Mike Leigh's 1988 play "Smelling a Rat," his sly deconstruction of a bedroom farce, could be seen as a theatrical manifesto of sorts. Here he takes a classic setup -- one room, five characters ...

B ritish director Mike Leigh’s return to domestic, working-class London after two successful side trips to the 19th century (2014’s Mr. Turner and 2018’s Peterloo) is titled Hard Truths.

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More stories by Nigel M. There’s acting and then there’s losing yourself to a role. Timothy Spall came very close to the latter in bringing legendary British painter J.M. W. Turner to the ...

Michael "Mike" Leigh, OBE (born 20 February 1943) is a British writer and director of film and theatre. He studied theatre at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and studied further at the ...

The short answer as to why filmmaker Mike Leigh tried for nearly 15 years to make a movie about J.M.W. Turner is that no one had done it yet. It wasn’t until 1999, when the social-realist ...

Originally put on at The Hampstead Theatre in 1977, it was the TV broadcast later that year in the BBC’s Play for Today strand which cemented the status of Abigail’s Party as an instant classic.

Manville has appeared in all Leigh's films since 1999 Director Mike Leigh's latest play, Grief, has received mixed reviews on its opening night in London. The Guardian's Michael Billington ...