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Michael Gambon, star of Harry Potter and The Singing Detective, dies aged 82

The Olivier award-winning actor, whose major film roles included Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series, has died

The Guardian - UK

‘A lot of biopics depend on likeness – this is braver’: Gabriel Byrne on playing Samuel Beckett

The actor talks about his new movie Dance First, in which he plays the Irish dramatist, the time he shared a drink with Richard Burton and why he had to leave Los Angeles

The Guardian - UK

A Haunting in Venice is Kenneth Branagh's 20th film – what do we make of his prodigious output?

In an essay on Kenneth Branagh, screenwriter Scott Frank recalls meeting the future star and director of his screenplay Dead Again (1991) and wondering “why the guy would want to direct a loopy, film noir thriller like mine?”

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Leonard Tucker obituary

Pioneering lighting designer with Laurence Olivier and Peter Hall at the National Theatre, and later in the West End

The Guardian - UK

Mom, How Did You Meet the Beatles? review – moving account of a Black female playwright in 60s London

Rakie Ayola excels as Adrienne Kennedy, whose John Lennon play was taken up by Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre while she was sidelined, in this crystal-clear production of her autobiographical tale

The Guardian - UK

Fielding becomes self-flagellation for Stokes and co as England toil away

A long, bruising day trying to take wickets seemed to take its toll on the hosts, before Australia showed them how it’s done in the second Test at Lord’s

The Guardian - UK

‘I was living in a fool’s paradise’: Adrienne Kennedy on meeting the Beatles and losing control of her play

The great American playwright, who made her Broadway debut last year aged 91, recounts what happened when she adapted a John Lennon book for Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre

The Guardian - UK

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Jeremy Paxman: memorable lines from a master of the scathing put-down

As the University Challenge host bows out, here is a selection of his most disparaging comments to contestants

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Nick Broomfield delves into the life of the unknown Rolling Stone

Founder and guitarist Brian Jones was the ‘heart and soul’ of the band. Plus: is everything about to go up in flames on Succession? Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

You Need to Watch the Best Retro Sci-fi Movie on HBO Max ASAP

Forget steampunk. It's time for dieselpunk.

Inverse

Can monarchical drama really hold a modern audience’s attention?

Britain needs magic and ritual, but for many, the coronation was an empty conjuring trick

The Guardian - UK

Richard Dreyfuss says new Oscar diversity rules ‘make me vomit’

‘Jaws’ star also defended Laurence Olivier’s use of blackface

The Independent UK

Return of the king: what can the movies teach us about the coronation?

Icy rejection in Welles’s Chimes at Midnight, Chalamet stripped to the waist, a swaggering Chris Hemsworth – which will Charles channel on Saturday?

The Guardian - UK

Jack Thorne on his new play about Richard Burton and John Gielgud’s Hamlet: “Rehearsals can be brutal”

Sam Mendes was inspired to commission The Motive and the Cue after finding a book on the tumultous 1964 staging of Hamlet on Broadway - now it’s at the National Theatre

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The Guardian - UK

All the world’s a stage – or should be

The people of Britain deserve nothing less than that every town should have its own repertory theatre

The Guardian - UK

Sir Derek Jacobi: ‘The sound and magic of voice are disappearing from theatre’

The acclaimed actor – who is to receive a lifetime achievement award at this year’s Olivier Awards – says the demise of repertory theatre is putting paid to the vocal prowess

The Guardian - UK

Philip Ziegler obituary

Diplomat and historian who wrote magisterial biographies of Harold Wilson, Lord Mountbatten and Edward Heath

The Guardian - UK

A new start after 60: acting was my teenage dream – now I’m at the National Theatre

Duncan Hess grew up wanting to be an actor, instead becoming a successful director at the BBC. Now he has returned to his first love, and is already walking in the footsteps of the greats

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The Guardian - US

‘She had to hide’: the secret history of the first Asian woman nominated for a best actress Oscar

Merle Oberon, a pick for best actress in 1936, was born in Bombay and spent her career passing for white

Evening Standard

When are the Olivier awards, who is nominated, and how to watch the ceremony?

The nominations for the 2023 Olivier Awards were announced on Tuesday, February 28, taking place at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

The Independent UK

A Streetcar Named Desire at 75: Blanche, Stanley, and the Tennessee Williams play that still haunts us

As Paul Mescal takes on the role first made famous by Marlon Brando, Holly Williams looks at the star-studded history of ‘Streetcar’, a play full of parts coveted by big name actors

The Guardian - UK

Dame Beryl Grey obituary

One of the most celebrated British ballerinas of her generation who later dedicated herself to the training of dancers

The Guardian - UK

Derek Granger obituary

Producer whose sumptuous 1981 adaptation of Brideshead Revisited is regarded as one of the finest British TV dramas

The Independent UK

Brideshead Revisited and Coronation Street producer Derek Granger dies aged 101

The producer, who worked on a variety of popular dramas during his television career, died peacefully at his home.

The Guardian - UK

Ian Whittaker obituary

Set decorator who worked for Merchant Ivory productions, and with Ken Russell and Ridley Scott

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