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Curtain-raisers: the best theatre of summer 2016

Edit The Guardian 02 May 2016
Branagh channels Olivier, Isabelle Huppert lusts after her stepson and Ralph Fiennes gets the royal hump. Meanwhile there’s magic in the air as Harry Potter grows up – and Groundhog Day is reborn as a musical. A View from Islington North ... Let’s hope it puts a rocket under the current ruinously incompetent regime ... Box office. 020-7836 8463. Twitter ... Jamie Parker, Noma Dumezweni and Paul Thornley star as the adult Harry, Hermione and Ron ... ....

Kim Cattrall opens up about insomnia battle

Edit Belfast Telegraph 30 Apr 2016
Kim Cattrall has opened up about her battle with insomnia, admitting worries about her personal life often keep her away at night. Kim Cattrall has spoken about her private struggle with insomnia, which was once so crippling that it prevented her from working. Share Go To ... TV show Sex and the City ... She pulled out of the play after being advised to do so by her friends, and was replaced by Noma Dumezweni in the production ... © Cover Media. ....

New Harry Potter Funko Set Features Characters With Their Pets But Why Is Dobby Still ...

Edit Inquisitr 28 Apr 2016
The adorable Harry Potter POP! Vinyls are apparently not enough to charm Potterheads that Funko has decided to add a new Mystery Mini collection. The newest addition to the Harry Potter figurines features the franchise’s prominent characters with their animal companions. The company has already teased its fans ... Dobby can't be Draco's companion ... Except Dobby ... He is accompanied by Noma Dumezweni as Hermione and Paul Thornley as Ron....

JK Rowling goes behind the scenes on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: "Potter fans have each other's backs"

Edit Digital Spy 23 Apr 2016
"And it's for that reason more than any other I would like us, if we can, to manage to keep our secrets.  "This will be such an incredible theatrical experience that I'd love us to be able to surprise people and move people, in the natural way that stories should ......

J.K. Rowling hints at new Harry Potter storyline secrets

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 23 Apr 2016
J.K. Rowling has given the first behind-the-scenes peek inside the rehearsal room of the up-coming West End play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ... It's a special thing. And it's for that reason, more than any other, I would like us, if we can, to manage to keep our secrets." Advertisement ... Rowling (@jk_rowling) April 18, 2016 ... The adult Hermione Granger is being played by Swaziland-born actress Noma Dumezweni​ ... ....

J.K. Rowling Reveals ‘Harry Potter’ Play Storyline With Wand Tweet

Edit The Wrap 18 Apr 2016
The Harry Potter brand continues to branch out as author J.K ... Rowling’s followers were treated to a sketch of wand designs for Hermoine (played by Noma Dumezweni), Harry (Jamie Parker), Ron (Paul Thornley), Draco and Harry’s wife Ginny — which look a bit different from their designs in the blockbuster movie series.. Exciting morning at rehearsals for #CursedChild ... – J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) April 18, 2016 ... 18....

‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ Wand Designs Unveiled

Edit Inquisitr 18 Apr 2016
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling just unveiled the wand designs for The Cursed Child, the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first one to make it onto a stage. Exciting morning at rehearsals for #CursedChild. What do you think of our wand designs? #HarryPotterPlay pic.twitter.com/Vg1wAmi11Y. — J.K ... J.K ... Jamie Parker, Noma Dumezweni, and Paul Thornley have been cast as Harry, Hermione, and Ron ... pic.twitter.com/t2tCYgjHgb....

Show Boat director says UK theatre falls short in beating inequality

Edit The Guardian 17 Apr 2016
Daniel Evans says theatre has long way to go; proportion of minority workers in the arts fails to match ratio in overall population ... The production opened to five-star reviews at the Crucible in Sheffield last Christmas and officially opens in the West End on 25 April ... Clarke and Noma Dumezweni, who had only stepped into the title role in Linda at the Royal Court two weeks before opening night, after the withdrawal of Kim Cattrall ... ....

Is Denise Gough’s star turn the latest in theatre’s greatest ever performances?

Edit The Guardian 10 Apr 2016
Her turn in new play Peoples, Places, Things is what the critics call a tour de force. the kind remembered long after the final curtain ... They are the final element,” Gough told the Observer this weekend ... I can hear people reacting ... So Noma Dumezweni, the actress soon to play Hermione Grainger on stage in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, was applauded last year for slipping into Kim Cattrall’s slingbacks in Penny Skinner’s play Linda ... ....

People, Places and Things is a triumph for Denise Gough – and for equality

Edit The Guardian 08 Apr 2016
We need many more like it. @lyngardner ... Related. Gongs, gowns and Game of Thrones ... The previous night, accepting her totally deserved award, Gough had quite rightly pointed up the lack of diversity in the all-white best actress shortlist, in particular noting the absence of Noma Dumezweni, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Sharon D Clarke, all of whom have given blistering performances this year, but had gone unacknowledged by the selectors ... ....

Scot Kenneth ­Cranham wins ­Olivier Award for best actor

Edit Scotsman 04 Apr 2016
Oscar winner Mark Rylance and Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch both lost out last night as Kenneth ­Cranham took home the ­Olivier Award for best actor. The 71-year-old Scottish actor was tearful as he thanked fellow cast members of The Father, as well as the play's director James Macdonald ... After accepting the award from James Norton, she said ... She added. “I'm taking Noma Dumezweni and Marianne Jean-Baptiste with me.”....

'Kinky Boots,' 'Hangmen,' 'Gypsy' win at UK's Olivier Awards

Edit Times Union 04 Apr 2016
LONDON (AP) — The high-stepping Broadway hit "Kinky Boots" was named best new musical at London's Olivier theater awards on Sunday, while Martin McDonagh's killer comedy "Hangmen" won the prize for best new play ... "With that lot I felt like the little old corner shop," he said ... She called for the awards to recognize the theater's diversity, saying the Oliviers were still "very white" and hailing black actresses Noma Dumezweni, Sharon D....

Dame Judi Dench wins at Olivier Awards - but loses bet with grandson

Edit Belfast Telegraph 03 Apr 2016
Share Go To ... She said. "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm absolutely livid as I had a bet with my grandson ... Gatiss said ... He joked ... Gypsy scooped its first award of the evening for best lighting design, which was awarded to Mark Henderson and was presented by Harry Potter And The Cursed Child actress Noma Dumezweni and The History Boys star Stephen Campbell Moore ... "I'm taking Noma Dumezweni and Marianne Jean-Baptiste with me." ....
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