Grand Final Series as the league’s second highest scorer Atwell produced one of the league’s most outstanding finals performances when she sunk 9 triples in game 1 of the championship series Perth would fall to the Southside Flyers in game two and the deciding third game to clinch the trophy the 26-year-old was on the verge of a second crack at the WNBA she was drafted out of the University of Hawaii by Los Angeles Sparks Fast forward to May 2024 and on the eve of the new WNBA season she was cut by Phoenix Mercury She would pick up where she left off with Bendigo Braves in NBL1 South Atwell was a key figure in the team’s undefeated 2023 campaign which culminated in the NBL1 National Championship crown Atwell was part of an Opals tour to Japan for a pair of friendlies in June and suited up in the green and gold during the Ford Ballin’24 extravaganza in Melbourne earlier this month where Australia defeated China After missing out on the 12-player Olympic team Atwell and Alice Kunek were days later called into the touring party as training players for warm-up games against Spain and Canada in Spain this week She was set to be in France for the Games to watch and support partner Ally Wilson and the Australian Gangurrus but was called into the Opals team on Thursday night after scans ruled Tokyo Olympian and triple World Cup medallist Bec Allen out with a high-grade hamstring injury The WA product has been immersed in the Opals’ Olympic preparations over the past few months and gets her opportunity at the 11th hour Atwell’s year may reach new heights in Paris Who we are Governance National Teams Events Our Partners Contact Us Play Coach Referee National Champs School Champs State Contacts In the spirit of reconciliation Basketball Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today Share price 8408.00p 2 May 2025 at 16:42 News releases IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG) launched its new exquisite lifestyle brand Using “new territorial home” as the core design concept Atwell Suites is dedicated to offering a high-quality experience for young guests seeking an exquisite lifestyle and creating a living space with aesthetic value It also offers a new choice with excellent returns for hotel investors through a high premium and low cost business model "With years of in-depth insights in Greater China we have witnessed the domestic hotel market enter a new era that is more professional and segmented Aligning with the trends in market development which not only enriches our brand portfolio in Greater China but also offers guests and investors more diverse options This move further confirms our focus on the Greater China market We hope that Atwell Suites will become a new growth engine for the group in China further contributing to the high-quality development of the cultural tourism market." 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The dated sound might be a nod to the play’s older couple, Beatrice and Benedick, played by Hayley Atwell and Tom Hiddleston who are veteran singletons before being tricked into admitting their love for each other Hiddleston and Atwell have a sparring chemistry that is as bright as the modern-day costumes (all pink spangles You can virtually see the sparks coming off them in their “merry war” which is fuelled by antagonistic duelling but dips suddenly to earnestness and intensity with the drink (and drug?) addled hedonism on stage not compromising Shakespeare’s verse Never losing her power … Mara Huf as Hero in Much Ado About Nothing. Photograph: Marc BrennerMost of the cast here worked on Lloyd’s previous West End show, The Tempest who again play a couple in love as Hero and Claudio That show met with mostly negative reviews This seems like The Tempest’s revenge in its determined infectiousness – genuinely funny romantic and trimmed of the laboured subplot involving tiresome Dogberry It has the same creative team too in set designer Soutra Gilmour (bringing similarly dark depths around the stage) lighting by Jon Clark (disco lights galore) and sound by Ben and Max Ringham creates lovably cheesy dance routines and the overall effect combines into hallucinatory revelry who stole the show as a lugubrious Ariel in The Tempest but they are key to the soundtrack of the play with their gorgeous intermittent singing The masquerade ball features plushy headdresses (from Tweety Pie to a mini-octopus); they are silly and humorous but return through the production to look more disturbingly psychedelic – like an acid trip gone wrong when Hero is falsely accused of unfaithfulness on her wedding day by Claudio is orchestrated with a masterful precision of tone and where the scene ordinarily shows up the play’s dated gender politics – a man questioning the virtue of a woman and condemning her to metaphoric death – Hero never loses her power and the couple’s reunion seems genuine and joyful Key to the soundtrack … Mason Alexander Park Photograph: Marc BrennerThe visible mechanics of the stage – from lights to bare back wall and a row of chairs for actors to sit when they are not performing – are customary features in Lloyd’s shows but there is something magical in it here: they come downstage to perform not at us but to us pointing at us individually as they speak of love and attraction There is a meta moment too, in Beatrice and Benedick’s romance when they meet cardboard cut-outs of each other’s Marvel superheroes (both have starred in the Hollywood franchise). Benedick worships at the cardboard altar of Atwell’s Captain Carter while Beatrice dances suggestively with Hiddleston’s Loki The latter is certainly god of mischief here pulling off difficult physical comedy involving confetti in the eavesdropping scene when he is tricked into his romance and pulling out some nifty dance moves (Atwell pulls out her own Both wink and flirt with the audience without deviating from Shakespeare’s text “I am loved of all ladies,” says Hiddleston and the auditorium roars in confirmation Lloyd himself seems like the god of mischief in constructing this party of pink silliness You would have to be a god of stone to not be seduced by its wacky winter joy Forward Rebecca Allen has today been ruled out of the Australian Women’s Basketball Team for the Paris Olympic Games due to injury, and will be replaced by Amy Atwell. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of all the lands on which we are located We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders We celebrate and honour all of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Olympians The Australian Olympic Committee is committed to honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land waters and seas and their rich contribution to society and sport The Brighton-based singer-songwriter is playing both headline shows and festival stages this March UK folk artist Bess Atwell has announced she’s performing a run of headline and festival shows this March This will be Atwell's first tour of Australia, with the singer-songwriter locking in three intimate headline gigs in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane alongside festival appearances at WOMADelaide and Port Fairy Folk Festival Aussie fans finally get the chance to hear Atwell perform tracks from her critically acclaimed second album along with tunes from her most recent release Atwell’s Australian tour begins at Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory on Thursday She then performs at WOMADelaide in Adelaide on Friday March 7 and at Port Fairy Folk Festival in Port Fairy on Sunday before wrapping up her tour with headline gigs at Melbourne’s Howler on Wednesday March 12 and Brisbane’s Black Bear Lodge on Friday Tickets for Atwell’s headline shows go on sale Friday, January 17 at 8:30am local time via Destroy All Lines. Those keen on securing tickets early can do so by signing up for the pre-sale here Tickets for WOMADelaide and Port Fairy Folk Festival are on sale now via the websites of the festival READ MORE: Tokyo Groove Jyoshi Announce ‘Sakura Down Under’ 2025 Australian Tour Beginning her musical journey learning how to perform Taylor Swift songs Bess Atwell found herself obsessed with music after attending a Johnny Flynn gig with a friend It didn’t take long for Atwell to begin writing her own music She followed this with 2019s Big Blue EP before receiving high praise for 2021s Always the album catapulted Atwell to stardom in the thriving British folk scene and has garnered over 28 million streams on Spotify deals with Atwell coming to terms with her recent diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder Produced by The National’s Aaron Dessner, a review by The Guardian stated the album “manages to combine the hazy languor endemic to the Lana Del Rey era with the left-field precision of Julia Jacklin creating a body of songs that transcends sad-girl truisms.” Catch Bess Atwell at WOMADelaide at Botanic Gardens in Adelaide on Friday, March 7. Tickets on sale now via womadelaide.com The special edition box set includes B-sides The Minns Labor Government is the first to introduce the rule Australia wide All 15 tracks from Inhale / Exhale have been given the remix treatment Support comes from Dirty Dike’s longtime collaborator and DJ Sammy B-Side The punk rock quartet are celebrating the release of their fourth long player with a national tour The all-ages event also includes performances from J–Milla Catch the Tassie singer-songwriter performing three gigs in SA this June Stormzy and Nine Inch Nails are just some of the bands performing at this year’s festival The festival is back bigger and better with a lineup that also includes Doechii The Sunshine Coast folk duo is hitting the road in support of their upcoming sophomore album The remastered box set contains a total of 301 songs The 52-minute video features the band performing their third album The Canadian singer-songwriter is heading our way as part of her 29-date world tour The Swedish punk rockers return with a nine date tour this October/November The three-day heavy metal extravaganza also features performances from Polaris Northlane The lad’s won triple j’s One Night Stand Unearthed Competition to earn the right to play at this year’s festival ‘Up All Night’ is the quartet’s first new song since the release of their 2023 album  Last Of Your Kind The tour includes four shows in South Australia in Adelaide The tour announcement coincides with the release of Iron Mind’s new single ‘Tears Dry Tonight’ is a deep house vibe from CYRIL and Blunt The new Adelaide date is an all-ages show at The Gov The emo rockers are performing their seminal album Something to Write Home About in full on the tour The quartet are celebrating 40 years together with a career-defining set this November This year’s SXSW Sydney takes place from October 13-19 Catch the talented ensemble performing four Thursday nights in a row at UniBar Adelaide throughout May The legendary singer is celebrating 40 years making music with an extensive Australian tour ‘Track 1’ marks the third collaboration between Flume and JPEGMAFIA The indie rockers have locked in six Aussie dates before embarking on an overseas tour The garage rock duo are hitting the road in support of their new album Scene sees Connor’s character confiding in his aunt about his boyfriend’s eating disorder I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice Kit Connor has criticised his viral Heartstopper scene with Hayley Atwell The 20-year-old actor who rose to fame as secondary school student Nick Nelson in the Netflix teen series has reflected on filming a widely-circulated Heartstopper scene that sees his character confide in his aunt (played by Marvel star Hayley Attwell) about his boyfriend Charlie’s eating disorder In the scene, Connor’s character, who is 16 at the time, opens up to his aunt after he’s been struggling to support his boyfriend whose mental health is deteriorating. Nick has been single-handedly trying to manage Charlie’s eating issue without telling their friends or parents Attwell’s character comforts Kit and gives him a piece of crucial advice telling him that he can’t carry another person’s burden to rescue them – and that he should ask for help When speaking about the scene in an interview withTeen Vogue was shocked to find out the moment had gone viral online because he thought his performance wasn’t very good “Has it been circulating?” Connor asked the interviewer The actor explained the scene was difficult to film “Hayley did really beautifully in that scene That was a hard scene to film because we had an hour to shoot it “I was really worried about it to be honest… But I’m glad that people like it The release of Heartstopper’s third season coincidences with Connor’s broadway debut, which sees him play Romeo in a modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet alongside West Side Story’s Rachel Zegler Directed by Tony-winner Sam Gold (Fun Home) and featuring music by Grammy-winner Jack Antonoff the new production aims to cater to a younger generation Connor will be following in the footsteps of his Heartstopper co-star Joe Locke, who also made his Broadway debut this February, starring in Hadestown. Speaking about joining Heartstopper in 2022, Connor reflected on becoming famous in his teens and beginning to care about other people’s opinions of him. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies It’s like Jamie Lloyd has raided Chappell Roan’s ‘Pink Pony Club’, mixed it with a bit of Shakespeare, added two bickering Marvel stars (the pitch-perfect Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell as Benedick and Beatrice), and, voila. Lloyd supplants Shakespeare’s original backdrop of Messina with a floral-hued wonderland with great drifts of blossom, the focal point of which is an enormous rosy pink inflatable heart. Bailey, a stage actor first and foremost, brings princely tantrums and five-star bratty behaviour to this new production of Shakespeare’s Richard II by Nicholas Hytner Hiddleston plays Benedick, an out-and-out bachelor, at ‘merry war’ with Atwell (Beatrice) Atwell as Beatrice leads an all-singing, all-dancing production Jamie Lloyd's production of Much Ado About Nothing at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane Mike Bartlett doesn’t waste a word in this thought-provoking new play, Unicorn, which takes the concept of a traditional marriage and turns it on its head ‘It’s like Jamie Lloyd has raided Chappell Roan’s ‘Pink Pony Club’, mixed it with a bit of Shakespeare, added two bickering Marvel stars (the pitch-perfect Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell as Benedick and Beatrice), and, voila’ Mason Alexander Park, who stole the show as spirit Ariel in The Tempest, returns for Jamie Lloyd as Margaret, one of Hero’s gentlewomen, armed with a diamanté encrusted microphone. Park brings banger-after-banger: notably, a cover of Kelly Rowand’s When Love Takes Over. Much Ado About Nothing is on at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane until 5 April You can turn to OPB for stories about the people and places that make our region unique thanks to member support. Join in now! 2025 1 p.m.Airport wildlife manager Nick Atwell is responsible for keeping aviation and wildlife from colliding00:00 / 06:20When you think of airports just past the runways at Portland International Airport you might spot a team keeping watch over an entirely different kind of traffic — the feathered kind Nick Atwell uses binoculars in the bright orange PDX wildlife team truck The binoculars are used for spotting birds during the daytime Senior Natural Resources & Wildlife Manager at Port of Portland He’s part of a team of six biologists who work to keep birds and planes from crossing paths For this installment of “At Work With,” we rode along with him to learn what it‘s like to be an airport wildlife technician There’s so many different moving parts that Atwell struggles to describe the work succinctly The Port of Portland wildlife team patrols the runways in pairs daily from 5 a.m They’re looking for any possible birds of concern and we’re actually utilizing scare tactics to push birds out of the space that we would consider a high risk,” Atwell said “The technicians are out here all day long.. So they’re always patrolling and actually taking action when warranted,” said Atwell From “hazing” birds to trapping and tagging birds of prey to natural resources management along the airport’s floodplain — every part of the job serves the over-arching goal of reducing interactions between aviation and wildlife Their key metric is reducing “bird strike,” a bird hitting a plane the PDX airport had 62 reported bird strikes Atwell said keeping birds away from planes is hard work at the Portland International Airport in particular “It‘s on the confluence of two major river systems and it‘s on the Pacific Flyway the likelihood of you actually coming here is pretty high,” he said The wildlife team has many tools — binoculars A large trap built by the wildlife team at the Portland International Airport will be placed inside the lower area of the trap the top will close on entry Both the raptor and the prey bird are not harmed by the trap The high-powered green lasers are a bird deterrents Atwell says they sort of function as a light saber — “Birds have more green cones than mammalian species so they see that green spectrum more than we would we would only see the laser where it actually starts and where it terminates But they see the whole tube much like a light saber There’s 30 radio-controlled sound cannons that are all strategically placed all throughout the 11,000 foot airfield “They’re compressed propane gas that‘s ignited by a car battery that‘s solar charged,” said Atwell Next to the Portland International Airport runway three members of the wildlife team monitor radio-controlled canons used to haze birds technicians use thermal imaging googles to spot birds in the dark Those are the pairs that are here all the time They’ve demonstrated the ability to navigate the airfield in a safe way,” said Atwell The wildlife team is always in contact with air traffic control at the Portland International Airport Nick Atwell said the most crucial skills for this job are “multitasking and situational awareness You need to be able to hear multiple different radios Atwell said the most crucial skills for this job are “multitasking and situational awareness Atwell cautions that wildlife technicians have to have a tolerance for office work “It‘s such a unique job it‘s hard to know if it‘s for you until you experience it,” he said Nick Atwell holds one of the humane traps built by the wildlife team to capture raptors at the Portland International Airport A small prey bird will be placed inside the trap and a raptor's talons will get caught in the mesh Both the raptor and the prey bird are not harmed by the trap sometimes the wildlife team will use humane traps Their custom-built traps for raptors use small prey (like starlings or mice) as lures — but they aren’t harmed when a raptor is caught “We even treat the prey well,” Atwell said banded and relocated away from the airport to a suitable area the wildlife team will drive them two to three hours away So we’re just trying to keep them kind of in line with their migratory patterns,” he said Atwell said that raptor relocation is his favorite part of the job. Each bird is measured and logged at pdxraptors.com Eager birders look for the special orange Port of Portland wing tags and report sightings That data helps the wildlife team evaluate if the program is working The Port of Portland wildlife team has translocated 1,894 red-tailed hawks since 1999 Bright orange Port of Portland wing tags are seen on a red-tailed hawk in this 2015 provided photo Birders look for the wing tags and report sightings The technicians start the morning shift at 5 a.m “An injured bald eagle on West Hayden Island “That was probably one of the more unique days.” wildlife manager holds a captured red-tailed hawk at the Portland International Airport The PDX Wildlife Raptor Relocation program has translocated 1,894 red-tailed hawks since 1999 The job of keeping wildlife away starts years in advance if you know where to look Even the trees on Northeast Airport Way are selected by the wildlife team to be unattractive to birds that‘s decreasing the ability for birds to perch in,” said Atwell And the fluorescent green grass you see along the runway as you land “That‘s the whole intent of the endophyte fescue variety is that geese do not like to eat it,” he said A storm water runoff pond at the Portland International Airport runway on April 16 One of the wildlife team's proactive wildlife management strategies is to hide storm water runoff ponds with thousands of black balls Their storm water runoff ponds contain thousands of black balls to hide the water from an aerial view So instead of being this giant open water space … it‘s a proactive strategy," Atwell said “It‘s how often are you struck here by aircraft at PDX And then we couple that with the FAA national database how often are those birds causing damage throughout the country And so we come up with our birds of concern.” Nick Atwell shows preserved wings from bird strikes the wildlife team collects DNA and other information in order to make mitigation decisions “I was a natural resources kid,” said Atwell “We do have nests being built in areas that we would consider a higher risk,” said Atwell “We would look to intervene with that prior to them being established...so they would nest offsite somewhere further away.” “As far as birds that aren’t able to fly like adults and maybe their first flights. and we would try to trap them as quickly as possible after their first flights and take them to what we call a flight cage that we have maintained over on Sauvie Island So they learn to fly and hunt there instead of an airfield environment they’re translocated to a suitable site,” he said The wildlife team collects data on all bird strikes and encourages airport employees to report any strikes with signs like these around the Port of Portland The data helps make habitat and aviation design decisions to prevent bird strike in the future “It depends on the success of the breeding season,” Atwell said but usually a max of about six fledglings per year go to the flight cage on Sauvie Island “It‘s very exciting when you pull a large bird of prey out of one of these traps,” Atwell said ”I also am seeing if they have bands on them Nick Atwell stands in front of the collection of wildlife carriers in the Portland International Airport wildlife office on April 16 "They would also have some sort of cover on them And that's just to keep them totally calm until they're translocated." said Nick Atwell Since Atwell started working at the Port of Portland in 1998 Airport Wildlife Technician has become a career with a specific credential from the Federal Aviation Administration In addition to a bachelor’s degree with “advanced botany,” it requires on-the-ground training especially to learn the ins and outs of communicating with Air Traffic Control and understand runway lights and signals “That‘s why I say this role is not just a biologist role it‘s an aviation wildlife biologist role,” Atwell said “Everyone on my team has gone through the Mt Hood Community College natural resources and wildlife program,” said Atwell The Port of Portland takes on one wildlife intern each summer “That is a great way to get your foot in the door and just to see what this work entails,” he said Portland is hosting the national conference for airport wildlife staff and interested students, Bird Strike USA there’s now a staff member doing similar work on preventing bird strike “Often this is contracted out and that person that‘s responsible might have to go to multiple airports throughout the day whereas we have a team that‘s here all day long While avian wildlife is their biggest concern there are a few mammals the wildlife team is concerned with as well “There’s a really robust population of coyotes here and they do impact operations by crossing the runways The wildlife team tries to prevent coyotes by burying the perimeter fence- four feet deep and at a 45-degree angle so that the coyotes won’t be successful in digging Atwell has transported a few kestrels near his home for release “I live in an area that it‘s suitable habitat and it‘s good translocation site,” he said “The streaked horned lark really likes really degraded habitat,” like sandy fields the wildlife team keeps an undeveloped area near the airport “free of vegetation as a goose deterrent,” he said The streaked horned lark is “a federally-listed species and protected underneath the Endangered Species Act,” said Atwell “And their numbers are declining all throughout the metropolitan area,” so Atwell said breaking up the vegetation in vacant lots can help provide an environment for them and deter the higher-risk geese who prefer lush green fields “If we’re doing everything that we should be and maintaining our airfield turf if they’re needed for human life and safety rifles are ”locked up in a safe back in the office," he said Tags: Culture, Airport, Wildlife Management, Science & Environment Stand with OPB and protect independent journalism for everyone Listen to the OPB News live stream (opens new window)Streaming Now 1);}.css-4hf0t5:focus{outline:none;}.css-4hf0t5:hover{border-color:rgba(215 If you've ever wanted to know about champagne powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com It’s been a big year for the Jamie Lloyd Company Alex Wood The Jamie Lloyd Company’s production of Much Ado About Nothing which recently completed its sold-out run at Theatre Royal Drury Lane set a new box office record for a play in the West End Starring Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell, and directed by Jamie Lloyd the production concluded with the five highest grossing weeks for a play in West End history with the final week achieving the highest box office figures to date This follows the company’s production of Romeo and Juliet which became the highest grossing production in the history of the Duke of York’s Theatre You can read our glowing review of Much Ado About Nothing here The production marks the end of the Jamie Lloyd Company’s first year as an independent production company The Tempest and Much Ado About Nothing – have been seen by over 600,000 people across London and New York More than a third of all tickets sold for these productions were priced at £45 or less The company has maintained its commitment to accessibility through the continued provision of £25 tickets across each level of the theatre key workers and those receiving government benefits 5,000 seats were reserved under this initiative and 25,000 seats were made available for the Shakespeare season at Theatre Royal Drury Lane Of the customers who bought tickets through LW Theatres during the Shakespeare season Listen to a discussion about the production in our free WhatsOnStage Podcast: The company’s production of Sunset Boulevard continues to run on Broadway, while in the West End this summer, Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals and the Jamie Lloyd Company’s production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita will open at The London Palladium. Starring Rachel Zegler and Diego Andres Rodriguez the production will run from 14 June to 6 September with 5000 tickets priced at £25 available across the run and on all levels of the theatre for under 30s Further information and on-sale dates for these tickets will be announced Get the best deals and latest updates on theatre and shows by signing up for WhatsOnStage newsletter today The latest openings are part of a growing pipeline that will see Atwell Suites open more than 50 properties across the U.S in the coming years in destinations such as Las Vegas avid hotels and Garner hotels at IHG Hotels & Resorts said: “At IHG we’ve been deeply committed to filling a growing need in the all-suites category and expanding our upper-midscale segment as it’s one we know well and continue to see strong interest in from both owners and guests Atwell Suites’ growth momentum is a testament to that focus We’re looking forward to the opportunity to introduce more travelers to the Atwell Suites brand and to showcase our inspiring design and unique position in the market." Created to deliver a new kind of all-suite accommodations Atwell Suites hotels are thoughtfully designed for guests seeking an inspiring space to work each hotel location offers unique surprises throughout the property including hidden messages within the artwork for guests to discover enhancing their experience and connection to the destination The brand’s signature features support longer stays and allow guests to easily flex between and leisure Modern suites include a functional workspace and a lounge area with thoughtful touches like a gallery wall above the sofa—perfect for virtual meetings and a versatile meeting room known as ‘The Study’ that can accommodate up to eight people Hotel KCI LLC: “The KCI Corridor has seen significant growth recently With our proximity to Kansas City International Airport and the influx of businesses establishing a presence in the area we've become a prime destination for travelers seeking longer stays Opening the first Atwell Suites in Kansas City and deepening our partnership with IHG was a clear choice This hotel will offer a unique stay experience with spaces designed for productivity guests can enjoy amenities unique to Atwell Suites hotels complimentary breakfast with quality hot and cold items a 24/7 beverage station with premium coffee The inviting bar serves small plates and after-hours drinks while the round-the-clock marketplace offers snacks and travel essentials To learn more about Atwell Suites and book a stay, visit https://www.ihg.com/atwellsuites/hotels/us/en/reservation or download the IHG One Rewards mobile app Atwell Suites was designed for guests who are not simply booking a room Atwell Suites properties offer all-studio suites featuring distinct zones for living and sleeping; a comfortable and inviting public area with flexible spaces for working or socializing; and a complimentary daily hot breakfast and an evening bar serving small plates paired with ready to drink cocktails The brand opened its first properties in Miami and Denver in 2022 and currently is available for franchising in the U.S and Canada with consideration for both new build construction and conversion properties To learn more about the Atwell Suites brand Hayley atwell is in her backstage quarters at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane where she’s starring in Much Ado About Nothing with Tom Hiddleston It’s a world away from the ‘tiny cabin’ aboard a boat in the Arctic that she stayed in while filming Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (out in May) ‘It looked like a massive industrial fishing boat.’ For her second outing as thief-turnedagent Grace in Tom Cruise’s blockbuster franchise there was a constant security patrol against polar bears ‘They’re the only species that will kill not just for food ‘Svalbard is a place where it was impossible to shoot She recounts a story of Cruise giving her a lift back from the set on a Ski-Doo ‘He stopped to show me this beautiful view of the glacier “I really want to thank you for your work out here.” And I was like we have all seen you have thrived out here ‘He’s really sincere and he acknowledges hard work I love his work ethic and the only way to carry on working at that level next to him is to keep saying yes.’ An experienced stage star with three Olivier nominations to her name among the five-star reviews for Much Ado About Nothing her performance as heroine Beatrice has been praised as ‘supreme’ Banish any ‘hey nonny’ thoughts of the 1993 Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh movie classic This is Shakespeare for the TikTok generation novelty beer helmets and enormous furry heads The staging is in keeping with its lauded director Jamie Lloyd with whom Atwell is working for a third time when we walked in and saw the model set with this giant heart and confetti and these animal heads we’re not doing the corset barn dancing version.”’ Instead Millennial women: you may sob when I Swear by All 4 One comes on showing off our club skills.’ Her favourite track It might render Shakespeare purists speechless but it’s brilliant fun – not least when Hiddleston rips off his top to reveal some very Marvel-honed abs Both he and Atwell are part of the sprawling Marvel universe a role that’s seen her appear in six films and two TV series spin-offs Because everything is knowing and meta now this does not go unacknowledged: on stage two cardboard cutouts of their respective Marvel characters come out This is the first time she and Hiddleston have worked together although they’ve been friends since meeting at a RADA audition 20 years ago she 42 – and the pair have had similar career trajectories skirting through TV (Atwell’s credits include Black Mirror ‘It’s probably because we share an appetite for variety’ If we could go back to ourselves from 20 years ago…we were babies – we didn’t know you can’t forge a path for yourself So much is luck and so much is dependent on someone else choosing you to be in something.’ Atwell lives in London with her fiancé Ned Wolfgang Kelly born last year – about whom she is fiercely private As someone who has had their fair share of high-profile parts and red carpets she’s kept her personal life relatively under wraps ‘Experience and seeing other people in the public eye navigate it beautifully and going isn’t it interesting – I know very little about Cate Blanchett’s personal life which opened with a hyperbolic headline featuring a quote taken out of context ‘I find it really interesting how male profiles tend to talk about The full passion of their manhood and ability to do all these amazing things and often a female profile will begin with how they’re affected by ageing and it’s really aesthetic [I take it with] a chuckle and a bemused tolerance.’ 5 April) she will embark on the Mission press tour ‘My journey in fashion has become more about my interest in the storytelling behind the look She is pragmatic about what the future might hold career-wise ‘There’s so little I’m actually in control of,’ she says ‘I would love to become more involved in the production side of things it’s rare that you don’t have something you’re working on to executive produce.’ How does she feel about roles for ‘older’ women opening up ‘I think they stick out because they’re still rare.’ I cite Demi Moore in The Substance but on condition of relating to a certain beauty standard but it has to be meta or it has to be a comment on [ageing and beauty standards] ‘You have to look at the reality of the system and be engaged in the conversation “I’m off to do [something else],” but no one’s going to watch it or fund it You can’t be outside of the system and have any sort of real platform Having star power means you can get things made I hope one day I will be in a position where it feels like there is a clearer path of how I would but at the moment it’s reserved for the very that in future she can nudge out of the way ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ runs until 5 April at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane; ‘Mission: 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VAT no 918 5617 01 ‘If you are scared of something just keep looking at it’ Hayley Atwell has shared the advice that Tom Cruise gave her for dealing with social anxiety in large gatherings Although Atwell is an established star in Hollywood in her own right having played Peggy Carter in several Marvel films since 2011 she said Cruise once gave her a pep talk on how to deal with social anxiety Speaking on the Reign with Josh Smith podcas the 42-year-old said: “Social anxiety tends to be something that people talk about a lot at the moment And how a lot of people do have social anxiety at some point which is if you walk into a room and you feel the anxieties coming and it makes me want to retreat into myself and [Cruise] said: ‘Try doing the opposite Where is the thing that I have attached to my insecurity?’ Is it that person over there that reminds me of my school bully That person over there didn’t give me a job once That person over there that I think was mean to me once?’ It can have a label or what will happen is you’re really jealous’ or ‘I’m really lonely’ or ‘I’m really intimidated by the talent or the confidence of that person.’ As soon as I can name what it actually is the general sense of free-floating anxiety goes and then I actually have an opportunity to do something about it “So he was just like: ‘If you are scared of something just keep looking at it Just try not to close your eyes or turn away Just keep looking at it and it will often give you information about what to do to overcome it.’” Speaking to The Guardian in February Atwell said that working with Cruise is “a delight” and described him as “very kind I was very aware of the rarefied air around him and how there is no one like him,” she said “And there never will be because actors aren’t made like him any more Asked to confirm that the movie will be the last in the franchise “On the other hand, ‘Tom Cruise’ and ‘final’ are oxymorons, so I wouldn’t be surprised if he goes, ‘Wait, maybe…’ Although he has so many things that he is working on, so I can’t see how another Mission would fit into that.” Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning is set for release on 21 May. and even in the face of the freezing danger it represented something totally adorable may have made up for that peril Previously, we were given a short, but sweet look at this arctic shoot, in the form of The Final Reckoning’s holiday greeting from the cast But now we have a much more comprehensive look at what that cold schedule looked like I think that the way Simon Pegg discusses The Final Reckoning’s Svalbard experience provides some competition for the most painful Mission stunt ever if you want to watch pretty much the entire Mission: Impossible legacy then for $7.99 a month will start you off on your journey Though if you want to spring for the Premium plan which is ad-free and includes Showtime's library Do it before The Entity scrubs the series from the internet At least that’s true if you exclude Mr. Cruise’s ankle breaking experience from Fallout but you can read Pegg’s quote below and judge for yourself: Want to add a perk to making your huge action spectacle while also adding some cool images to your shot list Adding animals is a surefire way to do just that as we’ve seen with The Final Reckoning’s beautiful dog footage On the more practical side, having this mode of transport is ecologically friendly and good exercise for humanity’s best friend when done ethically. As you can observe in this still of Hayley Atwell one lucky dog in particular got some hard earned scratches to back that claim: but I’m left wondering how long one can safely interact with this precious Mission: Impossible co-stars Atwell’s scratch session with the dog shown above she’s having fun with that little darling with no face covering So unless it was an unseasonably warm day in Svalbard that day the rumored returning cast mate for Avengers: Doomsday is taking some Tom Cruise-style risks herself though that title’s more of a guideline really Passionate about entertainment since grade school the movies have always held a special place in his life Mike graduated from Drew University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science but swore off of running for public office a long time ago Mike's expertise ranges from James Bond to everything Alita you will then be prompted to enter your display name Brie Larson Feeling Every Emotion At Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter Concert Is So Real Of Her And I'm Crying With Her Over One Surprise Moment In The Show Matthew Lillard Opened Up How The Five Nights At Freddy’s Team ‘Listened To The Audience’ After The First One To Make The Sequel Even Better Most Harry Potter Cast Members Have Not Mentioned Wanting To Reprise Their Wizarding World Roles She's not underestimating what it means to step into the iconic role When asked what it means to her to be voicing Lara Croft one of the most iconic action heroes of all time First unleashed onto the world in 1996 in the classic game Tomb Raider, Lara Croft has been through countless iterations, and brought to life in various video game spin-offs, action movies and, now, an animated series on Netflix she's remained a symbol of feminine strength - something that's given more nuance in the new series Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com ahead of the release of Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft Atwell explains: \"Even if people are not that familiar with the games and I've always loved the fact that the writers were women \"One of the women that she was created by was Vicky Arnold [script writer for the original Tomb Raider games] she was then later shaped by Rhianna Pratchett [writer on the 2013 and 2015 Tomb Raider reboot games] and then Jill Murray [writer on Shadow of the Tomb Raider] and now we have Tasha Huo [showrunner of the Netflix series] \"And so what I've loved is the fact that you've had this character that's existed It's easy to see that the new Tomb Raider series was written by a woman Lara declares to all that can hear that a dress she's wearing has pockets Atwell points out the importance of her always having a hair tie to hand \"Those little details kind of humanise her Other women who have shaped the character include Alicia Vikander and Angelina Jolie (\"What a list to be part of!\") - and Atwell is keen to honour their legacy while also adding something new strong women who have great range and variety in their careers there's so many incredible women that have played her and what I've loved is that they all bring themselves to it - their own interpretation their own physicality - but what we all retain is an understanding about what Lara is about,\" Atwell points out \"She's this adventurer who goes on these myth-fuelled perilous solo adventures \"Lara's emotionally struggling with things It basically picks up after the events of the games of the Survivor Trilogy and she's been abandoning her friends to embark on all these solo adventures but one of these adventures actually leads her back to home where she's having to confront who she really is Lara might be driven by this belief that what she's doing is important and heroic or brave but it might be her friends pointing out that she's also trying to probably run away from her feelings She'd rather be jumping off cliffs and examining ancient artefacts with evil spirits than she would dealing with the fact that she doesn't really like to be at a party and it gives me an opportunity as an actor to bring that particular quality to her which may be different from what we've seen before but certainly in keeping with what we know her to be.\" there was another element that led Lara to rise to prominence in the '90s alongside her badass attitude and action hero status - her look with Atwell admitting that she had \"guy friends who were obsessed with her It's easy to look back at classic iterations of the character as entirely over-sexualised when it came to an animated version of the character on Netflix I didn't feel that there was anything problematic for me at all,\" Atwell says she's got to have the familiarity of what we know her to have been because if she suddenly looked entirely different So there has to be elements of who she was at the beginning even as the costumes she's put in in the animation develop over time it's more a reflection of how comfortable she feels in her own skin \"That's what I feel when I'm watching it - her physicality and her aesthetic feel like a natural byproduct of what she does rather than how she wants to be perceived in the world under the male gaze.\" Despite her being such an iconic character, Lara's far from the first action hero Atwell's played - and she surely won't be the last, from Marvel to Mission: Impossible and beyond But voice acting offers up another kind of challenge \"Every job that I do helps me develop a little bit more for the next job,\" Atwell reflects \"It was really instilled in me in drama school that the production on stage is only ever as good as the weakest link within the ensemble regardless of how big the size of the role is has to show up and fully participate and offer something to be sat in a booth where my acting choices aren't informed by how someone reads a line to me and I then trust that the director is going to pick the takes of the other actors' performances that most gel within the tone of the scene that I've created on my side nothing really prepares you other than gaining technical skill or the confidence of going I've done lots of things in the past that I didn't know how to do at the time \"I never feel 100 per cent fully prepared or super confident about what I'm doing I think the one thing I have done and continue to do is show up and see what happens from one of the lucky few who have had the chance to play her \"She's unique in that she's an action adventurer who [creates] myth-fuelled stories So it's combining elements of archeology and history and ancient cultures and that makes her timeless,\" Atwell points out as opposed to just a physicality or an aesthetic We've had such incredible women who were there from the beginning of shaping who she is and that's now continued in the lineage with Tasha having so many other actresses who have played her in some capacity it's about how Lara is evolving with the times and giving the audience what they expect of her in terms of what she stands for but also who she is today and how that can change.\" Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft will be released on Thursday 10th October 2024 Check out more of our Fantasy coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what’s on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast. Hayley Atwell on Lara Croft and why she 'never feels 100% prepared'She's not underestimating what it means to step into the iconic role First unleashed onto the world in 1996 in the classic game Tomb Raider, Lara Croft has been through countless iterations, and brought to life in various video game spin-offs, action movies and, now, an animated series on Netflix she's remained a symbol of feminine strength - something that's given more nuance in the new series Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com ahead of the release of Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft Atwell explains: "Even if people are not that familiar with the games and she's been with us for decades now and I've always loved the fact that the writers were women "One of the women that she was created by was Vicky Arnold [script writer for the original Tomb Raider games] "And so what I've loved is the fact that you've had this character that's existed NetflixIt's easy to see that the new Tomb Raider series was written by a woman Lara declares to all that can hear that a dress she's wearing has pockets "Those little details kind of humanise her Other women who have shaped the character include Alicia Vikander and Angelina Jolie ("What a list to be part of!") - and Atwell is keen to honour their legacy while also adding something new there's so many incredible women that have played her and what I've loved is that they all bring themselves to it - their own interpretation about what Lara is about," Atwell points out "She's this adventurer who goes on these myth-fuelled perilous solo adventures "Lara's emotionally struggling with things She's emotionally at her lowest point and she's been abandoning her friends to embark on all these solo adventures where she's having to confront who she really is Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft on Netflix Lara might be driven by this belief that what she's doing is important and heroic or brave but it might be her friends pointing out that she's also trying to probably run away from her feelings She'd rather be jumping off cliffs and examining ancient artefacts with evil spirits than she would dealing with the fact that she doesn't really like to be at a party I think that's charming and endearing which may be different from what we've seen before but certainly in keeping with what we know her to be." there was another element that led Lara to rise to prominence in the '90s alongside her badass attitude and action hero status - her look with Atwell admitting that she had "guy friends who were obsessed with her It's easy to look back at classic iterations of the character as entirely over-sexualised I didn't feel that there was anything problematic for me at all," Atwell says Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft in Tomb Raider. Warner Bros"Of course she's got to have the familiarity of what we know her to have been you'd really create a different character even as the costumes she's put in in the animation develop over time it's more a reflection of how comfortable she feels in her own skin "That's what I feel when I'm watching it - her physicality and her aesthetic feel like a natural byproduct of what she does rather than how she wants to be perceived in the world under the male gaze." Despite her being such an iconic character, Lara's far from the first action hero Atwell's played - and she surely won't be the last, from Marvel to Mission: Impossible and beyond "Every job that I do helps me develop a little bit more for the next job," Atwell reflects "It was really instilled in me in drama school to be sat in a booth where my acting choices aren't informed by how someone reads a line to me and I then trust that the director is going to pick the takes of the other actors' performances that most gel within the tone of the scene that I've created on my side I've done lots of things in the past that I didn't know how to do at the time "I never feel 100 per cent fully prepared or super confident about what I'm doing I guess Lara's doing that in this series "She's unique in that she's an action adventurer who [creates] myth-fuelled stories So it's combining elements of archeology and history and ancient cultures and that makes her timeless," Atwell points out The best sci-fi news and features this side of the Outer Rim By entering your details you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and privacy policy This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply We've had such incredible women who were there from the beginning of shaping who she is and that's now continued in the lineage with Tasha it's about how Lara is evolving with the times and giving the audience what they expect of her in terms of what she stands for but also who she is today and how that can change." Check out more of our Fantasy coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what’s on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast Louise GriffinLouise Griffin is the Sci-Fi & Fantasy Editor for Radio Times Star Wars and Marvel to House of the Dragon and Good Omens She previously worked at Metro as a Senior Entertainment Reporter and has a degree in English Literature you are agreeing to site title privacy policy This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Subscribe to RT!Subscribe to Radio Times magazine and get £10 issues for £10! Could your home unlock your dreams?Releasing equity from your home could help give you the retirement you've been dreaming of? Holiday brochuresNeed inspiration of where to go next? Escorted tour, river cruise, yacht cruise, short break. Request a free brochure and start your journey. Now taking bookings for 2025, 2026 and 2027! Cruise has previously said he hopes to continue making the blockbuster films for decades Hayley Atwell has offered her thoughts on the future of action franchise Mission: Impossible, ahead of the release of the eighth installment, The Final Reckoning Atwell stars opposite Cruise in the forthcoming film as Grace a former thief turned IMF agent and ally to his character She reprises the role after being introduced in 2023 film Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. The films underperformed at the box office, with many attributing the disappointment to its competition with the “Barbenheimer” phenomenon of blockbuster movies Barbie and Oppenheimer Directed by Christopher McQuarrie the sequel is scheduled for release on 23 May and will be one of the most expensive films ever made Speaking to The Guardian “On the other hand, ‘Tom Cruise’ and ‘final’ are oxymorons maybe…’ Although he has so many things that he is working on If you sign up to this service we will earn commission This revenue helps to fund journalism across The Independent Cruise, 62, has previously said that he hopes to continue making Mission: Impossible films for decades he compared the franchise to Indiana Jones telling The Sydney Morning Herald: “Harrison Ford is a legend Cruise was 34 when he first took on the role of super spy Ethan Hunt in the 1996 film Mission: Impossible In a four-star review of Dead Reckoning The Independent’s Clarisse Loughrey wrote: “Mission: Impossible is exactly the sort of franchise in which people simply roll their eyes when the bomb they’re trying to detonate turns out (of course!) to be a nuclear one “That lack of ponderousness is embedded bone-deep into Dead Reckoning and how returning director Christopher McQuarrie chooses to operate Earlier this month, McQuarrie claimed that one audience member “almost had a heart attack” at a preview screening of The Final Reckoning. The trailer for the new blockbuster features Cruise’s character being put through yet another series of jaw-dropping stunts, including scenes that take place on planes and underwater. (Real Kind)This striking English singer-songwriter embraces life in all its complications on her classy third album dreamlike miniaturesThis article is more than 11 months old(Real Kind)This striking English singer-songwriter embraces life in all its complications on her classy third album creating a body of songs that transcends sad-girl truisms Naturally, love figures, as it did on Already, Always (2021). But Light Sleeper deals with all kinds of emotive situations Tapering off antidepressants and embracing the full force of life is an overarching theme: “to wake up and feel everything,” as Atwell sings on the title track Her sister’s high-needs autism, and Atwell’s own recent ASD diagnosis, run through The Weeping, describing the Atwell family’s struggles as that of “four brothers in war”. In Fan Favourite Producer Aaron Dessner happened upon Atwell’s work and volunteered his services; Big Thief’s James Krivchenia Beirut’s Ben Lanz and Sufjan Stevens collaborator James McAlister appear on additional instruments an overlay of middlebrow US indie lacquer that – remarkably – does not overshadow Atwell’s individuality Watch a video for The Weeping by Beth Atwell.This is the archive of The Observer up until 21/04/2025 The Observer is now owned and operated by Tortoise Media.