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Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Fleabag’s Vicky Jones: ‘After #MeToo, I feel people are more ready to talk about my debut play The One’ by Holly Williams

The One is returning to Soho Theatre. Author Vicky Jones – who, with Phoebe Waller-Bridge, make up the team behind Fleabag –

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Friday, June 29, 2018

Playwright Charlotte Jones: ‘The middle-aged female voice is not heard enough in theatre’ by Holly Williams

After a string of early hits, Charlotte Jones abandoned stage writing for TV, radio and film. Now returning to theatre with The

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Sunday, June 17, 2018

Andrew Scott: ‘I hate Shakespeare being put in a glass box, like a dead thing’ by Holly Williams

The Sherlock star on Shakespeare, modern-day morality and playing a Christmas baubleAndrew Scott, 41, was born and raised in Dublin. Recently seen in the BBC adaptation of King Lear, he is b…

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Friday, June 8, 2018

Domestic violence survivors celebrate resilience in dance show Smack That by Holly Williams

In Rhiannon Faith’s new production, the audience play pass-the-parcel and listen to pop as performers dance on stage. But the light tone is used to tell raw stories of abuse and courage“…

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Monday, April 9, 2018

Actor Irfan Shamji: ‘It’s affirming to know people like Kenneth Branagh think you’re good’ by Holly Williams

The up-and-coming actor has experienced a gilded start to his career, starring in a production of Hamlet at RADA with Tom Hiddleston,

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Saturday, March 17, 2018

Sing when you might be winning: 2018 Olivier award nominees, from Hamilton to Network by Holly Williams

The nominations for the Olivier awards are out, and – to the surprise of no one – Hamilton is the big hitter, with a record-making 13 nominations. Its cast were out in force at a lunch f…

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Friday, March 16, 2018

Billie Piper Hasn’t Looked Back Since She Left the Tardis by Holly Williams

The English actor has played a television time-traveler, a call girl and a woman desperate to conceive a child. Next stop? New York and new projects.

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Will ‘Grief Is the Thing With Feathers’ Take Flight on Stage? by Holly Williams

A new production starring Cillian Murphy will transform Max Porter’s experimental novel into a play. Just don’t expect any CGI birds.

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Monday, March 12, 2018

How the National Theatre’s new in-house stage engineers spun into action by Holly Williams

Michael Lane has engineered shows at the National Theatre for 20 years, but his team has a new challenge – designing bespoke

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Thursday, March 1, 2018

Review: Hilda and Virginia at Jermyn Street Theatre by Holly Williams

Woolf remains uncracked: Holly Williams on a pair of monologues exploring two very different historical women's lives. The post Review: Hilda and Virginia at Jermyn Street Theatre appeared f…

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Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Eclipse Theatre: the company making strides in telling black Britain’s lost stories by Holly Williams

Eclipse Theatre is bringing black British history to life in an unlikely setting in its production set around a walking club. Director

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Friday, December 15, 2017

Holly Williams: By cancelling Andrea Dunbar’s play, the Royal Court has silenced an urgent female voice by Holly Williams

The Royal Court deserves a long and loud round of applause for the way it has responded to revelations about sexual harassment

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Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Twilight Zone composer Sarah Angliss: ‘I’m trying to make sound that gets under your skin’ by Holly Williams

Composer and professional theremin player Sarah Angliss talks to Holly Williams about creating the music for Richard Jones’ adaptation of the classic

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Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Barnum director Gordon Greenberg: ‘I’m stuffing the greatest show on earth into the smallest theatre’ by Holly Williams

The Broadway actor turned director is bringing Barnum to London – but not to a large West End venue. He tells Holly

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Friday, October 27, 2017

A New London Theater Aims to Stage a Revolution by Holly Williams

The Bridge, overseen by Nicholas Hytner, wants to narrow the divide between the commercial and subsidized sectors. Its opening play: “Young Marx.”

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Tuesday, October 17, 2017

How puppet masters brought Dr Seuss’ ‘squiggles’ to life by Holly Williams

Creating the star of The Lorax requires more than some fur, cord and rods. Holly Williams discovers how an ‘animal superhero’ comes

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Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Review: Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle at Wyndham’s Theatre by Holly Williams

"So this is what happens when the manic pixie dream girl grows up": Holly Williams on the cliché-ridden romance of Simon Stephens' new play. The post Review: Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Pri…

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She Was About to Quit Acting. Then She Got the Role of a Lifetime. by Holly Williams

Denise Gough brings her award-winning turn as an addict to St. Ann’s Warehouse, and will follow that up with “Angels in America” on Broadway.

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Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Holly Williams: Critics giving into their emotions would be ace by Holly Williams

Cheerful news for slothful theatregoers: watching from the stalls can stimulate your cardiovascular system as much as half-an-hour of exercise. Researchers from

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Monday, September 25, 2017

Ball Gowns, Lace Ruffs and Fairy Wings: Theater History for Sale by Holly Williams

The Royal Shakespeare Company sold a third of its costumes to finance the renovation of its workshop and specialist apprenticeships.

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Thursday, September 14, 2017

Chipo Chung: ‘I had to go round the houses to get into theatre’ by Holly Williams

Continuing a career that has taken her from Harare to Stratford-upon-Avon, Chipo Chung is about to play the lead role in Dido,

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Monday, September 4, 2017

How pop-up venues are rewriting theatre’s rules by Holly Williams

When is a theatre not a theatre? When it’s a New Orleans jazz bar or pulls in punters on the beach. Holly Williams

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Thursday, August 17, 2017

Underbelly’s Charlie Wood and Ed Bartlam: ‘The fringe needs large venues. We take the risk on big shows’ by Holly Williams

The pair behind Underbelly have become experts at pop-up venues, expanding to run Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations and festivals on London’s South Bank.

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Monday, July 31, 2017

Designer Justin Nardella: ‘Never grow up. Imagination is the most powerful thing we have’ by Holly Williams

Designer Justin Nardella drew on everything from steampunk to east London street fashion to create the look of The Hunting of the

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Friday, June 30, 2017

Blanche McIntyre: ‘Staging violence against women responsibly keeps me up at night’ by Holly Williams

As her latest production for the Royal Shakespeare Company prepares to open, the director tells Holly Williams about the struggles of portraying

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Thursday, May 25, 2017

Why do 8,000 people flock to see Kynren every night? by Holly Williams

Hoping to build on the success of its first season, the spectacular, stadium-sized live-action show in County Durham returns with an epic

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Tuesday, May 2, 2017

'My body shall be all yours': the startling sex letters of Joyce, Kahlo and O'Keeffe by Holly Williams

An eye-wateringly explicit new stage show celebrates erotic correspondence sent by famous figures through the ages“I did as you told me, you dirty little girl, and pulled myself off twice …

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Monday, April 24, 2017

Review: Nuclear War at the Royal Court by Holly Williams

It’s just one interpretation: Holly Williams on Imogen Knight's "sensuously rich" production of Simon Stephens' new play. The post Review: Nuclear War at the Royal Court appeared first on …

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Sunday, April 23, 2017

Sophie Okonedo: ‘My body is my barometer – my instincts are physical’ by Holly Williams

The celebrated actor on her new play with Damian Lewis, why performing is an adventure, and leaving London for the countrySophie Okonedo was born in 1968 in London and studied at Rada. She h…

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Sunday, January 1, 2017

Rising stars of 2017: actor Morfydd Clark by Holly Williams

She has already played opposite Glenda Jackson, Dominic West, Rhys Ifans and… a lamb. Now the former Cardiff schoolgirl with ‘zero confidence’ is desperate for some light relief• Cli…

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Friday, October 14, 2016

Fifty years of the revelatory Roundhouse by Holly Williams

Arnold Wesker, in May of 1966, told The Stage: “Spirit is important.” The playwright was discussing plans for the Roundhouse, a new

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