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Felicity Kendal

October 2023

  • Lea Salonga with her arms outstretched singing in the foreground watched by Bernadette Peters in a beaded black dress in the background.

    The week in theatre: Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends; Noises Off; Imposter 22 – review

    An all-star tribute to the acid genius of the late composer offers a terrific medley of hits, Michael Frayn’s clever farce also proves timeless, and seven neurodivergent actors put on a singular drama

March 2023

  • Michael Rudman American theatre director (born Texas 1939) photographed at a rehearsal of MRS WARREN'S PROFESSION by G B Shaw at the Comedy Theatre, London in 2010<br>2AH3W9N Michael Rudman American theatre director (born Texas 1939) photographed at a rehearsal of MRS WARREN'S PROFESSION by G B Shaw at the Comedy Theatre, London in 2010

    Michael Rudman obituary

    Theatre director best known for his three major productions of Death of a Salesman, written by his hero Arthur Miller

September 2022

  • Every laugh comes with a wince … l to r, Felicity Kendal, Jonathan Coy and Joseph Millson in Noises Off.

    Noises Off review – Frayn’s exquisite farce-within-a-farce finds new humanity

    Felicity Kendal, Tracy-Ann Oberman and especially Joseph Millson are comic gifts in this 40th anniversary version that fits our times almost too well

March 2022

  • Jennifer Ehle and Toby Stephens in The Camomile Lawn

    ‘Wow, there’s a lot of sex and swearing’: Channel 4’s top-rated drama ever, 30 years on

    Partner-swapping, nudity, Felicity Kendal: it’s three decades since raunchy wartime series The Camomile Lawn broke TV ratings records. How does it hold up?

October 2021

  • Felicity Kendal attending the Chelsea Flower Show in London. Picture date: Monday May 21st, 2018. Photo credit should read: Matt Crossick/ EMPICS Entertainment.<br>2D72RHR Felicity Kendal attending the Chelsea Flower Show in London. Picture date: Monday May 21st, 2018. Photo credit should read: Matt Crossick/ EMPICS Entertainment.

    Sunday with Felicity Kendal: ‘If I don’t stay active, I’ll fossilise’

    When not so busy, the actor likes to spend time with the family

September 2021

  • An image from the poster for Steven Spielberg’s 1975 film Jaws. The Shark is Broken play tells the story of how it was made.

    Back for another bite: why classic 70s and 80s screen classics are new stars of the stage

    The boat in Jaws, the flashy car in Back to the Future, and the kitchen in The Good Life: it seems we all want to recapture those moments – but in the theatre

August 2021

  • Anything Goes at the Barbican.

    The week in theatre: Anything Goes; Changing Destiny – review

  • Robert Lindsay, Jack Wilcox, Sutton Foster, Haydn Oakley and Samuel Edwards in Anything Goes at the Barbican.

    Anything Goes review – Sutton Foster dazzles in Cole Porter’s fizzing tonic for our times

March 2021

  • Shashi Kapoor and Felicity Kendal in Shakespeare Wallah, the second feature by Merchant Ivory Productions.

    The stage on screen
    Shakespeare Wallah: Merchant Ivory's bittersweet tale of Bollywood and the Bard

    The Kendal family of actors star in a story inspired by their travels around India, whose booming film industry upstages their theatrical troupe

November 2020

  • Nicole Kidman in The Blue Room

    Tristram Kenton at the Guardian
    Nicole! Gwyneth! Orlando! Hollywood stars on the West End stage – in pictures

    Gillian Anderson, Jessica Lange, Jack Lemmon, James Earl Jones … Guardian photographer Tristram Kenton has captured the biggest names as they tread the boards in London

January 2020

  • 'Home, I'm Darling' play press night, After Party, London, UK - 05 Feb 2019<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Piers Allardyce/REX/Shutterstock (10095354m) Katherine Parkinson 'Home, I'm Darling' play press night, After Party, London, UK - 05 Feb 2019

    Katherine Parkinson to take on Felicity Kendal's role in The Good Life on stage

    The IT Crowd actor will star as the green-living Barbara in a stage adaptation of the popular 70s sitcom

August 2019

  • Simon Harrison and Alice Orr-Ewing in The Argument.

    The Argument review – no winners emerge from William Boyd's couple at war

    A whole set of relationships unravel in a shrewdly observant play showing the ripple effect of marital hostilities

January 2019

  • ‘My natural state is to try not to let things worry me’: Felicity Kendal.

    This much I know
    Felicity Kendal: ‘I struggled with my temper – I used to throw things around the house’

    The actor, 72, on arguments with her ex, how she dealt with stalkers and missing out on 60s hedonism

May 2017

  • Felicity Kendal (Lettice Douffet) and Maureen Lipman (Lotte Schoen) in Lettuce &amp; Lovage by Peter Shaffer @ Menier Chocolate Factory. Directed by Trevor Nunn. (Opening 17-05-17) ©Tristram Kenton 05-17 (3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com

    Lettice and Lovage review – Felicity Kendal and Maureen Lipman shine

  • Played with aplomb … Maureen Lipman as Lotte and Felicity Kendal at Lettice in Trevor Nun’s production of Lettice and Lovage.

    Lettice and Lovage review – Lipman and Kendal join forces for farcical charades

October 2016

  • Missing Forster’s silken irony … Felicity Kendal as Charlotte and Lauren Coe as Lucy in A Room With a View.

    A Room With a View review – Felicity Kendal's star power obscures Forster's story

    As the complex chaperone Charlotte Bartlett, Kendal is a pleasure to watch, but her presence unbalances this rich tale of middle-class self-discovery

December 2015

  • Felicity Kendal

    Felicity Kendal: 'No, I’m not obedient and nice … I’m utterly independent'

    From the archive: In an interview first published on 1 June 1989, Felicity Kendal talks about Stoppard, Shakespeare, feminism and family life

August 2014

  • Hay Fever play

    Hay Fever review – hysteria rules as Felicity Kendal does Coward

    This faithful revival of Noël Coward's durable comedy of bad manners is smartly performed by Kendal and Michael Simkins, finds Michael Billington

February 2014

  • Alison Steadman

    Theatre Royal Bath announces 2014 summer season

    Alison Steadman in Zola's Thérèse Raquin and Felicity Kendal in Noël Coward's Hay Fever among the castings

May 2013

  • Felicity Kendal

    My family values
    Felicity Kendal: My family values

    The actor talks about the source of her bossy streak and how it was hard being in The Good Life when her first marriage was disintegrating. Interview by Maureen Paton
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