Paapa Essiedu

Lucy Prebble's THE EFFECT to Open The Ensemble Company 2026 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 26, 2025

The Ensemble Company, the repertory theatre company in residence at Imagine Performing Arts Center, will begin its eighth season with Lucy Prebble’s play, The Effect. 

Review: ALL MY SONS, starring Bryan Cranston and Marianne Jean-Baptiste
by Cindy Marcolina - Nov 22, 2025

This is Ivo van Hove’s triumphant return to the West End. He reunites with Bryan Cranston (whom he worked with on Network at the National theatre in 2017) for Arthur Miller’s All My Sons – famously, the playwright’s last attempt at writing a commercial success. Van Hove assembles a tremendous company (Cranston, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Paapa Essiedu, Tom Glynn-Carney, and Hayley Squires) to dissect the exploitative nature of the American Dream, giving a jarring picture of family and loyalty. This is, on the surface, quite the stylistic departure for van Hove. The director decided that less is more here and the result is astonishing.

Photos: Bryan Cranston and More in ALL MY SONS
by Stephi Wild - Nov 19, 2025

All new photos have been released for Arthur Miller’s ALL MY SONS, directed by Ivo Van Hove, currently playing at Wyndham’s Theatre until Saturday 7 March 2026.

Warwick Davis to Return as Professor Flitwick in HARRY POTTER Series; Brid Brennan & More Join Cast
by Josh Sharpe - Sep 3, 2025

Warwick Davis has been cast as Professor Filius Flitwick in HBO's Harry Potter series, marking his homecoming to the wizarding world in a role he originated for the film series. The series has also cast several other roles, including Tony Award winner Bríd Brennan as Madam Poppy Pomfrey.

Paapa Essiedu, Maxine Peake, Claudia Jessie, Fionn Whitehead & Jenny Beavan Named Open Door Ambassadors
by Stephi Wild - Aug 21, 2025

Open Door, the award-winning charity helping actors and behind the scenes creatives from low income backgrounds secure places at leading drama schools, has unveiled a string of new high profile ambassadors.

Review: THREE BILLION LETTERS, Riverside Studios
by Cindy Marcolina - Aug 14, 2025

We are delighted to report that real fringe theatre is back. The invigorating, daring, challenging, form-subverting kind of venture that makes the stage its playground. We haven’t encountered anything like this since before Covid. There isn’t a lot of theatre with specifically scientific research as its core, either. Commercially, The Effect (Lucy Prebble’s play about a clinical trial) had a revival in 2023 with Jamie Lloyd at the helm and Caryl Churchill’s evergreen reflection on human-cloning, A Number, was on just the year before (curiously, both starred Paapa Essiedu). Looking away from the West End, it’s even harder to find something that sits firmly at the junction with science. Three Billion Letters swoops in at the rescue and begs you to think. Created by TAKDAJA, the piece is a heady mix of data and experimentalism. Does our DNA control more than our eye colour and predisposition to illness? How do we determine our identity? There’s so much gene-ius in it. 

Hugh Laurie, Matthew Macfadyen, & More Lead HARRY POTTER Full Cast Audiobooks
by Josh Sharpe - Aug 5, 2025

The initial cast has been announced for Audible's Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions, which includes Hugh Laurie as Albus Dumbledore, Matthew Macfadyen as Lord Voldemort, and Riz Ahmed as Professor Snape.

Photo: HARRY POTTER Series Begins Production; First-Look at Dominic McLaughlin
by Josh Sharpe - Jul 14, 2025

Following several casting announcements, the HBO Original Harry Potter television series has officially begun production at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, UK. Take a look at a new photo of Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter.

Tom Glynn-Carney and Hayley Squires Will Star in ALL MY SONS, Limited Season Extends
by Stephi Wild - Jun 25, 2025

Tom Glynn-Carney will play George Deever and Hayley Squires will play Ann Deever in Arthur Miller's ALL MY SONS, directed by Ivo Van Hove.

HBO's HARRY POTTER Television Series Casts Central Trio
by Josh Sharpe - May 27, 2025

The HBO Original HARRY POTTER television series has cast screen newcomers Dominic McLaughlin in the role of Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley.

National Theatre Welcomes New Artistic Associates Miranda Cromwell, Dr Sophie Duncan, Clint Dyer, and Lynn Nottage
by Stephi Wild - Apr 24, 2025

The National Theatre has announced that Director and Choreographer Miranda Cromwell; author, academic, and dramaturg Dr Sophie Duncan; and Pulitzer-winning playwright Lynn Nottage have been appointed as Artistic Associates.