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<p>Diveen Henry captures the lead character’s innate dignity and fierce humour in ‘Miss Myrtle's Garden’</p>

Miss Myrtle’s Garden is a resonant debut that blooms into life

Diveen Henry is wonderful as a sharp-tongued Jamaican-British grandmother in the early stages of dementia

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<p>George Clooney appears at the "Good Night, and Good Luck" Broadway opening night on April 3, 2025, in New York</p>

How Hollywood took over Broadway and obliterated box office records

<p>Alan Menken: ‘I’ve been in therapy for 50 years’</p>

Disney’s Alan Menken: ‘It was terrifying recording The Little Mermaid’

<p>Mark Mauriello plays Wilde with the energy of a twisted circus ringmaster</p>

Interview

Oscar Wilde show would have playwright spluttering into his champers

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<p>Siena Kelly and Liv Hill in ‘1536’</p>

Almeida play 1536 is a witty, wrenching parable of girlhood

The themes of female friendships, misogyny and the trickle-down effects of patriarchy are as present today as they are in this play set 500 years ago

<p>Master of ceremonies: Stephen Sondheim in 2013 </p>

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Three years after his death, Stephen Sondheim is more alive than ever

‘Here We Are’, now running at the National Theatre, is the musical theatre titan’s final, posthumous work. But when it comes to Sondheim, this couldn’t be further from the end, writes Louis Chilton

Interviews

<p>Alfie Allen: ‘There’s got to be something on the line for it to matter’</p>

Interview

Alfie Allen: ‘There has to be something on the line for it to matter’

<p>Kym Marsh: ‘I can’t do anything quietly’</p>

Interview

Kym Marsh: ‘No more marriages for me. Three strikes and I’m out!’

<p>‘There’s nothing more exciting than doing something for the first time – being the first person to play a role’</p>

Interview

Ewan McGregor and Elizabeth Debicki: ‘There’s slight snobbery about film actors doing a play’

<p>Anna Chancellor is returning to the stage in a new production of ‘Playhouse Creatures’</p>

Interview

Anna Chancellor: ‘A relationship doesn’t end just because they die’

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