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Why a play about a fatal punch has gripped younger audiences and will tour schools

James Graham’s play Punch touches on gang culture, restorative justice and masculinity in crisis, and for the playwright the true story was a privilege to tell

The Guardian - UK

The Standard Theatre Awards Shortlist 2025 revealed

Cate Blanchett, Tom Hiddleston and Rachel Zegler are shortlisted as the Standard’s historic celebration of the stage returns

Evening Standard

Robert Smith teams up with The Twilight Sad on new song Waiting For The Phone Call

The Cure frontman has added his vocals to Scottish rockers The Twilight Sad's latest song.

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Dolphins-bound lock in same class as Burgess: England

England will have a core of NRL players leading their Ashes challenge, with Dolphins-bound Morgan Knowles also expected to be a key player for the hosts.

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Good Night, Oscar review – Sean Hayes brings panache to tense talkshow encounter

Will & Grace star reprises his Tony award-winning role as Oscar Levant in Doug Wright’s play about a ratings-crucial TV interview

The Guardian - UK

Make It Happen review – Brian Cox haunts RBS’s Fred Goodwin in sparky financial crisis musical

Cox’s entertaining spectre of Adam Smith visits Royal Bank of Scotland’s fascinatingly bland tyrant CEO in James Graham’s ambitious play about his meteoric rise and remorseless fall

The Guardian - UK

Samantha Womack felt ’emotional’ reading Dear England script ahead of tour

The former EastEnders star will be taking on the role of team psychologist Pippa Grange in the tour of James Graham’s award-winning play.

Evening Standard

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What a croc: the day a reptile was reportedly seen in Noosa … or was it?

Claimed sighting 300km south of typical crocodile territory started as a Facebook post before doing the rounds of breakfast TV

The Guardian - AU

Observer’s editor-in-chief to deliver MacTaggart lecture on media landscape

He follows in the footsteps of keynote speakers including Dear England playwright James Graham and media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

Evening Standard

Dear England: BBC announces cast for series based on Gareth Southgate play

Joseph Fiennes will lead the programme following England’s journey to the 2022 World Cup

The Independent UK

Jodie Whittaker and Jason Watkins to join BBC’s Dear England cast

Whittaker, who played Doctor Who and starred in Toxic Town, is set to join the series as Pippa Grange, the England men’s team’s psychologist.

Evening Standard

Ellis Howard: 'as a queer person, to wear your own skin is an act of protest'

The actor is stepping into a leading role, writing a show with James Graham and is a proud activist

Evening Standard

Award-winning actors to star in Second World War film released for VE Day

Olivier Award-winning actor Julian Glover will feature in The Next Morning, written by James Graham.

Evening Standard

Gareth Southgate's kind revolution has a bittersweet ending in Dear England at the National

4/5 This is a team effort, which captures the communal joy and heartache of sport, and now boasts a proper ending

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Dear England review – footballing reboot adds extra time for Gareth Southgate’s exit

James Graham has rewritten parts of his hit play to reflect the 2024 Euros, and the gaffer emerges as a progressive, gentle, alternative national leader

Evening Standard

Playwright James Graham cannot watch full exchange of Trump, Vance and Zelensky

The meeting at the end of February saw a heated exchange between Mr Trump, Mr Vance and Mr Zelensky.

Evening Standard

Lisa Nandy urges next generation to ‘carry the torch’ before VE Day anniversary

The Culture Secretary announced the full programme of events to mark the anniversary.

Evening Standard

Punch at the Young Vic review: 'a tragic true story turned into devastating theatre'

4/5 The true story of a young man who killed another young man with a single punch is here transformed into a play that truly hits home

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'My teeth pinged out': Gwilym Lee on playing Gareth Southgate in Dear England

Bohemian Rhapsody and SAS Rogue Heroes star Gwilym Lee talks to us about becoming Gareth Southgate as Dear England hits the National Theatre

Evening Standard

Killed with one blow: the true story behind Punch at the Young Vic

James Graham’s Punch has arrived at the Young Vic having already made waves for its depiction of young male violence and restorative justice

The Guardian - UK

My son’s killer and me: grief, pain and the power of forgiveness after a one-punch death

When Jacob Dunne hit James Hodgkinson, he had no idea the punch would kill him. He recounts how his victim’s mother, Joan, helped him, while she reveals why she confronted him

The Independent UK

Award-winning Dear England play to embark on 16-venue tour

Written by James Graham it had a sell-out run at the National Theatre before it transferred to the West End in 2023.

The Guardian - UK

James Graham unveils AI comedy at ‘greatest hits’ gala for Paines Plough

Playwrights and actors paid homage to the small but mighty UK theatre company that nurtured them, as part of a fundraising initiative for new writers

The Independent UK

Stephen Graham is right. Television has forgotten how funny working-class people are

COMMENT: The British actor has said that TV needs to stop making working-class families look miserable. Chris Harvey, who couldn’t agree more, argues that if you don’t have a broad enough spread of writers, stereotypes begin to take hold

The Guardian - UK

‘The best screen Thatcher yet?’: the art (and craft) of playing the former PM

Harriet Walter’s acclaimed portrayal is the latest of many screen versions. So how do you create the Thatcher persona?

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