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Shabana Mahmood urged to grant visa to former Weather Underground activist

Home Office refused entry to Judith Clark, 77, invited by RSC to speak about restorative justice after her time in prison

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27

First Encounters: Julius Caesar review – so thrilling it kept a hall full of teens in pin-drop silence

An intro to Shakespeare doesn’t get any better than the RSC’s revival of Phyllida Lloyd’s all-female prison-set production led by Harriet Walter, which is touring schools

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26

Mamma Mia! is Shakespeare’s Tempest in campy musical disguise

Mamma Mia!, the 1999 jukebox musical built around the songs of the pop group ABBA, became a huge hit in the theatre internationally and later a commercially successful feature film. It has inspired a host of spinoffs including a prequel film, an immersive dining experience and fan fiction.

The Conversation · Jun 9

Harriet Walter never felt like a 'typical woman'

Harriet Walter has never felt like a "typical woman" and believes she would be "dressing a a boy" if she was a teenager now.

BANG Premier · Jan 17, 2025

Grenfell: in the words of survivors – new play is an angry demand for accountability

The National Theatre’s new play, Grenfell: in the words of survivors, written by Gillian Slovo and directed by Phyllida Lloyd and Anthony Simpson-Pike, aims to offer a voice to survivors of the fire.

The Conversation · Jul 26, 2023

Grenfell: In the Words of Survivors review – a masterpiece of forensic fury

Piling up devastating detail, this play with a remarkable cast shockingly lays bare the abject failures behind this disaster

The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2023

Grenfell Tower survivors perspective shared in new National Theatre play

A new play from the National Theatre will be staged in London to share the stories of the Grenfell Tower fire disaster with real shared experiences from the survivors

Daily Mirror · Apr 13, 2023

National Theatre to stage play based on Grenfell survivors perspective

The production collected the stories of the bereaved, survivors and the wider community.

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023

Josie Rourke: ‘If Shakespeare was alive now he’d be under commission to Nica Burns’

As You Like It comes to London’s new venue @sohoplace this winter. The play’s director and the theatre’s owner discuss arts cuts, the industry’s gender balance and the pandemic

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2022

Gilly Gilly review – Cush Jumbo’s searing play about abuse let down by mundane details

Delivered with rage, as a woman reckoning with her past, this audio drama written and performed by Jumbo takes too long to get to the point, stalling in domesticity

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2022