Tag: Tim Pigott-Smith

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Book review: The Half – Simon Annand

The Half – Photographs of Actors Preparing for the Stage by Simon Annand Just a quickie for…

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2018 British Academy Television Awards nominations

Best Drama Series The Crown (Netflix) The End of the F***ing World (All 4) Line of Duty…

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Oscar Week Film Review: Victoria and Abdul

Not even Judi Dench can save this irresponsible look at the British colonial legacy, Victoria and Abdul…

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TV Review: King Charles III, BBC2

  “I ask no less than power to achieve my will in fair exchange for total service…

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Round-up of news and treats and other interesting things

The news of Tim Pigott-Smith’s passing at the age of 70 yesterday was a terrible shock, not…

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70th Tony nominations

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play Frank Langella, The Father  Gabriel Byrne, Long Day’s Journey into…

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Nominations for the 2016 Drama Desk Awards

Outstanding Play: The Christians, Playwrights Horizons The Humans, Roundabout Theatre Company John, Signature Theatre King Charles III…

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Review: The Iliad Online, Almeida/Live-stream

“You can’t kill me I can’t ever die” After three weeks away, all my initial thoughts were…

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Film Review: Jupiter Ascending / Seventh Son, or ‘What you had to do to win an Oscar in 2014’

“What in the hell is going on?”  It could just be a matter of coincidence but it does…