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Frances Barber

January 2023

  • Michael Akinsulire, in the title role, and company in Othello.

    The week in theatre: Othello; The Unfriend; On the Ropes – review

    Brute force speaks volumes in Frantic Assembly’s breathtaking Othello; Steven Moffat and co flirt with farce; and the story of Windrush boxer Vernon Vanriel hits home in song

October 2022

  • ‘A hallucinatory experience’ … Frances Barber with Amanda Abbington and Reece Shearsmith in The Unfriend.

    ‘I threw my arms around Beckett!’ – electrifying first nights, by Ciarán Hinds, Eileen Atkins and more

    The author of a new book about the greatest openings in theatre history asks stars of stage to recall their most thrilling first nights – and the occasional disasters that befell them

May 2022

  • Amanda Abbington and Reece Shearsmith in The Unfriend.

    The Unfriend review – manners can be the death of you in Steven Moffat’s comedy

  • ‘None of this has felt insurmountable’ … Amanda Abbington.

    ‘None of it has felt insurmountable’: Amanda Abbington on Sherlock, separation and her fiancé’s nightmare fall

April 2022

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    Dodger: the Oliver Twist prequel that’s scary, starry and totally irresistible TV

    This Dickens spin-off claps along like The Goonies and is so ace it’s been promoted from CBBC to BBC One. No wonder Christopher Eccleston and Julian Barratt were lining up to star

July 2021

  • Ian McKellen as Hamlet at the Theatre Royal Windsor.

    The week in theatre: Hamlet; Anna X; Lava – review

  • Ian McKellen (Hamlet) in Hamlet by William Shakespeare @ Theatre Royal Windsor. Directed by Sean Mathias. (Opening 20-07-2021) ©Tristram Kenton 07-21 (3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com

    Hamlet review – Ian McKellen’s risky prince reveals method in the madness

June 2020

  • Kris Marshall and Dean Lennox Kelly in Trick Or Treat

    Trick or Treat review – gangsters, sushi and Blackpool hallucinations

    Seaside shenanigans ensue after an apparent hit-and-run accident in this slapdash, mildly amusing thriller

February 2020

  • Amanda Abbington, Reece Shearsmith and Frances Barber

    Steven Moffat writes play inspired by perils of holiday friendship

    Ex-Doctor Who showrunner’s latest work, The Unfriend, will be at Chichester Festival theatre

August 2019

  • Frances Barber as rock legend Billie Trix in Musi

    Edinburgh fringe roundup: smut, stalkers and supremely silly slapstick

  • A zeitgeist for sore eyes … Frances Barber as Billie Trix in Musik by Jonathan Harvey and Pet Shop Boys.

    Musik review – Pet Shop Boys' musical evokes Warhol, Dalí and Nico

July 2019

  • Francis Barber

    Observer New Review Q&A
    Frances Barber: ‘Everybody in LA’s on prescription drugs but they frown on a glass of wine’

    The actor on starring in a new Pet Shop Boys musical, her addiction to Twitter and Strictly, and the impossibility of avoiding Brexit chat

June 2019

  • Rachael Young

    Edinburgh festival 2019: 50 theatre, comedy and dance shows to see

    There’s a Belle and Sebastian play, a show in a hair salon, Frances Barber performing Pet Shop Boys songs and top comics including Josie Long and Stephen Fry. Here’s our guide to the world’s biggest arts festival

November 2015

  • Frances Barber at the London Evening Standard theatre awards

    Actor Frances Barber claims Uber driver said she was 'disgustingly dressed'

    Taxi firm launches investigation after Barber tweeted that a ‘sharia Uber driver’ told her she should not be out late at night

February 2015

  • Frances Barber

    The Q&A
    Q&A: Frances Barber

    ‘The worst job I’ve done? I worked in a frozen chicken factory. I haven’t eaten it since’

January 2015

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    Frances Barber: Shakespeare and Mamet give the actor everything – video

    The star explains what the Bard and the American Buffalo playwright have in common – and the difference between showing your personality within a character and simply showing off

August 2013

  • Roy Greenslade

    Greenslade
    Why the 'No more Page 3 in The Sun' campaign is gaining momentum

    Roy Greenslade

    Roy Greenslade notes the way in which the opposition to topless women in Britain's top tabloid has gained increasing support

March 2013

  • Director Paulette Randall at the Tricycle Theatre

    Portrait of the artist
    Portrait of the Artist: exhibition highlights - in pictures

    The Guardian's Portrait of the Artist series is about to get its own exhibition. Interviewer Laura Barnett tells the inside stories behind the stunning photographs – including Antony Sher reliving his cocaine habit, Wes Anderson revealing his dislike of tapestry, and Macy Gray talking about a 90-year-old green person

January 2013

  • kevin bishop may i kill u

    May I Kill U? – review

    Stuart Urban's comedy about a vigilante policeman is witty and ruthless, writes Philip French

December 2012

  • julius caesar harriet walter

    Julius Caesar; Hello, Dolly!; Peter Pan – review

    An all-female Julius Caesar twists the knife with urgency and conviction, writes Susannah Clapp

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