Q&A: Inside No 9 with Reece Shearsmith & Steve Pemberton

26165501_10156010235404731_3074277529763241097_nWHERE?: BFI

WHEN: 30/10

‘It’s every Shakespeare play you’ve ever seen in 30 minutes’: Steve Pemberton, author and star of BBC2’s Inside No 9 is describing Zanzibar, the opening episode of the fourth series.

  • Read on for reasons including whether Inside No 9 will be appearing in a theatre near you soon

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THEATRE REVIEW: Shopping & F***ing

WORTH A LOOK?: ***

WHERE?: Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith

WHEN: 15/10 (matinee), runs to 5/11

Author Mark Ravenhill was co-creator of ITV sitcom Vicious and this was his first play, now 21 years old, which caused quite the stir in the 90s.

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9 reasons why we can’t wait for September

  1. Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart inhabit No Man’s Land

Our most read content of the year so far was shared by Sir Ian on his Facebook page and was a Shakespeare BFI Q&A with him in April. We’ve seen him many times filming Vicious at ITV Studios on the South Bank but never on stage in the theatre – until now and this Broadway transfer. Runs 8/9 to 17/12 at Wyndham’s Theatre. Picture via No Man’s Land. Tickets here.

  • Read on for reasons including The Fall, Billy Joel and Inside No 9

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