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A Voyage Round My Father review – Rupert Everett brings soft focus to John Mortimer’s play

Richard Eyre’s production of the father-and-son drama has some strong performances but is too light to really probe the play’s plaintive depths

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2023

Sir Michael Gambon obituary

Versatile actor with a magnificent presence who starred in The Singing Detective and the Harry Potter films

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023

Michael Gambon, who played Dumbledore in 'Harry Potter,' dies at 82

Gambon was best known for playing Albus Dumbledore in most of the Harry Potter movies. The Irish-born actor got his start on stage and worked under Laurence Olivier.

WEKU · Sep 28, 2023

Leonard Tucker obituary

Pioneering lighting designer with Laurence Olivier and Peter Hall at the National Theatre, and later in the West End

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2023

Mom, How Did You Meet the Beatles? review – moving account of a Black female playwright in 60s London

Rakie Ayola excels as Adrienne Kennedy, whose John Lennon play was taken up by Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre while she was sidelined, in this crystal-clear production of her autobiographical tale

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2023

Fielding becomes self-flagellation for Stokes and co as England toil away

A long, bruising day trying to take wickets seemed to take its toll on the hosts, before Australia showed them how it’s done in the second Test at Lord’s

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2023

‘I was living in a fool’s paradise’: Adrienne Kennedy on meeting the Beatles and losing control of her play

The great American playwright, who made her Broadway debut last year aged 91, recounts what happened when she adapted a John Lennon book for Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2023

Jeremy Paxman: memorable lines from a master of the scathing put-down

As the University Challenge host bows out, here is a selection of his most disparaging comments to contestants

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2023

TV tonight: Nick Broomfield delves into the life of the unknown Rolling Stone

Founder and guitarist Brian Jones was the ‘heart and soul’ of the band. Plus: is everything about to go up in flames on Succession? Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2023

You Need to Watch the Best Retro Sci-fi Movie on HBO Max ASAP

Forget steampunk. It's time for dieselpunk.

Inverse · May 13, 2023