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Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social · 1d

Susan Sarandon is transfixingly wonderful in Mary Page Marlowe — theatre review on.ft.com/42zSFxn

Susan Sarandon is transfixingly wonderful in Mary Page Marlowe — theatre review

She is one of five actors portraying the life of a woman in Tracy Letts’ gentle, elusive play at the Old Vic, London

on.ft.com

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Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social · 1d

Susan Sarandon is transfixingly wonderful in Mary Page Marlowe — theatre review on.ft.com/42zSFxn

Susan Sarandon is transfixingly wonderful in Mary Page Marlowe — theatre review

She is one of five actors portraying the life of a woman in Tracy Letts’ gentle, elusive play at the Old Vic, London

on.ft.com

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Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social · 2d

Mary Page Marlowe (starring Susan Sarandon) opens at London’s Old Vic tonight. Here’s writer Tracy Letts on the play, his life, America - and why he deletes his work 👀 on.ft.com/3KFOFW4

Tracy Letts on his new family drama, conspiracy wildfires and why he deletes all of his work

The writer and actor, who returns to the London stage with ‘Mary Page Marlowe’, believes ‘plays are better than movies and movies are better than TV’

on.ft.com

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Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social · 2d

The RSC’s new Cyrano is an absolute beaut: Adrian Lester revels in swordplay and wordplay as Cyrano de Bergerac — review on.ft.com/4nGl6lD

Adrian Lester revels in swordplay and wordplay as Cyrano de Bergerac — review

Simon Evans’ RSC production at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon is both mischievous and moving

on.ft.com

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Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social · 4d

Pretty sure Sesame Street did this kind of better

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Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social · 4d

What’s the plan Kemi? ‘Talk very very fast very very loudly without pause for punctuation rubbish the interviewer and adopt a tone even Lady Bracknell might find a little haughty’.

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Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social · 5d

Playwright and actor Tracy Letts on Mary Page Marlowe at the Old Vic, starring Susan Sarandon: ‘My plays all deal with that central question: who are we?’ on.ft.com/42lFSi0

Tracy Letts on his new family drama, conspiracy wildfires and why he deletes all of his work

The writer and actor, who returns to the London stage with ‘Mary Page Marlowe’, believes ‘plays are better than movies and movies are better than TV’

on.ft.com

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Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social · 5d

Anyone listening to Radio 4’s earlier chat about John le Carre might like to know David Eldridge’s juicy stage adaptation of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold arrives at Soho Place theatre in mid-November. 🕵️‍♂️👀

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Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social · 5d

Playwright and actor Tracy Letts on Mary Page Marlowe at the Old Vic, starring Susan Sarandon: ‘My plays all deal with that central question: who are we?’ on.ft.com/42lFSi0

Tracy Letts on his new family drama, conspiracy wildfires and why he deletes all of his work

The writer and actor, who returns to the London stage with ‘Mary Page Marlowe’, believes ‘plays are better than movies and movies are better than TV’

on.ft.com

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Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social · 6d

Even so. Three on the bounce. What’s going on with this team?

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Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social · 12d

That’s incredibly generous - thank you!

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Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social · 12d

How dare they borrow from our playbook too? Last minute winners 😞

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Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social · 12d

Quite

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Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social · 14d

😂

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Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social · 14d

Agreed! You could have been there behind a potted palm masquerading as a keen gardener upgrading your hardy annuals. Not a trick I could pull off as I don’t have a single green finger.

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Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social · 14d

This is such a cracking Lunch with… so joyously written and very funny. As well as super interesting of course!

Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 14d

I watched everything Tom Hollander’s ever been in then had lunch with him. Someone tell Jeff Bezos he should be the next Bond.. villain on.ft.com/3KoBfgM

Actor Tom Hollander: ‘I would love to be a Bond villain’

[FREE TO READ] The show-stealing star on the ‘privileges of living in fiction’, why character acting is a misnomer — and how Tom Holland is keeping him relevant

on.ft.com

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Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social · 18d

The Weir, starring Brendan Gleeson, is just beautiful — a magnificent revival of Conor McPherson’s modern classic on.ft.com/3IzGIkk

The Weir theatre review — a magnificent revival of Conor McPherson’s modern classic

Brendan Gleeson leads a captivating cast at London’s Harold Pinter Theatre

on.ft.com

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Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social · 21d

My word. The Weir.💔

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Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social · 24d

Guy opposite me on the train eating his way calmly through a whole packet of chocolate bourbon biscuits. Respect.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 24d

One of the greats has passed. Robert Redford was a celebrated actor, director, and someone who held a mirror up to America. His work will live on, but we Ordinary People will feel The Sting of his loss for years. Rest among the stars now, and when you see heaven, may a River Run Through It.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24d

I know we have low expectations for this White House, but in any other era the president and vice president would be working to ratchet down the tension and not trying to incite a civil war.

Just, you know, a reminder.

Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 24d

Murder of Kirk was a terrible crime, but we’ve seen no evidence that shooter was part of any “network” organized by “the left.” Alarming to see Trump Admin exploit a tragedy to divide and conquer Americans.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

On Charlie Kirk Show, JD Vance Talks of Crackdown on Liberal Groups (Gift Article)

Some of the highest-ranking officials in the federal government used Charlie Kirk’s podcast, guest-hosted by Vice President JD Vance, to lay out their plans.

www.nytimes.com

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Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social · 25d

Maybe some people on that march were perfectly reasonable. But a friend told me today about an encounter at a station with a flagwearing man who asked, aggressively, where her flag was. She said she wasn’t attending the march. He demanded why she didn’t care about her country. She was alone & scared

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Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social · 26d

Looks a bit damp in Manchester ⚽️

Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social · 26d

Plus there are plenty of wealthy people who manage to be racist

Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social · 27d

I am so sorry. What is going on is sickening and frightening.

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