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‘It is absolutely, fundamentally not autobiography’: Chris Bush on her new play about the trans experience

The award-winning British dramatist had a huge hit with her Richard Hawley musical Standing at the Sky’s Edge. Her latest, Otherland, is a much more personal piece – and, she says, frightening

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Spandau Ballet star Gary Kemp announces third solo album

Gary Kemp has announced his third solo album and brand new single, three years on from his last release.

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Going up: Can Britain’s empty department stores be brought back to life?

With many branches of famous chains lying empty, work is under way to transform them into housing, hotels, offices, independent shops and more

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Richard Hawley review – homecoming hero is in the mood to celebrate

Playing his largest ever gig in the city, the singer tenderly croons his musical love letters to the people and places of Sheffield, while his biting political songs turn into rousing singalongs

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“Robert Plant said, ‘We’re going to do Rock And Roll by Led Zeppelin.’ I said, ‘I’m not doing it – I don’t want to be in Jimmy Page’s graveyard!’” UK songwriting icon Richard Hawley talks big name jams, guitar shopping –and restoring Scott Walker's Tele

Hawley doesn't hide his influences but instead synthesizes them into a sound that is all his own. And on new album, In This City They Call You Love, he might just have ascended into the ranks of the legends

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“He had these tiny little picks and his strings were like baby hair but, when he plays, it sounds like the strings are made of bull rope. It was thunderous”: Richard Hawley remembers playing with Duane Eddy

Hawley collaborated with Eddy on the late rock 'n' roll pioneer's 2011 album, Road Trip, and it was a musical education like no other

Guitar World

“It was in quite a parlous state… Scott’s blood was on there – his physical remnants were on the guitar”: Richard Hawley on how he came to own Scott Walker’s Fender Telecaster

Hawley recalls the Pulp recording session that served as the catalyst to him and Walker's friendship

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From The Beast to The Acolyte: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

George MacKay and Léa Seydoux star in a epoch-traversing sci-fi romance, while the latest Star Wars spin-off has a mystery-thriller twist

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Becky Hill gets personal on latest dance record

Twenty One Pilots and Richard Hawley are also among the acts releasing new music this week.

The Independent UK

Richard Hawley: ‘If I stopped what I’m doing the songs would still come’

On a tour of his home city that begins ‘at the crack of midday’, the singer discusses his new album, how his musical, Standing at the Sky’s Edge, has hit a nerve, and his main hope for Keir Starmer

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‘The story tells itself’: Richard Hawley, Sheffield’s greatest export, gets city’s biggest honour

The acclaimed singer and composer is ‘mind-blown’ after receiving the coveted maker’s mark

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Review: John Grant sings Patsy Cline with Richard Hawley and band at the Manchester International Festival

Two singer-songwriters team up to breathe new life into the repertoire of a country legend

Manchester Evening News

Asteroid City’s Maya Hawke And Rupert Friend Break Down Their Unusual Dance Number

Maya Hawke and Rupert Friend have a delightfully unusual dance number in Asteroid City, and the story behind it is just as exciting.

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Asteroid City cast talk Wes Anderson, taco nights, and working in a fully functional mini-town

EXCLUSIVE: Bryan Cranston, Jeffrey Wright, and more discuss the latest Wes Anderson wonder

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Four f**ks, three p*sses, two sh*ts: Listen to Richard Hawley's fabulously sweary tribute to late Pulp bassist Steve Mackey

Sheffield singer/songwriter Richard Hawley went 'off-piste' at the Olivier Awards on April 2 to the delight of fellow guests, and the horror of Magic radio who were broadcasting live

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Olivier Awards 2023: Paul Mescal and Jodie Comer scoop top prizes on the night

Both actors took home biggest awards after earning rave reviews in their West End debuts

The Guardian - UK

‘Sheffield, we love you! Will you marry us?’ The Olivier awards’ best quotes

Richard Hawley, Jodie Comer and Arlene Phillips were among the stars giving speeches at the Royal Albert Hall’s glitzy shindig

The Independent UK

Olivier Awards 2023: Hannah Waddingham proves Eurovision is in safe hands at celebration of London theatre

‘Virgin presenter extraordinaire’ Waddingham sang her way into the audience’s hearts at the Royal Albert Hall

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My Neighbour Totoro triumphs at Olivier awards

Adaptation of Studio Ghibli film wins six awards, while Jodie Comer wins for Prima Facie and A Streetcar Named Desire brings Paul Mescal best actor prize

The Independent UK

Olivier Awards 2023 winners: The complete list in full

Paul Mescal, Jodie Comer, and David Tennant were among this year’s nominees

The Independent UK

Olivier Awards 2023 nominations: The complete list in full

Paul Mescal, Jodie Comer, and David Tennant are among this year’s nominees

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Phaedra; Sylvia; Standing at the Sky’s Edge – review

Lyttelton; Old Vic; Olivier, LondonJanet McTeer is mighty in Simon Stone’s electric remaking of myth; dance, not speech, powers Kate Prince’s suffragette musical; and Richard Hawley’s paean to Sheffield finds a home from home

Evening Standard

The Evening Standard Theatre Podcast: The Lehman Trilogy cast, and reviews of Standing at the Sky’s Edge & Phaedra

In this week’s Evening Standard Theatre Podcast, we talk to the cast of The Lehman Trilogy about the award-winning play which arrived in the West End this month, and the challenges of staging a story that spans 160 years and multiple characters. We also review the musical Standing at the…

The Guardian - UK

Standing at the Sky’s Edge review – Richard Hawley pulls on the heartstrings in his Sheffield opus

This new musical traces the intersecting lives of three families on the Park Hill estate in this spine-tingling and sentimental love song to the steel city

Evening Standard

Standing at the Sky’s Edge at the National Theatre review: a stirring musical reinforced with Sheffield steel

Defiantly wedded to Sheffield, this uplifting musical has a universal message about community and gentrification

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