LONDON (4th December 2025) It was announced today that Avalon has acquired a stake in the acclaimed, multi-award-winning indie film and television producer, Calamity Films.
The partnership will see Calamity Films, founded in 2013 by David Livingstone, align with the UK’s largest independent production company and a premier global talent management business.
Calamity Films is known for: Pride, winner of the Queer Palm at Cannes Film Festival and nominated for three BAFTAs, including Best British Film (and winning Outstanding Debut); Judy, which saw Renée Zellweger win every major acting award of the season, including the BAFTA, Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Actress; Last Christmas, starring Emilia Clarke, Emma Thompson and Henry Golding, which became a global box office hit and modern holiday favourite, grossing over $120 million worldwide; and Brassic, which won the Royal Television Society’s inaugural award for Best Comedy Drama and is Sky’s most successful comedy series to date with seven seasons and fifty episodes. Calamity Films is currently part of the team developing Pride the Musical, reuniting director Matthew Warchus and writer Stephen Beresford and set to open at the National Theatre in 2026, alongside a bold and diverse slate of new television and film projects.
Calamity Films founder David Livingstone said, “We are incredibly pleased to be announcing our partnership with Avalon. We’ve known and admired the Avalon team, their projects and independent spirit for many years, and I’m delighted we can further develop our relationship as Calamity looks ahead to its next chapter.”
Avalon CEO, Laura Kennedy, added, “We love to partner with distinctive producers like David, and share his commitment to talent-led, creative excellence. We are thrilled to be in business together moving forward.”
Calamity will continue to work from their London offices.
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Dan Lloyd, Avalon
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About Avalon
Avalon is a multi-award-winning talent management, television production and live promotion group with offices in London, Los Angeles and New York. Avalon, Artists Rights Group and The Agency together represent a diverse and distinctive roster of artists including actors, comedians, writers and directors, among them Academy Award, BAFTA, Emmy, Tony and Olivier Award-winners.
Avalon is the UK’s largest independent television production company, with over 40 shows in production in the last year including: hit entertainment formatTaskmaster (Channel 4 in the UK, Network 10 in Australia, TV4 in Sweden, TVNorge/Discovery+ in Norway); multi-Emmy award winning Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO); Not Going Out (BBC), the UK’s longest running sitcom on air; Tall Tales & Murder (BBC/RTE), a highly anticipated darkly comedic crime drama; upcoming live-action, sketch comedy series The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza (Adult Swim); a brand new series of the iconic satirical puppet show Spitting Image: The Rest is Bulls*!t (YouTube) and Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly (Channel 5 in the UK, Network 10 in Australia). Avalon has produced over 4,000 episodes of programming for audiences in the UK, US and around the world, winning 39 Emmy Awards and BAFTAs from 100+ nominations.
Other landmark Avalon shows include Catastrophe(Amazon/Channel 4), Breeders (FX/Sky), Starstruck(HBOMax/BBC), Flatbush Misdemeanors (Showtime), Workaholics (Comedy Central), The Russell Howard Hour (Sky), TV Burp (ITV) and Fantasy Football League (BBC/ITV/Sky). Avalon has also produced over 60 comedy specials for various platforms including Amazon, HBO, Netflix and Sky, as well as numerous podcasts and radio shows, including over 300 episodes of the record-breaking, arena-touring podcast, Shagged. Married. Annoyed. with Chris & Rosie Ramsey. Avalon’s dedicated distribution arm licenses its catalogue of programmes and formats to over 200 territories worldwide.
Avalon also produces and promotes live comedy around the world and has promoted more winners and nominees of the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Award than any other company. Avalon produced Newman and Baddiel: Live at Wembley, the UK’s first arena comedy show, Jerry Springer: The Opera, winner of four Olivier Awards, and is currently producing the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical, Operation Mincemeat in the West End and on Broadway.
