Paapa Essiedu
‘National catastrophe’: drama school funding crisis in England sparks concern
Actors Samuel West and Paapa Essiedu join calls for urgent action to protect and expand access to arts
Sally Weale and Simon Hattenstone
11, Jan, 2025 @8:56 AM
Cillian Murphy as Voldemort? Everything we know about HBO’s Harry Potter TV show
Details are beginning to emerge about the ‘decade-long’ adaptation of JK Rowling’s books – with some starry actors reportedly in negotiations
Dee Jefferson
06, Dec, 2024 @5:54 AM
The Outrun review – Saoirse Ronan is mesmerising in sobering addiction drama
Heart-wrenching story adapted from Amy Liptrot’s memoir is as tough as its Orkney landscapes
Peter Bradshaw
27, Sep, 2024 @6:00 AM
The week in theatre: Death of England: The Plays; Grapes of Wrath; Please Right Back – review
Thomas Coombes and Paapa Essiedu grip in an all too timely revival of Clint Dyer and Roy Williams’s state-of-the-nation monologues. Plus, slow-motion Steinbeck and 1927’s latest flight of fancy
Susannah Clapp
04, Aug, 2024 @9:30 AM
Death of England: The Plays review – Brexit-voting bailiff electrifies this post-Boris revamp
Clint Dyer and Roy Williams’ riotous plays are a little unwieldy in this revival but the antagonised politics remains clear – and Paapa Essiedu is sensational
Arifa Akbar
31, Jul, 2024 @1:23 PM
Paapa Essiedu: ‘Is this part harder than Hamlet? Yeah, it’s different gravy, mate’
The actor on his challenging new West End role, sweating profusely on stage, and why he almost became a doctor
Tim Lewis
28, Jul, 2024 @8:30 AM
Genie review – soulless Richard Curtis New York festive caper
Melissa McCarthy’s 2,000 year-old genie grapples with modernity while granting wishes galore to home alone dad Paapa Essiedu in this blandest of festive comedies
Wendy Ide
03, Dec, 2023 @12:30 PM
Beau Is Afraid to Belfast: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Joaquin Phoenix goes on an extremely weird road trip, and Kenneth Branagh goes back to his childhood in an intensely personal account of the Troubles
Stuart Heritage
24, Nov, 2023 @9:00 AM
Genie review – seasonal Richard Curtis comedy can’t save Christmas for anyone
This bafflingly bland offering wastes the talents of Melissa McCarthy and Paapa Essiedu – it’s as if they removed the laughs in case they offend
Peter Bradshaw
21, Nov, 2023 @5:00 PM
The Effect review – Lucy Prebble’s intense and intoxicating encounter
A love affair between two participants in a drug trial is staged by Jamie Lloyd with a stellar cast including Paapa Essiedu and Taylor Russell
Kate Wyver
10, Aug, 2023 @11:35 AM
‘Spooks meets Black Mirror’: how The Capture became the year’s most wildly compelling TV show
This conspiracy thriller’s second series is packed with devastating cliffhangers, mind-boggling plots and a brilliant cast. No wonder it’s so addictive
Michael Hogan
12, Sep, 2022 @10:08 AM
The Capture series two review – implausible, daft and thoroughly gripping
Conspiracy theories and Chinese spies abound as Holliday Grainger and Paapa Essiedu star in the return of the slightly silly TV thriller
Stuart Jeffries
28, Aug, 2022 @9:00 PM
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