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In brief: Nobody’s Empire; Cocktails With George and Martha; Never: The Autobiography – review

A touching coming-of-age novel from the Belle and Sebastian singer; a blow-by-blow account of a classic film; and pop star Rick Astley’s idiosyncratic life story

The Guardian - UK

Donald Sutherland obituary

Commanding and versatile actor known for his roles in M*A*S*H, Don’t Look Now and The Hunger Games

The Guardian - UK

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? review – sparks fly in this thrilling new production

In a small theatre this play is even more electric, as acclaimed director Sarah Goodes conducts the bloodsports – and a star-studded cast – with precision

The Guardian - AU

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Appreciation: Glenda Jackson, formidable English talent who helped change contemporary acting’s tone

There was never anything shrinking about the confidence Glenda Jackson projected on stage and screen in her heyday. Afflicted with an uncommon common sense, her characters were defined by their sharp intelligence, independence and, yes, irritability. They were nobody’s fool, even when they wound up with the short end of…

Los Angeles Times

Gays on Broadway by Ethan Mordden review – stage whispers

A gossipy, insightful survey of the (often closeted) gay contribution to American theatre

The Guardian - UK

The secret life of actor Claudia Karvan as she turns a chaotic childhood into a glittering career

Claudia Karvan’s work has always imitated her life, but there’s one family story she hasn’t been able to speak about until now...

ABC News

The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia? review – Claudia Karvan stars in bestiality comedy that loses itself in farce

Edward Albee’s 2002 play has a deliberately ridiculous premise – but this production eschews the real issues it could interrogate in favour of broad laughs

The Guardian - AU

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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? review – Elizabeth McGovern cracks the whip

The Hollywood star is on top form opposite Dougray Scott in Edward Albee’s classic tale of a marriage gone sour

The Guardian - UK

New theatre company opens in new venue

Albee's play was inspired by his difficult relationship with his adoptive mother.

The Canberra Times

Broadway review: ‘Birthday Candles’ with Debra Messing depicts agony of loss and change

NEW YORK — In “Three Tall Women,” the great playwright Edward Albee identified what he called the “360-degree view.” It happens, he said, in your 40s or 50s, when you’re old enough to understand the folly of youth and still young enough to see and feel the agonizing decline of…

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