Games of Thrones actor defends ‘black out’ theatre nights
Kit Harington hails decision to stage performances of his new play for black-only audiences as ‘incredibly positive’
The week in theatre: Slave Play; Skeleton Crew; Alma Mater – review
Jeremy O Harris’s Broadway hit is overladen yet thought-provoking; sound design speaks loudest in a wordy Detroit story; and a last-minute lead shines in a knotty new #MeToo drama
Slave Play review – Jeremy O Harris’s intense study of sex and race demands debate
Kit Harington and Olivia Washington star in a charged, often comical drama about the legacy of historical racial violence in three couples’ sexual dynamics
June 2024
‘White supremacy was never hidden from me’: Jeremy O Harris on bringing Broadway hit Slave Play to the UK
With the London opening of his incendiary work set to be among the theatre events of the year, the dramatist talks about the furore over its study of sex and race
February 2024
Slave Play writer criticises star casting but Kit Harington to feature in West End run
Exclusive: Jeremy O Harris says Game of Thrones star will not ‘make it the Jon Snow Experience’
April 2023
Game of Thrones stars challenge big banks over fossil fuel links
Kit Harington and Rose Leslie attend ‘couples therapy’ in film for Richard Curtis ‘public education’ campaign
September 2022
TV tonight
TV tonight: Kit Harington opens up about his family history
The former Game of Thrones star uncovers family links to Ian Fleming and spy Kim Philby. Plus: big changes are afoot for the vets in All Creatures Great and Small. Here’s what to watch this evening
July 2022
Ranked
Volcano films – ranked!
Missing the heatwave? With the release of Sara Dosa’s hotly tipped new documentary Fire of Love, we round up the most epic, exploding-mountain movies ever made
June 2022
Jon Snow set to return in Game of Thrones sequel series – reports
Kit Harington will reprise role if unnamed HBO series goes ahead, potentially extending George RR Martin’s world beyond source material
May 2022
‘It was a win-win situation’: Rose Leslie on movies, motherhood and marriage
Game of Thrones’ Rose Leslie on playing the Time Traveler’s Wife and life with Kit Harington
March 2022
The week in theatre: Henry V; Our Generation – review
Henry V review – Kit Harington’s corporate tyrant wages war
February 2022
Kit Harington on Henry V and life after Jon Snow: ‘We need to start dealing with male anger’
Once more unto the breach! Burton, Branagh and the battling stars of Henry V – in pictures
The Nomadland director manages to get some nice-looking shots and personal drama in her superhero debut, but there’s just too much mythology to explain
June 2021
Kit Harington to play Henry V at the Donmar Warehouse
Game of Thrones star will appear in production focusing on modern political power, part of the London theatre’s reopening season
December 2020
Star Force: the surprise smash webseries is The Mighty Boosh for Trekkies
Brothers Ross and Kevin Mains persuaded an A-list cast, including James McAvoy, Florence Pugh and Kit Harington to join their no-budget series, with uproarious results
November 2020
Tristram Kenton at the Guardian
Before they were famous: stars' early stage appearances – in pictures
Tristram Kenton captures the debuts and breakthroughs of famous future faces including Emily Blunt, Martin Freeman, John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker and many more
September 2020
Knock before entering: stars in their dressing rooms – in pictures
Photographer Simon Annand has been snapping actors backstage for almost four decades. His latest book, Time to Act, is a collection of more than 200 portraits of some of the world’s greatest performers. Here are 12 of the best
February 2020
Death drive: why Danny Trejo's doomed legend will live for ever
Zombies, cyborgs, mutant creatures, 50 Cent … you name it, Trejo’s been killed by it. Will his status ever be surpassed?
