Claire Skinner
The week in theatre: The Narcissist; Into the Woods – review
Christopher Shinn’s new play of post-Trump politics finds complex characters lost in ego and addiction, while Terry Gilliam and Leah Hausman’s take on Sondheim is just a bit too much
Susannah Clapp
04, Sep, 2022 @9:30 AM
The Narcissist review – a darkly honest dissection of post-Trump politics
A spin doctor’s life spirals into chaos after he’s hired by an ambitious senator in Christopher Shinn’s grimly comic drama
Mark Lawson
02, Sep, 2022 @9:27 AM
The week in theatre: Mephisto [A Rhapsody]; A Day in the Death of Joe Egg; The Man in the White Suit – review
A stirring Faustian tale put actors under the moral spotlight; a Joe Egg revival is brave but bleak, and The Man in the White Suit fades fast
Kate Kellaway
13, Oct, 2019 @7:00 AM
Nightfall review - poignant study of rural decay and desperation
Claire Skinner is outstanding as a bereaved mother trying to save her farm in Barney Norris’s poignant new play, but the venue overwhelms the drama’s delicacy
Michael Billington
08, May, 2018 @9:00 PM
How we made Outnumbered
‘Once the kids were done filming, Hugh Dennis and I would do all the reaction shots to broom handles with wigs on’
Interviews by Imogen Tilden
01, May, 2018 @5:00 AM
Honk honk! All aboard the Brexit bus: the TV show that spoofs the unspoofable
Power Monkeys is an EU referendum satire from the brains behind Drop the Dead Donkey that will fly by the seat of its pants – and Archie Panjabi for one is embracing the dangers of nearly-live TV
Homa Khaleeli
07, Jun, 2016 @4:08 PM
Rabbit Hole review – the mood is as beige as the decor
A great cast fail to connect in Edward Hall’s stagey production of a Pulitzer-winning study of grief
Kate Kellaway
14, Feb, 2016 @8:00 AM
Rabbit Hole review – parents torn apart in a tragedy haunted by Ibsen
Claire Skinner and Tom Goodman-Hill play a couple struggling to cope with their son’s death in a play handled with finesse by director Edward Hall
Michael Billington
05, Feb, 2016 @1:11 PM
The Father review – touching journeys in a shifting mindscape
Florian Zeller’s study of dementia continues to enthral
Susannah Clapp
11, Oct, 2015 @7:00 AM
Claire Skinner: ‘50 does not look like a woman in a cardigan’
The Outnumbered star on roles for women, tackling Alzheimer’s in The Father – and playing someone with no chldren
Liz Hoggard
20, Sep, 2015 @6:59 AM
Rewind TV: Great Expectations; Mrs Dickens' Family Christmas; Doctor Who; Downton Abbey; The Borrowers; Felix and Murdo – review
It was a dark, bleak, Dickens-filled Christmas – and really rather captivating, writes Euan Ferguson
Euan Ferguson
01, Jan, 2012 @12:05 AM
Deathtrap; Bedlam; Tiny Kushner | Theatre review
A fine cast fails to revive Ira Levin's comedy thriller, while there's mirth and madness at the Globe, writes Kate Kellaway
Kate Kellaway
11, Sep, 2010 @11:05 PM
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