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Boys from the Blackstuff review: Alan Bleasdale adaptation needs to feel more like a play for today

Leading political playwright James Graham is burdened by the need to preserve this classic piece of writing about unemployed men in 1980s Liverpool, but the show comes alive when it finds the raw edges of poverty and desperation

The Independent UK

Boys From the Blackstuff at the National Theatre review: flawed but stirring

This is a blast from the past, which still echoes today

Evening Standard

OPINION - It’s vital that culture can continue shedding important light on undersung campaigns

A run of recent dramas based on real-life issues - including ITV’s galvanising show Mr Bates vs the Post Office, and James Graham’s new play Punch - remind us of the incredible power of culture

Evening Standard

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Punch review – James Graham’s tragic study of a fatal blow

A teenager kills a trainee paramedic with a single strike on a night out in Nottingham in this deftly directed play based on a real story

The Guardian - UK

'Vibrancy' reforms on the table for later dining hours

Restaurants and bars 500 metres or more from homes will find it easier to trade into the evening under planned changes in NSW.

AAP

Sunset Boulevard wins big at Oliviers as celebrity talent largely overlooked

Jamie Lloyd’s revival takes home seven awards including for Nicole Scherzinger but film and TV stars in other productions miss out

The Guardian - UK

Olivier Awards Nominations: 'Sunset Boulevard' And 'Dear England' Lead

Discover the leading nominations for the prestigious Olivier Awards in London, celebrating excellence in theater.

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Spooky monks and Michael Sheen murals: behind the scenes of new BBC drama The Way

Sheen's latest project sees him film in his beloved Port Talbot

Evening Standard

‘Destroying your home town is quite satisfying’: inside Michael Sheen’s explosive Welsh revolution thriller

New TV series The Way sees Sheen team up with documentary legend Adam Curtis and Sherwood writer James Graham – to start a rebellion. The team talk dirt, destruction and civil war

The Guardian - UK

NRL hope new kick-off rules reduce concussions

New NRL rules encouraging short kick-offs and dropouts are aimed at unpredictability, but there is also a hope from head office it will reduce concussions.

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‘The timing was impeccable’: why it took a TV series to bring the Post Office scandal to light

Despite a two-year inquiry and years of campaigning, it was the four-hour drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office that enabled the British public to pay proper attention to the unbelievable horrors of this story

The Guardian - UK

Theatre: Susannah Clapp’s 10 best shows of 2023

In a thin year for musicals and political drama, an 11th hour Blanche DuBois, a flurry of young actors, two James Graham plays and a pair of Macbeths were among the standouts

The Guardian - UK

Dear England review - the West End reimagining of Gareth Southgate’s England tenure is ‘So good! So good! So good!’

FourFourTwo visited the Prince Edward Theatre to watch the National Theatre’s dramatisation of Gareth Southgate and the modern day England team

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The 67th Evening Standard Theatre Awards: a glittering night with the brightest stars of London theatre

Nicole Scherzinger, Sam Mendes, Ian McKellen... the glamour quotient was off the scale

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Coles workers, activists picket supermarket's AGM

The Retail and Fast Food Workers Union has gone on strike and protested outside the Coles annual meeting.

The Independent UK

What’s in a game? ‘Dear England’ probes the nation through the lens of its soccer team

Outside of families, few relationships are as intense as those between sports teams and their fans

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Boys from the Blackstuff; Vanya; Mlima’s Tale – review

Alan Bleasdale’s 80s TV classic about jobless workers hits home in James Graham’s adaptation; Andrew Scott is not alone in his one-man Chekhov; and Lynn Nottage adds imagination to a tale of ivory smuggling

Evening Standard

OPINION - Joseph Fiennes on West End transfer: “It’s my World Cup Final”: The Evening Standard Theatre Podcast

This week we headed to Wembley to catch up with Joseph Fiennes as he prepares to play England football manager Gareth Southgate in the West End.

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The Guardian - UK

Quiz review – Rory Bremner is an uncanny Chris Tarrant

A delightfully performed and finely crafted revival of James Graham’s fresh and funny play about the Millionaire cougher case, which critiques the TV industry and trials by media

The Guardian - UK

Boys from the Blackstuff review – powerful portrayals of working-class pride

James Graham’s funny and violent TV adaptation belies a sensitive study of male mental health, as right-wing economics hits a group of road layers’ lives

The Guardian - UK

Oscar-nominated romance Cold War to have major London stage adaptation

Elvis Costello songs to feature in play by Girl from the North Country’s Conor McPherson, directed by Rupert Goold at Almeida theatre

The Guardian - UK

‘The despair is the same’: Alan Bleasdale and James Graham on bringing back Boys from the Blackstuff

It’s a dream team: the creator of the 1982 BBC series and the writer of Sherwood. The pair meet in Liverpool to discuss putting Yosser and the lads on stage in a new era of economic desperation

Evening Standard

The best autumn theatre to book from Andrew Scott as Vanya to Nicole Scherzinger in Sunset Boulevard

Do you want to see a musical, new writing, Shakespeare or, er, Southgate? Autumn’s packed stage calendar has something for everyone

The Guardian - UK

Gareth Southgate pushes England to centre stage but spotlight still shines

The manager who inspired a hit play finds that sticking to football is a tough task even with a big game looming

Woman & Home

Sherwood season 2: The heartwrenching BBC drama is back filming now and here’s what you can expect from the new series

Sherwood season 2 is set to be every bit as impactful as the first instalment and we already know who's joining the cast when it returns...

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