Michael Rosen ‘honoured’ by prize in memory of fellow injustice fighter Pinter Past winners of the award have included Margaret Atwood, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Sir Salman Rushdie. The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2023
Author Michael Rosen wins 2023 PEN Pinter prize for ‘fearless’ body of work Writer of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt is a ‘passionate linguist, gifted humanist, national treasure and ambassador of gibberish’ The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2023
Julian Sands: 'A Room with a View' star who forged eclectic career LONDON - Julian Sands, whose body was identified Tuesday after he disappeared in January while hiking in California, was a British actor who shot to fame as the romantic hero in 1980s period drama "A Room with a View". Bangkok Post · Jun 27, 2023
Julian Sands obituary Actor whose blond hair and fine-boned looks saw him cast equally as dandy, devil or – in A Room With a View – heart-throb The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2023
Stephen Tompkinson stars as playwright Samuel Beckett in first show since trial The British actor was cleared of inflicting GBH earlier this month. The Independent UK · May 25, 2023
Dennis Potter script discovered that casts new light on The Singing Detective Unknown work The Last Television play found in writer’s archive features scenes that later appeared in BBC series The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2023
Dame Joan Bakewell discovers benefits of lunchtime nap after turning 90 amid cancer fight Veteran broadcaster and journalist Dame Joan Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell, is currently 12 chemotherapy sessions into ongoing treatment following an operation to remove colon cancer Daily Mirror · Apr 16, 2023
‘We’ve had to stop people fighting and urinating in their seats’: the ugly new side of theatre audiences On Good Friday, police were called to a performance of The Bodyguard – and there have been numerous other examples of audiences behaving badly. With crowds heckling, screaming, livestreaming and even copulating during shows, what can be done? The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2023
Olivier awards 2023: full list of winners My Neighbour Totoro, A Streetcar Named Desire and Prima Facie were among the winners at the Royal Albert Hall ceremony The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2023
Irving Wardle obituary Distinguished critic who chronicled the development of British theatre through a postwar golden age The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023
Olivier awards 2023: complete list of nominations My Neighbour Totoro leads the way with nine nominations at this year’s awards – see who else is in the running The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023
John Malkovich on best friend Julian Sands: ‘Jules was such a storyteller, and so, so funny’ The actor reflects on the pair’s new film together, Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes, as ‘a pretty fitting tribute’ and shares memories of the ‘boy who grew up wild on the moors’ The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2023
Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons play – how silence and body language can communicate as much as words When we talk to each other, there’s what we say out loud, what we wish we could say, and what we’re saying without saying anything at all. The Conversation · Feb 21, 2023
Hampstead theatre director quits after Arts Council 100% funding cut The London venue known for nurturing Mike Leigh, Harold Pinter, Hanif Kureishi and Abi Morgan ‘can no longer continue solely as a new writing theatre’, says outgoing artistic director Roxana Silbert The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2022 My father’s films changed how British cinema saw the poor. Today, they repay a second look With films such as 1960’s Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Karel Reisz was a pioneer in reshaping perceptions of ordinary Britons. I think there’s still lots to learn from them
The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2022 Aidan Turner and Jenna Coleman to star in drama about a word-rationed world The actors will bring a revival of Sam Steiner’s 2015 play Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons to London, Manchester and Brighton, directed by Josie Rourke
The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2022 James Roose-Evans obituary Founder director of the Hampstead theatre club who brought landmark productions to the London stage
The National (Scotland) · Oct 31, 2022 Mark Brown: Powerful dramas from Perthshire to Hungary May Sumbwanyambe has made a particularly excellent contribution to Scotland’s reckoning with its too often neglected role in the horrors of the…
The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2022 Stumped review – at the crease with Beckett and Pinter Shomit Dutta’s play imagines the two cricket-obsessed Nobel prize winners as waiting batsmen in an enjoyable spin on Waiting for Godot and The Dumb Waiter
The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2022 Guz Khan: ‘I didn’t have an agent, I just had my mates’ The comedian talks about his hunt for fresh talent, the new series of Man Like Mobeen and how one disastrous standup gig led to multiple arrests
The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2022 The best theatre to stream this month: Beckett batting, Henry VI and a South African dance-off Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes an intelligent political drama, a reimagined As You like It and a play about Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter’s passion for cricket
The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2022 Batting for Godot: the play about Beckett and Pinter teaming up for a game of cricket The two titans of modern drama were both cricket obsessives. What if they had faced the fast bowlers together? Playwright Shomit Dutta explains why he made it happen – with darkly comic drama Stumped
The Guardian - UK · Aug 3, 2022 ‘The first time I did cocaine, I thought: That’s expensive’ – Keith Allen on his wild years He blazed through the 90s, an explosive mix of hellraising laddishness and sheer comic talent. As the 68-year-old resurfaces in Rehab, a musical about a drug-addicted pop star, he hits the Groucho to relive his triumphs and ponder his regrets
The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2022 Joan Bakewell: ‘Life hasn’t got duller as I’ve got older. Less thrilling, perhaps’ The grande dame of broadcasting has, at 89, a new TV series and a book due out. Here she discusses painting, politics and swapping hot dishes with her lockdown neighbours
The Times of India · Jun 28, 2022 Malorie Blackman awarded PEN Pinter Prize 2022, becomes first children's and YA author to win it Author Malorie Blackman is awarded the PEN Pinter Prize 2022, which makes her the first children’s and Young Adult writer to win the award. Blackman has penned over 70 children and YA books.