Jason Donovan: ‘What would I edit from my past? My relationship with drugs’
The singer and actor on pop stardom, his biggest career regret, and finding peace with fame after 45 years
January 2023
Sheridan Smith on stage: from Hedda Gabler to Elle Woods – in pictures
As she returns to the West End to star in Shirley Valentine at the Duke of York’s theatre, revisit some of the Olivier award-winner’s theatre roles
July 2022
First pictures of Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan Neighbours reunion
Pair reprising roles as Charlene Mitchell and Scott Robinson as Australian soap comes to end after 37 years
May 2022
Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue reunite for Neighbours finale
The TV couple are to appear in Australia’s long-running soap opera as production ends after 37 years
April 2022
Sorted
The 15 best singles by Australian soap stars – sorted
Here are the top tracks from actors who stepped into recording studios to give it a red-hot go
March 2022
Neighbours: the 10 best memories, from Scott and Charlene to Madge’s ghost
With the Aussie soap finally confirmed to end, we celebrate the best moments from 37 years on Ramsay Street – including plenty of twists, weddings and a tornado
October 2021
The G2 interview
Jason Donovan on Kylie, coolness and cocaine: ‘I’m a survivor and I’ve made mistakes’
Fresh from a run in Joseph, and about to go on tour, the actor and singer reflects on superstardom, drug addiction and the steadying joy of fatherhood
July 2021
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat review – firing on all cylinders
Alexandra Burke, Jason Donovan and Technicolor coat-wearer Jac Yarrow are among a cast whose performances ooze personality and mischief
October 2019
Sunday with Jason Donovan: ’I’m partial to a Jo Malone grapefruit candle’
Jason Donovan a good neighbour as he goes out in pants to fight fire
July 2019
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat review – stunning debutant steals a starry show
Sheridan Smith and Jason Donovan bring glitzy charisma to a jubilant production – but neither can match the young dreamer at its centre
May 2019
Names in the news
Lena Waithe: standard bearer for Met Gala’s camp celebration
Rebecca Nicholson
Her lilac tuxedo might have seemed almost traditional until you looked more closely at its pinstripes
March 2019
50 years of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – in pictures
It’s 50 years since the original Joseph concept album was released. Look back at some of those who’ve donned the dreamcoat
August 2018
Jason Donovan’s Amazing Midlife Crisis review – heartthrob hits 50
The star revisits his success as a singer and soap-star to find out whether he is older and wiser, or just older
August 2017
David Hepworth on radio
This week’s best radio: Michael Morpurgo’s Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
The author’s novel receives a dramatisation starring Toby Jones, while Reflections offers intriguing insights into the early lives of our politicians
March 2017
Music blog
'I crawled on my knees to Kylie' – the inside story of Stock, Aitken and Waterman
To mark the publication of a pictorial history of the songwriters Mike Stock talks about the ‘Hit Factory’ years
March 2016
The best original photographs from the Observer
Original Observer photography: February 2016
There is a distinct fashion feel to this month’s gallery. Milliners, designers, models and bloggers all feature in this showcase of the best photography commissioned by the Observer
February 2016
This much I know
Jason Donovan: ‘By doing cocaine I was slightly rebelling against standing there in a loincloth’
The singer, 47, on loving Australia, playing Joseph, and editing his life
February 2015
Jason Donovan: 'The one thing I have on my side? I do a good Australian accent'
As he embarks on a UK tour of The King’s Speech, the star talks about playing speech therapist Lionel Logue, Neighbours’ 30th anniversary and selling 1m copies of Especially for You
January 2015
Sondheim’s songbook: performers pick their favourites
Send in the Clowns or Being Alive? Broadway Baby or Children Will Listen? Imelda Staunton, Janie Dee, Jason Donovan, Andy Nyman and Adrian Lester choose the best of the great composer and lyricist’s back catalogue
