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3 days ago

Adeel Akhtar: ‘It seemed late in the day to start noticing Asian actors … we’ve been here a really long time’

He’s had supporting roles in almost every big TV show of the past few years, but now the man nicknamed Ideal Actor is taking the lead on stage, playing a top politician. He talks about challenging pe…

7 days ago

Don’t cry for me, all you boozers! The trouble with shifting Evita’s big balcony number from stage to street

In the new Evita at the London Palladium, Rachel Zegler sings from the theatre’s actual balcony – meaning the big-paying audience doesn’t experience what passersby get for free. Could this gimmick ca…

20 days ago

Dominic Cooke appointed as the Almeida theatre’s artistic director

Cooke, who ran the Royal Court for several years, will succeed Rupert Goold at the illustrious London venue in 2026

Dominic Cooke has been appointed as the new artistic director of the Almeida theatre…

25 days ago

Stephanie Beacham: ‘The worst thing anyone’s said to me? Loved you in Dallas’

The actor on the terror of working in Boots aged 15, her Liam Neeson obsession and Zooming in her knickers

Born in London, Stephanie Beacham, 78, studied mime in Paris and went to Rada. In 1971, she a…

45 days ago

‘We have so many talented black British actors who had to leave in order to work’: Sharon D Clarke on typecasting, industry tensions, and the truthfulness of Mr Loverman

As part of a Bafta TV special, the best actor nominated star talks about institutional racism, the remarks that made Cressida Dick look like a ‘fool’, and how Bernardine Evaristo’s coming out story r…

47 days ago

PATRICK MARMION reviews Here We Are at the National Theatre: Top-notch cast... but Sondheim's send-off is flimsy and forgettable

The National Theatre has really pushed the boat out for the last show by the late god of musical theatre, Stephen Sondheim, but not even they can make this mongrel sing.

48 days ago

‘We’re not here to slander Sondheim!’ Inside the master’s wild final musical, completed at last

Here We Are, a satirical mashup of two surrealist movie masterpieces, was finished after musicals maestro Stephen Sondheim died – outraging some fans. As the show hits Britain, its stars and creators…

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