3 d. ago John le Carre’s The Spy Who Came In From The Cold to be staged in West End

After a sold-out production at Chichester Festival Theatre, the stage adaptation will run for 14 weeks in London from November.

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3 d. ago Alan Cumming on the magic of Pitlochry Festival Theatre: 'I love the soup to nuts aspect of the place'

As Pitlochry Festival Theatre gears up for its summer season, the venue’s new artistic director Alan Cumming tells Joyce McMillan what makes it so special

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1 week ago ‘Theatre puts a finger in the wound’: Willem Dafoe returns to his first love in Venice

He is a transfixing screen presence – but he lives for the raw thrill of the stage. As he takes over the Venice theatre biennale, the star lets us know what to expect: cut-up plays and a Pinocchio unlike any otherSitting in his house in Rome, an overstuffed bookcase and a distressed wooden door behind him, Willem Dafoe scrunches his hair as though kneading the thoughts in his head. The 69-year-old, Wisconsin-born actor could pass today for any genial, bristle-moustached handyman in checked shirt and horn-rimmed specs. (Perhaps he even built the bookcase and distressed the door himself.) But it’s that hand that is the giveaway: it keeps scrunching as he talks until the hair is standing in jagged forks. As a visualisation of what is happening in his brain, it is second to none.We are speaking in April on the anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth (and death), which feels apt given that it is Dafoe’s two-year appointment as artistic director of the international theatre festival at the Ven...

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1 week ago Alan Cumming's BAFTA TV awards stint has viewers all saying same thing

Alan Cumming hosted the 2025 BAFTA TV awards on Sunday and many viewers had some questions about the Scots star's presenting skills.

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1 week ago Edinburgh International Children's Festival: 'a celebration of joy'

After years of curtailed ambition, the Children’s Festival looks set to return to its former glory, says Joyce McMillan

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1 week ago Viewers divided by Alan Cumming’s performance as Bafta TV awards host

Some viewers said Cumming made it ‘increasingly difficult to carry on watching this’, while others thought he was ‘brilliant’

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1 week ago BAFTA TV Awards viewers are all saying the same thing about host Alan Cumming as he kickstarts the ceremony with Traitors

As the star-studded evening kicked off to celebrate an slew of talented stars Alan, 60, commanded attention when he graced the stage in a quirky glittery blue suit.

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1 week ago All the moments you DIDN'T see at the BAFTA TV Awards: Danny Dyer's expletive

However, there was plenty that happened at the glitzy ceremony at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall that viewers didn't get to see.

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1 week ago Marisa Abela and Lennie James win Baftas as Post Office drama picks up two awards

The ceremony was hosted by Scottish actor Alan Cumming.

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1 week ago Bafta TV Awards viewers divided by host Alan Cumming’s presenting style

Some viewers said Cumming made it ‘increasingly difficult to carry on watching this’, while others thought he was ‘brilliant’

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1 week ago TV BAFTAs 2025: Gavin and Stacey reunion as Alan Cumming pushes for fishing trip answers

The 2025 TV BAFTAs saw the cast and creators of Gavin and Stacey reunite at the ceremony - where show host Alan Cumming demanded to know what happened on that fishing trip

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1 week ago Danny Dyer breaks golden BAFTA Awards rule as host Alan Cumming is forced to apologise

Danny Dyer was handed a BAFTA at London's Royal Festival Hall for his performance inSky Comedy series Mr Bigstuff. However, the ceremony's host, Alan Cumming, had to apologise for his actions

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1 week ago Bafta TV Awards 2025 opens in Traitors style with host Alan Cumming summoned to turret

The biggest night in British television has gotten underway at London's Royal Festival Hall

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1 week ago Baftas begin in Traitors style with Alan Cumming accepting ‘oath’ as host

Alan Cumming was selected to host the Bafta TV Awards 2025.

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1 week ago Billie Piper, Jessie J and Danny Dyer hit the TV Baftas red carpet

The Bafta TV Awards will air on BBC One at 7pm.

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1 week ago BAFTAs LIVE: All the action as it happens in huge night for TV hosted by Alan Cummings

The BAFTA TV Awards are in full swing and your Daily Star is on the red carpet chatting to the stars about the hottest topics as they waltz on in

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1 week ago BAFTA host Alan Cumming sets record straight on sexuality after being 'mislabelled'

The Scottish actor Alan Cumming has spoken out about oversimplified descriptions of his sexuality – and has revealed an unlikely secret about the Traitors US set, which he hosts

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1 week ago Inside BAFTAs host Alan Cumming's life from marriages to difficult childhood

Alan Cumming will be taking to the stage as the host of this year's BAFTA TV Awards. Here we take a look into the star's life away from the cameras...

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2 w. ago Alan Cumming seemingly spoiled a scene in Avengers: Doomsday a year before the film is released

‘I’m sort of learning these fights and I’m like, ‘What? Who am I fighting with?’ admitted the X-Men actor

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2 w. ago BAFTAS host Alan Cumming on the secret way he communicates with Traitors' Claudia Winkleman

Despite working on the same project, Alan Cumming and Claudia Winkleman have never met in person. But they've already found a way to secretly communicate behind the scenes.

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