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Rosamund Pike and Brendan Gleeson among Critics’ Circle Theatre awards winners
Paddington the Musical was also recognised by as the best new musical during a ceremony at the National Theatre on Thursday.
Evening Standard
3 min read
Theatre director Rufus Norris says knighthood is an ‘extraordinary privilege’
Sir Rufus, who was director of the National Theatre for a decade, has been recognised for his services to theatre.
Evening Standard
4 min read
Chancellor Rachel Reeves under investigation by standards watchdog over free National Theatre tickets
Rachel Reeves and three of her family members were given tickets to a show, believed to have been Ballet Shoes, on December 27 last year
Evening Standard
3 min read
Gareth Southgate's kind revolution has a bittersweet ending in Dear England at the National
4/5 This is a team effort, which captures the communal joy and heartache of sport, and now boasts a proper ending
Evening Standard
4 min read
'My teeth pinged out': Gwilym Lee on playing Gareth Southgate in Dear England
Bohemian Rhapsody and SAS Rogue Heroes star Gwilym Lee talks to us about becoming Gareth Southgate as Dear England hits the National Theatre
Evening Standard
9 min read
Award-winning Dear England play to embark on 16-venue tour
Written by James Graham it had a sell-out run at the National Theatre before it transferred to the West End in 2023.
The Independent UK
5 min read
Ncuti Gatwa to virtually read play scripts with fans for National Theatre Live
Members of the public will be able to sit back at the Vue cinema in Manchester Arndale Centre and connect with an actor based at the National Theatre.
Evening Standard
3 min read
‘You become addicted to pressure’: Rufus Norris on success, stress and the National Theatre’s survival
He has triumphed over controversies, the ‘devastation’ of Covid and 100-hour weeks. As Norris leaves the biggest job in British theatre, he reveals his final season – and his plans to take up carpentry and design kayaks
The Guardian - UK
12 min read
The Grapes of Wrath at the National Theatre review: the powerhouse cast led by Cherry Jones is compelling
Though this initially understated Steinbeck adaptation steers clear of pastiche, a melodromatic second half threatens to veer into parody
Evening Standard
3 min read
The play that changed my life: ‘Comedians got me the job running the National Theatre’
Our series on theatrical discoveries continues with Trevor Griffiths’ incandescent examination of laughter and prejudice, remembered by the director who first put it on
The Guardian - UK
3 min read
