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RSC postpones Othello while leading actor Sharon D Clarke has cancer treatment

Radical reimagining of Shakespeare play was due to run at Swan theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon from 13 February to 3 April 2027

The Guardian - UK

Award-winning BBC star shares cancer diagnosis as stage performances postponed

Actor had been due to play Othello in 2027 Stratford-upon-Avon production

The Independent UK

Othello starring Sharon D Clarke postponed due to her cancer treatment

The show had been scheduled to run next year from February 13 until April 3.

Evening Standard

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Star hopes audience will be ‘transformed’ by black lesbian adaption of Othello

Sharon D Clarke has been cast in the title role in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Shakespeare’s tragedy.

Evening Standard

RSC casts Sharon D Clarke as black lesbian Othello in reimagining of play

Three-time Olivier winner to play general viewed through ‘urgent new lens’ of misogynoir in futuristic production

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Sharon D Clarke returns as the formidable DCI Ellis

Ellis and her trusty sidekick uncover small-town grudges as they investigate a murder. Plus, catch the Bafta award-winning film I Swear. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

‘We have so many talented black British actors who had to leave in order to work’: Sharon D Clarke on typecasting, industry tensions, and the truthfulness of Mr Loverman

As part of a Bafta TV special, the best actor nominated star talks about institutional racism, the remarks that made Cressida Dick look like a ‘fool’, and how Bernardine Evaristo’s coming out story reflected her own

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Baby Reindeer to Rivals: who will win the TV Baftas … and who should?

The biggest night in telly is back. So will Richard Gadd’s stalker drama come up trumps? Will Katherine Parkinson triumph for her turn in Rivals? And will Ruth Jones finally get a gong for Gavin & Stacey?

The Guardian - UK

Camilla surprised as she hosts Hollywood and stage stars at palace reception

The Queen was surprised with a scene from The Importance of Being Earnest, which she said was one of her favourite plays

The Independent UK

The Importance of Being Earnest review – Ncuti Gatwa leads a Wilde party of irresistible anarchic charm

Gatwa’s Algernon brings delightful mischief to a high-camp production pointing up the classic Victorian comedy’s subversive queerness

The Guardian - UK

How to watch Ellis online for free: stream new British crime drama

Sharon D. Clarke plays the troubleshooting detective assisting local forces when all else fails. Here's how to watch Ellis online and from anywhere.

TechRadar

'DCI Ellis is cool, I like her! She is undaunted and dogged'

Ellis - interview with Sharon D Clarke

WhatToWatch

Sharon D Clarke: ‘When I first started being seen for TV roles it was just endless nurses’

The actor on playing Lady Bracknell at the National, the groundbreaking gay love story of Mr Loverman, and getting married on stage

The Guardian - UK

Sharon D Clarke: I didn’t grow up seeing someone like me in the lead role on TV

The actress plays the lead role in a new Channel 5 detective series, Ellis.

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Mr Loverman review – magnificent TV that will tear your heart open

Lennie James and Sharon D Clarke are exquisite in this bold, spiky tale of a gay man who starts to regret living a lie. The awards are sure to flood in

WhatToWatch

How to watch Mr Loverman online: stream the Bernardine Evaristo adaptation from anywhere

Lennie James and Sharon D Clarke star in the eight-part BBC series. Here's how you can watch Mr Loverman online.

Evening Standard

Mr Loverman on BBC One review: this meandering adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo's book is painfully slow

Any opportunity to bring Lennie James and Sharon D Clarke together is a good one. but this just feels wasted

Evening Standard

What to know about Mr Loverman, the new BBC show set to be an autumn hit

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Ellis season 1: episode guide, release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything you need to know

Ellis is a Channel 5 and Acorn TV crime drama starring Sharon D Clarke as a detective tackling seemingly 'unsolvable' crimes.

WhatToWatch

Red, White & Royal Blue director Matthew López on the film's 'delicious' romance

Red, White & Royal Blue director/co-writer Matthew López on bringing the bestselling LGBTQ+ romance to the screen

Salon

Wendell Pierce's Loman fights to the end

Salon sits down with the Broadway actor and "The Wire" star to discuss the American Dream and Black Americans

Los Angeles Times

Review: How the Black experience renews 'Death of a Salesman' on Broadway

NEW YORK — It's been a long time coming, but change has finally arrived on Broadway, where for the first time Willy Loman and his family are played by Black actors.

Chicago Tribune

Review: ‘Death of a Salesman’ on Broadway, starring Wendell Pierce, thrills in the present but struggles with the echoes of the past

NEW YORK — Arthur Miller would, it’s reasonable to assume, have been delighted at the idea of a Broadway revival of “Death of a Salesman” with an all-Black Loman family, especially with Wendell Pierce (”The Wire”) swinging for the fences in the starring role and Sharon D. Clarke playing the…

Chicago Sun-Times

Wendell Pierce calls ‘Death of a Salesman’ role the ‘high watermark’ of his career

“Whether people are seeing it for the first time or seeing it for the 20th time, I’m really happy that new audiences are going to come to it to see our perspective,” Pierce says.

The Independent UK

Wendell Pierce calls his 'Death of a Salesman' a 'watermark'

Wendell Pierce hopes that heading a Black-led cast in a historic revival of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” goes beyond exposing the classic American play to a new audience

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