Jack Dee: ‘I’m a positive energy kind of guy’
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The comedian on doing standup in prison, his first open mic with Paul Merton and taking I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue on tourHow did you get into standup?I went to the Comedy Store in Leicester Square one night in 1986 as a punter ...

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/jan/23/jack-dee-im-a-positive-energy-kind-of-guy

Director Simon Stone: ‘My heroes are women’
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The innovative Australian director who gained acclaim for his version of Yerma starring Billie Piper is now reframing Phaedra as a postmenopausal love story with Janet McTeerSimon Stone does things differently. As a young dir...

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/jan/21/director-simon-stone-my-heroes-are-women-phaedra-janet-mcteer-national-theatre-billie-piper-yerma

Matthew Modine: ‘It’s fascinating watching the sack of flesh I live in showing signs of wear’
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The actor on painful memories, wanting to read Dante’s Inferno in Italian, and why Trump and P...

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jan/21/matthew-modine-its-fascinating-watching-the-sack-of-flesh-i-live-in-showing-signs-of-wear