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David Oyelowo

September 2024

  • Lucian Msamati and and Ben Whishaw as Estragon and Vladimir in Waiting for Godot at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London

    The week in theatre: Waiting for Godot; Coriolanus; A Face in the Crowd – review

    Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati add star power to James Macdonald’s thoughtful Beckett; David Oyelowo’s Coriolanus is dwarfed by epic staging; and an Elvis Costello-scored musical has too few high notes
  • ‘Just brilliant fun’ … Hilson Agbangbe in Wonder Boy, directed by Sally Cookson.

    ‘Our Romeo even impressed the school bullies’: stars of stage on the power of drama in schools

    Being taught drama can transform your life. Actor David Oyelowo, writer James Graham, set designer Es Devlin and more recall their own awakenings – and their inspirational, unforgettable teachers
  • David Oyelowo as Coriolanus

    Coriolanus review – David Oyelowo keeps you waiting and Es Devlin’s design is to die for

    The drama is underpowered until the end but what Lyndsey Turner’s production lacks in feeling it makes up in style

March 2024

  • Characteristic whimsy … Benedict Cumberbatch in The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.

    The 2024 Oscar shorts review – intense drama, enticing animation and essential documentary

    While Wes Anderson’s nomination has caused mild controversy there is an enticing and eclectic mix of strong contenders worthy of the win

January 2024

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    And the Oscar nomination doesn’t go to … 20 great performances snubbed by the Academy

    Ahead of the release of year’s nominations later today, here are the best acting turns not even shortlisted for an Academy Award this century

November 2023

  • Robbie Williams

    The seven best shows to stream this week
    Robbie Williams to 007: the seven best shows to stream this week

    A gripping documentary series follows the highs and lows of the Take That star, while contestants race to win the grand prize of £1m in the new adventure show with Brian Cox

October 2023

  • Pontius Pilate (James McAvoy) meets Clarence (Lakeith Stanfield) in The Book of Clarence.

    Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
    The Book of Clarence review – there’s no messiah in here

    Jeymes Samuel’s wacky counter-gospel action adventure delivers some good turns but drifts into piety

July 2023

  • Brian Cox at the Equity rally in Leicester Square

    UK stars hold London rally in support of striking US actors

    Sucession star Brian Cox tells gathered members of Equity union ‘we are at thin end of horrible wedge’

June 2023

  • Terrifying, almost surreal … Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire

    Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire review – a deep dive into California’s destructive blazes

    As well as footage of destructive blazes tearing through California, this documentary offers careful analysis of how to prevent them

September 2022

  • Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan in See How They Run.

    See How They Run review – a starry, theatrical Agatha Christie romp

  • Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan in See How They Run.

    See How They Run review – Agatha Christie spoof scampers through 50s theatreland

August 2022

  • (From left) Ruth Wilson, Reece Shearsmith, Harris Dickinson, Sian Clifford, Pearl Chanda, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, David Oyelowo and Ania Marson in See How They Run

    ‘It’s almost like a soap’: Saoirse Ronan and David Oyelowo on how the whodunnit rose from the dead

    See How They Run, Tom George’s tongue-in-cheek murder mystery, is riding high on the genre’s new wave. Its director and stars discuss the rich history of the format – and why it always returns in trying times

December 2021

  • Tamsin Greig as Mrs Wickens with Mark Gatiss as Mr Wickens in The Amazing Mr Blunden

    Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: The Amazing Mr Blunden; The Girl Before; The Wonder Years; Emily in Paris

    Mark Gatiss updates another 70s time-travelling classic; murder mystery meets 50 Shades meets Grand Designs; and The Wonder Years gets a bold reboot

March 2021

  • ‘I am flabbergasted by what I get to do for a living.’ David Oyelowo (right) and Alfred Molina.

    Double acts
    'My father thought actors were one step above cat burglars!': Alfred Molina meets David Oyelowo

    The actors talk about applause, auditions, how they fell in love with the theatre – and the extraordinary high of delivering the perfect line

December 2020

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    Sunday with David Oyelowo: ‘I unwind by watching MMA fights'

  • Keira Chansa, David Oyelowo, Reece Yates and Jordan Nash in Come Away.

    Come Away review – an indigestible lump of kid-lit stodge

  • David Oyelowo: ‘I’m jealous of my peers – Benedict Cumberbatch never has to talk about his race.’

    David Oyelowo: 'Nowhere on Earth has been better at covering up racism than Great Britain'

  • George Clooney Augustine and Caoilinn Springall in The Midnight Sky.

    Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
    The Midnight Sky review – beardy George Clooney marooned in bland cosmic yarn

November 2020

  • David Oyelowo and Angelina Jolie in Come Away.

    Week in geek
    A black Alice in Wonderland? That's a real fairytale ending

    Rightwing ‘review-bombers’ couldn’t be more wrong: the casting of David Oyelowo in a kind of prequel to the Peter Pan and Alice stories is inspired

September 2020

  • A still from The Water Man.

    First look review
    The Water Man review – David Oyelowo's charming directorial debut

    The star’s first foray into film-making is a sweet, if flawed, attempt to recapture the spirit of 80s kids adventures buoyed by a charismatic turn from Lonnie Chavis
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