2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (340+ words) Tracy-Ann Oberman has form when it comes to bold theatrical reboots, said Dominic Cavendish in The Telegraph. In 2023, the actress “memorably reclaimed” “The Merchant of Venice”, turning Shylock into an East End matriarch in the 1930s. Now, she takes on “Present…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (255+ words) Fleabag star plays a ‘haughty, but troubled’ aristocrat in ‘frequently hilarious’ mockumentary “Those of us pining to see more Sian Clifford since the end of ‘Fleabag’, in which she played Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s fierce sister”, have been rewarded…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (276+ words) The festival has launched some of the biggest names in the arts, and continues to discover hidden gems This year, the world’s largest performing arts festival will stage 3,649 shows from 71 countries across 258 venues, culminating in a “mammoth” 53,884 performances, said Annie…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (227+ words) Hilariously awkward couple-swapping movie with a big star cast Seth Rogen is “better than ever” as Joe, a failed musician unhappily married to frustrated housewife Angela (Wilde). One day he comes home to find that she has invited their hot…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (264+ words) Being alive is as ‘contradictory’ and ‘hilarious’ as ever in The Land and its People “What can there possibly be left in the Sedaris backstory that the writer hasn’t already mined?” asked Emma Brockes in The Guardian. The American humourist…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (302+ words) Stephen Mangan shines in Florian Zeller’s ‘double helix’ of marital deceit The French playwright Florian Zeller is best known for 2012’s “The Father”, the elliptical dementia drama that – in its film adaptation – won Anthony Hopkins his second Oscar, said Clive…...