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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Neil LaBute: 'Better for me not to be a Mormon than a bad Mormon' by Ryan Gilbey

His first work Bash got him excluded from the Mormon church. Now, as its three plays are revived in London with a modified script, Neil LaBute talks religion and R-rated moviesIt is common f…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:20AM

Monday, May 5, 2014

Breakin' Convention: a film critic's take on the street-dance festival by Ryan Gilbey

We sent architecture, film and comedy critics to review the hip-hop festival at Sadler's Wells. Ryan Gilbey found traces of Jacques Tati among the powerhouse performances Read architecture c…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:45AM

Monday, March 24, 2014

James Rebhorn obituary by Ryan Gilbey

Actor who played FBI agents, cops and traditional fathersAnyone looking for an actor to play an unyielding martinet could hardly have done better over the last few decades than to cast Jame…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:51PM

Martha Plimpton on Other Desert Cities: 'Oh jeez, now I'm nervous' by Ryan Gilbey

The tomboyish daughter of movie stars, Martha Plimpton never got the pretty-girl parts. But by 15, she was in The Goonies and dating River Phoenix. The actor talks to Ryan Gilbey about her l…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PM

Monday, February 3, 2014

Philip Seymour Hoffman by Ryan Gilbey

Actor and director who could imbue the many wretches, prigs and braggarts he played with a wrenching humanityPhilip Seymour Hoffman, who has died aged 46 of a suspected drugs overdose, had t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:47AM

Friday, January 31, 2014

Coriolanus at National Theatre Live: cut the chat and get on with the show by Ryan Gilbey

The Donmar's production starring Tom Hiddleston was a thriller in the cinema but it didn't need all the DVD extras with itStage productions broadcast live in cinemas have been a fixture in t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:32AM

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Kathy Burke interview: 'Work non-stop? That's not me' by Ryan Gilbey

It's been 10 years since Kathy Burke stuck two fingers up at stardom. Here she talks about loving theatre, hating writing – and why Richard Dawkins gives her the hump'Don't write about how…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:33PM

Monday, November 4, 2013

Jez Butterworth recovers his Mojo by Ryan Gilbey

Before Jerusalem, a 24-year-old Jez Butterworth electrified British theatre with a swaggering story of pill-popping Soho gangsters. Nearly two decades on, he tells Ryan Gilbey why it's&…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Daniel Radcliffe: nude no more by Ryan Gilbey

What's the best way to shake off a wholesome image? Take your clothes off – as Daniel Radcliffe well knows. So why is the one-time boy wizard now saying no to nudity?As London Fashion Week…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:44PM

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Alan Cumming interview: 'I think I look ridiculous as a drag queen' by Ryan Gilbey

In his new film, Alan Cumming plays a colourful cross-dresser looking to adopt a neglected child. The star talks about his own plans for parenthood – and his dreadful dancingEarly in our c…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PM

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Eileen Brennan by Ryan Gilbey

Actor who made her name in comedy films as an acid-tongued, gravel-voiced tyrantEileen Brennan, who has died aged 80, had been a stage actor since the late 1950s, but it was as a largely com…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:25AM

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Phil Davis: the unsung hero of British character acting by Ryan Gilbey

Triple Oscar-winner Daniel Day-Lewis has cited the vanity-free actor Phil Davis as a key inspiration, alongside Brando and Streep. Is it time the star of Quadrophenia and Whitechapel was rec…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00PM

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Hugh Jackman: 'What are ya – a poof?' by Ryan Gilbey

The way Hugh Jackman tells it, he had to be stopped from giving Wolverine jazz hands. He tells Ryan Gilbey about his boyhood fight with his brother to be allowed to danceThe day before I am …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:31PM

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