English actor, Harry Potter star, navigating post-Potter career
Maureen Beattie has been cast as Lear in a new Pitlochry Festival Theatre production adapted and directed by Finn den Hertog. The show, staged by artistic director Alan Cumming, has opened a run from 4 July to 1 August 2026 and reframes King Lear as a matriarchal tragedy performed by a largely Scottish company.
The independent reporting outlines how George R.R. Martin and HBO’s House of the Dragon differ in their visions for Season 3 and beyond, including key shifts in characters and plot lines that diverge from the books and earlier TV arcs.
Ryan Murphy’s The Shards has landed, centring Bret Ellis-like figures in a glitter-soaked, deadly high-school circle. The show tracks a killer on the loose while exploring identity, desire and the era’s moral fog on a star-studded LA set.