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After Oscar by Merlin Holland review – Wilde’s grandson on the legacy of a scandal

The playwright’s only living descendant traces the shadow cast by his trial – and his rehabilitation as a gay icon

The Guardian - UK

Carey Harrison obituary

Other lives: Son of the actor Rex Harrison who became a successful playwright and author

The Guardian - UK

‘Very generous and utterly terrifying’: novelist Edward Carey on Pinter, puppets and his spell living in a theatre

The author, whose latest gothic novel is inspired by his lifelong love of theatre, on his journey from stage to page – and why his house in Austin is home to a 4ft doll of Madame Tussaud

The Guardian - UK

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Sigourney Weaver’s West End debut as Prospero evokes a storm of past Tempests

The Hollywood star is to appear at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in Shakespeare’s late play about sorcery. But what is the secret to playing the great magician?

The Guardian - UK

Dame Maggie Smith: Oscar-winning Harry Potter and Downton Abbey star dies, aged 89

Giant of stage and screen was one of Britain’s most successul stars

The Independent UK

‘An irresistible mix of art and genitals’: Is the X-rated 1970s movie Caligula a lost masterpiece?

The Roman epic was one of the all-time fiascos, despite a stellar cast that included Malcolm McDowell and Helen Mirren. James Mottram talks to the ‘Clockwork Orange’ star and the producer who has tried to restore its reputation

The Independent UK

Caligula: The Ultimate Cut review – 1970s Roman empire sex shocker returns to the source

Without the extra sex that made writer Gore Vidal want his credit removed, Tinto Brass’s epic of imperial eroticism showcases a powerhouse Malcolm McDowell

The Guardian - UK

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Sigourney Weaver, Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell to star in stellar new Shakespeare season in the West End

The Jamie Lloyd Company announces thrilling season of Shakespeare at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane with a roster of stars

Evening Standard

‘We’re going to find the next Shakespeare’: inside DC’s $80m library renovation

The reopened Folger Shakespeare Library aims to bring a wider audience to the world’s biggest collection of the Bard’s printed works

The Guardian - US

What links Ana Matronic and the Guardian? The Saturday quiz

From Grindslow Knoll to John Gielgud, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

The Guardian - UK

Andrew Scott And Sophie Okonedo Win Top Honors At Awards

Discover the winners of the 33rd U.K. Critics' Circle Theatre Awards celebrating excellence in the U.K. theater scene.

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John Powell obituary

Other lives: BBC Radio producer who was responsible for making dramas and arts programmes from the 1960s through to the 90s

The Guardian - UK

Going going gone! From Frozen to Backstairs Billy, the shows now closing in the West End

Frozen shocked theatreland this month by announcing its September 2024 closure. These are the other shows not to miss before it's too late

Evening Standard

Who are all the EGOT winners? Elton John becomes 19th member of exclusive club after Emmys win

It has been said that winning the EGOT is the "grand slam" in American entertainment

Evening Standard

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Elton John Gets EGOT With Emmys Win

Legendary entertainer Elton John on Monday joined a select club of winners of the awards grand slam -- the so-called EGOT -- when he added an Emmy to his suite of career prizes.

The Guardian - UK

Keith Baxter obituary

Actor and director who played Prince Hal to Orson Welles’s Falstaff in Chimes at Midnight, and triumphed in Sleuth in the West End and on Broadway

Evening Standard

OPINION - The 67th Evening Standard Theatre Awards: celebrating the astonishing talent on London's stages

From classic West End musicals to exciting new work by emerging voices, London's theatre scene is stronger than ever

The Independent UK

Pride Month: Top photographs from The Independent archive

Take a look at Independent archive prints this Pride Month

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The Guardian - UK

Paintings from Mark Gatiss and John Lithgow among exhibition of actors’ art

Stars’ paintings go in show in London next month, with proceeds going to struggling actors

The Week

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 Guardian - UK

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 Independent UK

Our weekend arts and culture picks, from Silo to Ed Sheeran

A guide to the new releases over the coronation weekend

Evening Standard

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

I relate to Hollywood star’s love affair with theatre, says Tuppence Middleton

Tuppence Middleton is joined in The Motive and the Cue by Johnny Flynn as her husband Richard Burton and Mark Gatiss as Sir John Gielgud

The Independent UK

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

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