23 stories by "Noah Payne-Frank"
At the height of Europe's spring Covid wave in 2021, the filmmaker Lucy Darwin offered to drive the actor and national treasure Miriam Margolyes from her home in Italy to London so that she …
Playwright David Hare has written a new poem, Agony Uncle, about Boris Johnson's handling of the coronavirus crisis. Written in the tradition of 18th century satire, the poem castigates t…
Written by the Olivier award winner James Graham and produced by the Guardian in partnership with the National Theatre, this short musical film is a unifying song for the country to…
'What lies ahead is the past.'
A Neanderthal walks us through the passage of time to predict the future using the lessons of the past
Performed by Robert Beyer, written by Marius von Maye…
'The world needs to get more Irish.'
An Irish woman is splitting up with her English boyfriend who is returning home to the UK. What is the impact of the end of their union?
Performed by E…
The 28-year-old lead principal of the English National Ballet talks to the Guardian's Iman Amrani about his plans to make dance a human right in his home country of Mexico and elevate it as …
Jamael Westman, the lead actor in the West End production of Hamilton, talks to the Guardian's Iman Amrani backstage at the Victoria Palace Theatre, discussing the power of youth to make cha…
Inua Ellams was recently nominated for The Writers' Guild award for best play for Barber Shop Chronicles, which is currently on at the National Theatre. He speaks to Guardian journalist Iman…
Forty of the UK's top young dancers take sequences from their latest Sadler's Wells production to various locations around Hull, this year's UK city of culture. The National Youth Dance Comp…
PsycheDelight, a social theatre company made up of people who met in the Calais refugee camp known as the 'Jungle', have devised a tragicomedy play, Borderline, about their experiences which…
'But if I don't do this, what else can I do?' … A Welsh dairy farmer reflects on the real cost of a flat white Continue reading...
'There's no coming back from this' … After 43 years together, Helen is shocked that her husband is leaving Continue reading...
'I'm a warrior who's been waiting for a war' … Internet troll Carol whips up Brexit fury in Mansfield Continue reading...
'People are petrified' … An immigration lawyer in Manchester sees fear " and hope " in his community Continue reading...
A tale of music and memory is unspooled through a schoolgirl's mixtape. Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and Tobias Menzies star in a microplay written by Robin French and directed by Bijan Sheibani, a…
Stephen Moss learns the art of impersonation from two masters: Alistair McGowan and Rory Bremner. Will Moss impress his tutors with his Boris Johnson? Can he manage to stretch his words and …
A grieving son's funeral speech turns into an elegy for his father, the national football team and a country torn apart by its identity crisis. Rafe Spall stars in a microplay written by Roy…
Dancers from all over the world compete in the international tour of Juste Debout in the hope that they will get the chance to battle in the preliminary rounds in France and perform at the f…
Actor Tobias Menzies analyses his reflection while looking down the lens of the camera and drawing his self-portrait on an iPad. Through this intimate process he reveals his thoughts about h…
A babysitter, a bag full of toys, and an envelope stuffed full of cash ... Inspired by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley's unsettling Jacobean tragedy The Changeling, watch the latest in o…
Actor Gillian Anderson analyses her reflection while looking down the lens of the camera and drawing her self-portrait on an iPad. Through this intimate process she reveals her thoughts abou…
The writer and actor talks to Boyd Hilton about the success of Stella and her excitement at having a third series commissionedNoah Payne-Frank
On the night that the RSC's production of Matilda won a record seven Olivier awards, Andrew Dickson braved the red carpet and the backstage scrum to ask the great and the good of British the…