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The Standard of Living: James Graham’s joyfully Stoppardian play about Keynes

4/5 Rory Kinnear is magnetic as John Maynard Keynes in this complex, witty and humane production at Theatre Royal Haymarket

Evening Standard · Oct 1

The Standard of Living review – Rory Kinnear has bags of charm as Bloomsbury economist Keynes

James Graham’s high-wire writing brings economic theory to life and connects it with art and fulfilment in this polished, ravishingly staged story of John Maynard Keynes

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29

The Guardian view on Keynes in the West End: James Graham’s latest play captures the zeitgeist

Editorial: As the chancellor, John Healey, ponders options ahead of his first budget, the playwright’s new work offers lessons from the past

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22

From The West Wing to Blackadder: the best fictional prime ministers on TV

The UK sure loves speculation about prime ministers. So here’s some more! But who makes the finest – Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Jane Horrocks or Alan B’Stard?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24

Pelléas et Mélisande review – luminous semi-staging but Debussy’s elusive opera keeps its secrets

This year’s Aldeburgh festival opened with a stripped-back concert staging by Rory Kinnear with Ryan Wigglesworth conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

The Guardian - UK · Jun 14

David Thewlis to play sociopath in Channel 4 dark comedy-thriller

Wrong Move focuses on a range of characters who are connected due to being part of the same property-buying chain.

Evening Standard · May 13

Paul Mescal As George Best? Casting Man Utd’s New The Crown-Style TV Drama

Everyone from Sir Alex Ferguson to David Beckham will have to be cast in a The Crown-style TV drama series which has been reportedly picked up by Lionsgate.

Sports Illustrated · Jan 23

‘She will go down as one of the best’: the rise of Jessie Buckley

From talent shows to the big screen, the actor’s performance in Hamnet has made her a leading awards contender

The Guardian - UK · Jan 9

Amadeus: Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany bring Mozart and Salieri to life in this smart and sexy TV remake

Revisiting Peter Shaffer’s 1979 play Amadeus is no small feat. Joe Barton, the writer behind Netflix’s Black Doves, has taken on the challenge of reworking Shaffer’s dense account of Mozart’s life and legend into a five-episode series for Sky Atlantic. It’s a bold move: the original play – and the…

The Conversation · Dec 15, 2025

Amadeus returns: can Sky’s miniseries attract a new generation to Mozart?

A reboot of Peter Shaffer’s play hopes to repeat the 1984 film’s magic and lure a fresh audience to classical music

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2025