Daniel Mays

That sinking feeling: Rob Brydon (Eric) and his fellow asshats in Swimming with Men

Shamelessly derivative and, worse, asks us to root for asshats: Swimming with Men reviewed

7 July 2018 9:00 am

Swimming with Men is a British drama-comedy starring Rob Brydon as a disaffected middle-aged accountant who joins his local male…

Glenn Close as Norma Desmond in ‘Sunset Boulevard’

I didn’t enjoy it but I couldn’t help loving it: Sunset Boulevard reviewed

9 April 2016 9:00 am

Sunset Boulevard is a tale of fractured glory with Homeric dimensions. The movie presents Hollywood as a never-ending Trojan War…

Line of Duty thinks – rightly – that there’s drama in the subsections of police acts

26 March 2016 9:00 am

Which is better, British TV drama or American? A couple of years ago, merely asking the question would have had…

Opposing sides: Monica Dolan, the super-brainy lawyer, and Daniel Mays (Andrew)

Crash-for-cash scam at the Donmar

24 August 2013 9:00 am

High summer and it’s blockbuster time. The Donmar’s latest show is by the acclaimed Nick Payne, whose play about string…