Mark Gatiss: ‘The British used to take comfort in the myth that fascism was not to our taste’

Mark Gatiss: ‘The British used to take comfort in the myth that fascism was not to our taste’

Independent April 21, 2026

The writer and actor of ‘Sherlock’ and ‘Doctor Who’ fame is playing a character modelled on Adolf Hitler in a Bertolt Brecht revival at the RSC. He speaks to Louis Chilton about fascism, theatre and the future