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My Master Builder at Wyndham’s Theatre review: Ewan McGregor's first stage appearance in 17 years is a dud

2/5 This play boasts a glib, howlingly pretentious script and a drippy central character in McGregor’s architect Henry Solness

Evening Standard

Ewan McGregor, Elizabeth Debicki and Kate Fleetwood: ‘There’s slight snobbery about film actors doing a play’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: The garlanded trio are taking on marital and sexual politics in a radical modern update of Ibsen’s ‘The Master Builder’. They take on the hot potato of star power, annoying theatregoers and ‘why people call us luvvies’ with Annabel Nugent

The Independent UK

Ewan McGregor finds movie star title 'offensive'

Ewan McGregor doesn't like being branded a movie star admitting he finds the title "offensive" because he's " just an actor" who works across film, TV and theatre.

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‘I always thought it would be amazing to be the first person to play a role’: Ewan McGregor on his return to the UK stage

As the star teams up with director Michael Grandage for his first West End part in 17 years, the pair discuss the thrill of putting on a new play, how it updates Ibsen for our times – and a Trainspotting-esque toilet encounter in Russia

The Guardian - UK

No forgetting my encounter with two giants of the stage

Old pals Ewan McGregor and Michael Grandage prepare for their new play, My Master Builder, by chuckling about everything that could go wrong and has

The Guardian - UK

Elizabeth Debicki to ‘shatter’ Ewan McGregor’s life in new play

She will portray a woman who arrives suddenly at the party of McGregor’s character.

Evening Standard

Ewan McGregor returns to the West End in new play My Master Builder

Lila Raicek’s play, which McGregor describes as ‘a very modern take on today’s sexual politics’, will be the actor’s first London show in 17 years

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'Such a thrill': Ewan McGregor to perform on London stage for first time in 17 years

SCOTTISH star Ewan McGregor has said it is “such a thrill” to be returning to the London stage for the first time in 17 years ...

The National (Scotland)

Ewan McGregor returning to West End stage for first time in 17 years

Trainspotting star will feature in My Master Builder, a new play by American playwright and screenwriter Lila Raicek, at Wyndham's Theatre

Evening Standard

Ewan McGregor returning to London's West End after 17 years

Ewan McGregor will lead the cast of the reboot of 'The Master Builder' on London's West End next year.

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Backstairs Billy at the Duke of York's Theatre review: more fizz than a royal reception, but what's it saying?

At times, this play about the relationship between the Queen Mother and her favourite servant doesn't quite know where to go

Evening Standard

Luke Evans and Penelope Wilton to star in new West End comedy about the Queen Mother

Backstairs Billy explores the relationship between the Queen Mother and her servant Billy

Evening Standard

Penelope Wilton and Luke Evans to star in Queen Mother comedy in the West End

Michael Grandage will direct Wilton as the Queen Mother, with Evans playing her most loyal servant, in new play Backstairs Billy this autumn

The Guardian - UK

Orlando review: Emma Corrin is magnificent as Woolf’s punk rock protagonist

Michael Grandage’s production has an inventiveness and creativity that’s true to the spirit of Virginia Woolf’s novel

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‘It’s relatable’ … The Crown’s Emma Corrin on playing gender-swapping, time-travelling Orlando

The actor and the director Michael Grandage talk about how relevant their staging of Virginia Woolf’s classic work of gender fluidity feels – and remember their own queer battles

The Independent UK

My Policeman review: Harry Styles is criminally bad in this clunky, ineffective period drama

The pop star follows up ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ with another leaden, oddly accented acting performance

The Independent UK

My Policeman review: Harry Styles is criminally bad in this clunky, ineffective period drama

The pop star follows up ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ with another leaden, oddly accented acting performance

The Guardian - UK

My Policeman review – poignant tale of a love triangle inspired by EM Forster’s own

Michael Grandage’s adaptation of a novel inspired by Forster’s famous ménage à trois conjours a mood of British postwar repression and guilt

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The Guardian - UK

Even Harry Styles’ presence can’t make My Policeman’s discussion of queerness interesting

Michael Grandage’s new film has gay cast members and crew, but the literacy of queer themes in mainstream cinema feels painfully unevolved

The Independent UK

Emma Corrin recalls being asked to undress in the middle of takes on set

‘When you’re at the start of your career you feel you have to go along with things,’ they said

Evening Standard

My Policeman movie review: Styles tries but neither he nor his co-stars are helped by this plodding script

David Dawson’s nuanced performance is the highlight of this film about a forbidden relationship, even if no-one will speak his name

The Independent UK

My Policeman cast get standing ovation at Toronto premiere

Styles plays a 1950s police officer married to a woman while having an affair with a male museum curator in the film

The Guardian - US

Harry Styles’ comments on gay sex and sexuality are frustratingly coy

In a new interview with Rolling Stone, the actor-singer stresses that his new same-sex romantic drama is not as gay as it sounds

Evening Standard

Orlando: Neil Bartlett’s new production starring Emma Corrin will take place at the Garrick Theatre

There are 10,000 tickets going for £10 too

Los Angeles Times

Harry Styles' gay sex scenes in 'My Policeman' are 'very sculptural,' director says

International sex symbol and LGBTQ ally Harry Styles will perform his first gay sex scene in the highly anticipated film "My Policeman," directed by Michael Grandage.

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