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A Cruel Love: from Toby Jones to Lucy Boynton, who plays who in the Ruth Ellis drama?

The show tells the tragic story of the last woman in the UK to be hanged for murder

Evening Standard · Mar 3, 2025

The week in theatre: Knocking on the Wall; To Have and to Hold; Mates in Chelsea – review

An exemplary staging of short plays by overlooked Ena Lamont Stewart; Alun Armstrong is at his hangdog best in Richard Bean’s warm retirement drama; and toffs get both barrels in a heavy-handed satire

The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2023

To Have and to Hold review – fond family comedy from the writer of One Man, Two Guvnors

Richard Bean’s new play touches on ageing and alienation, care and family love, but focuses on making us laugh

The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2023

The week in TV: Sherwood; The Lazarus Project; Grenfell: Five Years, Five Stories; God’s Favorite Idiot

A stellar cast shines in James Graham’s gripping miners’ strike mystery; Paapa Essiedu goes time-travelling to save the world

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2022

'BBC drama Sherwood turns folklore into a compelling murder mystery'

Sara Wallis takes a look at the new BBC drama Sherwood, a gritty crime drama set in Nottingham in the 1980s which sees two horrific crimes tear the community apart

Daily Mirror · Jun 18, 2022