Antony and Cleopatra? Exhausting. Lear? Magnificent but flawed. Hamlet? Limitless. For Shakespeare’s birthday, the Guardian’s former theatre critic ranks all the plays***35 Continue...
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Read MoreThe spectacular stage version of Studio Ghibli’s much-loved film has spent a year at the Gillian Lynne theatre in London. To celebrate, photographer Tristram Kenton was granted backstage access Continue...
Read MoreThe late actor’s writing was overshadowed by roles in blockbusters. Now, Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu is giving his play about grief the audience it deserves• Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up...
Read MoreHe left school at 15 and worked as a scaffolder. Then success on New Faces launched him to stardom – and he’s been a panto and musicals sensation ever since. So what made him write a comedy about two men waiting?Gary...
Read MoreThe actor on a disastrous speech, his rules for how people should get around cities and an embarrassing encounter with a doormanBorn in New York state, Billy Crudup, 57, made his film debut in Sleepers in 1996. His subsequent...
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Read MoreFollowing the anniversary of the actor’s death, fans recall his joy at a train platform mishap, enthusing about experimental theatre and an embarrassed double-take• ‘I fell in love with him on the spot’:...
Read MoreWith 2025 but a distant memory, it’s time to get stuck into a huge year of entertainment. To help with this daunting task, we’ve provided a handy, alphabetised guide to the big releases and trends coming in the next...
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