Simon Russell Beale
The week in theatre: John Gabriel Borkman; Eureka Day – review
Simon Russell Beale is doubly commanding as Ibsen’s charismatic banker in a problem-raising revival, while a new anti-vax satire needs more than a shot of Helen Hunt’s star power
Susannah Clapp
02, Oct, 2022 @9:30 AM
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
It’s time for the Royal Shakespeare Company to be led by an actor | Michael Billington
Gregory Doran has achieved much at the RSC and directed some fine productions. Let’s have an actor in charge next: how about Adjoa Andoh or Simon Russell Beale?
Michael Billington
25, Apr, 2022 @9:29 AM
The Outfit review – Mark Rylance’s mob tailor makes the cut
The Oscar-winner gives a cool, calm centre to this tightly-buttoned drama about Chicago gangsters rooting out a mole
Peter Bradshaw
14, Feb, 2022 @8:30 PM
The week in theatre: Bach & Sons; Out West – review
Simon Russell Beale is Bach to his fingertips in Nina Raine’s intermittently brilliant new play
Susannah Clapp
04, Jul, 2021 @9:30 AM
Bach & Sons review – study of the man and his music hits a flat note
Simon Russell Beale stars in a visually impressive production of Nina Raine’s play that never quite gets off the ground
Arifa Akbar
29, Jun, 2021 @11:01 PM
On my radar: Simon Russell Beale’s cultural highlights
The actor on a lockdown-saving classical podcast, the power of William Blake, and the book that got him back into cooking
Kathryn Bromwich
26, Jun, 2021 @2:00 PM
The week in theatre: Nine Lessons and Carols; A Christmas Carol; The Ballad of Corona V; The Dumb Waiter – review
The Almeida and Big House celebrate connection and isolation, while Hytner’s A Christmas Carol delivers simple pleasures
Susannah Clapp
13, Dec, 2020 @10:30 AM
A Christmas Carol review – Nicholas Hytner delivers an ode to theatre
Simon Russell Beale stars in an economical Dickens adaptation that reminds us of the richness of live theatre
Arifa Akbar
09, Dec, 2020 @12:01 AM
A Christmas Carol review – clever multimedia reworking of Dickens
With dance, silent cinema and collage, Jacqui and David Morris’s version of the classic story is never less than enthralling
Ellen E Jones
04, Dec, 2020 @9:00 AM
'It's a horrible time': why Simon Russell Beale fears for future of theatres
The star speaks of his panic about the uncertainty of reopening and his sorrow for struggling young actors
Vanessa Thorpe
18, Apr, 2020 @2:35 PM
From rep to reps: can a 'Shakespeare gym' solve the crisis in verse-speaking?
The Royal Shakespeare Company has vowed to drill the Bard’s rhythms into its actors – but our alienation from his language runs deeper
Michael Billington
18, Feb, 2020 @11:26 AM
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