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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Lucinda Everett

The Guide #236: Is celebrity casting a cynical marketing stunt or does it help to democratise theatre?

Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe with their faces close together
Sadie Sink with co-star Noah Jupe in Romeo and Juliet at the Harold Pinter theatre in London. Photograph: Helen Murray

Timothée Chalamet might have smirked his way out of an Oscar. Sabrina Carpenter might have been roundly snubbed at the Grammys. But there’s one place both would be welcomed with open arms: the UK theatre scene.

It seems we can’t get enough of celebs on stage (acting chops preferable but not mandatory). This week alone, London’s West End features Stranger Things star Sadie Sink, singer Self Esteem and Strictly cutie pie Johannes Radebe. Meanwhile, Mischa Barton, best known for playing Marissa Cooper in the 00s TV series The OC, is touring the UK and Ireland in a new adaptation of James M. Cain’s crime novel Double Indemnity.

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