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MYSTERIOUS: 2 - What They Never Told You

Cynthia Erivo feels like she 'doesn't fit in'

'Wicked' star Cynthia Erivo admits she often feels like an outsider because she doesn't "fit in" and it helped her connect with her character in the big screen movie-musical.

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Cynthia Erivo accuses Rada of classism after ‘tough experience’ she’s never talked about before

‘The people running the place don’t necessarily understand people who aren’t given everything,’ she said

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Cynthia Erivo on fame, fear and not fitting in: ‘I’ve never talked about how tough my journey has been’

She is one of the world’s most acclaimed performers – going stratospheric as Elphaba in the hit film adaptation of Wicked. Now she’s up for a best actress Oscar. What next for Britain’s brightest star?

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Christopher Benjamin obituary

Veteran stage, radio and TV actor whose many notable Shakespearean roles included Falstaff and Bottom

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Lady Oppenheim-Barnes obituary

Conservative MP who dedicated her energies to the rights of the consumer

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Charles Kay obituary

Stalwart supporting actor who appeared at the RSC and the National, and on TV in I, Claudius and Fortunes of War

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Ilan Reichel obituary

Other lives: Movement specialist who taught at acting schools in London and across the world

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Black Doves: who plays who in the cast, from Keira Knightley to Ben Whishaw

The crime thriller has been captivating audiences – and it’s also stacked with talent

Evening Standard

Jessica Raine looks back: ‘When I was young, I didn’t know how to direct my defiance. It has since become very useful’

The actor and her sister, Sarah, on childhood jealousies, sudden fame with Call the Midwife, and wanting to grow old together

The Guardian - UK

Zelenskiy reshuffles Ukraine cabinet as Russian missile strike targets Lviv

President carries out biggest government shake-up since start of war as deadly attacks continue

The Guardian - UK

Who’s who in season four of Slow Horses: from Gary Oldman to Hugo Weaving

Old faces return, and some new ones make their debuts

Evening Standard

‘I wanted to be seen as the greatest actor of all time. Then I realised that was nonsense’: Michael Sheen on pride, parenting and paying it forward

He’s the feted star who cracked Hollywood, but it was only when he swapped LA for his home town in Wales that he was able to do his most meaningful work yet

The Guardian - UK

‘You only see Muslims on TV as terrorists’: RADA chief blames UK riots on lack of true diversity on screens

Exclusive: Marcus Ryder called out the TV industry for a lack of nuance in representations

The Independent UK

King Charles and Queen Camilla enjoy ‘secret’ outing to watch play about family betrayal

Charles attends 120th anniversary celebrations of RADA drama school

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King and Queen watch play about family betrayal on visit to RADA to celebrate 120th anniversary

Charles and Camilla meet David Harewood and Cynthia Erivo during visit to world famous drama school

The Independent UK

Furiosa’s Tom Burke: ‘I felt much more intimidated on Mad Max than I let myself admit’

The star of ‘Strike’ and ‘The Souvenir’ talks to Patrick Smith about culture wars, JK Rowling, on-set disputes, the time a TV channel shattered his confidence and how he copes with being considered for Bond

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"Our heyday was ninety-five per cent musically fulfilling and joyous and full of fun and laughter": David Gilmour on the past, the present and the future of Pink Floyd

David Gilmour on Rattle That Lock, Endless River, and 50 years of Pink Floyd

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‘I was always able to get away with things’: Daniel Mays on playing bent coppers, acting opposite Michael Douglas, and working-class bias

It’s a huge leap from playing a bent copper in Line of Duty to starring in the musical Guys & Dolls, but if anyone can make a role work, it’s actor Daniel Mays

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Loїs Williams obituary

Other lives: Actor in rep and at Stratford who qualified as a social worker and was a longtime human rights campaigner

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‘I was only able to go on stage hammered’: David Harewood on acting, racism and his new role at Rada

He had barely started his career when abuse left him mentally ill. But he went on to phenomenal success – and has just been made president of the UK’s leading drama school

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Actor Tamara Lawrance: ‘Less and less do I relish playing hyper-disturbed characters’

The award-winning actor, best known for her roles in The Silent Twins and Time, on learning from her characters, writing poetry and trying to live in the moment

Evening Standard

Máiréad Tyers on Extraordinary Season 2: 'your twenties are meant to be hard. You're meant to be broken'

The Irish actor on season two of Extraordinary, working with Kenneth Branagh and the problem with American crisps

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Sunderland may not be like London, Cynthia Erivo, but neither is it like the Britain of old

Challenging racism wherever it expresses itself is not the same as disparaging a place because it is too white

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David Harewood becomes President of RADA, Cynthia Erivo named VP

David Harewood succeeds Kenneth Branagh as president of RADA, with Cynthia Erivo as vice president. Both are RADA alumni and bring valuable experience and ...

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David Harewood: teach young actors resilience to face industry’s brutal side

Exclusive: Incoming Rada president says he wants to pass down what he learned from mental health struggles as a graduate

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