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National Theatre to stage major work by ‘forgotten’ black British playwright

Alterations, by Michael Abbensetts, follows a Guyanese tailor as he tries to establish himself on Carnaby Street

The Guardian - UK

Keith Dewhurst obituary

Writer for stage and screen whose work included the TV police series Z-Cars and several plays at the National Theatre and Royal Court

The Guardian - UK

National Theatre’s shift from repertory plays risks ‘eroding culture’, says David Hare

Playwright calls for return to theatre’s founding vision and to stop ‘angling for West End’

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National Theatre ‘does not present world’s drama’, says playwright David Hare

The Oscar-nominated writer warned about the survival of the next ‘generation of writers’.

The Independent UK

‘Worse than the 1980s’ – that’s the arts sector now. It’s not a good look for a Labour government

So many pre-election promises: but still a cultural malaise spreads from our schools to museums, galleries and theatres, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins

The Guardian - UK

Elizabeth Debicki to ‘shatter’ Ewan McGregor’s life in new play

She will portray a woman who arrives suddenly at the party of McGregor’s character.

Evening Standard

Rufus Norris's guide to London: pelicans, Dulwich reclamation and mudlarking

The Artistic Director and Chief Executive of the National Theatre Rufus Norris shares his favourite spots in the capital

Evening Standard

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Dame Joan Plowright obituary

Stage and screen star who was part of a radical generation of actors responsible for establishing the National Theatre

The Guardian - UK

Joan Plowright’s agent promised to find role Judi Dench ‘hasn’t got her paws on’

In Nothing Like A Dame, Dame Joan and her famous friends discussed her husband, Lord Laurence Olivier, ageing, and their experiences in acting.

Evening Standard

Death and the King’s Horseman: the return of Wole Soyinka’s enduring mystery

The Nigerian Nobel laureate’s story of a royal servant condemned to kill himself after his master’s death has lost none of its enigmatic appeal

The Guardian - UK

Actress Anne-Marie Duff ‘very grateful’ to be made an OBE for services to drama

The actress made her name in hit drama Shameless and further established herself in films such as The Virgin Queen and Suffragette.

Evening Standard

Letter: Lynne Kirwin obituary

Don Keller writes: We became colleagues at the National Theatre

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Christmas shows: they are fairy tales for our times

From Ballet Shoes to Wicked, stories of female empowerment and friendship are triumphing on stage and screen

The Guardian - UK

Ballet Shoes review – an elegant Christmas cracker of a show

Noel Streatfeild’s classic about three adopted sisters who go to stage school is spirited, spiky and spectacular

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Evening Standard

Ballet Shoes at the National Theatre review: Bravo – this superlative adaptation never puts a foot wrong

5/5 This wonderful show is suffused with gung-ho spirit, exuberance and larky wit

The Guardian - UK

Indie films losing out to obsession with bankable stars, says Richard Eyre

British director whose career is being celebrated at the BFI says creative industry increasingly wants safe bets

The Guardian - UK

Rochelle Stevens obituary

Other lives: Literary agent who showed as much care and dedication for smaller passion projects as she did for commercial big hitters

Evening Standard

The Importance of Being Earnest at the National Theatre review: Ncuti Gatwa stars in a fizzing production

4/5 Expect Bridgerton-style colourblind casting and sexual fluidity in this radical reinvention of a 19th-century classic

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The Importance of Being Earnest review – Ncuti Gatwa leads a Wilde party of irresistible anarchic charm

Gatwa’s Algernon brings delightful mischief to a high-camp production pointing up the classic Victorian comedy’s subversive queerness

The Guardian - UK

It’s the best show of the year – but Christmas performances shouldn’t be the only theatre at school

You’ll never find an audience or a cast more invested than at a seasonal show, where kids find their feet in front of you. But performing arts provision for the youngest is in peril

The Guardian - UK

Timothy West obituary

The Guardian - UK

The importance of freeing Earnest – without bursting Oscar Wilde’s ‘delicate bubble of fancy’

The 1895 comedy has been staged with age-blind and all-male casts and even David Suchet as Lady Bracknell. Now reinvented again, at the National Theatre, the trick is to be seriously funny

The Guardian - UK

Sharon D Clarke: ‘When I first started being seen for TV roles it was just endless nurses’

The actor on playing Lady Bracknell at the National, the groundbreaking gay love story of Mr Loverman, and getting married on stage

The Independent UK

David Oyelowo: ‘Like a lot of immigrants, my dad was all about work, work, work’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: The Golden Globe-winning actor and star of ‘Selma’ is currently tearing up the National Theatre stage in ‘Coriolanus’. But it’s a rare trip back home for the British-Nigerian actor who made his name in ‘Spooks’ but was forced moved to America in 2007 because of his struggle…

The Guardian - UK

Maggie Smith: the magisterial star of Harry Potter and Downton had the courage and talent to do absolutely everything

The real-life dame and on-screen dowager countess, who has died aged 89, earned fame in her 70s and 80s for blockbuster roles. But her early work at the National Theatre marked her out as a talent for the ages

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