Halifax thrilled to be new mecca for movie makers after Happy Valley success Happy Valley’s success cemented a film and TV boom in the West Yorkshire town – and now the cameras can’t stay away The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2023
National Television Awards 2023: air date, nominees, final voting details, host, venue and tickets for the NTAs Our complete guide to The National Television Awards 2023 on ITV1 which are again hosted by Joel Dommett. WhatToWatch · May 23, 2023
‘Happy Valley’ Final Season on AMC Networks Trio Sarah Lancashire plays police sergeant contemplating retirement Multichannel News · May 22, 2023
Anger as intruder tries to take photos in 2:22 West End dressing room Sophia Bush, who has joined the cast of the West End thriller, said the unidentified man had made the experience ‘ugly and scary and sad’ The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2023
James Bond fans convinced Richard Madden is next 007 after social media clue Richard, originally from Elderslie, could be seen clinking his martini with Stanley Tucci before taking a big swig of the famous cocktail to the delight of fans. Daily Record · Apr 29, 2023
OPINION - I used to be a republican, but here’s why I’m celebrating the Coronation Next Sunday in Acton I will do something that would have shocked my younger self. I will be enthusiastically putting up bunting and trestle tables and preparing to toast the King for his coronation. But it’s not me that’s changed — it’s the world. Evening Standard · Apr 25, 2023
A Little Life review: a ‘grisly spectacle’ starring James Norton It’s “rare for a play to be a phenomenon before it even opens”, but A Little Life has managed that, said Sarah Crompton on What’s On Stage. The 2015 novel by Hanya Yanagihara on which it is based – about a New York lawyer whose life has been destroyed by… The Week · Apr 13, 2023
Tuesday briefing: Is there really a crisis in theatre audience behaviour – or is this all overdramatic? In today’s newsletter: With reported attacks on ushers and police called to handle overzealous audience participation, some argue the sanctity of the stage is under threat The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2023
‘We’ve had to stop people fighting and urinating in their seats’: the ugly new side of theatre audiences On Good Friday, police were called to a performance of The Bodyguard – and there have been numerous other examples of audiences behaving badly. With crowds heckling, screaming, livestreaming and even copulating during shows, what can be done? The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2023
‘They are the crucial buyers’: theatres tap into the power of female readers The Time Traveler’s Wife and Hamnet are among novels written, and largely read, by women coming to the British stage The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2023
The week in theatre: A Little Life; Sea Creatures – review James Norton elevates Ivo van Hove’s knotty adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara’s bestseller. And to the sea as Cordelia Lynn’s breezy new play sets a family adrift The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2023
Our weekend arts and culture picks, from Air to Beef All the cultural highlights for Easter weekend The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2023
Audience walkouts for James Norton play depicting rape, torture and child abuse Happy Valley star performs distressing scenes in A Little Life while lying naked on the stage – and ends up covered in blood after graphic depictions of self-harm Daily Mirror · Apr 6, 2023
‘It begins to feel like a freak show’: the disturbing truth of watching A Little Life as a gay man The suffering is on an operatic scale in this adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara’s Booker-nominated novel — but to what end, asks Jason Okundaye Evening Standard · Apr 6, 2023
The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023 A Little Life review: A naive and psychologically incurious narrative of abuse Ivo Van Hove’s adaptation starring James Norton is cold, surgical and humourless
Evening Standard · Apr 5, 2023 A Little Life at the Harold Pinter Theatre review – James Norton gives a towering performance Though relentlessly bleak, this is a superb piece of theatre
The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2023 A Little Life review – James Norton’s sexually abused lawyer is spared no misery Some called it torture porn, others a masterpiece. Ivo van Hove brings Hanya Yanagihara’s novel to the West End, complete with spurting blood, relentless sadism and not a little nudity
The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2023 A Little Life and misery lit: Have we finally suffered enough? As Hanya Yanagihara’s novel about a self-harming victim of abuse is adapted for the West End, Eloise Hendy explores how trauma and misery became a literary trend
The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2023 A Little Life and misery lit: Have we finally suffered enough? As Hanya Yanagihara’s novel about a self-harming victim of abuse is adapted for the West End, Eloise Hendy explores how trauma and misery became a literary trend
The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2023 James Norton’s nude scenes should have been respected – not violated by pervy photographers Leaked photographs of the ‘Happy Valley’ star performing nude in ‘A Little Life’ has plunged the theatre world into crisis mode. It speaks to a grotesque violation of the unspoken contract between performer and audience member, writes Jessie Thompson
Evening Standard · Mar 31, 2023 James Norton reveals he was more nervous about singing than stripping off in West End play Happy Valley star James Norton said he was more nervous about singing on stage in his new West End play than getting naked.
The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2023 James Norton describes going to ‘disturbing places’ for A Little Life role In West End production, ‘Happy Valley’ star plays a deeply troubled lawyer who has been subjected to years of sexual abuse
Evening Standard · Mar 30, 2023 OPINION - Phones are taking away our children, we need to ban them in more places There are times when I swear my daughter has a deeper relationship with her phone than she does with me. Laila is 11 and we bought her an iPhone earlier this year after she waged a relentless campaign that featured crying, begging and accusations that we were going to make…
Daily Mirror · Mar 26, 2023 Happy Valley star James Norton's nude photo violation set to trigger huge theatre change Theatre experts predict drastic changes will be made to West End shows in the future, after Happy Valley star James Norton was pictured on stage naked during a performance - despite the audience being warned not to take pictures
The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2023 London theatres may ban phones after illicit photos of James Norton published, experts say Naked photos of the actor were published and then deleted by MailOnline