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‘Sharp-tongued’ play set in the month of Anne Boleyn’s arrest, trial and executionAva Pickett’s debut play, “1536”, became the hottest ticket in town when it premiered at the Almeida, said Isobel Lewis in Time Out. Film star Margot Robbie was so impressed, she came on board as co-producer for this W...
Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel ‘joust’ in Steven Soderbergh’s new filmIn Steven Soderbergh’s dark comedy, Ian McKellen turns in one of his finest performances, said David Sexton in The New Statesman. He plays Julian Sklar, a once-brilliant painter who hasn’t produced anything for years. A “vain, ira...
“Good news for anyone who loves being scared out of their wits by the sounds in their headphones,” said Miranda Sawyer in The Observer: “Broken Veil” is back. The first series of this “gripping and unnerving” show, revolving around unsettling goings-on in a concrete building in the Essex countryside...

by Jem Calder Jem Calder – who grew up in Essex before moving to London 10 years ago – is a writer much concerned with the “specific indignities of living in the capital”, said Laura Hackett in The Sunday Times. Both his 2022 story collection, “Reward System”, and now this debut novel are full of ob...

British actor and great ShakespeareanIn 1980, Michael Pennington was offered a starring role in the screen adaptation of “The French Lieutenant’s Woman”, opposite Meryl Streep, said The Times. The film could have made him a household name, but he turned it down in favour of playing Hamlet at the RSC...
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