Marty Supreme’s ping-pong thrills grip but the theatre plot really smashes it
Chris Wiegand
‘No surprise’: Robert Aramayo’s teachers knew Bafta winner was destined for great things
Rose-tinted glasses: why I’m gunning for an Australian upset in the best actress Oscar race
Rebecca Shaw
‘It’s like two divorcing parents’: how actors’ union Equity fell out with casting directory Spotlight
January 2026
Other lives
Andrew Jarvis obituary
Other lives: Actor and drama teacher with a particular focus on Shakespeare
Other lives
David Andrews obituary
Other lives: Actor who appeared in the theatre, in films and on TV before concentrating on directing
Truly, madly, deeply in awe of Alan Rickman’s kindness and intelligence
‘A split second of sheer terror – and we’re off’: Lucian Msamati on Waiting for Godot’s electrifying first night
UK arts groups offer therapeutic support to performers as they challenge myth of tortured artist
December 2025
Isiah Whitlock Jr, actor in The Wire and Veep, dies aged 71
Whitlock’s career spanned decades and included roles in many Spike Lee films
When panto goes horribly, painfully wrong: ‘it was the worst chafing of my life’
Panto season is upon us, and for the performers, anything could happen. Actors recall their most excruciating moments – from a panic attack while dressed as a cow, to dripping blood while in flight as Peter Pan
The Adrian Chiles column
Everything about Paul Mescal is irresistible – with one exception
Adrian Chiles
Susan Todd obituary
‘Performance is inherently vulnerable’: Kristen Stewart says acting is ‘unmasculine’
November 2025
Experience
Experience: I was stabbed in the back with a real knife while performing Julius Caesar
Other lives
Jill Freud obituary
Clive Owen and Saskia Reeves’s screen history makes their stage reunion all the more emotional
Chris Wiegand
The play that changed my life
The play that changed my life: ‘It was frightening at first but The Inheritance let me discover myself’
