Focus / Culture - 6 months ago

Joseph Marcell: ‘I tried to get Will Smith to do Shakespeare instead of Independence Day’

He was adored as Geoffrey the butler in the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Now, as he stars opposite Cush Jumbo in Hamlet, the actor discusses stardom, being one of the first Black Othellos – and why Smith should play Mark Antony Joseph Marcell’s life has...

Focus / Culture - 9 months ago

Hamlet, Cabaret and a fistful of Romeos: the best theatre, comedy and dance of autumn 2021

Cush Jumbo tackles the troubled prince, Jessie Buckley and Eddie Redmayne head for 30s Berlin, while standup favourites and dance spectaculars burst back on the stage Continue reading...

Focus / Culture - 9 months ago

Adrian Dunbar cast alongside Cush Jumbo in Hamlet at Young Vic

The Line of Duty actor will play Claudius and the Ghost when the postponed play opens next monthAdrian Dunbar is to join Cush Jumbo in the Young Vic theatre’s production of Hamlet which, postponed for more than a year, will open in London next month....