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The Real Thing at the Old Vic review: James McArdle is a revelation in this Stoppard play

Though it suffers from dated references, the script’s intelligence and passion shines through

Evening Standard

‘You never really know if it’s the real thing’: Bel Powley on love and Stoppard

From The Diary of a Teenage Girl to her latest stage role, the actor is drawn to projects about the tangle of sex and the messy parts of relationships

The Guardian - UK

Rock’n’Roll review – Tom Stoppard’s blast from the past

Stoppard’s 2006 play asks important ideological questions with typically fizzing wordplay but its growling, feral energy comes too late

The Guardian - UK

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Rock ‘N’ Roll at Hampstead Theatre review: Some rip-roaring Stoppard writing but can we crank the volume up?

The revival of a big, weird, fascinating play suppresses more than it ignites

Evening Standard

Tom Stoppard issues bleak warning about future ahead of Rock ‘n’ Roll theatre revival

Veteran playwright declares amid ‘cancel culture’: ‘Even saying THAT much would trouble some of my friends’

The Independent UK

Tom Stoppard: ‘To stop a writer’s freedom is outrageous’

Sir Tom Stoppard is fighting for freedom of expression more than ever. Robbie Griffiths speaks to him

Evening Standard

The best (non-festive) shows to book this Christmas from Stranger Things to David Tennant's Macbeth

Want to hit the theatre but sick of the seasonal fare? Look no further...

Evening Standard

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‘Is my play still relevant? I don’t care!’ Tom Stoppard on his Gaza quandary and reviving Rock ’n’ Roll

As his Velvet Revolution drama returns, the great writer talks about his mounting Israel-Gaza uncertainties, the epiphanies he has in every hot shower – and our one-star ‘corker’ review of The Crown

The Guardian - UK

‘I woke up in a cold sweat thinking: Gwyneth in a moustache’ – how we made Shakespeare in Love

‘Judi Dench had to wear extra high heels to give her stature as Queen Elizabeth. I dubbed her Tudor Spice. She’s only on screen for a few minutes – but she still won an Oscar’

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - An old poison is back in the world, but I am overwhelmed with sympathy for both sides

Last month I was asked to be one of the first “signatories” of the October Declaration, which has to date been signed by 130,000 others including Tom Stoppard, Liz Truss and Richard Dawkins. This open letter condemns all acts of terrorism against civilians in Israel on October 7.

Evening Standard

Love Actually and Wicked scripts to be auctioned in support of refugees

Fifty leading playwrights have donated annotated first and special editions of play texts and musical scripts.

The Independent UK

Tony Awards 2023: Full list of winners as Leopoldstadt and Kimberly Akimbo bag top prizes

Ariana DeBose presented the awards in New York City on Sunday for the second consecutive year

Evening Standard

Jodie Comer ‘overwhelmed’ after first Tony Award win for Prima Facie

The Killing Eve star paid tribute to her character and writer Suzie Miller as she collected the prize for best leading actress in a play.

Evening Standard

Tony awards 2023: Leopoldstadt and Kimberly Akimbo win big in historic night for non-binary actors

Jodie Comer and Tom Stoppard led a big night for Brits, while J Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell triumphed in a ceremony affected by the writers’ strike

The Guardian - US

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Michael Rudman obituary

Theatre director best known for his three major productions of Death of a Salesman, written by his hero Arthur Miller

Evening Standard

Sir Tom Stoppard driven ‘daft and furious’ by writer’s block

“For the last several months I’ve been failing,” says the playwright

The Guardian - UK

David Baddiel: ‘Football fills a God-shaped hole’

Ahead of a new book about our need for faith, the ‘militant atheist’ discusses oversharing, identity – and why he’s distancing himself from Richard Dawkins

Los Angeles Times

Julia Roberts in ‘Shakespeare in Love’? Thankfully it didn’t happen, producer says

“Shakespeare in Love” producer Edward Zwick let readers in on a few big secrets about the making of the Oscar-winning 1998 film.

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Our pick of the 50 best plays of the 21st century

The last two decades have been full of extraordinary theatre – it’s a thrilling indication of what’s ahead of us when doors reopen

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Where There’s A Will There’s a Wake; Origins; The Art of Longevity and more

Kathy Burke cackles as Dawn French plans her own demise. Elsewhere, Carmen Callil’s final interview, and farewell to a classic podcast one-off

Los Angeles Times

Tom Stoppard's Jewish roots: Carey Perloff on Broadway's acclaimed play of the season

"Leopoldstadt," Tom Stoppard's stunning new play on Broadway about a highly cultivated extended family in Vienna that was decimated in the Holocaust, isn't autobiographical. But the work springs from the Czech-born English playwright's long-deferred examination of his Jewish roots.

The Guardian - UK

Textplay review – Beckett and Stoppard SMS comedy is short on lols

A virtual exchange imagined between two theatrical greats is full of literary references, mannered jokes and inconsequential chatter

The Guardian - UK

Mastermind’s Gestapo origins, immortal sitcoms and the birth of reality TV: 100 years of the BBC, part six

From ‘Basil!’ to ‘lovely jubbly’, welcome to the age of the classic sitcom – and the dawn of a new genre where nothing was off the table apart from ‘making love and going to the lavatory’

The Guardian - UK

Critics lament cuts to BBC radio drama – seedbed of UK talent

Stoppard, Pinter and Orton are among playwrights to have cut their teeth on a service that’s being cut back because of budget restraints

Tribune News Service

Review: 'See How They Run' is a breezy, clever whodunit

One question to ask when evaluating a movie is: Who is it for? The answer for "See How They Run" seems to be: Chris Hewitt.

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