In a bold new production starring Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss, the NT is fusing Sophocles and Ingmar Bergman. So what can two stories written 23 centuries apart tell us about how we live today?
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‘How do I deal with my rage? I put it in everything I do’: Killing Eve’s Sandra Oh on fury, friendship and hitting her prime in midlife ○
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It took a long time for the actor to find her groove – then the smash TV spy thriller changed everything. She talks about getting advice from A-listers, speaking her mind, and why she’s switching to …
49 days ago
Toby Stephens: ‘I lost my dad to cirrhosis. The only difference between us was that, tragically, he couldn’t stop drinking’ ⊖⊖
The actor on missing his late mother, Maggie Smith, being mistaken for Damian Lewis, and looking ‘like a fridge’
Born in London, Toby Stephens, 57, is the son of actors Maggie Smith and Robert Stephen…
51 days ago
‘They kissed, and the audience roared’: the new musical about gay activists and striking miners ⊕
In 1984, an unlikely coalition was formed between London LGBTQ+ campaigners and Welsh miners. Now their story, as told in the 2014 film Pride, is coming to the stage. The original demonstrators share…
57 days ago
‘Peaky Blinders is our Nutcracker’: how Rambert are dragging dance into the present – and their message for Timothée Chalamet ⊕
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How does a 100-year-old dance company face the 21st century? For Rambert’s Benoit Swan Pouffer the answer is combining innovation with popular adaptations such as the Brummie crime saga
On 15 June 192…
59 days ago
‘It’s a relief … I’m irrelevant!’: Rufus Norris on life after the National Theatre ⊖
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He stood down as boss of the NT – and threw himself into kayaking, writing and DIY. The veteran director talks about his new start aged 60, mourning his mother – and directing Death of a Salesman in …
63 days ago
Hugh Skinner: ‘My most embarrassing moment? Walking on set naked when I wasn’t supposed to be’ ⊕
The actor on his fear of pigeons, his dashed boyband hopes, and having a crush on the entire male cast of Neighbours
Born in London, Hugh Skinner, 41, trained at Lamda and appeared in the BBC’s Tess o…
75 days ago
Still collapsing after all these years: Einstürzende Neubauten on their fifth decade as a Berlin legend ⊕
The band’s newest member, Josefine Lukschy, was born the year their fifth album was released. They and founding member Blixa Bargeld talk about leading the counter counter-culture
‘Everything already …
84 days ago
Tuppence Middleton: ‘My guiltiest pleasure? Watching Naked Attraction when my partner is out’ ○
The actor on her Dua Lipa faux pas, restless legs syndrome, and a shock realisation at a housewarming party
Born in Bristol, Tuppence Middleton, 39, trained at ArtsEd in London before appearing in fil…
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The best theatre to stream this month: David Harewood has unfinished business with Othello ○
The actor commands the stage in Tom Morris’s striking production of Shakespeare’s tragedy, while Rachel Zegler and Ben Platt unite for The Last Five Years
When David Harewood was offered the lead in O…