Samira Wiley shot to fame in Orange is the New Black, then confirmed her status in The Handmaid’s Tale. Now she’s at the National Theatre. She talks about the timeliness of her roles –…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33AMThe actor has channelled Bob Dylan and received an honour at just 29. Now she’s finally ready for primetime Sheila Atim would not call it a shrine, exactly, but in her London flat, there i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AMPersonal stories – of exile, homelessness, illness and existential terror – jostle for hearts and minds with farts and live bread-baking It will come as no great shock that much of the E…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AMFrom the big stage to a dripping cave and someone’s front room, performers run the gamut from light to darkIt was a sticky, stormy and rain-soaked first week at the Edinburgh fringe, but n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24AMHer role as Arya Stark won her millions of fans but left her bullied at school. Now the 21-year-old is making her stage debut, starring in a Marvel horror – and finally getting her fingern…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMMasculinity rather than #MeToo is a preoccupation this year, for male and female performers alike, along with race, nostalgia – and Harold WilsonWith more than 3,500 different fringe shows…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AMAfter playing corrupt cops and tortured barristers in TV shows like Line of Duty and Unforgotten, Bonnar is returning to the theatre – in a dystopian drama about replacing a dead childMark…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00AMShe was a demon hunter, stole scenes as Michaela Coel’s sister and is in a farce about Labour’s identity crisis. But Susan Wokoma is turning to her own family to write her next roles‘Y…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PMWomen dressing up as men dressing up as women are embracing camp glamour to playfully subvert gender and femininity. Miss Malice, Holestar and Victoria Sin explain why they are revamping que…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PMCush Jumbo is back home in Britain to star in Common, a wild drama about sex and murder in 1800s London. She talks about filming a Josephine Baker biopic – and her new friend ‘Mezza’ S…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:33AMThe actor currently slinging punches in Twelfth Night talks about falling asleep before auditions, 10 years of horrendous teeth – and her love of ‘proper fighting’In Simon Godwin’s r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AMFestive sentiment in short supply as beach scenes, polio vaccines or reflections on mortality dominate old-faithful blockbustersThere was a distinctly old-fashioned and gloomy feel to this y…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01PMThe winner of this year's Edinburgh Comedy award is one of our sharpest and most political standups – but reckons she still has a lot to learn. She talks about success, her unorthodox camp…
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