The Latest Breaking News from Dominic Cooke

Charlotte Ritchie studies script in first-look rehearsal images for Cloud 9

The Call The Midwife, Ghosts and You actress is appearing in the production of Caryl Churchill’s landmark play.

Evening Standard · Sep 28

‘Epic’ Game of Thrones stage adaptation The Mad King to transfer to London

Stage prequel debuted to strong reviews at the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon this year

The Independent UK · Sep 4

‘Makes Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey seem understated’ – critics weigh up Game of Thrones: The Mad King

‘Spectacular’ or ‘stolid’? The reviews are in for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s prequel to George RR Martin’s fantasy blockbuster

The Guardian - UK · Aug 10

‘Summer is coming!’: Royal Shakespeare Company to stage epic Game of Thrones prequel

Novelist George RR Martin says RSC is ‘obvious choice’ to put on new play The Mad King, which will open after spring

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18

Noughts & Crosses review – Malorie Blackman’s thought experiment confronts the audience anew

Callum and Sephy are a modern Romeo and Juliet, forced to grow up fast as they wade through the crushing racial and class structures that pin them in their opposing places

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2025

The Almeida theatre has a coup in Dominic Cooke: this gifted director is also a proven talent spotter

Moving easily between daring new work from the likes of Jez Butterworth to lucid fresh takes on the canon and heartful musicals, Cooke is an optimal new leader

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2025

Dominic Cooke appointed as the Almeida theatre’s artistic director

Cooke, who ran the Royal Court for several years, will succeed Rupert Goold at the illustrious London venue in 2026

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2025

Imelda Staunton and her daughter Bessie Carter: ‘I saw Mum on stage marrying a stranger and started to cry’

INTERVIEW: The mother and daughter make a marvellous pair on stage in ‘Mrs Warren’s Profession’. Claire Allfree sits down with the duo to talk Academy Awards, the Harry Potter reboot, and what younger actors can learn from the late Queen’s work ethic

The Independent UK · May 25, 2025

Mrs Warren’s Profession review: 'why does it feel so mechanical?'

2/5 Imelda Staunton stars opposite her real life daughter Bessie Carter in a George Bernard Shaw production that tends to drag even with huge cuts

Evening Standard · May 22, 2025

‘You wouldn’t pick us out as mother and daughter!’: Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter on acting together for the first time

Bridgerton star Bessie – soon to play Nancy Mitford in a new TV drama – and her mum, acting royalty Imelda, talk Sondheim, sandwiches and taking the stage together in Shaw’s sex worker scandal Mrs Warren’s Profession

The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2025