The week in theatre: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; The Little Foxes; The Invention of Love – review
The Little Foxes review – revival of southern American classic leaves questions unanswered
November 2024
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light; Bad Sisters; Immigration: How British Politics Failed; The Penguin – review
TV review
Bad Sisters season two review – any trace of joy has been obliterated
‘The flaws are the sexy bits’: Anne-Marie Duff on courage, curiosity and the rare gifts of ageing
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October 2022
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Candy; The Elon Musk Show; Wreck; Bad Sisters – review
Jessica Biel has an axe to grind and an 80s look to rock in Disney’s slow-building take on a brutal Texas murder
August 2022
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Red Rose; Marriage; Bad Sisters; The Sky at Night
‘The real world is terrifying’: Anne-Marie Duff on sisterhood, survival and Shameless
May 2022
The week in theatre: The House of Shades; My Fair Lady; The Breach
The House of Shades review – Anne-Marie Duff gives a toxic tour de force
April 2022
‘You don’t have to be invited – you do it’: Beth Steel on her working-class family epic
The playwright reflects on the importance of difficult conversations, putting female characters centre-stage and reading a Greek tragedy a day to write The House of Shades
March 2021
Double acts
'There will be orgasms in the aisles!' Cush Jumbo meets Anne-Marie Duff
The actors have been friends since they starred together at the National. They talk about their showbiz debuts, the dangers of getting wrapped up in roles – and the thrills to come when theatres reopen
June 2020
'This is the best moment of my life,' he said, lying in the bath: Ian Holm remembered
This much I know
Anne-Marie Duff: ‘To have love, to give love – that’s all we can hope for’
November 2019
Maggie Smith wins best actress award for role as Goebbels' secretary
Andrew Scott is best actor and Sweat wins play of the year at Evening Standard awards
April 2019
Sweet Charity review – Anne-Marie Duff has the rhythm of life
Josie Rourke turns this spirited Broadway musical into a hymn to female resilience in her exhilarating farewell production at the Donmar
March 2019
Warehouse wonders: Josie Rourke at the Donmar – in pictures
As the artistic director prepares to leave the Donmar Warehouse, we look back over her reign – from City of Angels to the Shakespeare Trilogy
August 2018
Dennis Potter's adaptation of The White Hotel to premiere on Radio 4
Anne-Marie Duff to star in BBC radio play based on the sprawling and controversial novel
March 2018
Anne-Marie Duff talks divorce, love and loss on Desert Island Discs
The actor spoke about the end of her marriage to James McAvoy on the BBC Radio 4 show