Having started his career in the theater, Mike Leigh knows to put a lot of trust in his actors. Unlike most auteurs who begin the process of building a new project by writing a script, Leigh ...

The Conquest Theatre in Bromyard, which is run by volunteers, is producing Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party. The play focuses on suburbanites Laurence and Beverly as they host new neighbours Angela and ...

Mike Leigh has written 5 shows including Ecstasy (Playwright), Goose-pimples (Playwright), Smelling a Rat (Playwright), Abigail's Party (Playwright), Two Thousand Years (Author). What awards has ...

It's amazing watching Mike Leigh's film Hard Truths, starring the extraordinary Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin, in an American theater. Another layer is added as audience members ...

The "magnificent monster" at the heart of Mike Leigh's "savage 1970s satire of ... since "Abigail's Party" premiered at Hampstead Theatre, Nadia Fall's revival of the hit play has opened at ...

Mike Bradwell, who has died at 77, was a director and actor who in 1971 founded the Hull Truck Theatre company from a squat in Coltman Street, between Anlaby Road and Hessle Road.