He made his name as the funniest person on Twitter. But can the Catastrophe writer and star make light of dark times?Catastrophe: noun; an event causing great and usually sudden damage or su…
As an Oscar-winning actor, she could emasculate her leading men. As a Labour MP, she skewered her leader, Tony Blair. After her acclaimed King Lear, is she back to command the theatre world …
She found fame in The X-Files but is most proud of her roles in The Fall and A Streetcar Named Desire. She talks about turning from an obnoxious teenage punk into a control freak " and why m…
She advised Ed Miliband and wrote gags for Harriet Harman. Now Ayesha Hazarika is turning her heady Whitehall days into standupAyesha Hazarika is hungover, but it's nothing to do with drink.…
The legendary actor, 79, on ageing, religion, human rights and the notorious Oscars speech that stalled her Hollywood career'Cheers,' says Vanessa Redgrave. She clinks her glass of elderflow…
The Wire made him a star, but Clarke Peters has been singing, dancing and writing for decades. Kicking off our Edinburgh festival coverage, he tells Simon Hattenstone why he's going back to …
Catherine Tate loves to take people on - whether on the stand-up circuit or as the 'bovvered' Lauren in her hugely successful comedy show. So why is she now playing second fiddle to Dr Who? …
Lenny Henry says he knows just how Othello must have felt. At school, there were only three black kids in the whole place. "There'd be a fight everyday over words. Coon, wog, nigger, OK…
She was brilliant, she was versatile, she was Oscar-nominated for Secrets and Lies. So why couldn't Marianne Jean-Baptiste make it in British movies? It's something she really, really doesn'…
His Hollywood dream turned to dust, he's not won a Bafta, and Russell Crowe nabbed his role. So is John Simm bitter? Well, maybe a bit...
She found fame in The X-Files but is most proud of her roles in The Fall and A Streetcar Named Desire. She talks about turning from an obnoxious teenage punk into a control freak " and why m…
She was a working-class kid who got her break in the revolutionary 1970s theatre scene. The grande dame of British acting sounds off about privilege, politics and her drinking daysJulie Walt…
On the 30th anniversary of the miners' strike, Billy Elliot writer Lee Hall talks about Thatcher's death, being fired from War Horse " and finding the lead for his Elton John musicalI'm watc…
She likes dark, difficult characters. She doesn't like questions about her faith, her pop star husband, pet pigs, politics…'Â The Coen brothers talk about the film'Â Free audio downloa…
Is there a Whitehall power struggle? And how did Jack's father take it when his son adopted a mockney accent?Jack Whitehall greets me with a warm smile, while his father offers a terse snort…
'It sounds like it was a risible, weird topic to you': Nina and Tom Conti get to grips with her choice of careerTom Conti says he and Nina's mother Kara had a favourite expression in th…
He was the boy who brought Harry Potter to life " and feared he'd killed his own career in the process. Daniel Radcliffe talks about hairy legs, growing up in the spotlight, and why he never…
As a young man Frank Langella worked with Laurence Olivier, partied with Noël Coward and seduced Rita Hayworth. Then his career fell apart. He tells Simon Hattenstone about losing ev…
The star of The Godfather and Scarface is a lovable, scary bad guy but the audience didn't get a chance to see the real Al Continue reading...
The star of The Godfather and Scarface is a lovable, scary bad guy " but the audience didn't get a chance to see the real AlAl Pacino was safely ensconced on the stage of the London Palladiu…
As Coronation Street: the musical prepares to open, Simon Hattenstone goes behind the scenes and asks the cast " from Julie Goodyear to Bill Roache " how they plan to bring its bolshy magic …
Put downs. Piss takes. Come backs. Simon Amstell can hand it out, but can he take it? Simon Hattenstone talks to the presenter-turned-standup about celebrity, upsetting his family and wheth…
She made her name playing reckless, feckless, funny women. As Sharon Horgan takes to the stage, she tells Simon Hattenstone why ageing is awful and selfishness is greatSharon Horgan walks in…
Laura Hall is the only person to have been given an alcohol asbo. Now it's time to quit, she tells Simon HattenstoneLaura Hall looks nervously into the tape recorder. "I feel like I'm at the…
In 1997, Simon Hattenstone went to the pub with Pete Postlethwaite while the actor, who died earlier this week, was starring in Macbeth. Read the interview againAct One: lunchtime, a pub in …