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Hit and myth: Bacchae brings into view the National’s history of revamping Greek tragedies

Following in the footsteps of Peter Hall and Katie Mitchell, Indhu Rubasingham directs an ancient epic at the National Theatre. Bacchae reveals the virtues and vices of creating a new play from old

The Guardian - UK

Classics with added Yorkshire class: tributes to Tony Harrison

Harrison’s poetry and plays made an electrifying connection with readers and audiences through his use of Leeds dialect, and his ear for rhyme. Writers remember his greatness

The Guardian - UK

‘The man who came to read the metre’: Yorkshire poet Tony Harrison was the National Theatre bard

Harrison, who has died aged 88, wrote copiously for the stage, both as an ingenious translator and dazzlingly original dramatist

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Bacchae at the National Theatre: 'Anarchic activism set to rap and dance'

3/5 The first play under new National Theatre Director Indhu Rubasingham is production of wild mood swings that ticks off issues but loses the plot

Evening Standard

Nima Taleghani on Bacchae: 'You’re invited for a good time, not for homework'

Nima Taleghani is becoming the first debutant playwright to have a play on at the National Theatre’s Olivier stage... and he’s not freaking out at all

Evening Standard

The Land of the Living at the National Theatre review: Juliet Stevenson is assured but this play feels hollow

3/5 Juliet Stevenson seems to lack compassion in David Lan’s return to British theatre with a story about Nazi-abducted children

Evening Standard

Heartstopper star Nima Taleghani on his National Theatre debut: ‘I hadn’t even googled how to write a play’

The Heartstopper star’s exhilarating reboot of Euripides is the first debut play to grace the hallowed Olivier stage – but it nearly didn’t happen. ‘Its not in my bones,’ he says

The Guardian - UK

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Dame Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellen to reflect on careers at National Theatre

The event will be hosted by Downton Abbey actor Jim Carter.

Evening Standard

The best theatre to stream this month: tailoring comedy Alterations gets a fitting tribute

Pin-sharp comedy from the National Theatre’s Black Plays Archive, a 12-hour ‘theatre-rave’ and Rachel Zegler’s balcony performance of Don’t Cry for Me Argentina are among this month’s highlights

The Guardian - UK

Rosamund Pike is riveting in Inter Alia at the National Theatre

4/5 The actor commands the stage for over two hours in Suzie Miller’s play about toxic masculinity inside and outside the courtroom

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves inadvertently breached rules on declaring freebies, watchdog finds

The chancellor apologised for the error involving the declaration of theatre tickets for an adaptation of the classic children’s novel Ballet Shoes

The Independent UK

Nye at the National Theatre: 'Michael Sheen shines'

3/5 Michael Sheen plays the founder of the NHS in this fine, if patchy, crowd-pleaser

Evening Standard

Jodie Whittaker and Jason Watkins to join BBC’s Dear England cast

Whittaker, who played Doctor Who and starred in Toxic Town, is set to join the series as Pippa Grange, the England men’s team’s psychologist.

Evening Standard

‘Nothing less than a punishment’: Serbian artists criticise theatre role for ex-paramilitary chief

Dragoslav Bokan to head national theatre’s board of directors as authorities crack down on culture sector

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Labour plans risk excluding disabled people from workforce, say arts leaders

National Theatre and RSC directors among signatories to letter decrying proposed changes to Access to Work scheme

The Guardian - UK

Gawn Grainger obituary

Actor, playwright and screenwriter who was a stalwart of the National Theatre under Laurence Olivier

The Guardian - UK

Actor and writer Gawn Grainger dies aged 87

A prolific performer with the National Theatre, the actor and playwright – who was married to Zoë Wanamaker – was also a regular on TV, starring in Doctor Who

The Independent UK

Three years after his death, Stephen Sondheim feels more alive than ever

IN FOCUS: ‘Here We Are’, now running at the National Theatre, is the musical theatre titan’s final, posthumous work. But when it comes to Sondheim, this couldn’t be further from the end, writes Louis Chilton

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Evening Standard

Here We Are at the National Theatre, Lyttelton review: should this have been staged at all?

2/5 Stephen Sondheim’s posthumous musical has no songs, only a stellar cast save it from being completely unenjoyable

The Guardian - UK

David Harewood to return to Othello almost 30 years after groundbreaking National Theatre production

Harewood – who became the first black actor to play Othello at the NT in 1997 – will play the role at Theatre Royal Haymarket opposite Toby Jones as Iago

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re not here to slander Sondheim!’ Inside the master’s wild final musical, completed at last

Here We Are, a satirical mashup of two surrealist movie masterpieces, was finished after musicals maestro Stephen Sondheim died – outraging some fans. As the show hits Britain, its stars and creators reveal their thrills and fears

Evening Standard

Paul Mescal headlines National Theatre’s bold new season as Stormzy debuts for ground-breaking collaboration

The theatre unveils ambitious global vision with 16 new productions, including Mescal’s double debuts and a Stormzy-powered musical

The Guardian - UK

Arts Council England a victim of ‘London-centric’ media coverage, CEO says

Darren Henley says regional arts leaders do not have same newspaper coverage as those in the capital

The Guardian - UK

Decline of drama at school prompts UK training drive for backstage work

The National Theatre is worried about a shortage of skills from costume designers, to set creators, to computer technicians

Evening Standard

Forza Taps: Forza Wine at the National Theatre announce return of hit summer terrace

Anyone for grilled meats and endless natural wine?

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