75 stories by "Ben Dowell"
The Somme battlefield in France will host Frank McGuinness' celebrated play Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme on the
St James Theatre, London: Well done Tall Stories for providing another cracking seasonal treat for kids - and coping with adversity. Louise Mai Newberry, the female star of this three-hander…
Olivier, National, London: David Hare delivers an impressive dramatic reconstruction of Katherine Boo's painstakingly detailed account of life in a Mumbai slum where hordes of families …
Leicester Square Theatre, London: Returning to the West End for a Christmas run, this charming rendition of the Axel Scheffler and Julia Donaldson (of Gruffalo fame) classic continues to enc…
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London: The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse again comes into its own with John Ford's brooding, blood-washed tale of incest from the 1630s to open its second season.
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Hampstead Theatre, London: Writing about writing is a risky venture, but Theresa Rebeck's 2011 Broadway hit casts off any shackles of self-indulgence to build its own quiet power.
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Wyndham's Theatre: Bill Nighy's lolloping, rangy form first played Tom Sergeant in the cast change of Richard Eyre's original 1995 production of David Hare's play, taking over…
Old Vic, London: Kevin Spacey, whose artistic directorship of the Old Vic comes to an end next year, clearly wants to end on a high. Before handing to Matthew Warchus next year, he is hoping…
Playhouse Theatre, London: An Almeida transfer, this may not be the most tourist-friendly production for W1, but the power of Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan's spellbinding reimagining…
Lyttelton, National, London: Sean O'Casey's dream-like, disjointed 1928 anti-war play was rejected by Yeats' Abbey Theatre and has rarely been performed since, and on tonight&…
Harold Pinter Theatre, London: Fresh from its success in Bath, Trevor Nunn's lavish and tourist-friendly production of Coward's crowd-pleaser ought to find a successful second leas…
Brian Attwood, who has been at the actors' newspaper since 1986, to pursue work on the issue of special needs in adulthoodThe curtain is falling on a 20-year era at actor's bible The Stage n…
Olivier Theatre, National, London: King Lear is not, let's be honest, a small play and director Sam Mendes uses the full majesty of the Olivier's grand stage to give us an appropri…
Hampstead Theatre, London: Gwen and Don are a small town couple whose on-the-rocks marriage is further tested when his ex - Emilia Fox's single and sassy cultural studies academic Cathe…
Duchess Theatre, London: It's hard to imagine a more genial and appropriate guide to the much-loved bucolic adventures of Ratty, Mole, Badger and of course Mr Toad than Tony Robinson.
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Donmar Warehouse, London: This is a taut, tense, intimate Coriolanus. Like the man himself, director Josie Rourke does not stand on ceremony, presenting a pared-down bloody, brutal and ruthl…
Hampstead Theatre, London: As Indian independence loomed in 1947, Britain's Labour prime minister Clement Attlee sent over a judge called Cyril Radcliffe (who had never been to India an…
Lyric Hammersmith Studio, London: Returning to the Lyric Studio, Pins and Needles' beautifully judged production brings Raymond Briggs' classic storybook about a grumpy but kindly …
Harold Pinter Theatre, London: Marketed with super cool black and white photos of Brylcreemed 1950s rock'n'roll Soho, Mojo comes from the pen of Jez Butterworth, garlanded author o…
Hampstead Theatre, London: Billed as a modern take on parenting there's an old fashioned feel to this debut play by established actor Simon Paisley Day. But that's not necessarily …
Almeida Theatre, London: Taut, tight, emotionally draining, this is a memorable Ghosts, the 1881 tragedy of marital suppression Ibsen says he had to write after Nora's triumphant emanci…
St James Theatre, London: Delayed by a week because of illness to the male lead, director Trevor Nunn wasn't going to let this obvious passion project, a distilled stage version of Ingm…
Hampstead, London: It's fitting that this impressive Theatre Royal, Bath production of Terry Johnson's play now comes to this part of north west London.
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Olivier, National Theatre, London: Christopher Marlowe's story of one of medieval England's most disastrous and profligate monarchs brought down by his obsession with his male favo…
Lyric Theatre, London: Loved as it is, Michael Rosen's story of a Dad and his kids and their sheepdog going on a bear hunt through squelchy squerchy mud and much else besides isn't…
