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The play that changed my life: how a pratfall in a student fringe farce made James Graham a playwright

Performing in Dario Fo’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist during A-levels was a lesson in low-art laughs and political anger that unites an audience

It was 1999. I was doing A-levels in Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, the former mining community I depict in my TV series Sherwood. My comprehensive school was one of the biggest in the country, one of a very small number with a working theatre. I wouldn’t be doing what I get to do now without that massive bit of luck.

I started doing loads of acting, and the department decided to do the first A-level drama they’d ever done because there were about a dozen of us who wanted to keep going after GCSEs.

As told to Lindesay Irvine

James Graham’s adaptation of Alan Bleasdale’s Boys from the Blackstuff is on tour until 5 July. Punch runs at the Young Vic, London, until 26 April.

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‘80 years of lies and deception’: is this film proof of alien life on Earth?

The Age of Disclosure, a provocative new documentary that argues for the existence of extraterrestrials, has drawn gasps and criticism at the SXSW film festival

A splashy new documentary that asserts the presence of extraterrestrial life on Earth and alleges a US government effort to hide information on possible alien activity is making waves at SXSW.

The Age of Disclosure expounds upon years of congressional activity and testimony surrounding the presence of Unexplained Anomalous Phenomena (or UAP, a rebranding of the stigmatized UFO), in the United States, drawing both buzz and skepticism at the Austin, Texas-based cultural festival.

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Friendship review – Tim Robinson spirals in a darkly hilarious comedy

SXSW film festival: The star of I Think You Should Leave brings a similar brand of comedy to this strange and genuinely funny film about a friendship breakup

Few adult experiences sting as much as a friendship breakup, a rejection in some ways more personal, hurtful and confusing than that of a romantic partner. And few actors are better equipped to mine the weird vulnerabilities, fixations and feelings of a platonic split like the cult comedy king Tim Robinson, co-creator and star of the Netflix sketch show I Think You Should Leave (ITYSL). Over three seasons, Robinson has built up a devoted in-the-know following for his situational comedy, generationally playing unrepentant characters with no impulse control or allegiance to social scripts, people whose untidy feelings derail otherwise normal situations into absurd tangles.

In other words, not the type of people to take rejection well. With Robinson as the unfortunate half of a buddy dump, Friendship, writer-director Andrew DeYoung’s strange and hilarious debut feature, spins comedy gold out the straight male loneliness epidemic. Robinson goes for broke as Craig, a typical ITYSL character: pathetic, awkward, estranged from social rituals, an oddball at once sweet and a little creepy. A guy baffled by the ease of other men and desperate for their approval, whose face displays the big emotions – anger, love, jealousy – in amusingly bold, bright primary colors.

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"C'était des Bisounours à l'époque d'Un Prophète" : Jacques Audiard revient sur l'intensité de la course aux Oscars 2025

Quelques jours après la fin de cette folle saison des prix aux Etats-Unis, émaillée de nombreux rebondissements et polémiques, Jacques Audiard, réalisateur d'Emilia Perez, a tiré le bilan de cette période intense, avec son lot de surprises.

Au micro de France Inter. le cinéaste a accepté…

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"C'était des Bisounours à l'époque d'Un Prophète" : Jacques Audiard revient sur l'intensité de la course aux Oscars 2025

Quelques jours après la fin de cette folle saison des prix aux Etats-Unis, émaillée de nombreux rebondissements et polémiques, Jacques Audiard, réalisateur d'Emilia Perez, a tiré le bilan de cette période intense, avec son lot de surprises.

Au micro de France Inter. le cinéaste a accepté…

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"Je ne pouvais même plus respirer" : Karla Sofía Gascón s'exprime longuement sur les polémiques suscitées par ses tweets

Présente à la 97e cérémonie des Oscars, Karla Sofía Gascón, la star d'Emilia Pérez de Jacques Audiard - récompensé par deux Oscars -, n'est pas passée inaperçue. Le présentateur de la soirée, Conan O'Brien, n'a d'ailleurs pas hésité à faire quelques références aux polémiques autour…

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"Je dis merci Franck..." : cette actrice aux 45 ans de carrière salue ce discours hilarant de Dubosc aux César

Cela restera assurément l'un des moments les plus forts et les plus drôles de la cérémonie des César 2025. 10 jours après, c'est ce vrai-faux discours qui reste le plus dans les mémoires des spectateurs, et cette actrice invitée du plateau de C l'hebdo a commenté la séquence. Il s'agit de Michèle

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