Nick Offerman: ‘I was told I’d never not be Ron Swanson’

Parks and Recreation gave the midwestern actor the role of a lifetime – one that he struggled to escape. But now, with a stunning standalone episode of The Last Of Us and a new standup tour, he’s found there’s life after RonAt the weekends, Nick Offerm…

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‘Someone’s making money but it’s not us’ – the comics spurning the Edinburgh fringe

Standups used to think they’d never make it if they didn’t play the festival. But it’s leaving many saddled with debt, stuck in squalid flats and even suicidal. Refuseniks tell us why they’re bowing outRose Johnson has spent eight Augusts at the Edinbu…

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Maggie Fox obituary

Actor whose anarchic skills and consummate timing were central to the success of the stage comedy duo LipServiceMaggie Fox, who has died aged 65 after an accident, was an actor of comic genius who had television roles in Coronation Street, Shameless an…

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‘The laughs hit me in the heart’: a view from the stage at Shakespeare’s Globe

After months of uncertainty and being told to retrain, I got my chance to act at a beautiful and iconic theatre. Fair bit of pressure not to be rubbish …It’s difficult to describe the feelings of jubilation, guilt, disbelief, confusion, gratitude and f…

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Beware the actoplasm! Spoof thespian Nicholas Craig returns

The mock classical actor created by Nigel Planer and Christopher Douglas scaled the heights at the RSC and the ‘Nash’. Now, he’s ready for a comebackIf you’ve ever marvelled at an actor “truthpumping”, “perf-quaking” or spraying their “actoplasm” acros…

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Sexy Lamp review – actor shines stark light on the misogyny of her industry

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghKatie Arnstein uses Dorothy’s yellow-brick road to map her own struggles and issue a raw reminder of the urgency of #MeToo‘We saw your boobs! We saw your boobs!” The words from Seth MacFarlane’s opening number at the 2013 …

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