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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Diana Quick: a woman of substance by Kira Cochrane

At the peak of her Brideshead fame, she broke her jaw and lost half her teeth. It might have finished some actors, but not Diana Quick. She talks to Kira Cochrane about agitprop, acting coup…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Alex Kingston: 'Lady Macbeth freaked me out' by Kira Cochrane

When Alex Kingston landed the infamous role, strange things began happening. She talks to Kira Cochrane about sleepwalking, the chances of a gay Doctor Who – and why America thought she wa…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PM
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Laura Wade: return of the thugs by Kira Cochrane

Her play Posh was inspired by the violent antics of the Bullingdon Club. Laura Wade tells Kira Cochrane why she has updated it for a post-riot, Tory-led, bankrupt BritainOne evening during t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PM
Wednesday, March 7, 2012

You don't have to be posh to be an actor (but it certainly helps) by Kira Cochrane

They're all over the screen with their floppy fringes and cut-glass accents. Are posh actors edging out working-class talent?He appears in Downton Abbey, one of a wave of TV dramas centred o…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:14AM

You don't have to be posh to be an actor (but it certainly helps) by Kira Cochrane

They're all over the screen with their floppy fringes and cut-glass accents. Are posh actors edging out working-class talent? Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:14AM
Sunday, October 2, 2011

James Corden: 'I'm not sure people even think of me as an actor at all' by Kira Cochrane

The comic actor is starring in One Man Two Guvnors in the West End, but he fears people still associate him with the mis-steps he took after his hit with Gavin and Stacey. Will his new memoi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PM
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Why I wrote a play about Tony Blair and the Iraq war by Kira Cochrane

Sarah Helm, like many, was opposed to the Iraq war. But, uniquely, her husband, Jonathan Powell, was Blair's right-hand man at the time. Now she has written a 'fictionalised memoir' about he…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00PM
Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Do sex strikes ever work? by Kira Cochrane

A senator in Belgium has proposed a sex strike as a way of ending the country's lengthy negotiations around forming a new government. But will it work?You can't blame the Belgians for consid…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PM
Monday, July 12, 2010

Jeff Goldblum: the Buddha of Hollywood by Kira Cochrane

He plays jazz piano, thinks acting is a 'magical, mystical journey' – and couldn't care less about the money. Kira Cochrane talks to Jeff Goldblum as he hits the West End Continue reading.…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30PM
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