Faithless fans were left heartbroken after the death of former frontman Maxi Jazz was announced on Christmas Eve.
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Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) won the best actress prize at the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards for her West End debut performance playing a criminal barrister specialising in defending rapists — who is then sexually assaulted herself.
Comer won critical and public acclaim for the solo role in Prima Facie, which is written by Suzie Miller and directed by Justin Martin. James Bierman’s Empire Street Productions will launch the courtroom drama at Broadway’s Golden Theatre from April 11, 2023.
Stephen Graham (The Irishman), like Comer a Liverpudlian, presented Comer with the Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress, named in honor of the star who died in 2009.
Comer told guests, who included Richardson’s mother Dame Vanessa Redgrave and sister Joely Richardson, that her experience in Prima Facie had been “utterly terrifying, having never trained,” added: “I didn’t know if I could execute this.”
However, she praised the production’s creative team for supporting her, “and now I want to do theater at every opportunity,” she added.
James McAvoy was named Best Actor for playing the title role in director Jamie Lloyd’s production of Cyrano de Bergerac. McAvoy was absent from the fun, intimate ceremony at West End theater land restaurant The Ivy, due to filming commitments in Rome.
James Graham (Sherwood) won Best Play for his political drama Best of Enemies, which played at the Young Vic Theatre and starred David Harewood portraying William F. Buckley and Charles Edwards as Gore Vidal. The show has now transferred to the Noel Coward Theatre, with Zachary Quinto taking over as Vidal.
Josie Rourke and Martha Plimpton were on hand to present Lynette Linton with the award for best director. Linton, also artistic chief at
Faithless fans were left heartbroken after the death of former frontman Maxi Jazz was announced on Christmas Eve.
Love Island alumni Adam Collard has shed some light on the rumours he was texting Katie Price during her recent split from Carl Woods.
So, here’s the good news. Martha Plimpton has packed up her home in New York to live and work in London. Pooches to follow.
Bathgate comedian Fern Brady is in the running for an entertainment award, going up against the likes of Sarah Pascoe and Emily Atack.
A teenager killed a dad for his Rolex watch in a horrific church attack. Jordan Short, 19, laughed and grinned after Steven McMyler, 34, was kicked to death for his accessory, reports Manchester Evening News.
Broadway’s oft-stated efforts to reach beyond traditional audiences and its own mid-town environs seems evident in the choice of location for the 2023 Tony Awards: Rather than the usual theater-district and Times Square haunts like Radio City Music Hall or one of the major Broadway venues, the Tonys will be broadcast live on CBS from the United Palace in upper Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood.
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Beni Baningime has refused to put a target date on his return for Hearts – but insists the finishing line is in sight.
One film that has been surprisingly absent from many of the U.S. year-end awards lists is Ruben Östlund’s “Triangle of Sadness.” The social media skewing farce took the Palme d’Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival but fizzled with critics in the U.S.