Arifa Akbar
Chief Theatre Critic at The Guardian
Chief theatre critic at The Guardian / Author of 'Consumed' (2021) and 'After Sunset' (published July 2025)
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theguardian.com | Arifa Akbar
Rosie Sheehy was in rehearsals for Conor McPherson’s new play, The Brightening Air, when the stage manager burst in with “something to say”. There was a pause and Sheehy expected a calamity to be announced. Her co-stars Brian Gleeson and Chris O’Dowd, who play her siblings, were present but not Derbhle Crotty.
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1 week ago |
msn.com | Arifa Akbar
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msn.com | Arifa Akbar
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theguardian.com | Arifa Akbar
‘I thought I’d do a year and leave,” says Sara Poyzer, who played mother Donna in the Abba musical Mamma Mia! “But the things I gained outweighed the things I lost.” She ended up staying in the part for an entire decade, even performing the part in front of two Abba members and at the show’s 20th anniversary, before leaving in January 2024. Among all the glitzy new openings in London’s West End, there are a sturdy cohort of shows that seem to have just always been there.
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1 week ago |
msn.com | Arifa Akbar
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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