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Golden Boy at Almeida Theatre review: O'Connor and company are a knockout

4/5

Evening Standard · Sep 16

Golden Boy review – Josh O’Connor swings between hope and despair in boxing melodrama

The Challengers star makes a powerful return to the stage as a New York violinist driven by dire straits to risk everything in the ring

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16

Cleansed review – Sarah Kane’s visions of brutal torture resonate more intensely than ever

Rebecca Frecknall pulls off this notoriously difficult 1998 play, in which appalling cruelty and violence is balanced against human yearning for love and beauty

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30

"We Have Less to Lose and More to Say": Why Smaller Brands are Still Leading the Charge on Catwalk Inclusivity in 2026

Prioritising a sense of community when it comes to casting their fashion shows helps connect with audiences in a way that feels authentic

Marie Claire · Feb 23

American Psycho in London: Arty Froushan on playing Patrick Bateman

Arty Froushan on taking up serial killing in American Psycho: The Musical, the smash hit satire that takes on Trump, toxic masculinity and Phil Collins

Evening Standard · Feb 20

American Psycho review – yuppies making a killing offers a chilling origin story for our corrupt times

In a bloody, brilliant, full circle Rupert Goold bows out as artistic director of the Almeida with a timely revival of the musical he first staged here in 2013

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2

Christmas Day review – Sam Grabiner serves up gripping dinner-table debate

A north London Jewish family share a meal – and heated arguments – in this complex and courageous drama

The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2025

Michael Shannon on stage acting, General Zod, and performing as REM’s Michael Stipe: ‘I’ve had a career that’s all over the shop’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: The admired actor talks to Patrick Smith about the painful truths of Eugene O’Neill, the treatment of Zack Snyder, and his issue with autograph hunters

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2025

A Moon for the Misbegotten review – even Ruth Wilson can’t redeem this long night

Rebecca Frecknall’s usually bold directorial hand seems stilled in a glacially paced revival co-starring Michael Shannon and David Threlfall

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2025

Ruth Wilson on her return to the West End stage, the threat from AI, and why London tops New York

Ruth Wilson fears for screen stars, but as she returns to the West End stage, she says theatre is in fantastic shape — and things are looking up for women of a certain age, too

Evening Standard · Jun 12, 2025