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A Face in the Crowd at Young Vic review: a brash and gaudy musical for the Trump age

Kwame Kewi-Armah’s final production as the venue’s artistic director – a musical adapted from a 1957 movie with songs by Elvis Costello – feels like a superior high school staging

Evening Standard

‘They said I was trying to make it the Black National Theatre’: Kwame Kwei-Armah on his trailblazing Young Vic tenure

Under his leadership, the theatre has become a hothouse for innovative, and sometimes controversial work work. On the eve of his departure, he looks back over his ‘three acts’ in the limelight

The Guardian - UK

Young Vic theatre announces Nadia Fall as new artistic director

Fall, who currently runs Theatre Royal Stratford East, will succeed Kwame Kwei-Armah in January

The Guardian - UK

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Stratford East boss Nadia Fall takes over at Young Vic theatre

She takes over after seven years in east London.

Evening Standard

Theatre needs risk-takers like Kwame Kwei-Armah whose Young Vic has been dynamite

The first African Caribbean figure to lead a major British theatre has announced his departure but his bold approach must remain

The Guardian - UK

Kwame Kwei-Armah steps down from Young Vic and calls for ‘government intervention’ for theatres

Artistic director will leave in the autumn after six years in the post, and says without further investment the stage sector’s ‘pipeline of talent’ could be lost

The Guardian - UK

Young Vic's Kwame Kwei-Armah stands down and warns of 'painful reality' for UK theatre

The actor and director warned of dark times to come for London theatre unless the Government takes action

Evening Standard

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The Homecoming at the Young Vic review: an impeccable production of an important, deeply unpleasant play

There is a direct line to draw from the world of this play to the online toxic masculinity of today

Evening Standard

Patrick Marber to direct Nachtland, a play about Hitler’s art and ‘rise of the new right’

Satire by German playwright Marius von Mayenburg will open next year at the Young Vic in London which will also revive Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming

The Guardian - UK

National Theatre joins London venues to create first ‘sustainable production centre’

The new partnership with the likes of Young Vic and Royal Court will facilitate the sharing of costumes, props and scenery

Evening Standard

Olivier awards 2023: full list of winners

My Neighbour Totoro, A Streetcar Named Desire and Prima Facie were among the winners at the Royal Albert Hall ceremony

The Guardian - 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

The Week on Stage: From Guys and Dolls to Further Than the Furthest Thing

A guide to the week’s theatre

The Independent UK

Further than the Furthest Thing at the Young Vic review: a fascinating exploration of the tides of change

This revival of Zinnie Harris’ play that premiered in 2000 reveals much of its magic, without quite remaking it for a new era

Evening Standard

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Oklahoma! at the Wyndham’s Theatre review: remains a rip-snorting, foot-stamping triumph

This reimagining of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1943 musical is utterly thrilling

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

Olivier awards 2023: complete list of nominations

My Neighbour Totoro leads the way with nine nominations at this year’s awards – see who else is in the running

Evening Standard

Our pick of playwright James Graham’s ten best works, as new National Theatre Gareth Southgate play announced

There are few playwrights doing it better than Graham

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The Independent UK

The Second Woman: Ruth Wilson to star opposite 100 men in 24-hour play

‘It’s an extraordinary once-in-a-lifetime experience,’ said actor, of show that sees her performing same seven-minute scene over and over again

Evening Standard

Who is Ruth Wilson as she is set to star in The Second Woman at the Young Vic

The actress will be embarking in a show in which she performs the same scene repeatedly for 24 hours straight

Evening Standard

Our pick of the 50 best plays of the 21st century

The last two decades have been full of extraordinary theatre – it’s a thrilling indication of what’s ahead of us when doors reopen

The Guardian - UK

‘Once in a lifetime’: Ruth Wilson to star in 24-hour show The Second Woman at Young Vic

Wilson to enact single, seven-minute scene on loop with 100 men to explore gender roles

The Guardian - UK

Wyllie Longmore obituary

Other lives: Stage and screen actor who co-founded an acting school in Manchester and appeared in the film Love Actually

The Guardian - UK

Director Simon Stone: ‘My heroes are women’

The innovative Australian director who successfully cast Billie Piper in Yerma is now reframing Phaedra as a postmenopausal love story with Janet McTeer

Evening Standard

Joyous and emotional: inside the 66th Evening Standard Theatre Awards

The Evening Standard Theatre Awards returned last night after a two-year pandemic-enforced break, in a night that reflected the strength of London’s theatre recovery

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