David Greig’s 1994 play, which opens tomorrow, takes a timely look at our complicated relationship with Europe. It is set in a small border town on a station platform where trains no longer stop. When two refugees arrive, the local population is divided.
Game of Thrones actors Faye Marsay and Natalia Tena star in the play, alongside Billy Howle, recently seen in BBC drama MotherFatherSon. Theo Barklem-Biggs, Ron Cook, Kevork Malikyan, Stephen Wight and Shane Zaza complete the cast.
Chloe Lamford provides designs for the production with lighting by Tom Visser, sound by Ian Dickinson, movement by Imogen Knight and music by Simon Slater.
Longhurst takes over the position at the Donmar from Josie Rourke, who stepped down after eight years. He has recently directed The Son at Kiln Theatre, which will transfer to the West End in September, and Caroline, or Change, for which Sharon D Clarke won an Olivier Award.
The Donmar is introducing a new ticket scheme, which will see 40 additional tickets released every day for the next week's performances.
Handout / ReutersKing Charles avoided referring directly to his or Kate Middleton’s recent health travails in a special Easter message broadcast Thursday, but praised those who “extend the hand of friendship” in times of need and overtly extolled “Christian” virtues.The pre-recorded audio message was played at the traditional Maundy Thursday service at which the monarch hands out symbolic alms called “Maundy money” to individuals who have performed “outstanding Christian service.”The king did no
A conjoined twin who rose to fame after appearing on a reality show has been secretly married for three years, according to reports. Abby Hensel, 34, from Minnesota, married nurse and army veteran Josh Bowling in 2021, according to public records obtained by news outlet TODAY. Twins Abby and Brittany Hensel are probably America's most famous conjoined twins after appearing in their own reality show on TLC.
A dad-of-two faces a whopping £400,000 repair bill after an ancient castle wall collapsed outside his home. Adam Giagnotti, 42, was shocked when the 40ft-high retaining wall came crashing down following weeks of heavy rain and storms. Tonnes of rubble and mud blocked Reservoir Lane in Worcester following the landslide on February 9. Adam, whose three-bed semi-detached home is above the wall, has been told he is responsible for paying for the repairs and a set of temporary traffic lights. However, his insurance company claim the wall falls outside the boundary of the property so are refusing to pay out.
Pensioners will be just £20 better off in real terms this year after their triple lock increase was all but wiped out by Jeremy Hunt’s stealth tax raid, a leading think tank has said.
What would happen if a nuclear power station in California were hit by a nuclear weapon launched by North Korea? Many people within a nine-mile radius would be vaporised or burnt to death, and the reactor would melt down, causing a lethal rain of radioactive uranium shards. And, in this imagined chain of events, that’s just the beginning. Another missile heads towards Washington DC. Images of a mushroom cloud cause panic on social media. Then again, as the Pulitzer-winning journalist Annie Jacob
Kate Garraway has responded to critics over her third about Derek Draper documentary, insisting that she wants to use her to platform to raise awareness.