Dorfman; Globe, LondonA 50s-obsessed couple find the veneer on their marriage cracking in Laura Wade’s delicious new drama. Plus, André Holland and Mark Rylance as Othello and IagoCan you…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AMSoho Theatre Upstairs, LondonA vivid depiction of life on an east London council estate evokes the films of Guy Ritchie and Quentin Tarantino“You will rattle the house in which you play,�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMShe's not a feminist, but says women are born creative. Juliette Binoche talks to Laura Barnett about her spat with Gérard Depardieu, bad reviews – and why acting is like peeling onionsOn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AMCasting directors are among the most powerful figures in showbusiness, able to make or break careers. But what exactly do they do? Laura Barnett talks auditions, callbacks – and tearsUp in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54PMThe performer and theatre-maker stars in George Brant's Grounded, which portrays war as soul-crushing shift workFor the past few months, Lucy Ellinson has been living inside the mind of an A…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04AMThe actor, about to star in A View from the Bridge at the Young Vic, on taking liberties with Arthur Miller – and the lure of playing the bad guy• Monroe and Miller's sensational year �…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36PMHow do you get over stage fright? Learn your lines? Make the most of auditions? Handle rejection? Stars of stage and screen tell their secrets to Laura Barnett, in this extract from her new …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:20AMThe actor and writer, and star of daring new play The One, on the secret to good dramaThe first time I saw Phoebe Waller-Bridge at London's Soho theatre, she was naked and stepping into a ba…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:40AMHe started work on his greatest verse cycle; she painted, wrote and danced. Laura Barnett reports on a new play trying to uncover the truth about the relationship between the poet and his ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:10AMHavana's hottest dance show goes from mambo to salsa to machete-spinning - in just a few seconds. Laura Barnett meets the companyIn a velvet-plush theatre in a once-affluent district of Hava…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:49PMIt may be fun. It may be titillating. But let's not call it liberating or empowering to watch women remove their clothes in publicIt was the nipple tassles that did it. There they were, spin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:09PMShakespeare’s Globe, LondonJessica Swale’s play evokes Gwynn’s irreverent, irrepressible spiritBrothel dweller, herring gutter, hawker of oranges, mistress to a king and one of the fir…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:43AMNT Temporary theatre, LondonTen young performers offer vivid insights into adolescent minds in this beautifully conceived showWhat would you say if you came face to face with your teenage se…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:02AMEquity believes theatre group that sees hundreds of performers acting for one audience member at a time should pay wagesTo the uninitiated, it sounds like the sort of special-interest nightc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:55PMWhen she was 13, Laura Barnett acquired a stepgrandmother she came to adoreOne Sunday afternoon in 1996, I climbed the stone steps leading up to the tall, ivy-clad facade of a house in Highg…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:47AM'I've been very lucky - I've worked consistently and I haven't had to kiss a lot of people on stage'
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMThe Thick of It star talks about her brilliant new solo satire and breaking TV’s sexist glass ceilingA couple of years ago, Olivia Poulet and her friend, fellow actress and writer Sarah So…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMBush, LondonBased on the life of Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight world champion, this gritty tale of sporting ambition is something special Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMCritics were wowed by the chemistry between Antony Sher and Harriet Walter in Macbeth, 15 years ago. Laura Barnett meets them as they reunite for Death of a Salesman
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 05:00AMPart comedy show, part science lecture, this is inspiring and intriguing. But there is a lack of new material, says Laura Barnett
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:37AMRuby Wax's new stage show is about anxiety, rehab and the finer points of neuroscience - but, she tells Laura Barnett, it'll still make you laugh
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 02:00AMRoyal Court, LondonDalia Taha’s compelling play transports us deep into the human reality of a conflict more familiar through TV news Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMHarriet Walter and her husband Guy Paul perform with great delicacy in this thoughtful examination of a marriage, says Laura Barnett
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:41AMThis is a bold retelling of a history-shaping episode from India's past, says Laura Barnett
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:47AMMike Bartlett's muscular play about bullying in the workplace is powerful and painful, says Laura Barnett
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:34AMEver dreamed of packing it all in and becoming an artist? Meet four people who prove it’s never too late to follow your heart – from the sociologist bagging poetry prizes in her 60s, to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMThe dramatist Sam Holcroft brings her background in developmental biology to the dissection of human relationshipsSee the Observer’s rising stars of 2015 in fullRising stars of 2015: artis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMHampstead theatre, LondonFirst staged in 2011, Nina Raine’s authoritative play skilfully captures the incredible demands placed upon a hospital Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMEvil queen Jerry Hall is the main event in this proficient production of a traditional Christmas panto, says Laura Barnett
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:42AMHackney Downs Studios, LondonThis ambitious co-production from a charity that works with young people from care backgrounds has an energy and professionalism worthy of the West End Continue …
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