Ben Whishaw: ‘I don’t find acting helps my social anxiety’
The actor talks about his off-stage shyness and his latest role in This Is Going to Hurt
Lisa Dwan: ‘I was a blond, blue-eyed, pretty actress playing one vacuous role after another’
Then came Samuel Beckett, and his plays set the Irish actor on a new artistic path
Robert Sheehan: ‘I was a contrarian f**ker. I thought it made me seem more edgy’
The Portlaoise-born actor talks about London living, meditation and lockdown writing
‘He’s so strapping and virile’: Patrick Stewart at 80, by Shatner, McKellen, Grammer and more
Horse rides in stockings, rehearsals in deep freezes, and fights in string vests
Red Joan: Judi Dench should have defected from half-baked spy drama
Review: To make something so boring of the fascinating true-life story of Soviet spy Melita Norwood takes a certain quality
Irish films in the mix at Venice and Toronto festivals
The Favourite from Yorgos Lanthimos will compete for the Golden Lion at Venice and John Butler’s Papi Chulo will premiere at Toronto
Choreographer who helped create ‘Cats’ classic
Gillian Lynne obituary: Dancer who breathed new life into musical theatre including ‘Phantom of the Opera’
‘I am appalled at my own generation leaving things in such a mess’
Still feisty and busy at 85, Sheila Hancock remains connected to the zeitgeist
Helen Mirren: ‘I’m not chopped liver’
Helen Mirren on traumas, triumphs and the biggest lie ever told about her
Judi Dench: "I have many more insecurities than I ever had before"
The theatrical Dame chats to Tara Brady about her new movie Philomena, still being nervous and admiring Clint Eastwood’s eyes
Cats: On the prowl in a strange subculture
The Lloyd Webber musical is best embraced with a child’s willingness to accept the stunning weirdness of this feline underworld
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