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Hollywood stars, a Pussycat Doll and a hit play about Gareth Southgate lead the nominations for this year's Olivier Awards.
Hollywood stars, a Pussycat Doll and a hit play about Gareth Southgate lead the nominations for this year's Olivier Awards.
This riveting take on the rebirth of the England men's football team under Gareth Southgate delivers a wide-ranging reflection on sport and country, Alice Payne reviews... "England needs a new story," muses Gareth Southgate as he contemplates how to revitalise the England men's football team as their new manager. Dear England, whose title references the letter Southgate wrote to the nation encouraging compassion and solidarity ahead of the 2018 World Cup, explores the unfolding of that story with pitch-perfect energy and introspection. Across nearly three hours, it follows ...
FourFourTwo visited the Prince Edward Theatre to watch the National Theatre’s dramatisation of Gareth Southgate and the modern day England team
“England needs to learn how to lose” was, I thought, the most important phrase in James Graham’s wonderfully entertaining and thought provoking play Dear England . They were said by Pippa Grange, a psychologist, to Gareth Southgate, the manager of the England football team. She may have been talking about the football team, or she may have been talking about the whole country and its institutions, including the NHS. The play tells the story of Southgate’s time as manager of the England team, but the fleeting appearances of gormless prime ministers make clear that a broader message is i...