‘Every family has silences’: Kathryn Hunter on despair, desire, dislodgeable limbs – and her acting genius
She has played King Lear, all three witches in Macbeth and an ape turned variety performer in Kafka’s Monkey. As she prepares for a new show, she discusses the soaring highs and deep lows of her extraordinary life
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The Cube creator Adam Adler joins Channel 4: what he will do at its new production unit
Adler is Sarah Dillistone’s first hire for Channel 4’s in-house production business, which the broadcaster says will develop ideas for television and beyond.
Alexander Payne sued over alleged similarities between The Holdovers and Frisco
Screenwriter Simon Stephenson alleges that The Holdovers borrowed substantial elements from his unproduced screenplay Frisco. Payne has previously denied the plagiarism claim.
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