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New Prime Video movie Hedda is much more than just this year's Saltburn – it’s cool, calculated and serious fun

Hedda is more than the original play or a Saltburn wannabe, and Nia DaCosta's craft makes all the difference

TechRadar

‘She does terrible things’: what can a Marvel director do with Ibsen’s ruthless heroine Hedda Gabler?

She made her name with a horror reboot and a mega-budget Marvel. So what drew Nia DaCosta to the dour Norwegian’s work? We meet the film-maker and Tessa Thompson, who plays Hedda as a sexy, sultry, machiavellian mess

The Guardian - UK

Tessa Thompson: 'Taika Waititi's a huge infant with a bank account — it's terrifying'

The actor reminisced about her Thor colleagues Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston while promoting her new project at the London Film Festival

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Tessa Thompson on becoming a very different Hedda Gabler: ‘People say she’s terrible – I feel protective of her’

INTERVIEW: The classic Ibsen play led by one of theatre’s most complicated female characters has been reimagined by filmmaker Nia DaCosta, with the breakout star of ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ in the titular role. Both women, along with actor Nina Hoss, speak to Annabel Nugent about replicating the story’s classic beats with…

The Independent UK

Hedda review – Ibsen gets a Saltburn makeover in Amazon’s ill-advised romp

Nia DaCosta ups the nastiness of Hedda Gabler in a stylish but over-egged adaptation with lead Tessa Thompson losing the film to a standout Nina Hoss

The Guardian - US

Thor star and The Marvels director's new Prime Video movie unveils its first trailer – and it looks like a deliciously queer mix of Saltburn and The Great Gatsby

Nia DaCosta turns Henrik Ibsen's classic works into a punky period drama centered on a lesbian love triangle

Total Film

Nicole Kidman's Latest Movie 'Babygirl' is Basically 'Eyes Wide Shut' Fan Fiction

"What if she would've gone and lived her fantasy?"

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O, Canada! The Bard is ribbed and revered at Ontario’s Stratford festival

The side-splitting Something Rotten! fondly mocks Shakespeare and musicals at the annual arts jamboree celebrated for both. It is a witty accompaniment to fresh takes on Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night and Cymbeline

The Guardian - UK

Brat by Charli XCX is a work of contemporary imagist poetry – and a reclamation of ‘bratty’ women’s art

In the song Girl, So Confusing on the 2024 album Brat, Charli XCX declares to an unnamed addressee: “You’re all about writing poems. But I’m about throwing parties.”

The Conversation

Lily Allen to star in new version of Hedda Gabler ‘absolutely for now’

Matthew Dunster, who directed Allen in her West End debut 2:22: A Ghost Story, will write and direct the show for Bath’s Ustinov Studio next year

The Guardian - UK

Sheridan Smith's best stage roles, as her new musical Opening Night makes its debut in the West End

Over the past 25 years, the darling of British theatre has proved there’s little she can’t do. On the eve of her latest big London show we take a look at her best roles yet

Evening Standard

Ruth Wilson: her 24-hour stint on stage earned her our Editor's Award (and a very much deserved sit down)

The Second Woman went from curious experiment to a bona fide London theatre phenomenon as soon as she stepped on the stage

Evening Standard

OPINION - Antonia Thomas and Nina Segal on Shooting Hedda Gabler, reviews of Mlima’s Tale and Untitled F*ck M*ss S**gon Play: Theatre Podcast

‘It’s quite weird, the different ways people interact with each other on film sets, “I have my trailer, and you have your trailer.”’

Evening Standard

Shooting Hedda Gabler at the Rose Theatre: Antonia Thomas is terrific in this stylish spin on an Ibsen classic

It goes way over the top at the end, but until then the production is absolutely gripping

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The Guardian - UK

Hedda Gabler review – queer update of Ibsen’s intense story of desire

It makes sense to rethink the sexual currents running through the classic drama, but this version has lost the nuance it needs

The Guardian - UK

The best theatre to stream this month: Edinburgh fringe, Jane Eyre and more

Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes highlights from the world’s biggest arts jamboree and startling fresh takes on Charlotte Brontë and Henrik Ibsen

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