The week in theatre: Much Ado About Nothing; Kiss Me, Kate – review
Shakespeare’s Globe; Barbican, London The possibility of pleasure is everywhere in Sean Holmes’s summer crowd-pleaser, while Adrian Dunbar tackles his first musical role in Cole Porter’s take on the bard’s least appealing play
Kiss Me, Kate review – glorious music, falderol frivolity and Adrian Dunbar
Cole Porter’s musical variation on The Taming of the Shrew gets an exhilarating revival, even if the Line of Duty star’s singing is less than sensational
Beckett Unbound: Krapp’s Last Tape; All That Fall – review
Denis Lavant is remarkable as old man Krapp in Beckett’s minor masterpiece, while Adrian Dunbar shrouds his short radio play in total darkness
May 2024
‘An exceptional experience’: Adrian Dunbar to curate Samuel Beckett festival in Liverpool
Line of Duty actor will oversee classic plays as well as new pieces inspired by the Irish author in Beckett: Unbound 2024
March 2023
TV tonight
TV tonight: Anton Du Beke and Giovanni Pernice’s ‘lovely jubbly’ road trip
The Strictly dancers do Sicily. Plus: Line of Duty pals Neil Morrissey and Adrian Dunbar explore their DNA. Here’s what to watch this evening
December 2022
Mother of God! Is Line of Duty really coming back for a three-part special?
Rumours of a return to AC-12 are flying around the internet. But how likely is it that we will once again find ourselves on the hunt for bent coppers?
August 2022
TV review
Ridley review – a great return to policing for Adrian Dunbar (but he won’t stop singing)
The Q&A
Adrian Dunbar: ‘My biggest disappointment is not coming from a class that understands how the world works’
August 2021
Autumn arts preview 2021
Hamlet, Cabaret and a fistful of Romeos: the best theatre, comedy and dance of autumn 2021
Adrian Dunbar cast alongside Cush Jumbo in Hamlet at Young Vic
May 2021
TV review
Line of Duty review – an audacious, deranged, reverse-ferreting finale
Series six still reliably delivered the thrills, but with plot holes, agitprop and moments that came close to self-parody, Line of Duty is not quite what it was
March 2021
TV review
Line of Duty review – bent-copper bashers prepare to suck diesel
Line of Duty: the questions we need answered in series six
December 2019
Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett review – go on, call him ‘fella’!
TV tonight
TV tonight: Adrian Dunbar follows in the footsteps of Samuel Beckett
October 2019
Lost Lives review – requiem for victims of the Troubles
This powerful, elegiac documentary focuses on a monumental chronicle of 3,700 lives ended by violence in Northern Ireland
July 2019
Observer New Review Q&A
Adrian Dunbar: ‘In the Line of Duty drinking game, if I say fella, you take a gulp’
The Northern Irish actor on directing Beckett – and the extraordinary impact of Jed Mercurio’s cop thriller
August 2017
Adrian Dunbar on directing Homer on a Donegal beach – and his fears for Line of Duty
The actor best known as Superintendent Ted Hastings in Line of Duty is bringing Homer and Heaney to County Donegal. Our writer joins him for oysters as he takes his dogs for a windswept walk along the shore
October 2015
The Night Alive review – Conor McPherson celebrates everyday heroism
A terrific Adrian Dunbar stars in this wonderfully unshowy revival of a Dublin drama that is full of tiny observations
April 2015
Happy Days festival's Beckett treats to include a German Godot
Enniskillen hosts international interpretations of the playwright’s works – on land and in lakes, in caves and a castle, with premieres by Sophie Hunter, Adrian Dunbar and Max Stafford-Clark
