Until she reached her 50s, the actor was a constant presence on stage and screen. Then the offers disappeared. Now, as her renaissance continues, she is taking on Mrs Malaprop in The Rivals …
At 54, the comic has found a new lease of life by embracing his first love " pottery. He talks about agoraphobia, ADHD and creating ceramic cuddles In a cavernous room in an old pottery fact…
After being pulled from the wreckage, she spent months learning how to speak again. Now, 20 years on, Hicks is performing her beloved jazz standards on stage " and remembering those who save…
From Anne Boleyn to Lady W to Game of Thrones, she has played tough women who kick against society's constraints. What will the actor bring to the great Russian character who leaves her husb…
When Mabuse lost her brother, dance helped her grieve. Then it made her a star. She talks about her childhood in South Africa, life in Britain, and the 'full-on' training for her new tour In…
After weeks of astonishing performances and easy wit, the comic is the bookies' favourite to win. He talks about the privilege of being the first blind person to appear " and how his daughte…
As an actor and comedian, she has worked with some patronising colleagues and creepy directors " but has always played the game on her own terms. She discusses Botox, nudity, universal credi…
Wokeness, gender fluidity, the audacity of ageing … Madwomen of the West is a play giving 'women of a certain age' a voice " and audiences are loving it. We meet two of its outspoken stars…
She outraged Mary Whitehouse, worked with Tina Turner, Elton John and Freddie Mercury, and is up for an Olivier for choreographing a smash hit production of Guys & Dolls. Will she ever s…
When he began performing, as a boy in South Africa, he was told he would never win. But Radebe overcame homophobia and homelessness to become a beloved dance pioneer If you watched Strictly …
She upstaged Croatian punks in Liverpool, said farewell to Ted Lasso " and had her own spectacular festive special. The star talks first love, fear and finding mega fame in her 40s When she …
One of Britain's best actors is back on stage as Scrooge. He reflects on his Salford childhood, his rebirth after a breakdown " and why we need to get the Tories out As a child of no more th…
Once a struggling comedy writer, he is now a highly successful podcast presenter and playwright. His secret? Ghosts Danny Robins has never seen a ghost and it troubles him, even if, he says,…
As the glitter ball returns, the longest serving Strictly judge talks about ruffling feathers, being fearless, his father's alcoholism, and why he's always ready to start over again It is al…
Krystal Evans was scarred, mentally and physically, by the fire that killed her sister. She blocked out the memories " until she decided to write about them In previous, shorter standup show…
The Downton Abbey actor loves to keep a low profile. So how does she feel about portraying one of Hollywood's most glamorous and headline-grabbing stars " and writing a book about her own me…
What's it like to break into television in your 50s? The award-winning standup talks about her new series The Change, her late-blooming career and her issues with Tupperware There is a photo…
As she joins Greatest Days, the star from Wigan talks about the implosion of Hear'Say, 13 years in Corrie, tabloids raking through her bins " and not being able to afford nappies as a single…
The Kiln theatre's Handbagged, about the monarch's meetings with Margaret Thatcher, has opened in a week of mourning. Its stars reflect on the play's humour and their tears in rehearsal They…
From songs about slapping dough to scripting the perfect innuendo, the creators of a new musical explain the ingredients for bringing the wildly successful TV show to the stage The first not…
The Olivier winner on how activism has helped her deal with online abuse, her two years of shielding " and why her life is amazing For most of the past two years, Liz Carr has been shielding…
He's an acclaimed actor and director, but Paddy Considine's first and enduring passion is music " and on his band's new album he's confronting the ghosts of his childhood Were you to pass a …
For 50 years, Sylvia Young's theatre school has trained the likes of Dua Lipa, Nicholas Hoult and a 'very naughty' Amy Winehouse. The 82-year-old tells us how it started " and why she expell…
They were pigeonholed, derided " and even shot at. With The Marvelous Mrs Maisel back on TV screens, we find out what life was really like for women who dared to be funny in the postwar year…
As the Game of Thrones star swaps furs for modern dress to play Shakespeare's monarch, he reflects on what the play tells us about masculinity, and how it addresses the issues that drove his…