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New play about impact of dementia on Black Britons can start ‘conversation’

Lynette Linton, outgoing creative director of Bush Theatre, hopes production will lead to people getting more support

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Alterations; A Knock on the Roof review – material worlds

A black British tailor dreams big in Michael Abbensetts’ 70s comedy, made new by director Lynette Linton and designer Frankie Bradshaw. Plus, a one-woman show about relentless fear in Gaza

The Guardian - UK

Taio Lawson to shepherd London’s Bush theatre as new artistic director

Lynette Linton’s successor at the new writing venue in west London promises to build on its bold legacy

The Guardian - UK

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Alterations review – tailoring comedy remade to measure at the National Theatre

In Michael Abbensetts’ play, elegantly directed by Lynette Linton, characters work, dream, horse around and question the nature of home

The Guardian - UK

Alterations at the National Theatre review: 'a finely tailored play'

4/5 This rediscovered gem from the Black Plays Archive comes alive from the very start

Evening Standard

National Theatre to stage major work by ‘forgotten’ black British playwright

Alterations, by Michael Abbensetts, follows a Guyanese tailor as he tries to establish himself on Carnaby Street

The Guardian - UK

Barcelona review – Lily Collins and Álvaro Morte share a night of tapas, torment and toe-sucking

The stars of Emily in Paris and Money Heist team up for a curiously flat drama mixing suspense, comedy and politics

The Guardian - UK

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Shifters review: This epic new romcom has West End audiences swooning

With fine performances from Tosin Cole and Heather Agyepong, Benedict Lombe’s will-they-won’t-they love story – which has high-profile backing from Idris Elba, Little Simz and Maya Jama – is another fresh hit originating from the Bush Theatre

The Independent UK

Shifters star Tosin Cole: 'You have to trust your ability. Like they say in basketball – shooters gotta shoot.'

Cole, who has had prominent roles in The Doctor Who and Till, will next be seen in Benedict Lombe’s gorgeous love story at the Duke of York’s Theatre

Evening Standard

The week in theatre: Shifters; The Human Body; Nachtland – review

Benedict Lombe’s new play about two almost-lovers is alive and unpredictable; Keeley Hawes and Jack Davenport have a glimmering brief encounter; and a Hitler painting causes a family rift in Patrick Marber’s latest production

The Guardian - UK

Score! Red Pitch, the Bush Theatre's smash hit show, is coming to the West End

It joins Dear England, about Gareth Southgate's national team, as the latest football-related show to hit theatreland

Evening Standard

The week in theatre: Clyde’s; The Confessions; The Score – review

Lynn Nottage wires us into American life with her all-consuming truck-stop cafe drama; Alexander Zeldin weaves slow magic from his mother’s memories; and Brian Cox makes a formidable JS Bach

The Guardian - UK

Clyde’s review – crunchy kitchen drama is a dish to be savoured

Clyde runs a mean sandwich shop, while Montrellous is the sensei of sourdough, in Lynn Nottage’s mouthwatering play

The Guardian - UK

Clyde's at the Donmar Warehouse review: a glorious kitchen drama that's like The Bear... but better

Double Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage's new work about ex-cons trying to create the perfect sandwich is uproarious fun with a serious undertow

Evening Standard

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Safe pair of hands or time for a shakeup: who’s going to get the biggest job in UK theatre?

After Rufus Norris’s departure from the National Theatre, who is most likely to be the London powerhouse’s next artistic director? We look at eight potential candidates

The Guardian - UK

Patsy Ferran wins Critics’ Circle theatre award for 11th-hour Streetcar role

Lizzie Annis wins best newcomer and Arthur Hughes wins best Shakesperean performance as actors with disabilities take two prizes

Evening Standard

Our top culture interviews of the year for 2022, from Jodie Comer to Sanditon star Rose Williams

We’ve spent the year talking to fascinating people - here are some of our favourite conversations

Evening Standard

Joyous and emotional: inside the 66th Evening Standard Theatre Awards

The Evening Standard Theatre Awards returned last night after a two-year pandemic-enforced break, in a night that reflected the strength of London’s theatre recovery

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The week in theatre: Blues for an Alabama Sky; The Crucible; Dido’s Bar – review

Thirties Harlem is vibrantly alive at the National, while mob rule meets Little House on the Prairie in an assured revival of The Crucible. Elsewhere, a night on the tiles in Carthage

The Guardian - UK

Blues for an Alabama Sky review – Harlem renaissance drama is a tale for our times

A group of friends in 1930s New York pursue diverging dreams in a transfixing production of Pearl Cleage’s play directed by Lynette Linton

Evening Standard

Blues for an Alabama Sky at the National Theatre review: deliciously funny and deeply affecting

Lynette Linton’s beautiful, light-footed production is a bittersweet delight

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m black, I’m gay, I’m a woman. My country hates me!’: actor Samira Wiley on love, confidence and the Handmaid’s Tale

Samira Wiley shot to fame in Orange is the New Black, then confirmed her status in The Handmaid’s Tale. Now she’s at the National Theatre. She talks about the timeliness of her roles – and trusting her wife to kill off her characters

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Bolu Babalola’s cultural highlights

The novelist and comedy writer on her song of the summer, her new favourite sitcom and the brilliance of director Lynette Linton

Evening Standard

House of Ife at the Bush Theatre review: a sharp, hectic and sparkling debut play

Beru Tessema’s first play is a family epic that captures the universal in the specific

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Lynette Linton’s cultural highlights

The Bush theatre’s artistic director on how Bridgerton, a hilarious internet dating show and an incredible debut novel are feeding her obsession with love

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