Waiting for Beckett: Stephen Dillane and Conor Lovett stage the great playwright’s novel
As they prepare to bring the mesmerising How It Is to London, the actors reflect on performing a text with no characters and no punctuation
February 2022
Audiobook of the week
Ness by Robert Macfarlane and Stanley Donwood audiobook review – a sinister eco parable
Actor Stephen Dillane narrates the rhythmic prose poem, inspired by a Suffolk nature reserve and cold war military base
December 2021
Boxing Day review – likable romcom with a cheeky nod to Love Actually
Aml Ameen directs and stars in a transatlantic love story with glam-tourist London locations and a great supporting cast
November 2020
Tristram Kenton at the Guardian
Before they were famous, part two: stars' early stage roles – in pictures
Tristram Kenton’s archive reveals more performers heading for the big time, including Rachel Weisz, Idris Elba, Daniel Kaluuya, Felicity Jones and more
September 2020
The Man in the Hat review – whimsical French car chase
France looks beautiful from a Fiat 500 in this picturesque fantasy about a man on the (very slow) run
January 2019
The week in theatre: When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other and more – review
Cate Blanchett and Stephen Dillane can’t save a clunky S&M study of sexual politics
Pamela's power: the novel behind Cate Blanchett's controversial new play
Samuel Richardson’s tale of sexual harassment was a sensation in the 18th century. But can Martin Crimp’s modern reworking make sense in the era of #MeToo?
When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other review – it's explicit but hardly shocking
Cate Blanchett and Stephen Dillane add some heft to an uninspired exploration of modern sexual mores
December 2017
The bleak, grimy brilliance of the Kent coast: why The Tunnel was TV gold
A heart-tugging plot and dazzling central performances made Sky’s reworking of Scandi noir The Bridge an unmissable triumph
September 2016
Tacita Dean review – cloudy confessions and Hockney on camera
The former Turner prize nominee’s portrait of the painter toys with truth and artifice as cleverly as her first foray into theatre with actor Stephen Dillane
June 2016
Faith Healer five-star review – Brian Friel's masterpiece of stage mystery
A lost world of showbiz exiles is evoked through powerful monologues, hauntingly delivered by Stephen Dillane, Gina McKee and Ron Cook
November 2014
International Emmys: Dillane and Krijgsman pick up top prizes
Game of Thrones star triumphs as British detective in crime drama The Tunnel while Krijgsman wins for cleaner role
April 2014
Australia culture blog
Tacita Dean and Stephen Dillane: 'We met as suspicious strangers'
Kathy Marks: Tensions and misunderstandings fuel Event for a Stage, a 'live, one-act performance work' that will run for four nights as part of Sydney Biennale
March 2014
The Tunnel sequel aims to reunite Stephen Dillane and Clémence Poésy
Sky Atlantic planning second series of serial killer drama adapted from Scandinavian original The Bridge. By John Plunkett
January 2014
The Q&A
Q&A: Stephen Dillane
My earliest memory? Giving my sister 'Smarties' that I knew were pills
March 2010
Arts diary
Dillane's longest five minutes
Stephen Dillane forgot his lines during a Sam Mendes production of The Tempest last week, writes Charlotte Higgins
