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The Motive and the Cue review: a ‘heartfelt plea’ for the ‘power of theatre’

“There’s been no shortage of stage portrayals of real life VIPs in the past couple of years,” said Clive Davis in The Times. Jack Thorne’s “thoughtful, often wickedly droll” new play, about the relationship between Richard Burton and John Gielgud during rehearsals for a 1964 production of Hamlet on Broadway,…

The Week

The week in theatre: The Motive and the Cue; A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction; Jules et Jim; Supernova – review

Sam Mendes reignites Gielgud and Burton’s Broadway Hamlet; a climate crisis play is powered by bikes (and eco-shaming); Timberlake Wertenbaker has fun with Jules et Jim; and Rhiannon Neads hits escape velocity

The Guardian - UK

Johnny Flynn: ‘rehearsal spaces can turn toxic’

The star of hot new Sam Mendes play The Motive and the Cue talks fame, fraught rehearsals and theatre’s big culture shift. By Alexandra Jones

Evening Standard

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The Motive and the Cue review: Burton/Gielgud luvvie-off will give you goosebumps

Mark Gatiss is superb as Sir John Gielgud in Jack Thorne’s affecting play about Hamlet rehearsals with Richard Burton

The Independent UK

The Motive and the Cue review – Gielgud and Burton battle it out

Mark Gatiss and Johnny Flynn star in Jack Thorne’s play about the prickly pair’s 1960s Broadway production of Hamlet

The Guardian - UK

The Motive and the Cue, National Theatre review: Sam Mendes’s elegant production is a love letter to theatre

In this look at Richard Burton and Sir John Gielgud’s staging of Hamlet on Broadway, the play is not the thing

Evening Standard

Jack Thorne on his new play about Richard Burton and John Gielgud’s Hamlet: “Rehearsals can be brutal”

Sam Mendes was inspired to commission The Motive and the Cue after finding a book on the tumultous 1964 staging of Hamlet on Broadway - now it’s at the National Theatre

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Warner Bros. Announces A New Harry Potter Series Based On The Books. Of Course, Fans Have Thoughts

According to a new report, WB Discovery is actively making a new television adaptation of Harry Potter, and fans are torn.

Cinemablend

TV-to-stage plays like Stranger Things are turning theatre upside down. They could make it or break it

Adaptations of existing media get new fans in the building, but they also rob new plays of space, says Kate Wyver, xyz

The Guardian - UK

Musicals are having an exceptional moment – but classic plays are vanishing from UK stages

There are invigorating versions of Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma! and Cabaret in London – and some enticing new dramas coming up – yet theatre risks being cut off from its past

The Guardian - UK

Stranger Things due in West End as stage spinoff of Netflix hit announced

Based on an original story by the Duffer Brothers, Kate Trefry and Jack Thorne, Stranger Things: The First Shadow promises ‘a journey into the past’

The Guardian - UK

His Dark Materials series three review – Ruth Wilson is as seductive as Satan

The BBC’s singular adaptation of Philip Pullman’s trilogy concludes with astonishing CGI and fantastic performances – particularly the deliciously evil Wilson

The Guardian - UK

Johnny Flynn and Mark Gatiss to play Richard Burton and John Gielgud in new play

Written by Jack Thorne and directed by Sam Mendes, The Motive and the Cue is about the famous 1964 production of Hamlet and will open at the National Theatre

The Guardian - UK

A Christmas Carol review – David Wenham is a superb Scrooge for the ages

Comedy Theatre, MelbourneThis adaptation from London’s Old Vic is a night of pure theatrical warmth, with a performance of incredible clarity and generosity at its centre

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The Guardian - UK

‘It has added political resonance this year’: why Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol still strikes a chord

Audiences can choose from a glut of Ebenezers this festive season, with the infamous miser a more pointed character than ever in these hard times

The Guardian - UK

Let the Right One In review – bittersweet production brings out the terrors of adolescence

There are some scares, but Jack Thorne’s adaptation of the Swedish vampire novel focuses more on the compelling bond between two troubled teens

The Guardian - US

Enola Holmes 2 review – Netflix’s spirited mystery sequel for teens

Millie Bobby Brown returns as Sherlock’s plucky sister in a charming, if mostly forgettable, follow-up to the 2020 hit

The Guardian - UK

The Solid Life of Sugar Water review – Jack Thorne’s superb drama of love and loss

Brilliantly acted, designed and directed, Thorne’s tender but brutally powerful portrait of a couple gets an overdue revival

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Evening Standard

The Solid Life of Sugar Water at Orange Tree Theatre: inclusive and succinctly powerful

Writer Jack Thorne never ceases to stimulate and entertain

The Guardian - US

The Swimmers review – inspiring Olympian refugee story told in broad strokes

My Brother the Devil director Sally El Hosaini tells the story of Yusra Mardini in a Netflix film that feels closer to a Disney sports movie

The Independent UK

Channel 4 wins channel of the year at Edinburgh as privatisation threat looms

The awards were presented during a ceremony held during the Edinburgh TV Festival.

The Independent UK

Then Barbara Met Alan review: Jack Thorne’s drama brilliantly captures the energy of the famous campaign for disability rights

Ruth Madeley and Arthur Hughes star in a one-off BBC Two film about two punchy comedians who fall in love and start a family – and an uprising

The Independent UK

JK Rowling: Cursed Child co-writer Jack Thorne wrote letter to author over trans views

‘I wrote to Jo the day after it all hit,’ he said

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