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Travelling Homer: how the National Theatre is staging a multi-city Odyssey

In episodes developed with communities around England, the production aims to tell ‘a story of resilience and healing and hope’

The Guardian - UK

National Theatre’s Phaedra review: suicide tragedy leaves a bad taste

Suicide is an act so shocking and violent that it undoes not only sensation, memory and feeling, but meaning. Poet and novelist Ocean Vuong describes how it unpicks even the connective tissue of language.

The Conversation

My Neighbour Totoro nominated for nine Olivier awards

Stage version of 1988 Japanese animation leads the pack while Standing at the Sky’s Edge has eight nominations

The Guardian - UK

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Olivier Awards 2023 nominations: The complete list in full

Paul Mescal, Jodie Comer, and David Tennant are among this year’s nominees

The Independent UK

Olivier awards 2023: complete list of nominations

My Neighbour Totoro leads the way with nine nominations at this year’s awards – see who else is in the running

The Guardian - UK

Patti Love obituary

Actor best known for her stage work and acclaimed for her portrayal of Mary Barnes in the title role of David Edgar’s 1978 play

The Guardian - UK

‘Is it antisemitic? Yes’: how Jewish actors and directors tackle The Merchant of Venice

Tracy-Ann Oberman’s Shylock, who has been relocated to 1930s Britain, is inspired by her tough great grandma – while Henry Goodman felt shame after losing himself in Shakespeare’s most notorious character

The Guardian - UK

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Joseph Fiennes to play Gareth Southgate in play about England team

Shakespeare in Love star Joseph Fiennes will play Gareth Southgate in a new National Theatre play about how the England football team has changed during his time in charge.

Evening Standard

Joseph Fiennes cast as Gareth Southgate in National Theatre play

James Graham’s Dear England follows ‘gentle revolution’ implemented by men’s football manager

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Phaedra; Sylvia; Standing at the Sky’s Edge – review

Lyttelton; Old Vic; Olivier, LondonJanet McTeer is mighty in Simon Stone’s electric remaking of myth; dance, not speech, powers Kate Prince’s suffragette musical; and Richard Hawley’s paean to Sheffield finds a home from home

The Guardian - UK

The Evening Standard Theatre Podcast: The Lehman Trilogy cast, and reviews of Standing at the Sky’s Edge & Phaedra

In this week’s Evening Standard Theatre Podcast, we talk to the cast of The Lehman Trilogy about the award-winning play which arrived in the West End this month, and the challenges of staging a story that spans 160 years and multiple characters. We also review the musical Standing at the…

Evening Standard

Babygrows are such sweet sorrow: Romeo and Juliet get a gritty romcom reboot

Romeo, an out-of-work single dad, falls for Julie, a top student who dreams of being an astrophysicist. We go behind the scenes at a Shakespeare update that swaps fair Verona for Splott in Cardiff

The Guardian - UK

Our pick of the 50 best plays of the 21st century

The last two decades have been full of extraordinary theatre – it’s a thrilling indication of what’s ahead of us when doors reopen

Evening Standard

The Lehman Trilogy’s Michael Balogun on his extraordinary journey from prison to starring in the West End

Following an ‘epiphany’ while serving a prison sentence, Balogun decided to pursue a career in acting - and became a star. Now he is about to open in an acclaimed play in the West End

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‘Being an older woman portraying sexuality? I literally never think about it’: Janet McTeer on Phaedra and avoiding fame

The ‘Albert Nobbs’ and ‘Ozark’ star is about to play Phaedra in a new National Theatre production. She talks to Jessie Thompson about ‘one of the most vilified anti-heroines ever’, embracing her height, and Oscar nominations

The Guardian - UK

Director Simon Stone: ‘My heroes are women’

The innovative Australian director who successfully cast Billie Piper in Yerma is now reframing Phaedra as a postmenopausal love story with Janet McTeer

Evening Standard

The rising stars of stage and screen 2023

Keep an eye out for these about-to-be-famous faces

The Guardian - UK

Stephen Greif obituary

The Crown and Blake’s 7 actor who performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre

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Evening Standard

The best London theatre shows to book in 2023 from Groundhog Day to Cheryl in 2:22

The pick of productions coming to London this year

The Independent UK

The best theatre to see in 2023, from A Little Life to The Pillowman

‘A Little Life’ comes to the stage, Sheridan Smith and Lily Allen return to the West End, and ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is transported to 1930s Cable Street – we bring you our guide to 2023’s most exciting theatre

The Guardian - UK

Sam Mendes: ‘Who would make a great Bond villain? José Mourinho’

In an extraordinary career on stage and screen, the director has always pushed boundaries – and is now making his debut as a screenwriter. He answers questions from famous fans and Observer readers

Los Angeles Times

British actor Stephen Greif of 'Blake's 7' dies at 78

Stephen Greif, a prolific British actor known for his work on the stage and screen, has died. He was 78, according to the Guardian.

Evening Standard

Riches star CJ Beckford: ‘This show is special - normally we only see one version of black London on screen’

The London actor on how this new ITVX show is a love letter to the city, on whether opportunities are better in the US and deleting his socials

Evening Standard

66th Evening Standard Theatre Awards Special Award winners Vanessa Redgrave and Nica Burns on theatre’s future

The Standard recognised two great theatre names who fought for the art form and kept its spirit alive during the pandemic

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

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