Matt Smith

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

Starve Acre review – intelligent performances in sinister Yorkshire folk horror

London film festival Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark play an unhappy couple who have moved to the moors with their young son, and soon become entwined in the occult

Peter Bradshaw

12, Oct, 2023 @7:00 PM

The best and worst Doctor Who fashion – ranked!

A new Doctor means new outfits – and there’s been much oohing and aahing over Ncuti Gatwa’s snazzy suits. But which of the 14 Time Lords had the most timeless look?

Lauren Cochrane

26, Apr, 2023 @2:30 PM

Production begins on season two of House of the Dragon

Fantasy prequel to Game of Thrones, starring Matt Smith and Emma D’Arcy, being filmed at UK studio

Jane Clinton

11, Apr, 2023 @10:07 PM

House of the Dragon finale review – this meticulous series saved its best episode for last

This knotty, character-based Game of Thrones prequel took a while to get there, but it’s set up an explosive second season. Hopefully it stops featuring gratuitously insensitive childbirth

Stuart Heritage

24, Oct, 2022 @9:10 PM