Emmy-winning actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Oscar-winning phenomenon Olivia Colman, have joined forces to help save theatres with the new initiative, The Theatre Community Fund. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, and the subsequent lock-down that led to the closure of places of entertainment, theatres were forced to close their doors to their loyal audiences. As a […]Read More
No matter how hard you try to imagine an online BAFTA awards ceremony, you still wouldn’t be prepared enough for the eeriness of a lonely Richard Ayoade addressing an empty studio, last year filled with the nation’s most talented performers. But for one night only, the red carpet is put away, and we’re instead invited […]Read More
Actress and creator of Fleabag, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, has publicly discussed the “the cloud that has crept over” the theatre industry as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. She has teamed up with the charity Acting for Others as their vice-president and has shown determination to help with the recovery of the industry, as it struggles […]Read More
Normal People’s Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones have joined up with Fleabag’s ‘Hot Priest’ Andrew Scott in a hilarious sketch to raise money for RTÉ Does Comic Relief to help with the coronavirus pandemic in Ireland.Read More
Hundreds of UK creatives have been making urgent appeals to the government, warning that our country’s rich cultural landscape could become a “cultural wasteland” by the end of the pandemic. The arts industries as a whole are struggling to keep afloat amid the crisis, but one of the worst affected will inevitably be theatres. Even […]Read More
Welcome to The Indiependent’s Top TV of the Decade! In our 15th and final feature, James Nash explores why Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag is his show of the year, the decade, and the century. What more could possibly be said about the series that took the world by storm earlier this year? Yes, Fleabag is extraordinary. It’s […]Read More
She’s in high demand and already juggling multiple projects, but Phoebe Waller-Bridge is showing no signs of stopping. The creator, writer, and star of critically acclaimed BBC tragicomedy Fleabag, and head writer on smash-hit spy-thriller Killing Eve, has reportedly been asked to bring her trademark “wit and quirkiness” to the latest film in the Bond […]Read More
2018 saw Phoebe Waller-Bridge critically acclaimed for the creation of BBC America’s Killing Eve. Writer, director and actor – it’s clear that Waller-Bridge has wowed audiences yet again this year, as 2019 sees the return of her first television wonder, Fleabag. The second series of Fleabag saw the introduction of some marvellous new characters, and […]Read More
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