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David Harewood on 2021: ‘The Sewell Report was a kick in the teeth to a lot of Black people’

David Harewood’s work in 2021 ranged from soul-baring memoir to festive animation. The common thread? Fighting prejudice…

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Get Up, Stand Up! – Arinzé Kene on bringing Bob Marley to the West End

Actor and playwright Arinzé Kene is fond of a challenge – but playing the lodestar of reggae is possibly his greatest yet.

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Lesley Sharp: ‘When the world is carrying a wound… how do we resolve that?’

Lesley Sharp has found the absence of theatre frustrating. The prolific actor is delighted that her Kae Tempest-penned route back to the stage is a prescient one.

Culture

Myth me? The Greek gods saving UK theatre

Culture

The theatre using social distancing to pay tribute to victims of the Troubles

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Culture

Watch Fleabag live at home to send cash to the NHS

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Dashaun Young feels the love every night playing Simba in The Lion King

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Susan Lynch: Faith, Hope and Charity shows the vulnerability of our times

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This Welsh play wants to delve into the origins of knife crime

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One woman’s play about her time on Universal Credit is heading to parliament

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The National Theatre is teaming up with London’s budding homeless actors

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Cardboard Citizens premiere new show shining a light on homeless deaths

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Marina Sirtis: It’s an oxymoron – a Star Trek fan does not equal a Republican

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