Saturday, April 15, 2023
The comedian has strong opinions on prawns and eggs, has difficulties with bananas but otherwise he’s … voracious
I know now not to eat before a standup gig or TV show. Your brain’s no…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54PMSunday, March 19, 2023
After his amazing success in Happy Valley, James Norton is taking on another dark role, this time on stage. He talks about his lucky streak, fear of failure, grappling with fame and why cold…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AMSunday, February 5, 2023
The actor from Industry, W1A and Mistresses on her return to the theatre, her habit of breaking bones and seeing her husband as Prince Andrew
Sarah Parish is known for her TV roles, often pl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30AMSunday, October 3, 2021
A peerless classical actor, Harriet Walter has recently hit new highs playing frosty matriarchsOur drinks have not arrived – hell, we’ve not even seen a menu – and the great Dame Harri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMSunday, August 15, 2021
As an awkward teen, comedian Phil Wang found making people laugh a superpower. He talks about his British Malaysian upbringing, his one-sided ‘beef’ with Tom Hiddleston, and why we need …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMSaturday, March 23, 2019
The TV star on ‘putting himself out there’, voicing a horse and being in a power couple with Joan Bakewell
Stephen Mangan is a ubiquitous presence on our screens; most recently, the 50-y…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMSunday, December 10, 2017
As ‘the musical of the Obama era’ opens in London, its creator explains how the hip-hop life of an immigrant founding father can offer hope in the age of TrumpLin-Manuel Miranda, the Ame…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMTuesday, December 5, 2017
The two 'vice girls', as the tabloids called them, were misled by the promises of older men, say the actresses playing them in Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical, Stephen Ward"They were… fr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42PMSaturday, January 21, 2017
Following her Golden Globe-winning turn in US drama The Affair, and her portrayal of a tough farmer’s wife in the forthcoming film Suite Française, Ruth Wilson’s forte for playing …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AMMonday, November 28, 2016
When the Essex-born comic first came across the firebrand US standup as a teen, he saw a way to articulate his own frustrations. Now fronting a new documentary series on racial hatred, he sa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMSunday, July 17, 2016
Ricky Gervais and Jimmy Carr are fans, but Francesca Martinez, who has cerebal palsy, still can't get a gig on TVAt the end of an hour's interview in a bar in north-west London, comedian Fra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08PMSunday, April 24, 2016
He reimagined live rock performance and taught David Bowie and Kate Bush the art of movement. Ahead of his first event in Britain for 15 years, Lindsay Kemp talks about his incredible life�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:28AMSunday, April 3, 2016
Rob Brydon is earning great reviews in the West End alongside Kenneth Branagh – and Hollywood has finally come calling. Tim Lewis meets him for a private performance of knockabout comedy�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:47PMThursday, December 17, 2015
Ricky Gervais and Jimmy Carr are fans, but Francesca Martinez, who has cerebal palsy, still can't get a gig on TVAt the end of an hour's interview in a bar in north-west London, comedian Fra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15PMSunday, August 2, 2015
She’s been showered with awards, has millions of views on YouTube and ‘blew away’ Trainwreck director Judd Apatow. Is Amy Schumer the funniest woman on the planet?There are two bottles…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:26AMSunday, March 8, 2015
Following her Golden Globe-winning turn in US drama The Affair, and her portrayal of a tough farmer’s wife in the forthcoming film Suite Française, Ruth Wilson’s forte for playing …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30AMSunday, January 18, 2015
The stand-up and TV favourite has a fund of anecdotes, is passionate about food and would make the ideal dinner-party guest. But it’s perhaps best not to let him drive there“Hellooooo!�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:30AMSunday, December 1, 2013
The two 'vice girls', as the tabloids called them, were misled by the promises of older men, say the actresses playing them in Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical, Stephen Ward"They were… fr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:05AMSaturday, August 24, 2013
Keeley Hawes will be hard to miss this autumn. As well as appearing onstage in Barking in Essex, the Spooks star will be all over our screens – often in unfamiliar rolesThey say you can le…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, August 17, 2013
The actor on Blackadder, the Women's prize for fiction – and why she'll be reading Samuel Beckett in a boat on Lough ErneYou're about to appear at the Samuel Beckett festival in Enniskille…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSunday, June 2, 2013
As he returns to the stage, the actor sets out his approach to work, tattoos, and the terror of playing Allen GinsbergYour latest role is in Martin McDonagh's play The Cripple of Inishmaan. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PMSaturday, May 18, 2013
One maths boffin + one funny man = a stand-up comedian who jokes about dominoes, algorithms and Rubik's Cubes"I'm obsessed with spreadsheets at the moment," says Matt Parker, a maths fellow …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMOne maths boffin + one funny man = a stand-up comedian who jokes about dominoes, algorithms and Rubik's Cubes Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, May 11, 2013
The English actress on going clubbing with her mum, her new role in a 'neo-feminist vampire movie' and why she has no regrets about playing Bond girl Strawberry FieldsThe first time we see G…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSunday, May 5, 2013
The Harry Potter star talks frankly about the demands of her profession as she returns to the West End in Peter Nichols's 'brutal' Passion Play"It's called 'bob and weave'," says Zoë Wanama…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMSaturday, January 19, 2013
The playwright on the revival of The Judas Kiss, the loneliness of writing and this year's Oscar nominationsWhat are you working on?I'm trying to write but where I work I've got somebody kno…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMSaturday, October 20, 2012
The film and TV star on her new stage role in Uncle Vanya, the trouble with wrinkles and being part of our national heritage because of that Brookside kissYour new play, Anton Chekhov's Uncl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01PMSaturday, January 21, 2012
The actor has triumphed in the cinema with My Week with Marilyn, commanded the stage as Richard II and is about to explode on to our TV screens in BirdsongHe certainly does not look it, but …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMSaturday, October 29, 2011
David Shrigley on his tattoo-crazy fans and his latest work – an operatic faux MasterChef"It's weird, really weird actually," says David Shrigley, sitting in his studio at home in Glasgow.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMSaturday, August 20, 2011
Anna Chancellor has rarely been cast in lead roles. That hasn't stopped her starring in the current BBC drama The Hour and a double bill of Rattigan and David Hare at Chichester. But life di…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, August 6, 2011
Ricky Gervais and Jimmy Carr are fans, but Francesca Martinez, who has cerebal palsy, still can't get a gig on TVAt the end of an hour's interview in a bar in north-west London, comedian Fra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM 
