{"id":581616,"date":"2026-05-13T11:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/581616\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:47:11","slug":"margot-robbie-backs-tudor-play-1536-women-are-still-having-the-same-conversations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/581616\/","title":{"rendered":"Margot Robbie backs Tudor play 1536: ‘Women are still having the same conversations’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reviewing the play during its Almeida Theatre run last year, The Guardian wrote , external<\/a>that the it “asks the question: just how much have things really changed for women today?”<\/p>\n

The four-star review added that it is “both an easy and a deeply unsettling watch”. <\/p>\n

London Theatre, external<\/a> praised the play in its four-star review and said “it is decidedly modern in its outlook, colloquial speech, and, most potently, impact”.<\/p>\n

The theatre website went on to say the play highlights how “we are still grappling with many of the same issues: gendered hypocrisy, slut-shaming, the corrosive danger of misinformation and mob mentality”. <\/p>\n

Despite the darker themes running through the play, both Pickett and Robbie say humour remains central to the story.<\/p>\n

“I hope audiences have empathy for all three women,” Pickett says, adding that audiences often say they want more layered and complex female characters on stage.<\/p>\n

Robbie adds that people “will be surprised how much they laugh” and “it’s so funny throughout”.<\/p>\n

“Considering the things happening, to keep the humour throughout is an incredible feat. Up until the last five minutes, you’re laughing the whole way through.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reviewing the play during its Almeida Theatre run last year, The Guardian wrote , externalthat the it “asks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-581616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}