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Is London ready for Slave Play? How boycotts, walkouts, and Rishi Sunak made this the hottest ticket in town

Jeremy O Harris’s play scooped a record 12 Tony nominations back in 2021 – but not before its interrogation of race and sexuality inspired walkouts, petitions, and death threats against members of its cast. Now, as the play comes to London amid disapproval from No 10, Annabel Nugent chronicles its…

The Independent UK

What is Slave Play? Jeremy O. Harris's controversial Broadway hit coming to London's West End this summer

Harris’s shocking play about slavery and sex, power and trauma has been dividing audiences since its 2018 Off-Broadway debut. Now it’s opening in the capital

Evening Standard

Jennifer Lawrence will star in Apple's 'Real Housewives'-inspired murder mystery —what we know about 'The Wives'

"The Hunger Games" star Jennifer Lawrence is set to feature in and produce a "Real Housewives"-inspired murder mystery movie.

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Things to do in London this weekend (June 28 – 30)

This weekend there is a new Mexican taco stand, some exceptional photography — and some Jungle from Goldie, just because

Evening Standard

7 new movies and TV shows to stream on Netflix, Prime Video, Max, and more this weekend (June 21)

From kick-ass Netflix thrillers to hair-raising horror movies, there’s plenty to watch this weekend.

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Slave Play's Jeremy O. Harris: 'Rishi calling me wrong and divisive is the funniest thing'

Performances haven’t even begun in the West End, but already Jeremy O. Harris’s controversial Broadway smash Slave Play has riled our Prime Minister. Afua Hirsch meets the firebrand playwright

Evening Standard

Inside this week's ES Magazine: Jeremy O. Harris

Ben Cobb shares his editor’s letter from this week’s issue of ES Magazine

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‘White supremacy was never hidden from me’: Jeremy O Harris on bringing Broadway hit Slave Play to the UK

With the London opening of his incendiary work set to be among the theatre events of the year, the dramatist talks about the furore over its study of sex and race

The Guardian - UK

Earl Cave on nepo babies: “Don’t sit around and f***ing just make a doc about your famous dad”

He might look like the pin-up prince of darkness but The Sweet East actor Earl Cave is actually all sweetness and light. Emily Phillips meets him at his W8 home

Evening Standard

Downing Street calls Black-only theatre performances 'concerning' and 'wrong' as row deepens

‘Clearly restricting audiences on the basis of race would be wrong and divisive,’ says Number 10 spokesperson

Evening Standard

OPINION - If you think London doesn't need 'Black Out' theatre nights you've not been paying attention

Last summer, on a trip to the West End to watch Hamilton with my mum, as we were tucking into some outrageously overpriced ice-cream, she glanced around and muttered: “You know, I love the theatre, but it’s such a shame there are so few other black people here.”

Evening Standard

Slave Play writer says black-only nights ‘allow black people to feel safe at theatre’

Jeremy O Harris has discussed performances of his play, starring Kit Harington, in the West End that will be specifically for black audiences

Evening Standard

First Thing: Israel ‘intentionally starving’ Palestinians, UN rights expert says

UN special rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, says denial of food is war crime and constitutes ‘a situation of genocide’. Plus, Eric Clapton letters detailing George Harrison love triangle to be auctioned

The Guardian - UK

Kit Harington Joins 'Slave Play' West End Cast Confidently

Explore the provocative themes of race, identity, and sexuality in 'Slave Play' as it moves to London's West End with Kit Harington in the cast.

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The Guardian - UK

Slave Play writer criticises star casting but Kit Harington to feature in West End run

Exclusive: Jeremy O Harris says Game of Thrones star will not ‘make it the Jon Snow Experience’

Evening Standard

Kit Harington returning to West End for UK premiere of Slave Play

The play caused a sensation in the US and is now coming to the West End

Evening Standard

OPINION - London theatreland is about to get the mother of all kicks up the backside

A couple of Fridays ago, a friend WhatsApped me to say she’d been left a free ticket for that night’s performance of Plaza Suite. Her plus one for the West End debut of Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick was having her beloved dog put down. I wouldn’t describe the…

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This Red Carpet Clusterfuck Ft. Sarah Jessica Parker, Dianna Agron & Rude Paps Is Truly Wild

“The man yelling in this video has awoken a new level of rage in me.”

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The Independent UK

Photographers scream at Dianna Agron for blocking shot of Sarah Jessica Parker

Incident involving Glee actress took place at New York City Ballet’s Fall gala

The Independent UK

Outrage at performances for all-Black audiences ignores the whiteness of theatre

A special performance for Black audiences at Stratford East has been mischaracterised by those trying to shut down the real issues, writes Nicole Vassell

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Jodie Comer, a gen-Z Elle Woods and a giant swimming pool: The best theatre of 2022, ranked

The Independent’s theatre critics have chosen their top stage shows of 2022, a year in which fresh new writing and charming musicals reigned supreme

Los Angeles Times

Lynn Nottage on 'MJ' and 'sustaining the complexity' in her dramatic works

LOS ANGELES — Playwright Lynn Nottage has been making up for lost time. After the lengthy pandemic pause, she had three productions running simultaneously in New York this year.

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