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The Gate theatre’s creative daring gave a tiny stage international scope

For five decades, this enterprising venue – which is now shutting up shop – broadened the horizons of British theatre

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9

‘This is not sustainable’: London’s Gate theatre to close after nearly 50 years

Formerly based above a Notting Hill pub, the theatre earned a reputation for radical plays with new talent yet had a 100% loss of Arts Council England funding in 2022

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9

Stranger Things: The First Shadow announces final curtain in London and New York

The theatrical prequel to the Duffer Brothers’ smash-hit Netflix series is to shut down in the West End and on Broadway this winter, after selling more than 1.5m tickets

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9

The play that changed my life: ‘It was frightening at first but The Inheritance let me discover myself’

Roles as EM Forster and a young, gay American dying of Aids in the 2018 play allowed an opportunity for deep personal and social reflection

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2025

An inspector’s calling: JB Priestley’s plea for justice echoes beyond his best-known play

His parable of collective social responsibility is a hardy classic but the Yorkshire playwright’s wider legacy should not be neglected

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2025

The Land of the Living at the National Theatre review: Juliet Stevenson is assured but this play feels hollow

3/5 Juliet Stevenson seems to lack compassion in David Lan’s return to British theatre with a story about Nazi-abducted children

Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2025

The Land of the Living review – resonant saga of displaced people told by Juliet Stevenson and a star in the making

Stephen Daldry’s production of David Lan’s historical drama has a revelatory performance by the young Artie Wilkinson-Hunt

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2025

Theatrical hitmaker Justin Martin on Prima Facie’s follow-up: ‘It wrestles with how to bring up boys’

The director of Jodie Comer’s tour de force is now staging Inter Alia, another legal drama by Suzie Miller. He talks about steering Stranger Things: The First Shadow, resisting the classics and his double act with Stephen Daldry

The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2025

One to Watch: Louis Healy, Stranger Things' new theatrical superstar

He’s from a family of stars — but with a lead West End role, now it’s Louis Healy’s time to shine, darkly

Evening Standard · Jun 17, 2025

The versatile actor T.R. Knight gets eerie on Broadway with the 'Stranger Things' play

In a career that has spanned Shakespeare and “Grey’s Anatomy,” T

The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025