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Royal Exchange boss unveils new plays two years after damaging censorship row

Selina Cartmell announces season including Stockport-set version of Phaedra myth by Simon Stephens

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20

Sir Ian McKellen leads UK premiere of mixed-reality theatre show An Ark

An Ark is a 47-minute play written by Simon Stephens.

Evening Standard · Oct 13

‘He’s simply astonishing’: will Andrew Scott become the first out gay man to win the best actor Oscar?

The Irishman seems a dead cert for his performance as Ian Charleson in Elsinore. And his ability to avoid being pigeonholed while embracing queer stories, from Pride to All of Us Strangers, is a remarkable achievement

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19

‘The one thing it doesn’t have is actual sex’: the new Mary Whitehouse play that would have infuriated Mary Whitehouse

She was the morality crusader who became a figure of ridicule. Now Whitehouse is the subject of a new production starring Maxine Peake. We meet the gay feminist playwright who wrote it

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2025

Denis Arndt, Tony-nominated star of ‘Heisenberg’ and veteran of David E. Kelley TV shows, dies at 86

Character actor Denis Arndt, who was cast in “L

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2025

Men’s Business review – a night of extreme nihilism, offal and frequent awkward sex

Simon Stephens’s update of Franz Kroetz’s stark 1972 play sees butcher Charlie and welder Victor amid knives and flanks of meat, the threat of violence palpable

The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2025

James Graham unveils AI comedy at ‘greatest hits’ gala for Paines Plough

Playwrights and actors paid homage to the small but mighty UK theatre company that nurtured them, as part of a fundraising initiative for new writers

The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2025

Sunset Boulevard wins big at Oliviers as celebrity talent largely overlooked

Jamie Lloyd’s revival takes home seven awards including for Nicole Scherzinger but film and TV stars in other productions miss out

The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2024

Andrew Scott: sex scenes less ‘embarrassing’ for audience if one actor plays both characters

The Fleabag star, who took all eight roles in the solo show Vanya, says intimate scenes on stage can be discomfiting for viewers

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2024

Andrew Scott: our Best Actor winner – 'maybe I’ve acted a bit too much in the last few years'

The stage and screen star called Vanya 'a little bit mad' but people flew from all over the world to see it

Evening Standard · Nov 22, 2023