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With California poised for more fires and a climate-change denying plutocrat back in the White House, the London opening of Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson’s play Kyoto – dramatising the intense negotiation of the world’s first climate change treaty – could hardly be more pertinent.

Actor who toured with the RSC, played Tess of the d’Urbervilles on radio and starred in Lorna Doone on television

Politically committed dramatist and screenwriter admired for his radical stage and television work created over the last 50 years

Theatre director and TV producer who took every opportunity to champion new, challenging work

Sam Allardyce was Mike Ashley's first managerial casualty as Newcastle United owner

Actor best known for her stage work and acclaimed for her portrayal of Mary Barnes in the title role of David Edgar’s 1978 play

Mike Ashley shocked Newcastle United supporters by appointing Joe Kinnear as manager in September 2009

David Edgar believes Alan Shearer was capable of guiding Newcastle United to safety if he had been given more time in 2009.

The former Young One has lost little of his energy or his comedic skills as he proves a big hit in the festive production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre