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Michael Gambon: the authorised biography review – a brilliant actor, and a master deceiver

From the National Theatre to Harry Potter, Gambon’s shapeshifting life leaves many questions still unanswered

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27

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?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24

‘Melancholy magic’: how Judi Dench and a host of stars came under the spell of the greatest comedy in history

The Twelfth Night Reunion gathers some of the grandest names in British theatre, including Simon Callow and Stephen Fry, to explain why Shakespeare’s play continues to bewitch audiences

The Guardian - UK · Jan 6

Dame Penelope Wilton hints third Downton Abbey film may not be last

EXCLUSIVE: Castmate Imelda Staunton recently said that this would be the ‘final film’, but Dame Penelope Wilton isn’t so sure

Evening Standard · May 13, 2024

‘You wiped the floor with me!’ Tamsin Greig and Oliver Chris are having a riot with Rattigan

They are comedy sparring partners from Green Wing. Can the duo play stricken lovers in The Deep Blue Sea, the eviscerating play Rattigan poured his own heartbreak into? Warning: contains spoilers

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2024

Luke Evans teases new music and tour following latest West End stint

Exclusive: Actor and singer also reveals what it's really like working with animals on stage in Backstairs Billy

Evening Standard · Jan 1, 2024

Murder Is Easy review – shines a whole new light on this Agatha Christie classic

This inventive take on a vintage crime tale replaces an English police officer with a Nigerian attaché. It tackles race, feminism and class, while still being quintessentially English

The Guardian - UK · Dec 27, 2023

How to watch Agatha Christie's Murder is Easy online or on TV

Murder comes to a sleep English village in this Agatha Christie adaptation. Here's how you can watch Murder is Easy online and from anywhere.

WhatToWatch · Dec 27, 2023

There goes the knighthood! How The Crown blew the palace doors off

A deluge of royal dramas is now being unleashed on screen and stage – with scant regard for accuracy. Is this The Crown’s legacy? As the lavish hit returns, we look at how it finally destroyed deference

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2023

The week in theatre: Backstairs Billy; The Box of Delights; Brenda’s Got a Baby – review

The puns ricochet between Penelope Wilton and Luke Evans in a frisky royal tale of mistress and servant; merriment dispels mystery at the RSC; and a pregnancy drama that delivers in parts

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2023