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Cleansed review – Sarah Kane’s visions of brutal torture resonate more intensely than ever

Rebecca Frecknall pulls off this notoriously difficult 1998 play, in which appalling cruelty and violence is balanced against human yearning for love and beauty

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30

Audience member faints on opening night of London play during graphic scene

‘Cleansed’ by Sarah Kane has been known for provoking strong reactions among audiences

The Independent UK · Jul 30

This play gave its cast nightmares and had audiences fainting. Now it’s back

INTERVIEW: The late playwright’s violent, sexually explicit drama is often regarded as one of the most ‘hardcore’ pieces of modern British theatre. Director Rebecca Frecknall and star Leo Bill speak to Louis Chilton about the Almeida’s new revival, and why there’s so much more to ‘Cleansed’ than just the sensational…

The Independent UK · Jul 25

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‘I didn’t know romcoms were so fun!’: the return of Gemma Arterton’s utterly charming 60s drama

Being on set for Nick Hornby’s Funny Woman is so entertaining that the cast struggle to keep a straight face while filming. We spend time behind the scenes of this love letter to swinging 60s London

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2024

Duke Bluebeard’s Castle review – erotic, unsettling and beautifully staged

A last-minute cast substitution added a remarkable gender twist to Bartók’s opera about marital disintegration

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2024

Apple TV Plus' Foundation hires Game of Thrones star to play The Mule in season 3 cast shake-up

The hit Apple sci-fi series has added eight new faces to its season 3 ranks, and one of them is taking over the role of The Mule.

TechRadar · Mar 22, 2024

Who is Katherine Kelly, the star of true crime show The Long Shadow?

Kelly plays Emily Jackson, who was brutally murdered by Sutcliffe in 1976

Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2023

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The week in theatre: Women, Beware the Devil; Romeo and Julie; Shirley Valentine – review

Director Rupert Goold and co have a field day with Lulu Raczka’s elusive new Jacobean folk horror; star-crossed Cardiff teenagers snare hearts and minds; and Sheridan Smith makes Willy Russell’s midlife monologue her own

The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2023

Women, Beware the Devil review – bizarre comedy horror is like Bridgerton on acid

Lulu Raczka’s new play, directed by Rupert Goold, is beautifully designed but the plot – and the point – is puzzling. Maybe the joke’s on us?

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2023

Women, Beware the Devil’s Lydia Leonard on the new Almeida show and playing Cherie Blair in The Crown

‘It was like being on Stars in Their Eyes’

Evening Standard · Feb 22, 2023

The best London theatre shows to book in 2023 from Groundhog Day to Cheryl in 2:22

The pick of productions coming to London this year

Evening Standard · Jan 4, 2023

Flux Gourmet review – Peter Strickland’s deliciously bonkers tale of art, desire and gut pain

Conjuror of the bizarre Strickland outdoes himself with this tale of a sonic performance collective who stick microphones into food – and other places

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022

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