Adrian Lester

Prominent black and Asian Britons warn against BBC local radio cuts plan
David Harewood, Doreen Lawrence and others express concern at potential impact on shows aimed at BAME audiences
Jim Waterson Media editor
01, Dec, 2022 @4:54 PM

‘The greatest director the world has ever seen’ – actors salute Peter Brook
Adrian Lester stripped back Hamlet with him, Janet Suzman can still hear the audience gasp, Glenda Jackson dug deep for the director and for Frances de la Tour he was incomparable
Interviews by Chris Wiegand
04, Jul, 2022 @3:02 PM

Tony awards 2022: A Strange Loop leads the nominees, while British talents are lauded
Three actors from The Lehman Trilogy go head to head, the musical Six picks up eight nominations and the production MJ – about Michael Jackson – is also recognised
Chris Wiegand Stage editor
09, May, 2022 @2:03 PM

The week in TV: The Responder; Trigger Point; The Gilded Age; Survivors: Portraits of the Holocaust
As a Liverpool copper in meltdown, Martin Freeman excels in Tony Schumacher’s unmissable drama; the clock’s ticking for ITV’s new bomb disposal series; and Downton Abbey, New York-style
Barbara Ellen
30, Jan, 2022 @9:30 AM

TV tonight: Jamie Dornan’s identity is finally revealed in The Tourist finale
It’s the last episode of the BBC’s fun lost-identity thriller – and time for the Man’s long-awaited backstory. Plus: David Attenborough takes on a cactus. Here’s what to watch this evening
Hollie Richardson, Hannah Verdier, Graeme Virtue, Jack Seale
30, Jan, 2022 @6:00 AM

Adrian Lester: ‘I’ll never leave the stage’
As he prepares to return to live theatre, the actor reflects on a tumultuous 18 months, and on why he needs an audience
Rachel Cooke
01, Aug, 2021 @10:00 AM

The week in theatre: Hymn; Typical review – first-rate and perfectly balanced
Adrian Lester and Danny Sapani work as one in Lolita Chakrabarti’s brilliantly realised study of male friendship
Susannah Clapp
28, Feb, 2021 @10:30 AM

Scenes of a Sexual Nature review – hit-and-miss Hampstead romcom
Ewan McGregor, Tom Hardy and Sophie Okonedo are among the big names doing small roles in this mostly pleasant portmanteau film from 2006
Leslie Felperin
30, Oct, 2020 @3:00 PM

The week in TV: Life; The Comey Rule; Honour; Brave New World – review
Mike Bartlett fashions a superior soap, while recent US political history rears its Trumpian head
Euan Ferguson
04, Oct, 2020 @8:30 AM

Adrian Lester: ‘We’ll never have another TV villain like JR Ewing’
The theatre actor and Hustle alumnus – soon to star in Mike Bartlett’s Life – shares his TV loves and hates, from the Dallas patriarch to Geordie Shore
Interview by Hannah J Davies
22, Sep, 2020 @12:24 PM

Quarantine Players: stars and theatre fans unite to perform Shakespeare solos
The Guardian and Shakespeare’s Globe present three new versions of speeches from the Bard’s plays, performed by professional actors and theatre lovers around the world
Chris Wiegand Stage editor
23, Apr, 2020 @11:24 AM

Prominent Britons of colour condemn BBC over Naga Munchetty complaint
Corporation accused of racial discrimination after presenter reprimanded for Trump remarks
Caroline Davies
27, Sep, 2019 @10:36 AM
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