“There’s no way around this, it’s quite a big deal.” Nima Taleghani is sat in a room deep within the National Theatre, expressing a mixture of terror and ...

Nima Taleghani’s debut play brings a raucous Greek chorus to the Olivier theatre, while Judi Dench has an enchanting Twelfth Night reunion ...

Nima Taleghani is perhaps best known for his role as Mr Farouk in Netflix’s Heartstopper. Now his first play – an adaptation of Euripides’ Bacchae – has become the first debut play in the Olivier ...

Leading the show are Tom Holland and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, while the cast is completed by Freema Agyeman (Nurse), Michael Balogun (Friar), Tomiwa Edun (Capulet), Mia Jerome (Montague), Daniel ...