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American Classic review – I defy you not to fall in love with Kevin Kline and Laura Linney’s tender comedy

There are hints of Ted Lasso and Schitt’s Creek in this delightful series in which an unexpected death triggers all manner of fun and games. It’s lovely comfort TV

The Guardian - UK

Your Spring binge list: 21 top movies and shows to stream in March on Netflix, HBO Max, Prime Video and more

Our guide to all the new shows and movies from all the best streaming services and TV networks in March 2026. Find out what to watch this month

Tom’s Guide

10 top new shows you can stream this week on Netflix, Hulu and more (Feb. 23-March 1)

This week’s TV lineup is packed with drama, thrills and laughs, including ''Paradise,' 'Bridgerton,' 'Marshals' and 'Scrubs.'

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House of Games at Hampstead Theatre review: an efficient, tense piece of work that never quite sings

3/5 This continues the venue’s long run of putting on middle to mediocre shows

Evening Standard

House of Games review – Richard Bean hustles David Mamet’s movie tricksters

It’s a little hard to buy the One Man, Two Guvnors playwright’s broadly comic take on the American’s thriller about con artists

The Guardian - UK

$12m triple-zero fine over Optus outage

The nationwide Optus network outage in 2023 has cost the telco $12 million in fines for breaching triple zero rules, the industry regulator has announced.

AAP

Reykjavik review – a fishing trawler’s tragic end makes for awkward japes

Two sides of the same event are explored in Richard Bean’s drama – one haunting, one comedic – but they don’t really fit together

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Reykjavik at Hampstead Theatre review: spooky, gritty and gripping tale of Hull fisherman during the Cod Wars

4/5 Richard Bean’s new play is part workplace drama part folkloric storytelling – but so much better than that sounds

Evening Standard

One Man, Two Guvnors review – this exemplary staging outdoes the original

A first-rate cast delight in controlled chaos of the highest order in Conrad Nelson’s seamless revival of Richard Bean’s hit play

The Guardian - UK

Ita Buttrose rallies ABC staff in Christmas message while Murdoch’s annual party goes missing

Conservative festive fixtures in short supply as public broadcasting boss warns staff against complacency. Plus: the West Australian v Margot Robbie

The Guardian - AU

The week in theatre: Knocking on the Wall; To Have and to Hold; Mates in Chelsea – review

An exemplary staging of short plays by overlooked Ena Lamont Stewart; Alun Armstrong is at his hangdog best in Richard Bean’s warm retirement drama; and toffs get both barrels in a heavy-handed satire

The Guardian - UK

To Have and to Hold review – fond family comedy from the writer of One Man, Two Guvnors

Richard Bean’s new play touches on ageing and alienation, care and family love, but focuses on making us laugh

The Guardian - UK

To Have and to Hold at the Hampstead Theatre review: a patchy generational culture-clash comedy

There are echoes here of writer Richard Bean's best work – such as One Man, Two Guvnors – but they are faint

Evening Standard

How to solve the Australian Signals Directorate 75th anniversary 50 cent coin

The awe-inspiring abilities of a 14-year-old code-cracker from Tasmania boggled many minds last week, but it turns out he wasn't the only one to conquer the coin challenge.

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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?

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

71 Coltman Street review – the raucous origins of Hull Truck theatre company

One-liners and vernacular idiosyncrasies at the ready, the Hull-born One Man, Two Guvnors playwright Richard Bean takes us back to 1971 and the founding of a local institution

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