Victoria Wood
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Letters: In response to a letter from Liz Taylor, Wendy Bradley ranges over The Man from UNCLE, the heart emoji and Victoria Wood’s 1978 play Talent
04, Sep, 2024 @4:48 PM
New playwriting prize for comedy launched in honour of Victoria Wood
Conceived by the artistic director of Birmingham Rep, Sean Foley, the award will be open to all with the winner receiving £25,000
Chris Wiegand
19, May, 2023 @12:24 PM
Gavin Millar obituary
Film and television director and leading light of arts journalism in the 1960s and 70s
Ryan Gilbey
28, Apr, 2022 @3:20 PM
I’m Sorry, I [Still] Haven’t a Clue … how radio’s smuttiest show has beaten the censors for 50 years
Innuendo, tone-deaf singing and dreadful wages: as the cherished BBC panel game celebrates its half century, we look back at its finest moments – and its future
Mark Lawson
11, Apr, 2022 @4:47 PM
The week in theatre: The Collaboration; Good Fun
Warhol and Basquiat prove fertile inspiration for writer Anthony McCarten, while an early play by Victoria Wood reveals more than a glimpse of the marvels to come
Susannah Clapp
27, Feb, 2022 @5:30 AM
King’s Head theatre toasts Victoria Wood and Tom Stoppard in season of rare plays
Dramas by Bryony Lavery, Timberlake Wertenbaker and Stephen Jeffreys also feature in readings to mark the venue’s 50th birthday
Chris Wiegand
15, Dec, 2021 @11:00 AM
Talent review – Victoria Wood’s first play comes home
Wood’s trademarks are all in place in her talent-show debut drama, first performed at the Crucible in 1978
Clare Brennan
11, Jul, 2021 @10:00 AM
Talent review – Victoria Wood drama tackles the squalid side of celebrity
Wood’s 1978 play about a young woman’s quest to win a local talent show handles weighty issues, including sexual exploitation, breezily
Mark Fisher
04, Jul, 2021 @11:01 PM
‘Explosively funny’: Victoria Wood’s song-filled slog to comedy glory
Joyce Grenfell inspired her, she wrote her own musical at school and a fringe theatre show with Julie Walters paved the way to TV fame. As Victoria Wood’s Talent returns, we revisit her early stage years
Rachael Healy
09, Jun, 2021 @5:00 AM
Jordan North: 'Other kids were out drinking – I was watching the Vicar of Dibley'
The Radio 1 DJ and I’m a Celebrity runner up on a childhood spent watching sitcoms with his mum, from the Dawn French classic to The Royle Family and Keeping Up Appearances
As told to Hannah J Davies
16, Mar, 2021 @2:00 PM
Let's Do It: The Authorised Biography of Victoria Wood by Jasper Rees – review
This profile of the astute observer of domesticity is warm-hearted and full of detail
Hannah Jane Parkinson
15, Nov, 2020 @1:00 PM
Let's Do It by Jasper Rees review – Victoria Wood, perfectionist
An unflinching, affectionate portrait of the hugely popular writer and performer with a flair for very English comedy
Viv Groskop
24, Oct, 2020 @6:30 AM
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