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Digested week: Garrick Club confirms an actual woman has joined – the queen

Approval of the royal’s membership doesn’t seem to be the most rigorous enforcement of the democratic principle

The Guardian - UK

Queen Camilla makes history as first female royal member of London's elite Garrick Club

Camilla is one of just a handful of women to join exclusive private members club since it permitted female members for first time in 193 years

Evening Standard

‘I’m a big bear. I lumber’: showbiz superstar Richard Kind on delivering performances you can see from space

The first time Kind starred in Nazi-spoof The Producers, he lost 30lb. Is he – and the West End – ready for his return? And why is he so worried about his old flatmate George Clooney?

The Guardian - UK

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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

Backstage chat: Andy Nyman on The Producers musical – 'Mel Brooks' kindness makes it okay'

Andy Nyman is currently having a blast as Max Bialystock in The Producers musical at the Garrick but admits, ‘We have to lock away the swastika flags at night’

Evening Standard

Andy Nyman: ‘People worry about getting cancelled – The Producers doesn’t care about any of that’

INTERVIEW: The Leicester-born actor is leading a revival of Mel Brooks’s classic anti-Nazi satire at the Garrick Theatre in London. He speaks to Louis Chilton about breaking taboos, working with Derren Brown, and why he can’t shake the feeling it’s ‘downhill from here’

The Independent UK

Julie Etchingham ends Garrick Club application after drawn-out process

Only three women have been admitted to the London club since members lifted its men-only rule last year

The Guardian - UK

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Mrs Warren’s Profession review – Imelda Staunton in formidable form as brothel-keeper

Filial tangles, played with the actor’s real-life daughter Bessie Carter, bring George Bernard Shaw’s once-banned drama to life

The Guardian - UK

‘I said there was no reason to make it a musical!’ Mel Brooks on The Producers’ West End transfer

Veteran director, who originally opposed adapting 1967 film for the stage, is ‘very proud’ as Menier Chocolate Factory production will move to London’s Garrick theatre

The Guardian - UK

Barrister cleared of misconduct after criticising 'boys' club' attitude in legal profession

Dr Charlotte Proudman had faced disciplinary tribunal over Twitter thread criticising a ruling in a case she worked on

The Guardian - UK

Welcome to the club: why are private members’ clubs booming?

Whether it’s an exclusive establishment with a years-long waiting list or a working men’s club at the heart of its community, there’s nothing like a sense of belonging. And when times are tough, memberships go up

The Guardian - UK

Simon Case 'rejoins Garrick club' six months after resigning amid row over ban on women members

The head of the civil service resigned after he was named on a list of 80 senior male figures in politics, the law and arts who were members while women were excluded

Evening Standard

Head of civil service Simon Case rejoins Garrick Club six months after quitting it

Case left in March after the Guardian published names of senior public figures who were in the then men-only club

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Why Am I So Single?; The Band Back Together; Our Country’s Good – review

Dating disasters fuel a joyful new musical from the creators of Six; three old band members reunite in Barney Norris’s low-key elegy to lost youth. Plus, a hit-and-miss revival of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s penal colony classic

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Unappealing as some life peers are, entitled lords are defending the indefensible

Tony Blair’s bodged upper house reform enabled a kind of Garrick Club, with no risk of women

The Guardian - UK

Two more men-only clubs in UK to ask members if women should join

Discussions and a poll follow Garrick Club vote to admit women this year

The Guardian - UK

Stephen Fry: ‘The Conservatives are what we call in poker a busted flush’

The actor on playing a Polish Holocaust survivor alongside Lena Dunham, what he likes about hip‑hop and why a boring PM would be a relief

The Independent UK

There’s actually a place for single-sex clubs. They just need to be justified

If we organise a monthly lads poker night or a female book group, are we as guilty of being exclusionary as the Garrick Club? Maybe we all need to mix up our social circles more, suggests Oliver Keens – or at least acknowledge when they’re not mixed at all

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Garrick Club and Women’s Institute swapping members would benefit society

Letters: Neil Hanson, Polly Bissett and Alistair Gregory on the club’s decision to accept women

The Guardian - UK

It’s as if misogyny was the vice that dared not speak its name at the Garrick. That cloud has now lifted

I saw a voting process that was both dignified and moving – and as a member of long standing, I welcome this change, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Garrick club chair says ‘exceptional lady members’ may be fast-tracked

Christopher Kirker tells members that normal waiting times will apply for most women as concerns raised about tokenism

The Guardian - UK

Why UK gentlemen’s club the Garrick is accepting women for first time in nearly 200 years

All-male private members’ club in London has voted in favour of women joining after Guardian coverage

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Holiday e-gate nightmare must not be repeated

If Border Force e-gates suffer a nationwide meltdown leaving thousands stranded, but Chinese-sponsored hacking isn’t to blame, does anyone in government make a sound?

Evening Standard

Garrick Club victory for women ‘is a win on the long road to gender equality’

Private members club’s decision to allow female members for the first time in its 193-year history welcomed by campaigner

Al Jazeera

Members of London’s Garrick Club vote to let women join for first time

Vote followed outrage over membership list that revealed the club was a bastion of Britain’s establishment.

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