Laurence is thrilled to have been nominated for the Villain of the Year in the British Soap Awards 2012, for his role as Trevor Waterhouse in DOCTORS (BBC1). You can vote for him here. He's up against the cream of Eastenders, Coronation Street and Hollyoaks, so get voting! Voting closes at 1500 on April 2nd.

 

Huge congratulations to BIG VIEW MEDIA whose gritty and moving film WOUNDED has just scooped BEST FEATURE FILM at the MARBELLA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. Laurence plays the lead in this compelling story of one man's haunted past and one boy's only hope, set against the backdrop of the war in Afghanistan. The film also stars JOHN ALFORD (London's Burning), LES DENNIS (Extras) and PAUL HURSTFIELD (Dead Man's Shoes). Keep an eye out for more exciting Wounded news! 

 

FRANKIE BOYLE'S TRAMADOL NIGHTS, the Channel 4 comedy series, is out now on DVD. Visit Frankie's site here and see the trailer here. Laurence appeared as a number of characters throughhout the series, including as the Robin Askwith homage, Robin Atkins.

 

Laurence has recently wrapped on THE SEASONING HOUSE, written and directed by PAUL HYETT (the Special Effects and Make Up Designer behind The Descent (1&2), Hunger, Centurion, Doomsday, Eden Lake, Harry Brown, London To Brighton, Attack The Block).

Laurence plays Stevan, the father of the lead, in this intensely claustrophic and ultra modern psychological horror, alongside SEAN PERTWEE (Dog Soldiers, Equilibrium, Event Horizon), and ANNA WALTON (Hell Boy 2).

 

Heads will rock & roll when DEADTIME hits the cinema screens in May 2012, with a worldwide DVD release to follow. Starring Laurence as lead singer, Zack, it tells the story of rock band Love Meets Murder, locked in a recording studio and struggling to save their career, when a murderous psychopath embarks on a killing spree.

Fans of rock music and gore will love this slasher/horror described by Bizarre as "British, bloody and brutal!" The film also stars LESLIE GRANTHAM, TERRY CHRISTIAN and JOE EGAN (Sherlock Holmes). Check out the trailer here. Read Laurence's interview with Deadly News here. And visit DEADTIME THE MOVIE if you dare!

 

You can see the trailer for PULP, a comedy about comics, here and read a great piece in SFX about this very funny Britcom, set for release in 2012.

Laurence features as Judge Ed, an opinionated and acerbic radio show host. Amazingly, the trailer, with an exclusive STARS WARS scene, was the most watched YouTube clip in the world during Oscars week 2012!

Currently in post production is THE QUIET ONE, a thriller, in which Laurence plays wannabe gangster Doulton. The film also stars GEORGE McCLUSKEY (The Zombie King), LOUIS MURRALL (Pulp, Deadtime, Heavy Duty) and former Super Middleweight World Champion RICHIE WOODHALL.

 

The multi award winning LAND GOLD WOMEN - INDIA'S NATIONAL FILM AWARD for BEST ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM, the FCA Purple Orchid Award for BEST FILM at the Asian Festival of First Films in SINGAPORE (plus Best Screenplay), the Royal Reel Award for Excellence in Filmmaking at the 2010 CANADA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - gets a theatrical release across India in December, courtesy of Cinemax. After premiering in Dubai, Avantika Hari's powerful debut feature film, which follows the story of a British-Asian family caught between Eastern tradition, Western culture and political turbulence, was officially selected for the BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL,MUMBAI FILM FESTIVAL, the LONDON ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL, Toronto's REELHEART FILM FESTIVAL and for the Indian Panorama section at the INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF GOA.

 

Throughout July and August 2011 Laurence starred as "neighbour from hell" (according to the TV listings mags) Trevor Waterhouse in the BBC Drama series DOCTORS.

He was part of a cracking storyline that dealt with racism and disenfranchisment and he upset many of the drama's fans by driving the popular MRS TEMBE out of Letherbridge!

 

HANDLE WITH CARE, the drama about domestic abuse mixing gritty realism with comedy and fantasy, won Best Short at the ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY AWARDS. Developed by young people affected by the issue, it also stars JOSIE LAWRENCE and was featured on ITV Central News and BBC's Newsround. Here's the trailer. 

 

Look out for JED MERCURIO's police drama LINE OF DUTY which airs in 2012 on BBC2, starring LENNIE JAMES, GINA McKEE, VICKY McCLURE and NEIL MORRISSEY, and in which Laurence makes an appearance.

Laurence can soon be heard in BEENA & DEV on BBC Radio, alongside NINA WADIA (Eastenders, Goodness Gracious Me), PAL ARON (Stella, Coronation Street, The Bill, Casualty) and SEAN CONNOLLY (N.F.A., Papa's Boy, Rex the Runt).

Laurence recently completed filming the thriller about homelessness N.F.A. starring PATRICK BALADI (The Office, Bodies, Mistresses) and produced by 104 Films. He's also just finished working on THE HAPPY WANDERER, a short set in 1982, written and directed by ALEX KELLY (Vera Drake, Psychoville, Tamara Drewe).

Currently appearing as BERNIE in BBC Radio 4 Extra's AMBRIDGE EXTRA, Laurence has made it into THE ARCHERS Who's Who!

MAGIC HOUR 2, an anthology of short films by five different directors each with a disability is out now on DVD, produced by 104 Films, the world leaders in disability cinema. Laurence stars in THE VISIT, and LIZ CARR and JOHN ALDERTON put in compelling and beautiful performances in THE BEATEN and FINDING A SKY. It'll be released simultaneously in cinemas across the country on December 3rd - International Day of Disabled People - as part of the National Disability Film Festival. Go and see it!



The first episode of IN THE MIX, Peter Dalton's compelling and hilarious attempt to dissect the UK Hip Hop scene, launches on Friday 7th January 2011. Subscribe to IN THE MIX TV to view it and take a look at Dalton's showreel - you may recognise the face!

FLY TRAP is playing at the Marbella International Film Festival 15th - 17th October.

 

UGLY AND IN LOVE the short can be seen here. It was officially selected for the FALSTAFF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, and a distribution deal has been secured with Netflix. Production of the feature version begins this year.

Avatars Live! And Other Stories, a groundbreaking mix of theatre and interactive digital art, premieres at the The Public on May Bank Holiday weekend.
 

 

Click here for the trailer for BLACK BY DAY, a comedy drama described as Jane Eyre meets Shameless, filmed on location at the cobbled Victorian streets of the Black Country Museum. It also stars Big Brother and GMTV favourite ALISON HAMMOND.

MOMSTER has been officially selected for the CINEMAGIC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL in Belfast, and will screen at ARTSFEST along with THE LODGER, in which Laurence plays the seedy landlord, Dave, and ARTHUR'S LORE, in which he appears as Lewis, the hardfaced copper. He won't look as cute as his daughter though, who appears at the festival in David King's cultural comedy PHENOMENAL BIRMINGHAM.

More exciting news regarding MOMSTER, which has been awarded runner up to the Oscar nominated GONE FISHING in the Performance & Media Short Film Awards at BAFTA.

MOMSTER, an original take on the subject of containment and abuse, in which Laurence plays the Father, has been selected for the 'Shorts On Walls' section of this year's FLATPACK FESTIVAL ("Innovation is the name of the game in this weird and wonderful little festival, designed for lovers of all that's eclectic, genre-busting and artistic about cinema," Andrea Hubert, The Guardian). It plays on Saturday 14th March at 6.30pm.

Congratulations to Esther May Campbell for winning the 2009 BAFTA for her short film SEPTEMBER. Esther directed Laurence as Andy Statham in DOCTORS (BBC1) and also in BE MINE, as part of the BBC4 Bollywood Shorts season.