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Humanities and social science degrees: how an Olympic hopeful karate kid secured a top career

For Alton Brown, it was important to choose a degree that offered him the flexibility to pursue his passions alongside his studies – thankfully he found the perfect balance at London South Bank University

The Guardian - UK

Writer Vinay Patel on sending Chekhov into space: “I feel I’ve earned taking a swing”

Vinay Patel was seven years old when he first attempted to put an epic science-fiction story on stage. Sadly for the acclaimed playwright and screenwriter, he spent so much time putting up the elaborate tinfoil set during the school assembly that his allotted time ran out and he was unceremoniously…

Evening Standard

‘Eclectic range’ of first-timers come together in Doncaster Brecht update

National and Cast theatres assemble diverse Doncastrians who just ‘would not have met any other way’

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Blues, Jews and Ukrainian ballet: the best theatre, dance and comedy of autumn 2022

Samira Wiley makes her UK stage debut, there’s an urgent counter to antisemitism, plus a fourth King James, refugee dancers and comedic returns

The Guardian - UK

The theatre tickets to book in London in autumn 2022 - snap them up now!

From a non-binary Joan of Arc to David Tennant as a Nazi and Chekhov in space, it’s one hell of a season on London’s stages

Evening Standard

The best theatre to stream this month: Edinburgh fringe, Jane Eyre and more

Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes highlights from the world’s biggest arts jamboree and startling fresh takes on Charlotte Brontë and Henrik Ibsen

The Guardian - UK

Fun activities for adults and families with children this summer - and they're all free

There are plenty of fun free activities for all the family taking place all over the UK this summer, including the Notting Hill Carnival, the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta and fishing activities

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Francesca Martinez: ‘It’s hard living in a world that can’t handle difference’

The self-described ‘wobbly’ comedian is returning to her first love, acting, with a hard-hitting play about the collision of disability and austerity

The Guardian - UK

Bernard Cribbins obituary

Character actor especially loved by young audiences for film and TV including Jackanory, The Wombles and The Railway Children

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Much Ado About Nothing; Jack Absolute Flies Again; Crazy for You

Shakespeare’s comedy is the gift that keeps on giving; Mrs Malaprop’s a loose cannon in Richard Bean’s Battle of Britain take on Sheridan; and who can resist Gershwin?

The Guardian - UK

Phoebe Fox on The Great season two, toxic drama schools, and why she’s ready to break into song

The actress is back as the caustic Marial alongside Elle Fanning’s Catherine in the series’ second season, and her star is on the rise

Evening Standard

Much Ado About Nothing review – screwball Shakespeare goes with a swing

Simon Godwin masterfully directs a slick production starring Katherine Parkinson and John Heffernan

The Guardian - UK

Katherine Parkinson: ‘I used to think it was not a big deal being sexually fulfilled... But it’s massively important to your entire being’

The ‘IT Crowd’ and ‘Here We Go’ star is playing Beatrice in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’. She talks to Jessie Thompson about using wit as a defence, problematic Shakespeare plays and why female desire is a feminist issue

The Independent UK

Jack Absolute Flies Again at the National Theatre review: Uproarious mix of filth, derring-do and romance

Updating Sheridan’s The Rivals to the Second World War brings the same ungoverned humour as Bean’s One Man, Two Guvnors

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Damian Lewis and Alison Mosshart confirm romance a year after his wife's death

Couple Damian Lewis and Alison Mosshart, singer with The Kills, looked loved up as they smiled for the camera, over a year on since the death of Damian's wife Helen McRory, from breast cancer

The Guardian - UK

Peter Brook: the great seeker of British theatre

The esteemed British director, who has died aged 97, inspired each new generation of theatre creatives to be more daring and experimental

The Guardian - UK

‘I wish she could have seen the change happening right now’: trailblazing theatre star Pearl Prescod

The actor and campaigner came to Britain from Trinidad and Tobago in 1954 and rose to join Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre company. Clint Dyer and others explain why we should remember her

The Guardian - UK

Arts Council cuts will hobble regional touring, National Theatre director warns

Rufus Norris says DCMS levelling-up scheme will have exact opposite effect to that intended

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Kit Harington set for epic Jon Snow return as part of new Game Of Thrones spin-off

Kit Harington may be returning to a Game of Thrones and reprising his role of Jon Snow in a spin-off series that's in 'early development'

The Guardian - UK

Cancellations, costs and chaos: UK theatres grapple with rising Covid cases

Infections among workforce lead theatres to cancel performances, with loan repayments, soaring energy prices and the cost of living crisis adding to their woes

The Guardian - UK

Two shows dominated the Tony awards and proved Broadway’s debt to British taxpayers

Sam Mendes’s The Lehman Trilogy and Marianne Elliott’s Company took 10 prizes between them and demonstrated the power of UK subsidised theatre

The Guardian - UK

The Father and the Assassin review – gripping tale of the man who killed Gandhi

Anupama Chandrasekhar artfully unpicks the forces of history with a tale of violence and colonialism that echoes into today

Manchester Evening News

The Lowry announces big Christmas show for 2022 - and it's direct from the West End

Billed as "unlike anything you'll ever see at the theatre", The Ocean at the End of the Lane is coming to The Lowry this Christmas

Manchester Evening News

Emmerdale's Kelvin Fletcher welcomes twins as wife shares first adorable photo

The couple revealed they were expecting twin boys in March

Liverpool Echo

Neil Gaiman's The Ocean At The End Of The Lane coming to Liverpool Empire

The National Theatre’s critically acclaimed adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s dark fantasy novel is coming to the city

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