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New David Bowie book shines light on ‘heartbroken’ singer’s final months

Biography also claims singer was ‘lucky to survive’ health incident year before death

The Independent UK

All My Sons review – the stars of a dream cast align for Arthur Miller’s towering tragedy

Bryan Cranston, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Paapa Essiedu and Hayley Squires achieve theatrical alchemy in Ivo van Hove’s superb production

The Guardian - UK

Marianne Jean-Baptiste: ‘I’d work for Mike Leigh again in a heartbeat – in fact, I’ll pay him!’

The actor moved to LA 22 years ago. Now she’s back in the UK to star alongside Bryan Cranston in All My Sons. She talks about the frightening rehearsal schedule, how she’d work again with Mike Leigh in a heartbeat, and why she’s taking up boot-making

The Guardian - UK

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Ivo van Hove’s All My Sons extends the UK’s special relationship with Arthur Miller

In his first major hit play, now receiving another starry revival, the celebrated dramatist’s analysis of the American psyche is steeped in European tradition

The Guardian - UK

Big Stars take over the West End again as Bryan Cranston and Marianne Jean-Baptiste lead Arthur Miller classic

Breaking Bad star and Oscar winner jo9in powerhouse cast for revival of All My Sons - tickets set to sell-out fast

Evening Standard

Exit, pursued by a panda: the Brits bringing eye-popping Shakespeare to the Baltics

The Winter’s Tale is retold with a virtual reality plot set in Silicon Valley and hardly any lines from the original, staged at a bold Latvian theatre elevating English talent

The Guardian - UK

From the Arctic Circle to the top of European theatre: director Eline Arbo on being ‘an outsider looking in’

The Norwegian theatremaker talks about succeeding Ivo van Hove as artistic director of one of the influential Internationaal Theater Amsterdam and staging classic plays as rock concerts

The Guardian - UK

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The week in theatre: Opening Night; MJ the Musical – review

Sheridan Smith captivates, if the songs don’t quite, in Ivo van Hove and Rufus Wainwright’s new backstage musical

The Guardian - UK

Opening Night at the Gielgud Theatre review: even Sheridan Smith can't save this dismally muddled show

This take on John Cassavetes’ 1977 film is unsalvageable

Evening Standard

‘It’s so close to the bone’: Sheridan Smith on her very public meltdown – and reliving it on stage

Eight years after self-doubt, anxiety, alcohol and grief caused her to unravel, the Olivier-winner is now playing an actress trapped in a similar nightmare. She explains how she is taking back control of her ordeal

The Guardian - UK

Sheridan Smith to appear in new West End production of Opening Night at London's Gielgud Theatre

Rufus Wainwright to provide songs for musical adaption of John Cassavetes film

Evening Standard

Sheridan Smith to star in Rufus Wainwright musical Opening Night

Ivo van Hove will direct the West End production based on John Cassavetes’ 1977 film about theatre

The Guardian - UK

Don Giovanni `unredeemable' in Ivo van Hove's US opera debut

Belgian director Ivo van Hove is making his U.S. opera debut with a dark take on “Don Giovanni” at the Metropolitan Opera

The Independent UK

A Little Life review – James Norton’s sexually abused lawyer is spared no misery

Some called it torture porn, others a masterpiece. Ivo van Hove brings Hanya Yanagihara’s novel to the West End, complete with spurting blood, relentless sadism and not a little nudity

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On my radar: Ivo van Hove’s cultural highlights

The Olivier-winning theatre director on Paul Mescal’s star turn in Streetcar, an ideal Saturday in south London and the best composer he’d never heard of

ABC News

Adelaide Festival approaches record box office thanks to international blockbusters, but Australian artists shine

After a bumpy start, the festival is on track to its biggest year yet thanks to blockbuster international shows — but Australian artists and quieter moments shone through in opening week.

Evening Standard

A Little Life: James Norton set to star in West End adaption of Hanya Yanagihara’s bestseller

Ivo van Hove, whose shows include A View from the Bridge and Network, is set to direct

The Guardian - UK

James Norton to star in West End version of bestselling novel A Little Life

Author Hanya Yanagihara and director Ivo van Hove adapt ‘mesmerising’ story about effects of child abuse for London stage

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The Independent UK

A Little Life: James Norton to star in English-language stage premiere of mammoth novel in West End

Ivo Van Hove’s original Dutch-language production opened in Amsterdam in 2018 and was four hours long

The Guardian - UK

A Little Life review – Hanya Yanagihara drama is not for the faint-hearted

Ivo van Hove directs a mesmerising four-hour adaptation of a divisive novel that unpicks privilege, abuse and psychological damage

The Guardian - UK

Ivo van Hove: ‘UK’s theatres can teach its politicians a lesson about life after Brexit’

As the Belgian director brings his new production of A Little Life to Edinburgh, he says the British stage has been brilliant at maintaining links with Europe

The Guardian - UK

Age of Rage review – ancient Greek tragedy explodes into our times

While the emotional complexities remain, Van Hove’s high-octane makeover featuring unrelenting pyrotechnics and riveting performances is a visual epic

Evening Standard

The Human Voice review: Ruth Wilson shouldn’t have answered the phone to Ivo van Hove

Wilson plays a woman on the phone to her lover in this pretentious, dated production from the Euro-guru director

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