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Care review – this searing portrayal of dementia raises urgent questions for us all

Alexander Zeldin’s devastating play depicts the gruelling loneliness and confusion of life in a care home

The Guardian - UK

CARE at Young Vic: A singular, compassionate piece of work

4/5 Set in a care home, this is a powerful, empathetic look at a crumbling system supporting the elderly

Evening Standard

‘Frailty and terrible rage’: Linda Bassett on Call the Midwife, her crap-free CV and selling ice creams at Olivier’s Old Vic

Best known as Nurse Phyllis in the TV hit, the actor is a peerless interpreter of Caryl Churchill and is starring in Alexander Zeldin’s ‘Shakespearean’ play about dementia. She looks back on a career of unconventional choices

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Cate Blanchett to headline National Theatre’s ambitious 2026 line-up

Oscar-winning actor will star alongside Nina Hoss and Ella Lily Hyland in Benedict Andrews’ new production Electra / Persona this August

The Independent UK

Cate Blanchett to perform at National Theatre as 2026 programme released

Killing Eve star Sandra Oh will also make her debut at the London theatre, while The Crown’s Lesley Manville will perform alongside Aiden Turner.

Evening Standard

The Other Place review – a searing, gasp-inducing take on Sophocles

Every performance is compelling in this rivetingly naturalistic modern-day reworking of Antigone, written by Alexander Zeldin

The Guardian - UK

The Other Place at the National Theatre review: Emma D’Arcy is riveting in this elegant, atmospheric take on Greek tragedy

The House of the Dragon star is part of a crack ensemble who all shine in this modern update of Sophocles’ Antigone

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Tobias Menzies on starring at the National and how playing Prince Philip in The Crown made him a leading man

The actor, who has also been in Rome, Game of Thrones and Outlander, on his latest stage role in The Other Place, a look at post-Brexit England

Evening Standard

The week in theatre: Clyde’s; The Confessions; The Score – review

Lynn Nottage wires us into American life with her all-consuming truck-stop cafe drama; Alexander Zeldin weaves slow magic from his mother’s memories; and Brian Cox makes a formidable JS Bach

The Guardian - UK

The Confessions review – dazzling drama drawn from a mother’s memories

Alexander Zeldin’s profoundly moving play grew from his parent’s reflections, which he uses to conjure an epic struggle for love and freedom

The Guardian - UK

The Confessions at National Theatre review: a beautiful, spellbinding and wrenching tale

This slow, stark fusing of past and present blends life and art into something captivating

Evening Standard

Playwright Alexander Zeldin: ‘Lots of people can make a living being an artist in France. In the UK, that’s not the case’

The Paris-based British playwright, back in the UK with The Confessions, inspired by conversations with his mother, talks about the secrets she revealed

The Guardian - UK

British playwright Alexander Zeldin on using theatre to bring us closer to life

"A simple celebration of an ordinary life" – that’s how British playwright and director Alexander Zeldin describes his latest show, "The Confessions". Based on hours of conversations with his own mother, the play paints an intimate portrait of one woman's journey through her own life, from 1940s Australia to present-day…

France 24

The best theatre to stream this month: Bad Roads, Love, Much Ado and more

Our roundup of plays to watch at home in April includes a Ukrainian account of war, a blistering exploration of social media and a brass-band audio drama

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Alexander Zeldin: ‘We need to find a way to talk about things we don’t want to see’

The playwright found acclaim with works about the devastation caused by austerity. He returns with a drama exploring the realities of ageing

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