Chuck Chuck Baby review – emotionally charged musical drama rules the roost
August 2023
Chuck Chuck Baby review – whimsy and realism combine in big-hearted romance
Louise Brealey is put-upon Helen, a chicken factory worker who gets a second chance at love, in Pugh’s generous and gritty film
July 2022
Brian and Charles review – robot comedy is bromance of the year
David Earl and Chris Hayward’s story of an inventor’s relationship with his creation blends Caractacus Potts with Victor Frankenstein to heartwarming effect
March 2016
Oscar Isaac surprises audience at Letters Live event in London
The actor made a guest appearance to read aloud correspondence from his Star Wars forebear Sir Alec Guinness
June 2015
Theatre blog
Plan your week’s theatre: top tickets
Debbie Tucker Green has a new play at the Royal Court, there’s new black writing in Talawa Firsts, RashDash talk porn at the National, Constellations is on tour, Hull prepares to Grow and there’s promenade circus in Cardiff
February 2014
Miss Julie – review
Louise Brealey: from Sherlock's Molly to Strindberg's Miss Julie
September 2013
From Sherlock to Pope Joan: actor Louise Brealey on writing her first play
As well as acting in Sherlock, Louise Brealey is now writing plays. She tells Andrew Dickson why her first subject is a female pope from the ninth century
January 2012
Observer New Review Q&A
Louise Brealey: 'I don't think Molly is really Sherlock's type'
The actor who plays Sherlock's lovelorn Molly tells Elizabeth Day about feminism, being proposed to 18 times on Twitter – and what really rings her bell
