34 stories by "jessie Thompson"
The Olivier award-winning playwright Lucy Kirkwood's short play 'Maryland', written in response to the murders of several women, has been made into a BBC film. She talks to Jessie Thompson a…
The 'IT Crowd' and 'Here We Go' star is playing Beatrice in 'Much Ado About Nothing'. She talks to Jessie Thompson about using wit as a defence, problematic Shakespeare plays and why female …
Although written before Russia's invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, this political play by the writer of 'The Crown', taps into current world events with masterful precision
Indira Varma is excellent, but this self-referential rewrite of Chekhov's 1895 play feels slow and self-indulgent
The versatile actor speaks to Jessie Thompson about how his experiences with mental health led to his new West End play, family life with pop star Lily Allen, and 'the problem with James Bon…
The playwright's identity was subject to frenzied speculation, which was fitting for a play about online conspiracy theory-ism
Noma Dumezweni stars in Lucas Hnath's schematic Broadway hit about what Nora Helmer did next
Anne-Marie Duff is on spectacular form as the family matriarch in this century-spanning new play
He's just played Gordon Brown in the West End (in The Audience), and he's now gearing up to play Henry VIII " complete with beard " in the RSC adaptations of Hilary Mantel's novels; Nathanie…