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We would like to hear your memories of Glenda Jackson " whether you met her, or appreciated her work as an actor and politician
Glenda Jackson, the actor and former Labour MP, has died at th…
The duo's First Final UK Tour is more amusing than astonishing but demonstrates what drew them to the confounding craft in the first place
Penn & Teller's professional relationship is al…
Actor who was a fearless, ferocious presence in theatre, cinema and television, then turned to politics as a Labour MPMany leading British actors have mixed art and politics, but no great ac…
'Epic and deeply personal' Nye by Tim Price will star Michael Sheen and be directed by Rufus Norris
A play charting the life of Nye Bevan and his battle to create the NHS is among 12 new pr…
Keir Starmer recalls her role as Cleopatra in Morecambe and Wise sketch, which actor considered career highlight
Glenda Jackson, fearless actor and politician, dies aged 87
Tributes have bee…
The director, who has announced he is stepping down, should be credited for opening up the organisation and steering it through the Covid crisis. Now, who's next for the NT job?
Every direct…
Director says past eight years 'most challenging time in history' for sector, but audience figures finally back at pre-pandemic levels
Rufus Norris is to step down as director of the Nationa…
Almeida theatre, LondonThis innovative, fast-paced production of Shakespeare's tragedy, starring Toheeb Jimoh and Isis Hainsworth, has a beguiling intensity
Rebecca Frecknall is fast becomin…
The actor, politician and activist went from the Royal Shakespeare Company to parliament. Here's a look at her life through the decades Continue reading...
Theatre Royal, WindsorIan McKellen and Roger Allam star in a rambling but unabashed depiction of desire after middle-age
Walking their dogs on Hampstead Heath, the widowed Frank (Roger Allam…
Soho theatre, LondonThe Indian standup's Unalive show is stronger for its satire on her native country's super-rich than its mild, middling musings on coronavirus
A show of two halves, this…
Nineteen years since his first fringe solo show, the comedian returns to riff on punching melons " but this time with a hard-won happiness
My career was transformed when I repeatedly punched…
Her singular passion lit up performances from Women in Love to King Lear and drove her 23-year middle career as an MP
Michael Billington: Glenda Jackson was piercingly intelligent and unafra…
The actor and former MP, who has died aged 87, displayed courage and a sharp mind, on stage and in politics
Glenda Jackson, who has died aged 87, had a career unmatched by any of her contemp…
The Irish comedian on good gigs, bad gigs, her standup heroes and what makes a good soup
How did you get your start in standup?I did work experience at a radio station when I was in college.…
What's it like to break into television in your 50s? The award-winning standup talks about her new series The Change, her late-blooming career and her issues with Tupperware
There is a photo…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThis classic song-and-dancer directed by Jonathan Church has a tight ensemble cast and sunny vibes throughout
There's a seam of bright positivity running through 42nd S…
The actor talks about 'not running for office in Hollywood' and the importance of expressing herself with her forehead
It's a warm, bright-skied morning in Brooklyn, the last full day of the…
We follow our loser hero from tooth fairy credits to funeral debts in a comedy of financial errors exploring money as a transactional link through all relationships
The award-winning French …
Donmar Warehouse, LondonJack Thorne's dramatisation of the power play between the UK government and the broadcaster in 1920s Britain is pacy and evocative
If Reithian principles represent th…
Latifa Khamessi's parents prohibited her from dancing. Now, after years apart, she and her son Mohamed Toukabri share the stage for a duet
As a teenager in 1970s Tunis, Latifa Khamessi used …
Writers here in the UK are joining a global march to protest at worsening pay and conditions, and new threats to our livelihoods
I'm a working screenwriter with more than two decades of expe…
Playwright Kimber Lee was so shocked when she first saw the musical, she wrote a vitriolic sendup, called untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play. As it finally hits the stage, she warns: 'This is no…
Sophie Duker and Jacob Hawley discuss how to draw revellers away from pop stars while Glastonbury's Charlotte Lang explains what it takes to win over the cabaret tent
You're in a massive ten…
The West End actor says the Shakespearean role has 'the disastrous consequences of ambition' in common with Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical
"They think me Macbeth," sings Reuben Joseph in the W…
