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Peter Gill, acclaimed playwright and director behind 'The York Realist', dies aged 86

From the Royal Court to the National Theatre, Gill directed nearly 100 productions and wrote some of Britain's most acclaimed modern plays.

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Peter Gill obituary

Acclaimed playwright and director whose reputation was forged at the Royal Court theatre in London

The Guardian - UK

Peter Gill, playwright who turned ordinary lives into extraordinary drama, dies aged 86

Beginning his career as an actor, Gill went on to write plays including The York Realist as well as directing for the Royal Court and National Theatre

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Archduke at Royal Court: An amusing look at young male radicalisation

3/5 This absurdist comedy about the assassins targeting Archduke Franz Ferdinand is enjoyable if a little light

Evening Standard

Matching Gary Oldman’s Krapp with a teenager’s take on Godot is a masterstroke

The Royal Court is presenting the Slow Horses star’s version of one Beckett masterpiece alongside 19-year-old Leo Simpe-Asante’s riff on another. They combine beautifully

The Guardian - UK

Olivier awards 2026: full list of winners

Paddington: The Musical, Evita, All My Sons and Punch were among the winners at the Royal Albert Hall ceremony – find out who won what

The Guardian - UK

Robert Fox obituary

Film and theatre producer who made The Audience the starting point for The Crown, and was behind Another Country, The Lady in the Van, Iris and Notes on a Scandal

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Olivier awards 2026: full list of nominations

Into the Woods and Paddington: The Musical are this year’s most-nominated shows with 11 nods each. See who else is in the running at this year’s awards

The Guardian - UK

Robert Aramayo: The Hull lad who beat Leonardo DiCaprio to a Bafta

IN FOCUS: Ellie Harrison looks at how the ‘I Swear’ star made his way to awards victory, all while raising awareness of a widely misunderstood condition and starring in London’s buzziest play

The Independent UK

The Shitheads review – primal urges rear up in a playful, prehistoric oddity

Cave people with very different perspectives meet on an elk hunt in Jack Nicholls’ savage but sweet play about love and violence among early humans

The Guardian - UK

The S***heads, review – Violent Stone Age cannibals are brought to life with a sly modern twist

3/5 The Royal Court’s new play is a thought-provoking piece of provocation

The Independent UK

Guess How Much I Love You? review – shattering portrait of a pregnancy in crisis

Rosie Sheehy and Robert Aramayo excel as a couple reeling from an ultrasound scan in Luke Norris’s extraordinary play

The Guardian - UK

Think panto season is behind you? Oh no it isn’t – some haven’t even opened yet

A trip to the pantomime is a Christmas tradition but they also lift the January gloom and run later in the year

The Guardian - UK

Unmissable London: The best theatre, film, dance, opera, TV and music of 2026

Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey. Lily Allen in the West End. A Gorillaz football stadium takeover. It’s all on in the capital

Evening Standard

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Porn Play review, Royal Court Theatre – Ambika Mod’s bold addiction drama resists simple answers

4/5 The ‘One Day’ star plays a young professor whose addiction to violent pornography online makes for confronting real-life viewing

The Guardian - UK

Porn Play review – Ambika Mod excels as an academic undone by pornography addiction

Sophia Chetin-Leuner’s drama toggles smartly between digital and physical worlds as it traces a scholar’s grim compulsion

The Guardian - UK

From Bugonia to All’s Fair: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Yorgos ‘Poor Things’ Lanthimos reunites with Emma Stone for a weird kidnapping thriller, while Kim Kardashian and Sarah Paulson get the right side of the law in Ryan Murphy’s LA story

Evening Standard

Tilda Swinton and Gary Oldman set for Royal Court's 70th anniversary season

The Royal Court’s big celebratory year in 2026 features a host of top talent and rising stars

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Tilda Swinton and Gary Oldman return to stage for Royal Court’s 70th anniversary

Tilda Swinton’s performance marks 30 years since audiences last saw her tread the boards, meanwhile Gary Oldman will be in Krapp’s Last Tape

Evening Standard

Sir Gary Oldman and Tilda Swinton part of Royal Court’s 70th anniversary season

Sir Gary will star in and direct Samuel Beckett play Krapp’s Last Tape.

The Guardian - UK

The Unbelievers review – Nicola Walker grapples with family tragedy in a flat drama

Marianne Elliott directs Nick Payne’s tonally uneven play about a missing son that comes with ill-fitting moments of comedy

The Mary Sue

I could listen to David Corenswet talk about Star Wars and movies for hours

This is just nice.

The Guardian - UK

The play that changed my life: ‘Daniel Kaluuya winked at me and my mum – and said he acted better for us’

A ringside seat at Roy Williams’ Sucker Punch inspired a teenager to switch career plans from law to theatre

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s not happy-clappy’: the extraordinary story of Speedo Mick

As a musical about him opens at Liverpool’s Royal Court, Michael Cullen tells of hope, heart – and hitting rock bottom

The Independent UK

John Lithgow and Lesley Manville take home acting gongs at starry Olivier Awards

Imelda Staunton and Romola Garai were among the winners of the night

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