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Simpson will be responsible for licensing plays from MTI's London office.

Playbill remembers the actors, directors, playwrights, and other familiar faces of the stage who died this year.

Comedian Frank Skinner is preparing to unleash his new standup show – and this time he says he’s cleaning up his act

In 2023, the theater lost many notables with long careers, including Michael Gambon, Frances Sternhagen, Glenda Jackson, Barry Humphries and Michael Blakemore. Praising those we lost makes the remembrance dear.

The actress recalls her life with Fleet Street journalist Don Mackay and how, when he was dying, Marie Curie nurses were invaluable

Michael Blakemore, the Australian-born director, who has died aged 95, made his name in London with his premieres of plays by Peter Nichols; he cemented his reputation by staging the majority of plays by Michael Frayn and – in a long-lived career that spanned half a century – became identified as a director with a meticulous eye, a potent feel for the theatrical and a sure touch in the commercial sector.

The multiple Tony winner was responsible for the 1999 revival of Kiss Me, Kate that modernized the classic for a new generation.

One of the great postwar theatre directors, Blakemore – who has died aged 95 – had a vast range and was a formidable writer

Acclaimed theatre director admired for his productions of Kiss Me Kate and Copenhagen

BBC Arts has lined up three new Arena films for the festive season, from Passion Pictures, Fragile Films and Bohemia Films. Plus, a Christmas special about the Kanneh-Mason family from MaLarty Brown Media and Wag Entertainment and a production of the Peaky Blinders ballet Rambert and North South Production.