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Humanities and social science degrees: how an Olympic hopeful karate kid secured a top career

For Alton Brown, it was important to choose a degree that offered him the flexibility to pursue his passions alongside his studies – thankfully he found the perfect balance at London South Bank University

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2022

Writer Vinay Patel on sending Chekhov into space: “I feel I’ve earned taking a swing”

Vinay Patel was seven years old when he first attempted to put an epic science-fiction story on stage. Sadly for the acclaimed playwright and screenwriter, he spent so much time putting up the elaborate tinfoil set during the school assembly that his allotted time ran out and he was unceremoniously…

Evening Standard · Aug 30, 2022

‘Eclectic range’ of first-timers come together in Doncaster Brecht update

National and Cast theatres assemble diverse Doncastrians who just ‘would not have met any other way’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2022

Francesca Martinez: ‘It’s hard living in a world that can’t handle difference’

The self-described ‘wobbly’ comedian is returning to her first love, acting, with a hard-hitting play about the collision of disability and austerity

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2022

Bernard Cribbins obituary

Character actor especially loved by young audiences for film and TV including Jackanory, The Wombles and The Railway Children

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2022

The week in theatre: Much Ado About Nothing; Jack Absolute Flies Again; Crazy for You

Shakespeare’s comedy is the gift that keeps on giving; Mrs Malaprop’s a loose cannon in Richard Bean’s Battle of Britain take on Sheridan; and who can resist Gershwin?

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2022

Phoebe Fox on The Great season two, toxic drama schools, and why she’s ready to break into song

The actress is back as the caustic Marial alongside Elle Fanning’s Catherine in the series’ second season, and her star is on the rise

Evening Standard · Jul 22, 2022

Much Ado About Nothing review – screwball Shakespeare goes with a swing

Simon Godwin masterfully directs a slick production starring Katherine Parkinson and John Heffernan

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2022

Katherine Parkinson: ‘I used to think it was not a big deal being sexually fulfilled... But it’s massively important to your entire being’

The ‘IT Crowd’ and ‘Here We Go’ star is playing Beatrice in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’. She talks to Jessie Thompson about using wit as a defence, problematic Shakespeare plays and why female desire is a feminist issue

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2022

Jack Absolute Flies Again at the National Theatre review: Uproarious mix of filth, derring-do and romance

Updating Sheridan’s The Rivals to the Second World War brings the same ungoverned humour as Bean’s One Man, Two Guvnors

Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2022