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Timothy West

September 2022

  • 4- The Book of Water di Michel van der Aa : Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia © Andrea Avezzù

    Venice Biennale Musica review – things old, new, borrowed and bleurgh

    The contemporary music strand of the Italian festival brought a typically elegant and thoughtful music theatre work by Michel van der Aa; less successful was Yvette Janine Jackson’s ‘radio opera’ Left Behind

January 2022

  • Daniel Craig and Michael Gambon in A Number

    Sons, fathers and clones: Caryl Churchill’s A Number – in pictures

    A father is confronted by three sons – two of whom are clones of the first – in Churchill’s classic play, which has a 20th-anniversary revival at the Old Vic this month

October 2019

  • Great Canal Journey: Episode 3 - Timothy and Prunella

    Great Canal Journeys: how a bittersweet boating show captured viewers' hearts

    The swansong of Timothy West and Prunella Scales’s narrowboat adventures aired this week, having elevated the humble travelogue to a touching saga of love and loss

January 2017

  • Sian Phillips, Timothy West and Janet Henfrey

    Older actors weigh up their careers: 'If you're not obsessed, you'll never survive'

    Don’t expect to be in control, never stop looking for the next role: Siân Phillips, Timothy West and Janet Henfrey on how they turned acting into a life’s work

August 2016

  • Nerve-jangling … Skies Above Britain.

    TV review
    Skies Above Britain review – I’m a nervous flyer, get me out of here

    A new series takes us to National Air Traffic Services and an RAF Typhoon base, and tells us things that fill us with fear. Plus, wine-swilling Great Canal Journeys

July 2016

  • Prospero’s production of Richard II.

    How we staged Shakespeare
    Timothy West on Richard II: 'You can't take your eyes off him'

  • ‘A thoughtful Lear’: Timothy West with Poppy Pedder as Cordelia.

    King Lear review – newly and bitingly prophetic

June 2016

  • Paul Scofield as King Lear.

    King Lear, past and present – in pictures

    Shakespeare’s tragic monarch remains one of the most demanding roles in theatre. Revisit the key portrayals on stage and screen, from Olivier and Scofield to Jonathan Pryce and Geoffrey Rush

August 2015

  • 101 greatest plays Henry IV Pt 1 King Lear Entertainer

    Choosing my 101 greatest plays – and why I left out King Lear

    How do you even begin to pick the world’s 101 greatest plays? The Guardian’s theatre critic explains how he approached this controversial task for his new book – and admits he is already having second thoughts

May 2015

  • The Donmar Warehouse's Opening Of "The Vote" On Election Night - Curtain Call

    The Vote review – a glorious night at the polling station

  • Catherine Tate and Timothy West in election drama The Vote, at London's Donmar Warehouse.

    The Vote review – James Graham's all-star election-night farce

March 2015

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    Observer New Review Q&A
    Samuel West: ‘There’s plenty of money for the arts. It’s just that too much of it is in the Cayman Islands’

  • Judi Dench will be one of a 50-strong cast for The Vote.

    Dench and Gatiss lead Donmar and Channel 4 election night first

September 2014

  • 'Illuminating the stage': Laura Wade.

    The Observer profile
    Laura Wade: her play Posh put a spotlight on the spoilt

    Profile: The Sheffield writer struck gold when, as a fledgling playwright, she exposed the antics of a narrow, privileged social set. Now her feted play, Posh, has become a major film, The Riot Club

March 2014

  • Prunella Scales and Timothy West

    Prunella Scales suffering from 'a sort of mild Alzheimer's'

    Husband of Fawlty Towers star, actor Timothy West, talks about wife's condition in a More4 documentary

January 2014

  • Jonathan Pryce as King Lear

    Out of their minds: the actors' guide to playing King Lear

    Ian McKellen dreaded it, Albert Finney dodged it. As Simon Russell Beale prepares to play Lear in Sam Mendes's eagerly awaited production, Laura Barnett talks to five actors who risked their sanity (and their knees) to wear the crown

January 2013

  • Sir Michael Redgrave And Daughter Vanessa Redgrave

    The 10 best ...
    The 10 best theatrical dynasties

    From the Foxes to the Redgraves, the Observer's theatre critic Susannah Clapp chooses the most celebrated acting families

January 2012

  • Timothy West and Samuel West in A Number

    Theatre blog
    When theatre keeps it in the family

    Audiences love seeing relatives or lovers acting together on stage – but does it make for good drama?

December 2011

  • Sam West

    My family values
    Sam West: My family values

    The actor and director talks about his family

October 2010

  • Timothy West and Samuel West in A Number

    A Number – review

    Father and son Timothy and Samuel West are superb in evoking a troubled patriarch and his offspring in Caryl Churchill's astonishing play about cloning

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