Fiona Mountford doubts whether the RSC's Antony and Cleopatra would have changed the voting system or abandoned the denarius in favour of the euro.... more
Yesterday I was tempted to phone my mum to ask her to hide the newspaper. A few times a month, my dad does emergency childcare for us. A new report suggests he should be paid for his services. And I don't want him getting any funny ideas.... more
Shoulders hunched, knees jerked forward, one low-hanging hand contorted, Kathryn Hunter gazes at us with swivel-eyed interest in Kafka's Monkey.... more
Doctor, I've got this Othello complex. Last year, I saw the haunting Chiwetel Ejiofor production at the Donmar, with a silky Ewan McGregor as Iago. Then Kathryn Hunter's RSC Othello came to the Hackney Empire, so we headed there to watch one of the most intriguing new generation of directors working out the Jealous Guy theme.... more
Five Beckett plays by veteran director Peter Brook and a Rwandan take on the Holocaust are two of the highlights in the Young Vic's new season.... more
This earthy version of Lorca's best-known work Yerma is let down by a jerky production that at times resembles a world music festival run out of control, says Fiona Mountford.... more
Emotion and poetry bloom in abundance in Helena Kaut-Howson's production of Lorca's play Yerma, with Kathryn Hunter producing a heart-wrenching performance as the protagonist of the piece.... more
Film news: Helena Bonham Carter has won the role of evil Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange in the next Harry Potter film. The 40-year-old star will play one of Lord Voldemort's followers in the forthcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.... more
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