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National Theatre boss Indhu Rubasingham: ‘An NT North? The north already has brilliant theatres’

THEATRE: How do we find the next Pinter or Stoppard? Should phones be banned at the theatre? Does the National need a base in the north? As NT boss Indhu Rubasingham announces her enticing second season, with a major West Side story revival, a new play about John Major and…

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The best theatre to stream this month: Self Esteem dazzles with Teeth ’n’ Smiles

Rebecca Lucy Taylor leads David Hare’s rock’n’roll drama, Michaela Coel tells us Chewing Gum Dreams and Stranger Things’ Gaten Matarazzo stars in a murder mystery

The Guardian - UK

From The West Wing to Blackadder: the best fictional prime ministers on TV

The UK sure loves speculation about prime ministers. So here’s some more! But who makes the finest – Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Jane Horrocks or Alan B’Stard?

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Self Esteem says efforts to make West End more accessible ‘aren’t going that well’

The singer, whose real name is Rebecca Lucy Taylor, is currently starring in David Hare's Teeth 'N' Smiles at the Duke of York's Theatre

Evening Standard

Rebecca Lucy Taylor on booze, sexist double standards — and her West End revival

Rebecca Lucy Taylor is storming the West End in a play about how the music industry treats women. But she had already confronted the reality of the business — as Self Esteem

Evening Standard

Self Esteem releases new song for West End play Teeth ‘N’ Smiles

The 39-year-old singer will star as Maggie Frisby in the revival of the play.

Evening Standard

Grace Pervades review: Ralph Fiennes sends himself up delightfully

3/5 A warm and witty look at British theatrical pioneers at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Evening Standard

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Robert Fox obituary

Film and theatre producer who made The Audience the starting point for The Crown, and was behind Another Country, The Lady in the Van, Iris and Notes on a Scandal

The Guardian - UK

Teeth ‘N’ Smiles at Duke of York’s review: why is everybody shouting?

2/5 Fifty-one years ago, this play must have seemed noisily thrilling and radical. Today, it looks coarse and lumpen

Evening Standard

Teeth ’n’ Smiles review – Self Esteem makes a mesmeric rock star but the drama doesn’t dazzle

Fifty years since David Hare’s play was first staged, Rebecca Lucy Taylor is inspired casting as a singer who refuses to go out without a bang

The Guardian - UK

‘It shook the plaster off the ceiling’: Self Esteem and David Hare on reviving rock romp Teeth ’n’ Smiles

It lit up the 1970s with its nihilistic tale of a hippie band imploding in a trail of drugs, booze and violence. What can it tell us about the music business today? Writer David Hare and wild-child rocker Self Esteem plug in

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Rebecca Lucy Taylor aka Self Esteem on her pivot from music to acting: ‘I felt a bit dead’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: Her smash hit second album left the pop star also known as Self Esteem feeling the pressure to deliver an equally thrilling follow-up. Now, she’s playing a spiralling rock star in a major West End revival of David Hare's 1975 play ‘Teeth ’n’ Smiles’. She tells Jessie…

The Independent UK

Nicole Kidman Has A Message For The Haters Still Complaining About Her Oscar Win

The Oscar winner isn’t bothered.

Cinemablend

‘As evil as Iago’: the return of Terence Rattigan’s shocking Man and Boy

Rattigan hoped his 1954 tale about a swindler who exploits his son’s sexual allure would prove him a serious dramatist. Its scandalous story reveals much about the playwright and resonates freshly

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‘A master of complications’: Felicity Kendal returns to Tom Stoppard’s Indian Ink after three decades

The writer’s former partner and her co-star Ruby Ashbourne Serkis describe the bittersweet nature of remounting his 90s play so soon after his death

The Guardian - UK

Jack Shepherd obituary

Versatile actor, director and playwright who found television fame in the detective series Wycliffe

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Self Esteem to star as raging rock star in revival of David Hare’s Teeth ’n’ Smiles

Rebecca Lucy Taylor will play Maggie, a role originated by Helen Mirren, in a ‘landmark’ 50th anniversary production in London in March

Evening Standard

David Hare play starring Ralph Fiennes transfers to the West End

The production, starring the Harry Potter actor and Spooks star Miranda Raison, played at the Theatre Royal Bath between June and July.

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The Guardian - UK

Frank Barrie obituary

Witty and elegant actor whose roles ranged from Shakespeare to Dot Cotton’s gentleman friend in EastEnders

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Grace Pervades review – Ralph Fiennes and Miranda Raison exceptional as Victorian stage stars

In 25 scenes spanning 1878-1966, David Hare’s wry and elegant love letter to theatre focuses on the working and romantic relationship between Ellen Terry and Henry Irving

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Barbara Ferris obituary

Actor who began her career in ‘dolly bird’ roles and became the star of plays by Edward Bond and David Hare

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Paul Mescal, Stormzy and the return of rep – National Theatre boss reveals her risky debut season

With star names, a Hamlet in shades, orgiastic murder and a miners’ strike musical, Indhu Rubasingham promises something for all. But can she attract newcomers while keeping diehards happy? And is she having sleepless nights?

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’

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - UK

‘The more relaxed you are, the better you are as a human’: Nicole Kidman on Kubrick, sharks and risk-taking

The Oscar-winning American-Australian actor answers questions from Observer readers and famous fans including Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Jackman and Naomi Watts

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