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Tindersticks singer on Nottingham, TV Personalities cover, Eimear McBride and new lp
Bullying, demeaning and harassing women: Look Back in Anger at The Gate
John Osborne’s aggressive scourge Jimmy Porter is about to appear in the Gate
‘When you cry, you really cry’: the emotional toll of stage acting
Actors often take their characters’ painful experiences – repeated night after night – with them off stage. Kate Fleetwood, Michelle Terry and Ben Miles explain how playing murderers, heroin addicts and monarchs marked them deep inside
‘People might be cross that some English bloke has desecrated a classic’
Director Seán Holmes had never seen The Plough and the Stars staged – until his current version went up at the Abbey Theatre
Charlie Murphy: from Love/Hate to zen
As she gears up for a Christmas reunion with her extended family back in her native Wexford, Charlie Murphy pauses to chat about a ridiculously busy year
Noomi Rapace: “I think acting saved my life”
Noomi Rapace certainly knows how to make an entrance – and how to talk. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Prometheus star discusses her love of Iceland, life as a 15-year-old wild child in Stockholm, and how acting saved her life
‘The Westbury is more representative of my life than an alleyway strewn with needles’
Mark Ravenhill says he has a ‘desperate need to be liked’, but when it comes to provocation the playwright can’t seem to help himself
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