Matt Smith

Starve Acre review – Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark hole up in brooding Yorkshire folk-horror

A grieving couple are plagued by an ancient menace – if not actual scares – in Daniel Kokotajlo’s adaptation of Andrew Michael Hurley’s novel

Wendy Ide

08, Sep, 2024 @10:00 AM

House of the Dragon: season two, episode eight recap – what were the writers thinking?

The finale was a 69-minute tease with a payoff that we’ll have to wait two years for. It was almost aggressively anti-climactic

Tom Huddleston

05, Aug, 2024 @9:25 PM

The week in TV: House of the Dragon; Euro 2024; The Stormtrooper Scandal; Under the Bridge – review

Series two of the fantasy prequel is off to a fiery start; footie coverage is a game of two channels; the force is with a Star Wars art spat; and young stars shine in a true crime drama

Barbara Ellen

23, Jun, 2024 @8:30 AM

‘I’m outacted by a nine-year-old’: Matt Smith on House of the Dragon, chaos and child stars

His incestuous, sadistic prince in House of the Dragon has become the baddy we love to hate. Here, he talks about why his character is like Nigel Farage, turning his back on Hollywood – and how he fell in love with Prince Philip

Stuart Jeffries

14, Jun, 2024 @12:00 PM

The greatest Doctor Who – ranked!

Tom Baker’s scarf! Jodie Whittaker’s cupboard! David Tennant’s gifs! As Ncuti Gatwa picks up his sonic screwdriver for the new series of Doctor Who, we rate every two-hearted Time Lord so far

Martin Belam

03, May, 2024 @12:00 PM

Keoghan, Madden, James Martin: who should be James Bond, if Aaron Taylor-Johnson is out?

Idris Elba has been waiting in the wings for years but perhaps the time has come for Matt Smith, Henry Golding … or a certain TV chef

Peter Bradshaw

20, Mar, 2024 @2:37 PM

Walkouts and rows in the stalls as politics enters Theatreland stage left – or maybe right | Vanessa Thorpe

From black-only nights to an anti-capitalist rant, the West End has discovered its radical side. But is it a playwright’s job to change the world?

Vanessa Thorpe

02, Mar, 2024 @7:00 PM

The week in theatre: An Enemy of the People; King Lear; Double Feature – review

Matt Smith heads a rousing adaptation of Ibsen for a bruised world; Danny Sapani and co lean into the storm in Yaël Farber’s liberating Lear. Plus, Hollywood power play the hard way

Susannah Clapp

25, Feb, 2024 @10:30 AM

An Enemy of the People review – Matt Smith’s groovy firebrand swings from rebel to conspiracist

Rock’n’roll reimagining of Ibsen’s timeless corruption drama brings the audience into direct Question Time-style dialogue with Smith’s idealist revolutionary

Arifa Akbar

20, Feb, 2024 @11:59 PM

‘I want to do stuff that pushes things to the edge’: Matt Smith on friendship, fame and radical theatre

For his latest challenge, the Doctor Who star is taking to the stage in Thomas Ostermeier’s new production of Ibsen’s dynamic, politically charged An Enemy of the People

Rachel Cooke

04, Feb, 2024 @7:00 AM

The best theatre, dance and comedy tickets to book in 2024

The new year’s hottest shows include stage versions of Minority Report, Spirited Away and La Strada, performances by Keeley Hawes and Ian McKellen – plus laughs from Julia Masli, Rhod Gilbert and Ania Magliano

Arifa Akbar, Lyndsey Winship and Brian Logan

26, Dec, 2023 @2:00 PM

Every episode of The Crown – ranked!

From devastatingly poignant drama about unforgettable events to ghost Diana and a breakdancing Prince Charles – the royal saga has been a rollercoaster ride. Here are the highs and lows

Michael Hogan

15, Dec, 2023 @10:00 AM