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Cancellation of award for playwright Caryl Churchill condemned

Leading figures in British theatre and film criticise decision not to give Churchill award because of her support for Palestinian rights

The Guardian - UK

Sophie Okonedo ‘excited and nervous’ about leading role at new West End theatre

British actress Sophie Okonedo will take the leading role in the Greek tragedy Medea at a new London theatre.

Irish Independent

Sophie Okonedo to play Medea at new West End theatre

The production, beginning next February, will be directed by Dominic Cooke for @sohoplace in London

The Guardian - UK

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The week in theatre: Good; The Band’s Visit; The Boy With Two Hearts – review

As a mild-mannered German academic who drifts into becoming an SS officer, David Tennant is transfixing

The Guardian - UK

Good at the Harold Pinter Theatre review: David Tennant is chillingly plausible

This stark play is an important rather than an enjoyable watch

Evening Standard

Jews. In Their Own Words review – appalling revelations in a gallop through centuries of bigotry

Jonathan Freedland has turned 180,000 words drawn from interviews into a potent verbatim play about antisemitism and the blindspots of liberal institutions. The results feel urgent – but is its remit simply too large?

The Guardian - UK

Antisemitism claims at the Royal Court theatre

Letters: Caryl Churchill and Dominic Cooke defend the play Seven Jewish Children, and John Pelling recalls plays by Arnold Wesker and Bernard Kops

The Guardian - UK

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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

The Corn Is Green review: Dominic Cooke rejuvenates a dusty text

Nicola Walker is captivating in this play about the power of education and language

Evening Standard

The Corn Is Green review – an inspirational heart-warmer in praise of good education

Emlyn Williams’ 1938 play is a kind of Billy Elliot of the Valleys: the old-fashioned but hugely entertaining and affecting story of a Welsh miner’s son who escapes his class-bound home town with the help of a bold schoolteacher

The Guardian - UK

Nicola Walker, star of Unforgotten and The Split, returns to the theatre

The actor only really hit her stride at 40, but has always kept her feet firmly on the ground

The Guardian - UK

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