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‘I get a chill’: Bertie Carvel on exploring the human side of Donald Trump

Of all the baddies Carvel has portrayed on stage and screen, this may be his most challenging yet. He reveals what lies beneath the bombast of The Donald

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2022

‘I keep hope alive’: Tamara Tunie on playing Kamala Harris in political dystopia The 47th

The Law & Order: SVU star is returning to the stage in a White House satire set in 2024. She talks about the ‘black-lash’ after Obama’s election, brokering a new deal for Broadway diversity – and her role as Whitney Houston’s mum

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2022

When Covid shut the theatres, I became my mother’s carer. Returning feels defiant

The pandemic closed the play I was starring in, the last my mum, Diana Rigg, ever saw. Two years on, staging a scandalous new play at the same theatre is cause for celebration

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2022