Give rebranded Actors Centre back to actors, say Mark Rylance and others London venue with long history of offering training and networking has become Seven Dials Playhouse The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2022
Streaming: The Phantom of the Open and the best underdog sports films Mark Rylance’s pitch-perfect turn as the worst golfer in the Open’s history follows in the slipstream of valiant loser dramas, from Rocky and Slap Shot to Cool Runnings The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2022
The Phantom of the Open: Mark Rylance tees off in British comedy about crane driver-turned-professional-golfer Maurice Flitcroft Oscar-winning star Mark Rylance is almost enough reason to watch new British comedy The Phantom of the Open, written by Paddington 2 scribe Simon Farnaby. ABC News · Jul 13, 2022
The Undeclared War review – Enid Blyton could have written this cybersecurity drama Adrian Lester, Simon Pegg and the Mark Rylance star in a glacially paced show where GCHQ staff seem like bored office workers, and the one-note dialogue feels like something from a kids’ novel The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2022
Channel 4 The Undeclared War starring Simon Pegg and Mark Rylance to air after major Bristol film shoot It stars some famous faces such as Simon Pegg and Mark Rylance Bristol Post · Jun 30, 2022
The Undeclared War: Who’s in it, what’s it about and when’s it on? BAFTA award-winning creator Peter Kosminsky, lifts the veil on the "most urgent battle of our time." Wales Online · Jun 30, 2022
New London theatre to open with ‘frighteningly vivid’ unfinished Schiller play Dmitry by Peter Oswald at the Marylebone theatre completes a drama by the German writer that offers a complex historical perspective on Russia The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2022
Mark Rylance pulls out of three Jerusalem shows after brother’s death Oscar-winning actor to attend funeral of brother Jonathan Waters who was hit by vehicle in California The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2022
Sir Mark Rylance: West End shows pulled after star’s brother dies in motorbike crash Three shows across June 11 and 12 have been cancelled so the Oscar-winning actor can attend his brother’s funeral in California Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2022
Jonathan Waters death: Mark Rylance’s brother dies in cycle crash aged 60 Rylance, who is currently performing shows in the West End, took time off and flew to the US to attend his late brother’s memorial service The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2022
Oscar-winner Mark Rylance's younger brother 'Jonno' dies in horror cycling crash Mark Rylance is grieving his beloved younger brother 'Jonno' after horror cycling crash took his life last week. The tragedy is another family heartache for the Oscar-winner, who lost a stepdaughter to a fatal brain haemorrhage in 2012 Daily Mirror · Jun 10, 2022
‘The Phantom of the Open’: A Cinderella golfer, outta nowhere, makes the British Open Mark Rylance scores some farcical laughs as real-life mediocrity Maurice Flitcroft, but his family life gives the movie heart. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 9, 2022
Londoner’s Diary: Sackler name out of the picture at Dulwich gallery In today’s diary: Dulwich gallery re-think Sackler endorsement/ Wombles pagent incurs songwriter’s wrath/ Rylance refuses to play famous people/Cummings says Bojo would prefer to write a book about Shakespeare than be the PM Evening Standard · Jun 6, 2022
Mark Rylance wins as worst golfer ever Based on the true story of a man who wanted to play golf, didn't know how, but somehow competed among pros Salon · Jun 3, 2022
The Orange County Register · Jun 3, 2022 Oscar winner Mark Rylance plays the worst golfer in British Open history in ‘The Phantom of the Open’ At one time, Mark Rylance hadn’t been aware of the real-life story of the worst golfer in the history of the British Open.
The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2022 Q&A: Mark Rylance on his still-evolving life in movies With London’s stages closed for much of the pandemic, Mark Rylance — one of the theater’s most soulful actors — made six films
The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2022 Drama should be accessible to all, not just a privileged few Letter: Dr Geoff Readman supports Mark Rylance’s call for better theatre and drama provision in state schools
The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2022 There are two things I find impossible - sitting still and focusing. So how did I fare at the theatre? Jerusalem is an excellent production. But sitting quietly through a play is a challenge for the neurodiverse, writes Adrian Chiles
The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2022 The week in theatre: Jerusalem; The Corn Is Green; Marys Seacole Spellbinding Mark Rylance returns as the anarchic Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron; Nicola Walker hits the mark in Dominic Cooke’s brilliant Emlyn Williams revival; and in praise of Mary Seacole
The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2022 Jerusalem is back, and channelling England’s rough magic once again Jez Butterworth’s revived play taps directly into an ancient seam of anarchic, Puckish energy, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins
The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2022 Jerusalem review: Mark Rylance returns for a dark, potent revival of Jez Butterworth’s 2009 play There’s a real cruelty to the Englishness of ‘Jerusalem’, which has returned to the West End with its original star
The Guardian - UK · Apr 29, 2022 Jerusalem review – Mark Rylance’s riveting return as ‘Rooster’ Byron Problematic gags limit the power of Jez Butterworth’s layered drama about myths and Englishness but the lead performance still astonishes
Evening Standard · Apr 29, 2022 Jerusalem review: 13 years on, time has only deepened Jez Butterworth’s modern classic You could watch Rylance’s performance every night and still find new dimensions
The Guardian - UK · Apr 29, 2022 Mark Rylance calls out Tory arts cuts in new Jerusalem programme The actor, who is reprising his role in Jez Butterworth’s celebrated play, points out that leading politicians’ school Eton has extensive theatre facilities
Evening Standard · Apr 25, 2022 Radical, potent and still very funny — Jerusalem is storming the West End Frequently deemed the best play of the 21st century, Nick Curtis explores the story of Jerusalem as it returns to the West End 13 years after it first opened